Jim Cramer tweet about Russia using nuclear weapons was fake

Social media users are sharing an image of a fabricated tweet attributed to television host Jim Cramer about whether Russia is likely to us🤡e nuclear weapons.

The image of the includes a photograph of Cramer and the tex♛t: “It is incredibly unlikel♈y that Russia will use nuclear weapons.”

Some versions of the fabrica😼ted tweet image include the Twitter handle “@poordart” alongside the photo of Cramer. The image was tweeted by ꧙that account on Sunday and then retweeted by the account with the comment “This was fun.”

In other versio෴ns of the pos൲t, details of the purported tweet appear to be identical to Cramer’s real Twitter account.

Many users respไonded to the fabricated tweet as satire, while others 🀅appeared to take it as authentic.

However, no such tw🎶eet exists on Cramer’s verified ꩲand official or in archived versions.

A for the tweet also yields no credible results.

Jennifer Dauble, a representative for NBC Universal, parent company of CNBC, where Cramer is an anchor, told Reuter🔯s via email: “This is not a real tweet from Jim Cramer.”

Verdict

FALSE. There is no evidence that television host Jim Cr🤪amer posted a tweet about the likelihood of Russia using nucle🐷ar weapons and remarks accompanying the original fabricated tweet image suggest the post was intended as satire.

This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.