Donald Trump just announced that Sprint was adding 5,000 new jobs in the United States as an expression of faith in his impending presidency. The truth? The jobs were already guaranteed, under Sprint’s parent company back in October--before the election even happened. And when a company representative admitted the jobs that Trump announced were from the October deal, the CEO publicly contradicted his own spokesman to make Trump look good.

This isn’t the first time Trump has lied about creating jobs. Just weeks after the election, he publicly targeted union leader, Chuck Jones who told the truth after Trump announced he had saved 1100 jobs at a Carrier plant in Michigan. In fact, 550 people were getting fired and the company only kept some jobs in exchange for $7 million in tax credits from American taxpayers. Similarly, he announced that he had saved a Ford manufacturing plant that was never planning to close. These aren’t just harmless fibs--if companies like Sprint help Trump spread lies about his fake accomplishments, he could be seen as a competent President and could possibly be elected again.

Donald Trump is being heralded as a job creator who’s making America great again--when nothing could be further from the truth. He’s not even in office yet and already, he’s lying to project an image of competency--and Sprint is going with the flow to gain favor with him. We can’t let this slide. We have to stop Trump’s Ministry of Misinformation before it gets started.

Tell Sprint to tell the truth.