Trump takes credit for Sprint jobs he had nothing to do with
Once again, Donald Trump is taking credit for creating jobs he didn’t create.
Click here for reuse options!The president-elect bragged on Wednesday about brokering a deal in which Sprint will bring 5,000 jobs to the United States and another company, OneWeb, will bring 3,000 jobs into this country. This is consistent with a theme that Trump has been spouting off about on Twitter all week — namely, that he deserves credit for the nation’s currently prosperous economic conditions…
“Because of what’s happening and the spirit and the hope I was just called by the head people at Sprint and they’re going to be bringing 5,000 jobs back to the United States,” Trump said to reporters outside his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Wednesday. “Masa and some other people were very much involved with that.”
The problem is that, like so much of what Trump says, it simply isn’t true.
“This is part of the 50,000 jobs that Masa previously announced,” said a Sprint spokeswoman to Engadget on Wednesday. “This total will be a combination of newly created jobs and bringing some existing jobs back to the U.S.”
…The Wall Street Journal reported on a $100 billion tech investment deal in October, before Trump even became president-elect. ABC News has confirmed that the 5,000 Sprint jobs are part of a 50,000 job deal that SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son had planned weeks ago.
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bpollen December 29th, 2016 at 14:16
11 killed, 48 wounded over Xmas weekend in Chicago, thanks to the “hope” Trump brings to the country. Thanks, Tovarishch Trump!
Warman1138 December 29th, 2016 at 14:44
The sun rose this morning……..Trump took credit for it.
arc99 December 29th, 2016 at 15:08
The night that President Obama made the go/no-go decision for the bin Laden mission, was also the night of that annual press dinner with the White House press. Trump was in the audience and President Obama roasted him up one side and down the other.
Frankly I would not be at all surprised if Trump claimed he “inspired” the President to make that final decision.
robert December 29th, 2016 at 16:59
The trumpster hasn’t been too efficient with references sice he decided to run for prez
amersham1046 December 29th, 2016 at 17:18
should get accustomed to claims like this
William December 30th, 2016 at 10:43
Comrade Trump brings much prosperity to workers paradise. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5e251b215d25520cc0954465a694fc8c8fee98ff71600a975fea5ed2e2243807.jpg
bpollen December 31st, 2016 at 03:48
This was announced last year…
http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/technology/article18230624.html