Former President Donald Trump (left) and JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon.
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JP Morgan Chase On Friday, the company’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, flatly denied endorsing Donald Trump as a presidential candidate, but minutes later the Republican candidate said that Dimon is currently He claimed on social media that he supports the
“Jamie Dimon doesn’t endorse anyone. He doesn’t endorse any candidates,” Dimon spokesman Joe Evangelisti told CNBC by phone.
Trump posted a false screenshot on Truth Social saying, “New: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon endorses Trump for President.”
When NBC News asked President Trump about the post late Friday, he said he didn’t know about it and that he didn’t post it.
The post was published at 1:56 p.m. ET and was still visible on President Trump’s official account more than an hour later.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.
Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump posted the truth claiming that JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon endorsed Trump as a presidential candidate.
Source: @realDonaldTrump |Society of Truth
Although Mr. Dimon has occasionally praised President Trump with well-deserved praise, he has chosen not to support Democratic presidential candidates even when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were leading the party. was.
“No one is supporting it at this point,” Dimon told CNBCTV-18 at the JPMorgan Investor Summit in Mumbai in September.
But Mr. Dimon and Mr. Trump have clashed repeatedly over the years.
During the Republican presidential primary, Mr. Dimon urged business executives to back former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley over Mr. Trump.
President Trump slammed Dimon for standing by Haley, saying, “I had to live with this man when he came to the White House begging.”
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