The president pats himself on the back as the cable operator commits $25 billion for broadband infrastructure and reiterates plans to hire 20,000 workers.
President Donald Trump touted Charter Communications’ new $25 billion investment in broadband infrastructure and its already announced plan to hire 20,000 American workers as signs that his policies are working to attract new investment and create jobs.
Charter, the second-largest cable operator in the US since its $65 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks last year, announced the $25 billion investment Friday following a meeting between the company’s CEO Tom Rutledge and President Trump at the White House. Trump attributed the investment — and Charter’s promise to bring back the US call center jobs that had been shipped overseas — to his election and policies.
Trump added that Charter’s announcement followed similar announcements from other companies, like Exxon Mobil, Intel, and Boeing, that had “recently announced billions in investment and thousands of jobs coming into the United States following my election victory.
