Chase CEO, Trump argue over intelligence, winning

The nation’s top elected leader and its most powerful banker are fighting over who is smarter.

President Donald Trump on Thursday scoffed at Jpmorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s claim that he could “beat”

Trump and is just as tough and smarter than the president.

“The problem with banker Jamie Dimon running for President is that he doesn’t have the aptitude or “smarts” & is a poor public speaker & nervous mess — otherwise he is wonderful,” Trump tweeted. “I’ve made a lot of bankers, and others, look much smarter than they are with my great economic policy.”

He appeared to be responding to Dimon’s remarks first reported by

CNBC on Wednesday, in which he told reporters at Jpmorgan headquarters in New York that “I think I could beat Trump.”

“Because I’m as tough as he is, I’m smarter than he is. I would be fine,” Dimon said. “He could punch me all he wants, it wouldn’t work with me. I’d fight right back.”

Dimon also suggested that his wealth was earned, and not given to him by his father — another jab at Trump, whose father, Fred, gave him $1 million in financing, millions drawn against his future inheritance and a share of his real estate holdings.

Dimon quickly clarified that he is not running for president and should not have made the remarks.