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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump having Twitter-fit this morning over NBC reporting companies' "new" jobs are recycled
Here's the NBC story, "Companies Are Recycling Their Old News to Avoid Being Blasted in a Trump Tweet":
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/companies-are-recycling-their-old-news-avoid-being-blasted-trump-n707921?cid=sm_tw_nbcnews
Companies Are Recycling Their Old News to Avoid Being Blasted in a Trump Tweet
It's a "first strike" approach to jobs.
Companies eager to avoid becoming the target of the next attack by President-elect Donald Trump are preemptively or retroactively announcing U.S. job creation plans.
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They join a small but growing list of companies with recent job creation or preservation announcements tied either explicitly or implicitly to the PEOTUS, including Amazon, Carrier, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, and Sprint.
Not So Fast
But peel back a layer and the promises come with some caveats. A company's plan to increase capital expenditures, which include jobs and facility improvements, are typically years in the making. Some of these "announcements" are old news in a new hat.
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So of course Twitler is fuming:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
to the U.S., but had nothing to do with TRUMP, is more FAKE NEWS. Ask top CEO's of those companies for real facts. Came back because of me!
"Bayer AG has pledged to add U.S. jobs and investments after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, the latest in a string..." @WSJ
No wonder the Today Show on biased @NBC is doing so badly compared to its glorious past. Little credibility!
madokie
(51,076 posts)until the coat is worn plum out
tRump has nothing but lies, hate and bigotry
dalton99a
(81,392 posts)Infantile.
mnhtnbb
(31,373 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)I think the Deep State will take him out before then. Can't have the Cheeto running around embarrassing everybody, disrupting international trade and messing with military matters or, to be fair, dropping nuclear bombs on somebody.
What follows won't be better, but it also won't be unpredictable.
Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)Out of the skillet and into the fire.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)--a hard-right Koch-head ideologue who will dutifully sign whatever he is given--into office.
The Deep State will first delegitimize Trump in the eyes of his followers (we already view him as such, obviously) and then boot him out.
Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)what joke the orange twitler is
HipChick
(25,485 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Can't shake my damned head any faster.
procon
(15,805 posts)Cha
(296,846 posts)to be inaugurated.
That's it.. tweet some asshole.
Wounded Bear
(58,598 posts)Keep needling him. Keep the pressure on.
bdamomma
(63,799 posts)the media would like to keep their jobs too. I don't see this round going to trump. His approval ratings are sinking so quickly I hope they go down lower. Everyday he continues to go down.
Sad very sad.
FSogol
(45,446 posts)sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/07/28/fiat-chrysler-ending-car-production-us/87649136/
you have to read this link to see the announcement
Bengus81
(6,928 posts)sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)I immediately search any announcement he makes and put year as past 2. Have not been disappointed yet.