After the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday, many business leaders and CEOs have made public statements through social media.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon addressed his company for the tragedy that left one bystander is dead and two seriously injured in an internal memo sent to all employees on Sunday.
Business Insider received the 83-word memo.
“We are deeply saddened by the political violence and assassination of former President Trump last evening,” it said. “On behalf of our entire leadership team, our thoughts today are with the former president, his family and the families of those who were tragically injured and killed.
“We must all stand strong together against any act of hatred, intimidation or violence that seeks to undermine our democracy or cause harm,” he continued. “Only through constructive dialogue can we address our nation's most difficult challenges.”
Dimon has a complicated history with Trump, but has recently shown support for some of his former policies.
In a May 2023 interview with Bloomberg TelevisionDimon criticized Trump's view that the U.S. should consider a debt default to rein in government spending, something Dimon said was just “another thing he doesn't know much about.”
In November 2023, Trump came after Dimon on the Trump-owned social media platform, Social Truthsaying he is a “highly overrated globalist” and criticized him for “quietly pushing” former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as a 2024 Republican presidential nominee.
“I was never a big fan of Jamie Dimon, but I had to live with this guy when he came begging to the White House,” Trump wrote. “I guess I don't have to live with it anymore, and that's a really good thing!”
However, in January 2024, Dimon said CNBC that Trump had been “kind of right” on some key issues and urged Democrats to “think a little more carefully” when criticizing Trump supporters.
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“Just take a step back and be honest: He was kind of right about NATO. He was kind of right about immigration. He grew the economy pretty well. Tax reform worked,” Dimon said during a panel at the Economic Forum. World Cup in Davos. , in that time. “He wasn't wrong on some of these critical issues, and that's why they're voting for him.”
Trump is currently in Milwaukee at the Republican National Convention.