Trump Again Tries To Pass Off New Sprint Jobs As His Own Deal (It’s Not)

The following article by Richard Cowan of Reuters was posted on the National Memo website December 29, 2016:

PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said telecommunications group Sprint Corp and a U.S. satellite company OneWeb will bring 8,000 jobs to the United States, and the companies said the positions were part of a previously disclosed pledge by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.

SoftBank holds stakes in both companies and its chief, billionaire businessman Masayoshi Son, earlier in December said he would invest $50 billion in the United States and create 50,000 jobs. Continue reading “Trump Again Tries To Pass Off New Sprint Jobs As His Own Deal (It’s Not)”