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Trump announces that Sprint is keeping 5,000 jobs in the U.S.

Was he really the reason behind it?

Trump announces that Sprint is keeping 5,000 jobs in the U.S.
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President-elect Donald Trump is taking credit for plans by telecom company Sprint to hire a total of 5,000 workers in the U.S.  Trump said the jobs announcement was a sign of rising confidence in his incoming administration. But would that deal have gone forward even without Trump?

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