Is Bitcoin Basher Jamie Dimon Floating a Presidential Run?

JPMorgan CEO and noted bitcoin basher Jamie Dimon says he’s not running for president, but he wants everyone to know that, if he did, he could defeat incumbent President Donald Trump.

“I think I could beat Trump” in an election, the Wall Street icon said Wednesday morning, according to a Bloomberg report. “I’m as tough as he is, I’m smarter than he is.”

He added:

“And by the way, this wealthy New Yorker actually earned his money. It wasn’t a gift from daddy.”

Dimon, as he has been sometimes wont to do after making grand claims, walked back his earlier comments, though some observers have noted that the latter part of his statement sounds suspiciously like something he would say if he were running for president.

He said:

“I should not have said it. I’m not running for president. Proves I wouldn’t make a good politician. I get frustrated because I want all sides to come together to help solve big problems.”

Trump, for his part, was not amused by…