I was told Kaylee lines, I looked at the
television and I saw you chasing after none other than
Jamie Dimon, who's down in Washington. What's he
doing? Does he have a presidential announcement or something
? Not at this time, Romain, he was
there to meet with House Democrats at the Capitol and
I saw him as he was getting out of the
car and ran over to him. I asked him
a number of things including about a potential presidential run
when he was asked about running for president. He
said, I believe the jpmorgan spokesperson has said I
have no intention of doing that. And then I
asked, do you mean in 2024 or ever to
which he responded that he never says never to anything
. So perhaps leaving the door open in that regard
. But then when we talked about what he was
going to be discussing with lawmakers today, I asked
if he had a message for them on the health
of the banking sector and the economy and this is
what he told me. Yeah, I think we've
been quite clear. I think it's actually quite strong
and there's some very isolated events out there. Uh
and hopefully that's over. I I doubt it.
So he and I also asked him on this,
oh, sorry remain. I asked him about on
the regulatory front as well the reports from earlier this
week about potentially banks such as his facing 20% higher
capital requirements. He said he had just read it
this morning and he hopes the regulators are very thoughtful
about what they do. And we should just point
out here Kayleigh, I mean, diamond, this
is kind of par for the course meeting with lawmakers
. He comes down there from time to time.
Uh Is there any sense here? I, I
know he met primarily with the Democrats today. Is
that correct? Is he gonna meet with the Republican
side at all? That's a good question. We
haven't heard anything at this point, but when he
was in Washington again just a few weeks ago,
he met with the majority leader in the Senate Chuck
Schumer and then also met with others on the other
side of the aisle. So he is a semi
frequent visitor here. Of course, that visit was
surrounding the debt ceiling and the concern that the US
was going to default, which is now passed us
. So potentially a little bit more forward looking here
as he meets with lawmakers the right place at the
right time. Was he in a nice car?
No. All right. You know, I didn't
even register what kind of car it was, I
was just like, Jamie Dimon locked and loaded.