On Friday, former US President Donald Trump promoted a falsified endorsement from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
Trump’s article, which featured a picture of Dimon with the article,” New: Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, has endorsed Trump for President”, immediately drew reaction.
The post was shared around 1800 GMT ( 11: 30pm IST ) and appeared to be a repost of another social media item.
A spokeswoman for JPMorgan, Joe Evangelisti, swiftly rejected the endorsement,” That statement was misleading. Jamie has no endorsed a candidate”. Prior to this vote, Dimon had earlier said he had not supported any candidates.
When pressed by NBC News after that day about the false article, Trump claimed knowledge, saying,” Guy put it up. I do n’t know”.
Despite having previously offered some determined reward for Trump, Dimon clarified his neutrality by stating that he does not support either Trump or Harris. Yet, the two have also had their share of public conflicts.
This event is a rehash of the August 2016 disagreement that Trump caused by sharing allegedly altered images of Taylor Swift, a popular singer, supporting his plan. Swift, but, had officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, expressing concern over the misinformation being spread.
In a September 11 Instagram post, she said,” The simplest way to fight propaganda is with the truth”.