Bank representative confirms Dimon has not endorsed Trump or any other candidate in the 2024 race<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s social media post that showed a purported endorsement for the presidency from the JP Morgan chief executive, Jamie Dimon, among the most influential investment bankers on Wall Street, is false, a representative confirmed on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Truth Social post \u2013 what appears to be a screenshot of a tweet<\/a> with a siren emoji and text claiming Dimon had endorsed Trump, with a photo of Dimon \u2013 appeared at 1.56pm ET on Friday, as Trump was flying to Augusta, Georgia, for a campaign event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Dimon has not endorsed Trump or made any endorsements in the 2024 presidential race, according to a JPMorgan Chase spokesperson. And Dimon has not contributed any money to the Trump campaign or to Trump\u2019s Democratic rival, Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The instant denial from the bank has not led Trump to take down the post, which has more than 3,500 reposts and more than 11,000 likes, even as he distanced himself from the claim when he was confronted about it after he landed in Augusta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t know anything about it,\u201d Trump said. When a reporter noted he had posted it on his social media platform, Trump suggested one of his aides had posted the claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the reporter pressed him to comment, Trump replied: \u201cI don\u2019t know \u2013 was it him or no?\u201d And when a reporter told him a spokesperson for the bank had confirmed it was false, Trump evaded responsibility: \u201cWell, then, somebody is using his name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The post was the latest in a series of false claims Trump has advanced in recent weeks, which have become increasingly brazen with fewer than four weeks until the November election and have occurred at a higher clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At least part of the reason for the uptick in falsehoods is Trump\u2019s obsession with news and posts about himself, and his impulse to repost anything politically positive for him without regard as to its veracity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the fake Dimon claim stands apart because of his significance to Trump, who has long admired Dimon\u2019s success and would covet the peer recognition at a time when he has struggled with celebrity endorsements compared with Harris, who has received backing from the likes of Taylor Swift<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Trump campaign had hoped that Dimon might speak at the Republican national convention in July, according to people familiar with the matter, but he did not end up accepting the invitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n