The White House is praising President-elect Donald Trump's deal with Carrier Corp. to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in the United States, but is trying to play down the significance of the agreement. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Trump "deserves credit" for brokering the deal, which the air conditioning company says will keep the jobs in Indiana instead of moving them to Mexico. But Earnest says Trump would have to be successful at repeating that feat 804 more times to meet President Barack Obama's record. The spokesman says Obama has created 805,000 jobs in manufacturing and that figure would be much higher if existing jobs that have been protected are factored in. 1 p.m. Nov. 30, 2016 -- Air conditioning company Carrier Corp. says an agreement to keep jobs in Indianapolis was doable because President-elect Donald Trump has promised to "create an improved, more competitive U.S. business climate." In a statement Wednesday, the company also says incentives offered by the state "were an important consideration." Carrier made a deal with Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to keep hundreds of jobs in Indiana. The company says it will continue to manufacture gas furnaces and will retain engineering and headquarters staff. Trump spent much of his campaign pledging to keep companies like Carrier from moving jobs overseas. Still, Carrier stresses that the deal "in no way diminishes our belief in the benefits of free trade and that the forces of globalization will continue to require solutions." 5:35 p.m. Nov. 30, 2016 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/161f6790d68741fb9fa860de407dc43d/latest-trump-says-hes-leaving-his-business
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