Jamie Dimon hasn’t spoken with Donald Trump for at the least the final a number of months, a supply near the JPMorgan CEO advised Fortune.
A report Friday within the New York Put up, which mentioned the 2 have been in communication for months by way of secret again channels, shouldn’t be correct, based on the supply.
The Trump transition crew didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Sources near Trump advised the Put up that conversations started earlier than the election and continued afterward, specializing in plans for spending cuts, financial institution rules, taxes and commerce.
Earlier this month, Trump dominated out a task for Dimon in his administration amid hypothesis that the Wall Road large might be thought of for Treasury secretary.
“I respect Jamie Dimon, of JPMorgan Chase, vastly, however he is not going to be invited to be part of the Trump Administration. I thank Jamie for his excellent service to our Nation!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Fact Social on Nov. 14.
Throughout a convention later that day, Dimon responded that he had little interest in serving within the Trump administration, saying that, “I haven’t had a boss in 25 years and I’m not about prepared to start out.”
That got here a month after Trump’s Fact Social account posted a screenshot falsely claiming Dimon endorsed him for president, prompting JPMorgan to flatly deny it. Trump later mentioned he didn’t know something concerning the put up, explaining that another person put it up.
Dimon didn’t endorse both Trump or Kamala Harris within the presidential election, although his spouse campaigned for Harris.
Nonetheless, the president-elect’s supporters have pointed to some favorable remarks from Dimon, reminiscent of his reward in January, when he mentioned Trump was “sort of proper about NATO, sort of proper on immigration. He grew the financial system fairly effectively. Commerce tax reform labored. He was proper about a few of China.”
Dimon additionally mentioned earlier this month that Trump shouldn’t be towards commerce, including that his tariff plans will “get folks to the desk.”
