President-elect Donald Trump declared a second employment victory in as many weeks on Tuesday, saying after a meeting with Softbank Group Corporation CEO Masayoshi Son that the Japanese investment bank had agreed to invest $50 billion in U.S. startups, creating what he said would be 50,000 American jobs.

Son showed journalists a page from his presentation to Team Trump, which was co-branded with Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese manufacturer that makes electronics components for a wide range of companies.

'Commit to invest $50bn + $7bn in US, generate 50k + 50k new jobs in US in next 4 years,' the sheet read.

A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to questions about why the proposal suggested a $57 billion investment and 100,000 jobs created by Foxconn.

A Foxconn representative also did not respond to a request for comment.

But Son volunteered before news cameras that Foxconn, not Softbank, got the ball rolling.

President-elect Donald Trump and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son spoke with reporters to announce a deal that will bring 50,000 jobs to the U.S. as part of a $50 billion investment

The Softbank chief showed reporters a page from his business plan – which clearly includes co-branding with iPhone manufacturer Foxconn – a company from Taiwan

'We don't make a proposal. My friend make[s] a proposal,' he said – later clarifying that 'Foxconn is my friend.'

In Japanese business circles, it's common courtesy to refer to business partners as 'friends.'

Foxconn's Taiwanese base of operations could raise new questions about Trump's latest dealmaking.

He was criticized just days ago for breaking with U.S. diplomatic tradition by speaking personally with the Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, an independent island nation that China claims as its own.

A Trump spokesperson did not respond to a question about whether he and his Taiwanese counterpart discussed the Foxconn deal during that call.

Foxconn has a black eye of its own – a series of 14 suicides and four attempted suicides at one of its iPhone and iPad factories in Shenzhen, China, brought on in part by harsh working conditions.

The deaths drew international attention, leading Apple and Hewlett-Packard to investigate employment practices there.

Trump drew scorn over the weekend for speaking on the phone with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen – a break from America's recognition of the 'One China' policy

An international scandal enveloped Foxconn's Chinese factories in recent years after 14 workers committed suicide by leaping off of buildings; the company ended up installing 'suicide nets' to discourage the practice among employees who assemble iPhones, iPads and MacBooks

Foxconn is also known in China as a industry leader in assembly-line automation, deploying at least 1 million factory robots to replace workers in a bid to lower labor costs.

It's unclear what kind of jobs Softbank's investments will bring to the U.S.

But Trump blasted Apple during a March campaign stop,' promising to press the company 'to start making their computers and their iPhones on our land, not in China.'

'How does it help us when they make it in China?' he asked.

Trump and Son each spoke with reporters after the two men huddled for nearly an hour on Tuesday, with the president-elect calling him one of 'the great men of industry.'

'I just came to celebrate his new job,' Son said. 'And we were talking about it. ... He will do a lot of deregulation. I said, "This is great. The United States, the U.S., will become great again".'

An exultant president-elect tweeted the details of Softbank's commitment just after he met with Son in Trump Tower

Minutes before bringing 'Masa' to the Trump Tower lobby, the president-elect tweeted that the Japanese money man 'agreed to invest $50 billion in the U.S. toward businesses and 50,000 new jobs' and 'said he would never do this had we (Trump) not won the election!'

Son said after the president-elect departed for his building's elevator that 'we are going to invest $50 billion in the U.S. and commit to create 50,000 new jobs.'

'We [will] invest into new startup companies in the United States,' he added.

Softbank, Son said, is already heavily invested in technology companies. He did not mention previous financial dealings with Foxconn.

'We own Sprint. We own ARM. We invest in so many Internet companies,' he said.

ARM refers to the British semiconductor maker ARM Holdings PLC.

'We own 100% of ARM. We paid $32 bilion in cash just July of this year,' Son said.