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Former President Donald Trump stated in a latest interview he would take into account nominating JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as Treasury Secretary, however on Tuesday stated he doesn’t know who stated that or the place that got here from.
In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek revealed earlier this month, Trump stated, “I’ve loads of respect for Jamie Dimon.” He was then requested whether or not Dimon is likely to be a future Trump administration Treasury secretary.
“He’s any person that I might take into account, positive,” Trump stated, in keeping with the transcript posted online by Bloomberg.
However on Tuesday, Trump posted on Reality Social, “I don’t know who stated it, or the place it got here from, maybe the Radical Left, however I by no means mentioned, or considered, Jamie Dimon or Larry Fink for Secretary of the Treasury.”
Trump didn’t point out contemplating Fink, who’s the CEO of BlackRock, within the Bloomberg interview.
Trump’s feedback on Dimon within the Bloomberg interview had been a pointy departure from his earlier posture on the JPMorgan chief government. Trump bashed Dimon in November as a “Extremely overrated Globalist” in a Reality Social Publish after Dimon praised Nikki Haley, who was on the time nonetheless operating for president within the GOP major. However Dimon then stated earlier this 12 months he thought Trump was proper about key points and that bashing his “Make America Nice Once more” motion would damage President Joe Biden.