mexico. trump is also claiming credit for a $50 billion u.s. investment by japanese tech giant softbank tweeting yesterday, softbank of japan has agreed to invest $50 billion in the u.s. toward businesses and 50,000 new jobs. he went on to say that masa had never done this had we not won the election. i m joined by a columnist from the daily beast, sally cohen, and ben ferguson. already, guys, something tells me you are not on the same page on this one. good morning, ben. let me begin with you. i mean, come on, you re a republican, you re a conservative, you don t like the idea of the government picking winnerers and losers. you don t like it at all. and what is interesting is that keith hennessey is quoted saying, when a politician rewards his friends and business friends and punishes business