basis of Trump's oft repeated lie that Ivanka created 10 million jobs
Ivanka has no problem accepting credit for achievements that are not her own. Her twitter account is non-stop this kind of BS - posting of economic successes as if she had something to do with it. someone called her on it today:
@IvankaTrump
“Accenture executives faced a decision: lay off a swath of the firm's workforce, or train employees to deliver new, higher-value services.” They chose the latter. More of this!
Jennifer
@jerseymom473
5h5 hours ago
Replying to @IvankaTrump @JulieSweet
Per the article, the company changed its approach to training 5 years ago.
Don’t you dare try to take credit.
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And she never says "Daddy Trump, stop lying about my accomplishments"
Fact Check: Did Ivanka Trump create 'millions of jobs'?
Context
In July of last year, Trump signed an executive order creating the National Council for the American Worker, co-chaired by Ivanka Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. One of the council's priorities is asking companies across the US to sign the Pledge to America's Workers. The pledge involves "committing to expand programs that educate, train, and reskill American workers from high-school age to near-retirement," according to the White House.
Two hundred companies have agreed to the pledge, with each providing different numbers of training opportunities. This brings the total number of opportunities pledged to just over 6.5 million. (See the full list.)
The facts
CNN's Senior Economics Writer Lydia DePillis checked out a similar claim made by Ivanka herself last year as she discussed the pledge. "We're up to 6.3 million new jobs," Ivanka said last October. That claim, DePillis found, was rather exaggerated
First, the pledge does not translate to millions of immediate training opportunities. In a press release from the administration, the pledge is described as a commitment to "new opportunities over the next five years."
Secondly, these are better understood as training opportunities, not necessarily "jobs." In the same press release last year, the White House described these opportunities as "apprenticeships and work-based learning, continuing education, on-the-job training, and reskilling." These opportunities can be for current employees.
Lastly, many of these opportunities pledged were already planned by the companies. As CNN previously reported, Walmart's pledged amount over five years would just about match the rate that its program Walmart Academies has trained since it started in 2016. The Associated Builders and Contractors provides a similar example as it pledged to provide roughly as many opportunities in five years as it trains in one year.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/25/politics/fact-check-ivanka-trump-create-millions-of-jobs/index.html
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