Get used to it.
Trump "announced" the return to the USA of 5000 jobs by Sprint. He declared that this was because now there is hope.
In fact, this return of jobs was apparently planned in July, thereby having nothing to do with Trump. The Japanese head of Sprint may have let Trump announce the job return because Sprint wants to merge with TMobile and has been blocked as anti-competitive. So Sprint has every reason to curry favor with Trump.
Trump knows how to use publicity to his own interest. Trump has talked publicly about Boeing, Lockheed and Carrier. Now Sprint.
Regarding Sprint, Trump did nothing to get these 5000 jobs to the US. It was Indiana that put up $7 million to keep some carrier jobs in Indiana - and Carrier is still sending some jobs to Mexico.
So, first of all, Trump is definitely taking credit for the work of others. Is that lying? Misrepresenting?
And, of more concern, is the paradigm of Trump's dealing with individual corporations on very small unique deals. Is there quid pro quo? Do these corporations expect favorable decisions in return? Is that anti-competitive toward the competitors of these favored companies? Should Carrier's competitors also be given $7 million? Should the Trump administration permit the Sprint TMobile merger?
This is no way to run a country. Well, maybe a banana republic.
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