A guide to misinformation about Trump, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimons bromance

Jamie Dimon didn’t call Donald Trump after the former president became the president-elect last month. He also didn’t leave a voicemail directly with The Donald – despite some reporting that attempted to depict the JPMorgan chief with other CEOs as a world-class suck-ups to the man who, if you believe the spin, is ready to unleash holy hell on anyone he sees as a foe. Who told me this? Well, I spoke to someone with direct knowledge of the matter who knows what goes down at the mega-bank Dimon runs.Nope, no call to Trump from Dimon, the JPM insider said. However, someone from the bank’s government relation’s team did call someone on the Trump transition team to congratulate the president-elect on behalf of Dimon and assure his people that the world’s top banker is ready to provide advice and counsel if it’s needed, the insider said.OK, sounds like a little bit of inside baseball, until you understand the backstory. A few weeks back, I co-bylined a story with The Post’s James Franey that touched a nerve with people who like to diss our friendly newspaper, corporate executives and Trump himself. We exclusively reported that Dimon and Trump have a decent relationship, fostered through “backchannel” communications.The JPM boss speaks with Trump through his transition aides, we reported. This backchannel allows Dimon to advise the Trump campaign and transition team of regulatory matters involving banks since Dimon is kind of an expert on the subject.

Both Trump and his people respect Dimon.Why don’t they talk directly? Speculation is that the ego of both men gets in the way since they’ve traded niceties and some barbs over the years, including as I first reported in The Post, Dimon letting it be known he favored Kamala Harris in the election and would rather work for her if she were elected even after Trump floated his name as a possible Treasury Secretary.Harris didn’t win, and Dimon was smart enough to hedge his bets.That’s the re...