because of the president-elect? we do what s right for our business. this makes sense for our business, and we look at all factors, including what we view as a more positive u.s. manufacturing business environment under president-elect trump, and it s literally a vote of confidence around some of the pro-growth policies that he has been outlining. reporter: that plant was going to name it 2800 new jobs in mexico. now ford says it s creating 700 new jobs here at home instead. this business decision was done independently, but we did speak to the president and the, the president-elect and the vice president elect this morning. reporter: did he say he was going to stop with the tweets and attacks against ford? i don t think we got into that level. he was just appreciative for the announcements we re making. reporter: but there s little doubt that trump s threats of a tariff made that plant less
place. in part business driven. there has been no love lost between the president-elect and ford. they have a long history trading barbs back and forth. at one point the president-elect so even said ford was going to fire all of its workers in the united states. that is just not true. i skwd mark fields are you changing this because of trump? it makes sense for our business and we look at all factor including what we view as a more positive u.s. manufacturing business environment under president-elect trump and it s literally a vote of confidence around some of the pro-growth policies that he has been outlining. but this is a trend we ve seen. the president-elect calls out carrier, gets jobs to stay here, calls out boeing, he gets a cheaper air force one. calls out lockheed martin and they say we re going to work with you. there is a concern among some, mark, that this is in essence a
weight gain. research shows no evidence shows drinks can combat obesity or ward off health problems like diabetes. i will go somewhere else with my new organ. president-elect donald trump putting pressure on companies that want to move jobs overseas, threatening general motors for making a car in mexico and ford announcing it is canceling a $1 billion factory in mexico. one of the factors we are looking at is more positive us manufacturing business environment under president-elect trump, progrowth policies he said he is going to pursue. this is a vote of confidence. brian: they have a better idea. what about the other businesses? let s talk to stuart varney. during the campaign donald trump took aim at two companies. carrier, and ford, which said we
president obama will be at the inauguration of his successor. and president-elect trump is pushing to create jobs in the u.s. following ford s announcement that it is scrapping to build a plant in mexico. the second largest automaker announced yesterday it will invest $700 million in a michigan plant creating 700 new jobs. trump urged ford to abandon the mexico project during the election campaign. and speaking with msnbc yesterday, the ceo mark fields discussed whether the president-elect s policies played a role in his company s decision. clearly, we made this decision in the best interest of the company, but we look at a lot of factors. and one of the factors we looked at is the more positive u.s. manufacturing business environment under president-elect trump. we re looking at some of the pro-growth policies he s been talking about. so clearly this is a vote of confidence that he can deliver on that. and president-elect trump celebrated ford s decision on instagram, not twitte
u.s. manufacturing business environment under president-elect trump and so this is a vote of confidence. cheryl: well, on the other side, the president elect has squared a general motors for making one of its vehicles in méxico and shipping it back to the u.s. quote, general motors is sending mexican-made model of chevy cruise to u.s., making usa or pay big border tax mr. trump tweeted. general motors pushed back, actually at the claim, it builds for globe markets in méxico with a small number of those vehicles sold in the united states. other companies have changed their plans, indiana carrier agreed to keeps 1100 jobs. guys, back to you. heather: thank you, cheryl. clayton: guess who is footing