MORE TRUMP EFFECT – AT 10:31 A.M. ET:   It must be frustrating to be a Democrat and watch President-elect Trump have an impact even before he takes office.  But it does appear that companies are now trying to outdo each other in showing that they can create jobs in the United States.  A great new form of competition.  From Fox: 

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday the addition of roughly 8,000 new jobs for Americans, including 5,000 that telecommunications giant Sprint will bring from “all around the world.”

“They’re coming back to the United States, which is a nice change,” he said.

Trump, who takes office January 20, said the other 3,000 jobs will be hires from a new company called One Web.

Trump was elected in part on the promise to return to the United States jobs that American companies had moved overseas, in search of cheaper labor costs.

Last month, he announced that Carrier would keep roughly 1,000 jobs in Indiana, after months of criticizing the air-conditioning corporation on the campaign trail for plans to move the jobs to Mexico.

Trump spoke Wednesday from his Mar a Largo estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

COMMENT:  A real leader can create a mood, an atmosphere, a level of excitement, that can lead to visible progress.  Churchill understood that language is a weapon.  Well, Trump isn't exactly Churchill, but he understands the importance of words, of ideas, in moving a country forward. And things are starting to happen. 

I wonder if the mainstream media will give Trump any credit.  The answer is no.

December 29, 2016