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

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Thank you

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Why hasn’t Trump released a audio of this fantastic call? Something this huge you’d think it would be all over the net24/7!

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I am afraid I cannot say it often enough or with enough vehemence: I despise this man.

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AND you will be able to carry it onboard the newly reformed Braniff International Airlines!

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Does this mean that, conversely, when the economy starts to tank, he’ll stand outside Mar-A-Lago and announce it was because of the despair he created?

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We’re going to see a lot of this type of thing over the next four years. And I worry that it will work. Hell, people believed they were worse off than they were at the end of the Bush Administration because of the black guy in office, when the truth for most people is that they were better off. Orwell is turning in his grave.

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Believe it when I see it. For now, it’s just the Bloviator in Chief lying yet again, taking credit for something he had nothing to do with (at best).

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I am sure that the underemployed coal miners in WV and KY will be happy with their new SPRINT jobs in North Dakota!

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Why does this remind me of the cock boasting that his crowing every morning caused the sun to rise?

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Is it me, or is the vulgarian-elect holding his hands out so they appear larger?

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I’m still not quite sold on the idea of driverless cars in major metropolitan areas BUT once driverless trucks become reality, you can add truck drivers to the list of careers that no longer require people to do alongside miners.

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But he won’t take credit for making the trains run on time because Conservatives see mass public transportation as socialist collectivism. But he will take credit for destroying Amtrak.

Forever seeking Archimedean levers for prying the world in directions they prefer, progressives say they embrace high-speed rail for many reasons—to improve the climate, increase competitiveness, enhance national security, reduce congestion, and rationalize land use. The length of the list of reasons, and the flimsiness of each, points to this conclusion: the real reason for progressives’ passion for trains is their goal of diminishing Americans’ individualism in order to make them more amenable to collectivism.

Yes, Will really wrote that.

I love trains.

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Of course! :blush::blush:. Haven’t been on in a while … time to re-engage.

On a more serious note … Trump’s voters will find that Trump can bluster and bellow, but he can’t turn the clock back to 1960. Manufacturing has fundamentally changed, requiring different skill sets than simply the ability to operate a drill press or a blowtorch. To put it simply, technological advances now mean a plant that required 500 people in 1960 now only needs 250 (please see Carrier’s plant in Indy for details). Those jobs require advanced training. A serious person would have a detailed plan to provide that training. She got around 3 million more votes than Trump.

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This move has nothing to do with technology or customer satisfaction. It’s all Trump!

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This is all tied-in to deregulation of the cellular industry, and promises made to create a smoother path for Sprint to merge with T-Mobile, thus eliminating one of the 4 major cell phone companies and decreasing competition.

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“. . .because of the hope I created.” We get, for for the price of a president, God too. Two for one!! How fortunate for us. Will someone wake us up from this nightmare?

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So, when Will is in Europe he rents a car or hires a driver? I wouldn’t be surprised.

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I can’t tell if his hands are really smaller or if the real issue is that he has a huge head and mafia-goon-style fitting suits.

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And all ignore the fact that Sprint is owned 80% By Softbank Japan … Oh yeah that Softbank

Why did Japan’s SoftBank pledge $50 billion for U.S. investment?

By YASUAKI OSHIKA/ Staff Writer

SoftBank Group Corp.'s recent pledge to President-elect Donald Trump that it will invest $50 billion (5.9 trillion yen) in the United States raises the question, what’s in it for Chief Executive Masayoshi Son?
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201612280001.html

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So this is how it’s gonna be. Trump will keep reporting how great he is, his supporters will believe him, and the truth matters not at all.

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