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and producing and introducing 13 electrified vehicles over the next five years. we announced today that we re going to be producing two of these here in our facility in flat rock, michigan. investing $700 million. creating 700 jobs. the reason that we re cancelling the plant down in mexico is primarily due to the fact that we were going to build our next generation focus. we re now going to build it in an existing plant in mexico. we ve seen decreasing demand in north america for small cars. we don t need the capacity anymore. so this has nothing to do with the criticism you got from donald trump? well, we re doing this decision based on what is right for our business. we think about the investments here in michigan, as you can imagine, neil, we look at a lot of factors as we make those. one of the factors that we re looking at is a more positive u.s. manufacturing business environment under president-elect trump and some of the pro growth policies that
when we make decisions like this as a company, first we do what s right for our business. this makes sense for our business. 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 and that s why we re making this decision to invest here in the u.s. and our plant here in michigan. what s policies specifically? you ve spoken with the president-elect about this decision today. did he make promises to ford, things that he will do that will make it beneficial to your business to stay here and cancel that mexico plant? this business decision was done independently but we did speak to the president and the president-elect and the vice president-elect this morning and this is really around making sure that as we make these decisions, that it s first right for our business. what did the president-elect s