Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a city corridor assembly moderated by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on the Dort Monetary Heart in Flint, Michigan, on September 17, 2024. (Picture by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
Donald Trump on Friday promoted a pretend endorsement from JPMorgan Chief Govt Jamie Dimon, who has not taken a facet within the US presidential election.
Trump posted to his Reality Social platform {a photograph} of Dimon with the headline: “New: Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, has endorsed Trump for President.”
The merchandise, posted by Trump round 1800 GMT, seemed to be a repost of one other social media merchandise.
However a JPMorgan spokesman mentioned the longtime financial institution head has not taken a facet within the race.
“That report was false,” mentioned JPMorgan spokesman Joe Evangelisti in an e-mail to AFP. “Jamie has not endorsed a candidate.”
Trump in August shared doctored photographs that purported to point out famous person singer Taylor Swift supporting his presidential marketing campaign.
However Swift final month delivered a sweeping endorsement to Trump’s opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. The doctored photographs shared by Trump “conjured up my fears round AI, and the risks of spreading misinformation,” she wrote in a September 11 Instagram submit.
“The best strategy to fight misinformation is with the reality,” Swift mentioned.
At 1700 GMT, the pretend Dimon endorsement was nonetheless posted to Trump’s web page on Reality Social.