Trump: Sprint Is Bringing 5K Jobs Back To US Because Of 'The Hope' I Created

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By ALLEGRA KIRKLAND Published DECEMBER 28, 2016, 5:50 PM EDT

The President-elect claimed that he received a phone call on Wednesday afternoon from the head people at Sprint pledging to return off-shored jobs to U.S. soil.

Theyre taking them from other countries and bringing them back to the United States, Donald Trump told reporters gathered at the door of his south Florida Mar-a-Lago estate.

Trump credited the telecommunications companys decision to whats happening and the spirit and the hope. He also claimed that OneWeb, a new satellite-based Internet provider, will be hiring 3,000 people.

Sprint and OneWeb not yet verified these claims.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-claims-five-thousand-sprint-jobs-oneweb

[ananda]

1. Are they doing this with the confidence that ..

they will get huge tax breaks and won't have to
pay minimum wage or worry about pesky
regulations on workplace safety or environmental impact?

I know what I think.

[Tanuki]

12. I think they "hope" for the end of net neutrality under the unpresident

[ananda]

36. Yep, that too!

Ugghh

[jpak]

2. More like "The Fear"

yup

[left-of-center2012]

3. Is he going to take credit for everything?

Well, the GOP has declared him the new "King".

[William Seger]

13. I think they meant Nuke King (nt)

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

26. That would be funny if it wasn't probable.

[Initech]

15. I wouldn't be surprised if he declared himself god.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

27. Oh, I think that Nazi prick believes he's WAY beyond mere diety status.

[Plucketeer]

4. Theyre taking them from other countries and bringing them back to the United States, said Trump

They did it based on my promise to deep six Net Neutrality, he added.

[vkkv]

16. More than likely.. nt

[adigal]

5. He is so full of shit, he gave the store away but Americans are too stupid

to understand.
And he's taking credit for increased conusmer confidence, while CNN blames Obama for their disagreement and for standing up to Israel.
Im just sick over this scumbag sex offender canival barker taking office.

[Auntie Bush]

6. Is tRump going to slap his own back every time people are hired for the next 4 years?

When is he going to bring back his own unpatriotic oversea jobs back home? He is such a sickening double white eyed hypocrite. He needs to lay off that sunlamp...and the hairspray.

[madokie]

35. I think the hair spray has burned his brain out

thats his drug of choice, he's a huffer

[Auntie Bush]

45. Hadn't thought of that...probably true.

[louis-t]

7. If the sun comes up tomorrow

will he take credit for that?

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. He must mean because low wages will be his top proirity.

[MistakenLamb]

9. Doesn't Sprint want a merger with T-Mobile?

Sounds like Trump promised greased wheels for these jobs

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. I haven't seen a word about this

In the KC Star. I will start looking.

[msongs]

11. trump twits are NOT lbn. talkinpointsmemo is not a news source. nt

[DRoseDARs]

18. What are you talking about? TPM has been a news source on DU going back years...

I can find a DU post sourcing them a few days BEFORE you even joined the forum.

[LisaM]

22. I trust TPM, but they are only reporting what DT said

not anything that's actually occurred.

[DRoseDARs]

29. Article has changed from OP, second half is basically "Trump says shit that IS shit"

I got the sense that the article was written in a "Ugh, Trump opened his mouth again. Here's why what he said was bullshit..." writing style. It's unclear why the "Sprint and OneWeb not yet verified these claims." portion was removed, beyond the lack of a "have" in that sentence.

[7962]

31. CBS reported this evening that Sprint confirms it. nt

[Liberalagogo]

14. Yes

Because the RUMP always tells the truth. I mean, when has he EVER lied?

[Blue Shoes]

20. Based on his previous record it will be 5 jobs

and they'll have been slated to be replaced by robots in 2 years.

[Initech]

21. He's like Scarface - he always tells the truth even when he lies.

[Yurovsky]

28. That's a great scene...

I love that movie... especially the extended cut... a little extra gore!

[leftyladyfrommo]

17. Announcement in Sprint Newsroom.

But they say they are creating a lot of these jobs not bringing them back from somewhere.

I will never use Sprint after reading that announcement.

[C Moon]

19. He's cocky now. Just wait until everything he does starts to ruin the country...

and people start disliking him more and more.
He's not going to like his new job very much.

[Sedona]

23. Sprint was denied a merger with Tmobile

This is pay for play. Trump will let the merger go thru

[MistakenLamb]

25. this is my thought too

bigger monopolies under the guise of "jobs"

[leftyladyfrommo]

24. Kmbc in KC has it on breaking news.

Everybody is carrying the story now.

[liberal N proud]

30. The head people?

Really, who calls the leaders of a company the head people?

[Equinox Moon]

32. In no way, shape, or form do I believe anything grabber-elect says or does.

It was all behind the scenes with a lot of illicit dealing going on.

[LisaM]

33. Yes, and part of jobs that were already announced.

And, agreed, there's probably chicanery going on in some form or another.


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-touts-new-sprint-jobs-that-he-already-touted-as-softbank-jobs-2016-12-28

And more, part of this is because the market has slowed in Japan:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201612280001.html


And, the jobs (if they materialize) will be spread out over four years.

[Equinox Moon]

34. Ooooooo.... good word, "chicanery"

I had to look it up. Thanks for the new vocabulary.



AND, you are a good researcher. You have dug up some damning evidence.

(again, I award you with the teacher emoji)

[LisaM]

37. Aww, thanks!

I don't trust anything this guy does or says, and I mean anything.

[atreides1]

38. Customer Support and Sales Positions

In other words minimum wage jobs...maybe it's me, but I don't think the coal miners or steel mill workers thought these were the jobs they'd be doing!!!

[turbinetree]

39. While he said that .....................

I got a email warning today to watch out for a serial predator being in the neighborhood area

[erpowers]

40. Part of 50,000 Jobs Already Announced

These jobs seem to be part of the 50,000 jobs already announced.

The 5,000 jobs in Sprint’s plans are part of Son’s overall 50,000-job commitment, though they’ll be funded by Sprint and not SoftBank, the U.S. carrier said.

Trump also repeated an announcement earlier this month that OneWeb Ltd., a satellite startup backed by Son’s SoftBank Group Corp., will create almost 3,000 jobs in Florida over the next four years.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-28/trump-says-billionaire-masa-son-adds-u-s-jobs-at-sprint-oneweb

[Tatiana]

41. Can Sprint bring back a reliable connection is the question.

I had to drop them after more than a decade as my cellular carrier because I had so many dropped calls and, later, lack of LTE or reliable data service.

I don't believe this at all. I believe these companies are kissing the ring and giving Trump some "kittens to save" in exchange for favors down the line (less regulation, maybe?).

[benld74]

42. I've been constipated the last 3 days, but no more

Thank you Donnie!!!!

[pbmus]

43. Yep, those jobs pay an average of 10 bucks an hr

Bigleague deal .... wO w ...

[smirkymonkey]

46. No,no. BIGLY deal.

Still, the orange asshole has done nothing but fuck things up.

[TexasBushwhacker]

44. Great! Trump gets credit for 8K jobs

Now will he give Obama credit for the MILLIONS of jobs added (and saved) since he took office? And I don't think Obama ever tweeted "Thanks Barack".

[cactusfractal]

47. The shade of Marjorie Meriwether Post keens in agony...

Every time that vulgar barbarian defiles her once tasteful estate.

[Norbert]

48. Since I worked there, my company's workforce increased 15%

So obviously I can singlehandedly take credit for this because of the hope I created.

[Sunlei]

49. trump is ignorant. everyone knows corporations 'lease' 20 cent an hour prisoners for CS 'jobs'

Americas "for profit" prison stock shoots through the roof!

thousands of prison 'chain gangs' "work" for corps, sewing clothes, working fish farms, warehouse work, farms, customer service jobs, 100s of factory jobs and fight wildfires, work on pipelines.

With Republicans in full charge, USA will roll back to the 1950s.. chain gangs will work to death in the mines again.

Because our 13th amendment allows slavery of prisoners, Republicans take advantage of that and now more advantage of slave labor.

Republican baggers will line up to become the 2017 trump 'jobs' whip-crackers Massas foreman, like the old slave days.