Jobs Were Announced in 2015
Donald Trump is claiming that because of the “hope” he’s created already across America, telecom giant Sprint will add 5000 jobs in the U.S.
“I was just called by the head people at Sprint, and they are going to be bringing 5,000 jobs back to the United States,†Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Wednesday. “They have taken them from other countries. They are bringing them back to the United States.â€
The only problem: Sprint announced those jobs back in April of 2015, well before Trump even announced his candidacy for president, and they were also announced again earlier this year as part of a larger plan, which again, had nothing to do with Trump.
Politico’s Senior tech reporter noted the facts:
And Huffington Post’s Senior Politics Editor noted what really happened:
Oliver Willis notes the mainstream media played stenographer to Trump’s lie, without bothering to fact-check.
Also, the jobs won’t even be filled until 2018:
Trump pulled a similar stunt when he and Mike Pence arranged for Carrier to be granted a large tax break which did not prevent them from shipping 1100 jobs to Mexico, saving just 800.
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