The claim: JPMorgan Chase CEO endorsed Trump for president
An Oct. 4 Threads post ( direct link , archive link ) includes a screenshot of a Truth Social post from former President Donald Trump.
“BREAKING: Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, has just endorsed Donald Trump,” reads the start of the Threads post, reiterating what's shown in Trump's post.
It was reposted more than 70 times in two days. Trump’s Truth Social post was reposted more than 4,000 times, and other versions of the claim spread widely on Threads and X, formerly Twitter .
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A JPMorgan Chase spokesperson told USA TODAY the CEO did not make an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race.
Dimon hasn't endorsed a candidate, spokespeople say
A JPMorgan Chase spokesperson told USA TODAY the claim of a Trump endorsement is false.
"Jamie has not endorsed a candidate," Andrew Gray said.
Dimon's spokesperson, Joe Evangelisti , gave a similar statement to CNBC .
Trump later tried to distance himself from the post on his account, telling NBC News , “I don’t know anything about it” and that “Somebody put it up.”
The post remained on Trump’s Truth Social account as of Oct. 8.
Trump previously posted artificial intelligence-generated images of Taylor Swift that suggested the singer had endorsed him. Swift later endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in a statement that also said pro-Trump images using her likeness “really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation.”
Dimon did not endorse a particular candidate in his August Washington Post op-ed . However, he did say the country needs to "elect a president who is dedicated to the ideals that define and unite us."
Dimon said Trump was "kind of right" about NATO and immigration and praised Trump's impact on the economy in a January CNBC interview . He had also, however, urged Democrats to vote for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the Republican primary in order to "give them a choice on the Republican side that might be better than Trump," Politico reported in November 2023.
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USA TODAY has debunked an array of claims related to Trump endorsements, including false assertions that Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said he would be voting for Trump, that former Vice President Mike Pence said he “will not be voting for Donald Trump,” and that Lady Gaga endorsed the former president in the 2024 race.
USA TODAY reached out to Trump's spokesperson and the user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive responses.
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