The chief executive of one of America’s most powerful financial companies said on Sunday that CEOs have some attributes that would serve a president well, but running the country might be better left to a politician.  In an interview on NBC, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was asked by host Chuck Todd whether a CEO would make a good president. Two Republican presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina, have experience as chief executives.  “I think some of the attributes could be good. Running things, knowing how to run things, knowing how to get good people involved,” Dimon said.  But he added: “It’s not sufficient. I think you have a whole ’nother set of attributes. I think it’s really complex politics. It’s three-dimensional chess.”  He said he had a lot of respect for how hard politicians’ jobs are.  Related: Carly Fiorina's corporate speak brings potential problems to GOP 2016 race  “When I go to Washington, I don’t walk away saying: ‘It’s terrible,” he said. “I’m saying: ‘My God, they’re dealing with some really complex stuff, and it’s not that easy to do.’”  Dimon, who steered the nation’s largest bank by assets through the perils of the 2008 financial crisis, also said he did not expect something in return when he gives money to candidates.  Trump, whose candidacy Dimon refused to comment on specifically during the interview, has repeatedly said that when he donated to candidates in past elections he expected favors. Trump has called his competitors for the Republican presidential nomination “puppets” for accepting donations.  Dimon noted that JPMorgan doesn’t give to presidential candidates.  In a potential blow to Hillary Clinton, whom he supported and gave money to in 2007 and 2008, Dimon declined to say whether he would support her as the Democratic presidential candidate or even whether she would make a good president.  “I’m still a Democrat. But I am not going to vote knee-jerk for any one party or any one thing,” he said. “I’m gonna look the individual in the eyes. I’m gonna look at their person and how they feel about people … and decide who I think should be president.”
The Democrat stopped short of commenting specifically about Donald Trump or Carly Fiorina but said CEOs have good attributes – yet job as president is complex