Trump just took credit for stopping Ford from moving a plant to Mexico. But it wasn’t planning to.
President-elect Donald Trump claimed credit on Thursday for keeping a Ford plant in Kentucky from moving to Mexico. But the company never planned to move the entire plant, only one of its production lines.
Just got a call from my friend Bill Ford, Chairman of Ford, who advised me that he will be keeping the Lincoln plant in Kentucky - no Mexico— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2016
I worked hard with Bill Ford to keep the Lincoln plant in Kentucky. I owed it to the great State of Kentucky for their confidence in me!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2016
Ford has never announced any plans to move either its Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, which produces the Lincoln Navigator, or the Louisville Assembly Plant, which produces the Lincoln MKC, to Mexico.
Trump has criticized those plans, which the company says will not cost any American jobs, because other models will be produced in the Michigan plant instead.
Ford announced a $1.3 billion investment in the Kentucky Truck Plant late last year. It said the move would create 2,000 new jobs.
"I've had a very good meeting with him," Ford Jr. told the Economic Club of Washington. "He's a very good listener and he knows the facts."
Trump appeared to be relying on information gleaned from an article posted on a website of a shop that sells business cards and door hangers.
Source: The Washington Post
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