{"id":524262,"date":"2026-01-18T03:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/524262\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T03:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:44:07","slug":"jpmorgan-confirms-trump-assertion-that-bank-ceo-dimon-was-not-offered-fed-chair-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/524262\/","title":{"rendered":"JPMorgan confirms Trump assertion that bank CEO Dimon was not offered Fed chair job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) &#8211; JPMorgan <a data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/JPM.N\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC link-module__with-icon__qlg76\">(JPM.N), opens new tab<\/a> CEO Jamie Dimon on Saturday confirmed he was not asked to be Federal Reserve chair, hours after \u200bU.S. President Donald Trump disputed a report saying he offered Dimon \u200cthe role.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported Trump offered to nominate Dimon for Fed chair, although the news outlet added the JPMorgan boss took the offer as a joke. Trump in a Truth Social post on Saturday denied \u200cthat report, and JPMorgan later affirmed the president&#8217;s assertion.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/trump-says-he-never-offered-fed-chair-job-jpmorgans-dimon-2026-01-17\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fbusiness%2Ffinance%2Ftrump-says-he-never-offered-fed-chair-job-jpmorgans-dimon-2026-01-17%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no \u200bjob offer,&#8221; Dimon said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In an email to Reuters, bank spokesperson Trish Wexler said she should have been &#8220;more vigilant&#8221; in correcting the Wall \u200dStreet Journal story before it was published.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Saturday also posted he plans to sue JPMorgan sometime in the next two weeks for allegedly &#8220;debanking&#8221; him following the January 6, 2021 \u2060attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Wexler said the bank would not \u200ddiscuss specific clients, but the bank believes &#8220;that no one\u2019s account should be closed because of \u200cpolitical \u200cor religious beliefs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate that this Administration has moved to address political debanking and we support those efforts,&#8221; Wexler said.<\/p>\n<p>Dimon, one of Wall Street&#8217;s most influential figures, has come out against some of the Trump administration&#8217;s policies.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, \u2060Dimon <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/jpmorgan-ceo-dimon-supportive-fed-independence-2026-01-13\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voiced support<\/a> for \u2060the independence of \u200bthe Fed, days after the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whose term expires in May.Dimon and top JPMorgan executives have also <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/jpmorgan-cfo-warns-credit-card-rate-cap-could-hurt-us-consumers-economy-2026-01-13\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed back<\/a> \u200don the Trump administration&#8217;s proposed 10% cap on credit card interest rates, saying it would result in millions of households losing access to credit.Trump on Wednesday suggested in a <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-says-he-has-no-plan-fire-feds-powell-despite-investigation-2026-01-15\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters interview<\/a> \u200bhe was inclined to nominate either White House \u200deconomic adviser Kevin Hassett or former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh to replace Powell.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Reporting by Jason Lange, Chibuike \u200bOguh and Deepa Seetharaman; 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