It was an all-out birthday bash – what Brits might call a bit of a “knees-up” – complete with a huge projection of the Union Jack on the side of JPMorgan’s new $3 billion headquarters.

Though the king himself was not there, members of the British Consulate and celebrities like actor Brian Cox and former Prime Minister Tony Blair stopped by to cheer “Long live the king” – after first cheering for President Trump, according to The Wall Street Journal.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon hosted an extravagant party in honor of King Charles’ 77th birthday. REUTERS

Charles celebrated his birthday on Nov. 14 after a spate of health issues including a cancer diagnosis. The palace has not specified what kind of cancer the king has.

The event in the new Lord Norman Foster-designed building featured classic British nosh like Yorkshire pudding and beef pie with Stilton cheese, in a room decked out with photos of the royal family and former President Reagan and Trump, according to The Journal.

There were also tables with sushi and nigiri sushi for those adverse to British pub grub.

A photo of the Union Jack projected on the side of JPMorgan’s new headquarters in Manhattan. Reddit/GirlyPopTart

Members of Parliament and British nobles wearing kilts chatted with reality TV stars like Ubah Hassan from “The Real Housewives of New York City” and Mary Holland Nader from “Love Thy Nader,” The Journal reported.

The belated birthday party might have seemed unusual for a number of reasons – not only was Charles thousands of miles away; the festivities took place in a country readying to celebrate 250 years of independence from the Brits. 

But it wasn’t such an unexpected move for Dimon, who has been growing closer with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government and is friendly with French President Emmanuel Macron. He met the king during a global investment summit in the UK in 2023.

Dimon used the event to spread his goal of bringing the US and Europe closer together, warning of the dangers of a weakened trans-Atlantic alliance as he thanked the British for their help in countering Nazism. 

“There’s a whiskey bar back there,” he said on a less serious note to roughly 400 guests as he took to the stage. “Thank God, mostly Scottish whiskey.”

Varun Chandra, Starmer’s special adviser on business and investment, made a speech that flopped with a string of “very cringeworthy and overused Dad jokes” about the differences between Britain and the US, an attendee said.

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Guests told The Post that Chandra’s speech made passing references to how Britons pronounce “z” as “zed” and how Americans don’t really understand “football” — what is known as soccer on this side of the Atlantic.

“Nobody laughed. Everyone was just waiting for him to finish,” said an insider who was among the 400 or so onlookers. 

Dimon was surrounded all night by people angling to take photographs with the exec – staying behind with a drink in hand for more than two hours after many JPMorgan execs had already left, according to The Journal.

A major history buff, Dimon nodded to JPMorgan’s British ties during his speech. 

King Charles III celebrated his 77th birthday on Nov. 14. Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press Wire / SplashNews.com

Founder J. Pierpont Morgan came from a family of English merchants, and his son, Jack Morgan, was good friends with King George VI – Charles’ grandfather. 

But representatives of the British Consulate didn’t skim over the event’s blatant irony.

“We’re just about to begin the celebrations for 250 years of American independence from the British monarch, and here we stand in this temple of American freedom and prosperity to celebrate the birthday of the British monarch,” Chandra said during his speech.

Back in the 1600s, King Charles II ousted the Dutch from New Amsterdam and gave the territory to his brother, the Duke of York – renaming it New York in his honor.

JPMorgan did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

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The JPMorgan Chase CEO didn’t mention Mamdani by name in his Thursday remarks at a conference in Miami, but made several pointed references to the hard-left ideas espoused during his campaign. Those include free childcare and free buses — and pledges to soak the rich to foot the bill.

“This notion of somehow being anti-business is going to help average American citizens, even the lower paid,” he told an audience at the American Business Forum, a Saudi Arabia-backed summit in Miami. “I don’t agree with the concept.”

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon took a not-too-subtle swipe at hard-left NYC mayoral election winner Zohran Mamdani during an appearance at a Saudi-backed business forum in Miami, Florida. Getty Images for America Business Forum

The 69-year-old Wall Street titan likewise warned that “beating up business as a way to fix things” — whether it’s crime, education or the cost of living — could shrink the city’s tax base as financiers and corporations relocate to lower-tax states. The bank itself has just opened a swanky new Park Avenue HQ.

“Everyone has to compete,” Dimon said, citing how Florida and Texas were tempting Wall Street firms to move out of the Big Apple. “It’s competitive between countries, between states, and between cities. A bunch of these states that are driving business out — it will backfire.

“A lot of those cities do things in the name of good, which create bad,” he added. “All of these bad policies, in my view, usually hurt the lower-paid people more.”

Dimon reportedly tried to reach Mamdani by phone on Wednesday but was unable to connect. The Post has approached a JPMorgan spokesman for comment.

The Queens native previously called Mamdani a “Marxist” this past summer, but recently offered to advise the 34-year-old mayor-elect on the challenges that come with the role of managing the city’s $115 billion budget.

Dimon said Democrat-led cities such as New York should reduce what he called “blue tape” — excessive regulations that stifle growth and hurt workers and consumers alike.

During a conference in Dublin, Ireland, earlier this summer, Dimon had labelled Mamdani as a “Marxist” but has since offered to help the inexperienced failed rapper as he takes on one of the biggest political jobs in the United States ZUMAPRESS.com

“We’d better start fixing these things. Because in 30 years, if we don’t, we are going the way of Europe,” he said, pointing to the continent’s ever-shrinking share of global GDP.

On Wednesday, Dimon told CNN Mamdani should consult with outgoing Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who has been credited with reviving his city after bankruptcy. Dimon cited Duggan’s execution and practical governance, noting that enthusiasm alone does not guarantee success.

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Big Apple power broker Kathryn Wylde, the CEO of Partnership of New York, told The Post that the assemblyman “has demonstrated that he is a good listener and he is willing to accept that there are other ways to achieve his goals besides actions that hurt the economy.”

“What he has said to our members, he is going to pursue his goal of reducing costs, whether it’s rent, groceries, or childcare, and he won’t compromise on them,” she added. “But Mamdani is wide open on how to get there, to the extent that he is willing to accept advice from the business community.”

JPMorgan’s Dimon told CNN on Wednesday that Zohran Mamdani should reach out to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who has turned around Motor City’s economic fortunes since taking up the job in 2014. Getty Images

Dimon, who earned $39 million last year according to filings, has become increasingly vocal on political issues ranging from U.S. support for Ukraine to global competition with China.

The Post’s Charlie Gasparino reported in June that Dimon has not yet fully closed the door on a possible run for the White House. Sources close to the JPMorgan CEO have always downplayed his chances of winning a Democratic primary, but never ruled out a tilt at America’s top job.

He has hinted at retirement within the next few years. Potential successors include Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking; Troy Rohrbaugh, co-head of commercial and investment banking; and Mary Erdoes, CEO of asset and wealth management.

In 2021, the JPMorgan board granted Dimon a special award of 1.5 million stock options that vest in 2026, giving him an incentive to stay on through that year.

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“We shouldn’t be stockpiling bitcoins,” Dimon said when asked about how industrial policy is entwined with national security policies during a panel.

“We should stockpiling guns, bullets, tanks, planes, drones, you know, rare earths. We know we need to do it. It’s not a mystery.” 

Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that operates outside of banking or government authority.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March establishing a Bitcoin reserve, which he described as “a virtual Fort Knox for digital gold.” 

“We should be stockpiling bullets,” he continued.

“Like, you know, the military guys tell you that, you know, if there’s a war in the South China Sea, we have missiles for seven days. Okay, come on. I mean, we can’t say that with a straight face and think that’s okay. So we know what to do. We just got to now go about doing it. Get the people together, roll up our sleeves, you know, have the debates.” 

Dimon joined a fireside chat during the Reagan National Economic Forum in Simi Valley, California, at the Reagan Presidential Library Friday for a sweeping discussion on the economy and how the world’s “tectonic plates are shifting” in geopolitics in the form of wars, proxy terrorists and the potential proliferation of nuclear weapons. 

At the inaugural Reagan National Economic Forum in California, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said the United States should stockpile guns, ammunition, and drones instead of bitcoin. POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Dimon underscored during his address that he does not view China as America’s top adversary, and instead pointed his attention to the “enemy within” that could lead to the U.S.’ status as the world’s leader crater. 

“I’m not as worried about China,” Dimon said.

“China is a potential adversary. They’re doing a lot of things well, they have a lot of problems. But what I really worry about is us. Can we get our own act together, our own values, our own capability, our own management?”

Dimon specifically said, “We should stockpiling guns, bullets, tanks, planes, drones, you know, rare earths. We know we need to do it. It’s not a mystery.” Milan – stock.adobe.com

“I always get asked this question: Are we going to be the reserve currency?” he said.

“No. You know, if we are not the preeminent military and the preeminent economy in 40 years, we will not be the reserve currency. That’s a fact. Just read history.” 

He referred to the U.S. government as a “Leviathan” that is too weak to carry out policies, while simultaneously imposing “things on the American public that they’re getting sick of.” 

Bitcoin operates outside of the current banking and government authority in the U.S. and is seen as a is a decentralized digital currency, though President Trump signed an executive order in March establishing a Bitcoin reserve. ARTFULLY-79 – stock.adobe.com

Dimon argued that instead, the U.S. needs to celebrate its long-held values.

“Celebrate our virtues: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise, equal opportunity, family, God, country,” he said.

“You know, and you can acknowledge the flaws that we have, which are extraordinary — what we did the Black population for years. Don’t denigrate the great things of this country, because those are two different things.”

“We don’t talk that much to each other — deal with our policies — this is the enemy within,” he continued.

“We’ve got to fix our permitting our regulations our immigration our taxation, which I, I think they’re on their way. We have to fix our inner city schools, our health care system.” 

The Reagan National Economic forum kicked off Friday, and includes panels featuring Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, lawmakers such as Sens. Mike Rounds and Bill Cassidy, and leaders from the private sector, such as the CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton, Horacio Rozanski.

The bipartisan event works to promote “President Reagan’s enduring belief in the power of the free market and individual opportunity to drive national prosperity,” according to forum organizers. 

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Dimon, 68, said he “had enough” of virtual working when speaking to students at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business last week.

A student asked the bank executive about his leaked and expletive remarks from a company town hall addressing the firm’s end of hybrid work, which has become a common workplace practice in recent years, particularly after the coronavirus pandemic.

He was asked by the student for advice on how to address the issue of virtual work.

Dimon responded that the only group of people frustrated with the return to the office are “the people in the middle,” such as corporate office workers.

“If you work in a restaurant, you’ve got to be in,” he said. “You all may not know this, but 60% of Americans worked the whole time.”

“Where did you get your Amazon packages from? Your beef, your meat, your vodka? Where did you get the diapers from?” he continued, referring to people who have never had the option to work remotely, even during the pandemic.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon doubled down on his anti-telework policies. Bloomberg via Getty Images

Dimon spoke with students at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business last week. Stanford Graduate School of Business

Dimon added: “You got UPS and FedEx and manufacturers and agriculture and hospitals and cities and schools and nurses and sanitation and firemen and military. They all worked.”

Some workers in both the government and the private sector who have been permitted to work remotely since the pandemic have been critical of return-to-office mandates in recent years.

There have been some who have even quit over the return to the office requirement, which Dimon said he respects.

Dimon insisted that telework “doesn’t work in our business.” Getty Images

“We have 10% of our people working at home full-time,” Dimon said. “We put virtual call centers in Baltimore and Detroit. We did it to see if they’d be effective. They’re highly effective. They work from home. They’re mostly minorities. That’s why we did it. It’s a home run. So I’m not against it where it works … I also completely defend your right to say, ‘I don’t want to.’”

“But I don’t defend your right to tell me what JPMorgan’s gonna do,” he added. “So you have a free market. You can do one thing, I can do another. That’s what’s called a free market.”

JPMorgan Chase had earlier announced that employees must return to the office five days a week, beginning this month.

The CEO suggested that only “the people in the middle” were frustrated about returning to the office. Stanford Graduate School of Business

Dimon also said he wanted people back in the office because “younger people are being left behind.”

“It’s not like the first month you’re working,” he said. “It’s by the second year you have less people, you’re put on less assignments, you know less what’s going on, you have less conversations at the water cooler or in the cafeteria. So it’s leaving them behind. I won’t do that. And to have the younger people coming in but not their bosses, I have a problem with that too. And then people say to me always, ‘well, it works for me.’”

He also stressed the importance of communication with coworkers in the office that may not be possible with remote work.

“As a management tool, when we meet in the morning, we talk, we have these debates, all day long we’re talking. ‘Hey, no, I checked on that, you’re right about that, here’s what I think we should do.’ All day long, constant update, constant share of information. So I tell you, it doesn’t work in our business. And for culture, you talk about culture, it’s impossible to do culture,” Dimon said.

Dimon also said people are often distracted by their phones during Zoom meetings.

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But my guess — and the guess of people in Washington and on Wall Street following this issue — is that it won’t be enough to satisfy the courts, the public’s demands for a color-blind meritocracy and the Trump administration’s desires to roll back one of the most divisive political, cultural and business issues of our time.

In many ways the nation’s largest lender is an outlier in continuing to support DEI, or the use of racial and “intersectional” (gender and genderidentity) preferences in hiring.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington DC on Dec. 6, 2023. Bloomberg via Getty Images

Companies are dropping the practice because of its dubious legality following the 2023 SCOTUS ruling outlawing affirmative action in college admissions.

President Trump has signed executive orders ending DEI in federal contracting, and is calling on major companies to do the same.

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And many are.

Just this past Friday, BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager and once a major DEI adherent, said that while it loves diversity, it is “not requiring managers to interview a diverse slate of candidates for open positions.”

Others have gone so far as to drop the word “equity” or guaranteed outcomes from their hiring metrics.

Yet it’s unclear where exactly JPMorgan, led by mega-banker Jamie Dimon, stands on the issue.

Dimon has a long history supporting DEI, and became obsessed with it in 2020 during the social-justice George Floyd riots.

But a lot has changed since our “summer of love,” as the left termed those turbulent times, and Dimon has spent most of the past month of Donald Trump’s presidency attempting to spin his way out of a possible confrontation with the anti-DEI president.

Changing public filings

JPM has begun altering public filings as they relate to so-called intersectional hiring preferences at the bank.

Some people at the bank tell me there will be at least a semantic weakening of the bank’s DEI commitment.

On deck, my sources there say, is a revamping of the DEI section of its website, which features maybe the most florid examples of DEI worship in the business community.

As it stands now, the website boasts that “58% of new US hires are racially or ethnically diverse,” and 49% of all global new hires are women.

The company has had a 35% increase in “self-identifying” LBGTQ+ employees in the last year it posted data, following a 50% increase.

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There are “500+” LBGTQ+ managing directors and executive directors at the bank, it adds.

People at JPM say look for possible new language that softens such DEI humblebrags.

It may even remove “equity” from its diversity hiring metrics, like many others already have.

Yet, these semantic changes won’t satisfy the Trump White House, and the president himself, my reporting suggests.

White House advisers tell me language tweaks often obscure the backdoor use of illegal hiring preferences.

The president, they tell me, wants a color-blind country, and he wants corporate America’s buy-in. Too much is at stake to downgrade skill when we are in a global war for economic supremacyand freedom with China.

No confusion from Don

For proof, they say, look no further than Trump’s Truth Social feed where he recently singled out Apple for JPM-like DEI worship.

As Trump wrote in all caps so there was no confusion about where he stood: “APPLE SHOULD GET RID OF DEI RULES, NOT JUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THEM,” adding that “DEI WAS A HOAX THAT HAS BEEN VERY BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY. DEI IS GONE!!!”

On Monday, Dimon attempted more damage control, this time with the people over at CNBC. When asked about his DEI commitment, Dimon said: “I don’t like wasted money on bureaucracy . . . obviously you have to modify your plans, but we look at our policies all the time… But if we did something wrong with DEI, we’re going to fix it.

I never had a problem admitting that we did too much and we need to change something.”

What that gibberish means in reality is difficult to say. A JPM spokesman later told me the bank is “still committed” to DEI.

“Changing something doesn’t mean weakening” it, the flack insisted.

The spokesman also said all hiring is merit-based, which again seems like a contradiction if you’re committed to DEI.

Dimon’s handlers have argued in the past that JPM is a highly profitable enterprise while employing DEI, so it must account for something.

True, JPM is profitable, but DEI is hardly the reason any big bank makes money.

Dimon is a very good banker, but for all his skills as a manager, he runs a business protected by the federal government since the 2008 financial crisis, aka it’s Too Big To Fail.

That designation allows it to borrow cheaply and lend more expensively.

It almost seems like it’s able to print money even when the economy sputters.

Sorry, the real reason Dimon can’t pull himself away from DEI is because he’s a progressive, and always has been. He’s slated to retire in the next few years, and might run for office as a Democrat or take a job in academia.

Both are places that remain committed to racialized employment policies, which explains a lot.

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