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Softbank pledges big investment in US at Trump Tower - pdq - 12-16-2024 I’ll go there: Trump announced the deal after meeting with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, a Japanese billionaire and technology investor, at Trump Tower in New York. On Twitter, Trump claimed that Son said he “would never do this” if Trump had not won the presidential election. Wait - did that say “Twitter”? Yeah. Not exactly breaking news. Dateline: Dec 6, 2016. The pair did not give details on what specific investments SoftBank would make, though Son suggested the Japanese company would target the technology sector. This is my shocked face: :RollingEyesSmiley5: Trump said after the election he told Apple CEO Tim And they did! In Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker pledged billions of taxpayer dollars to lure Foxconn to depressed areas of outstate Wisconsin, where they were going to produce Trump, uhh…trumpeted this Eighth Wonder of the World back then. And…well, let’s just say it didn’t turn out as promised. (The word “debacle” got used a lot.) So. Do you remember the huge number of US tech jobs Softbank single-handedly created the last time they announced this? Yeah, neither do I. But like Lucy holding the football, it was time for Trump and this guy Son to try it again, only at Mar-a-Lago this time, with talk sprinkled with references to “AI”, and with one hundred beel-eeon dollars and 100,000 jobs promised! Woo-hoo! Meet the new boss; same as the old boss. Re: Softbank pledges big investment in US at Trump Tower - vision63 - 12-17-2024 God Bless Donald Trump.* *last night I was kidnapped and neutered. I can't have no babies. Re: Softbank pledges big investment in US at Trump Tower - cbelt3 - 12-17-2024 “Emoluments is an old word . I don’t understand it. It’s just business.” Re: Softbank pledges big investment in US at Trump Tower - jonny - 12-18-2024 You know, it's interesting. I've heard almost no talk of the mythical "blind trust" this time around. Re: Softbank pledges big investment in US at Trump Tower - pdq - 12-18-2024 jonny wrote: If the president does it, it's not illegal. Our esteemed SCOTUS. Too bad this bunch wasn't around when Tricky Dick needed them. |