Ford Motor Co. (ticker: F) isn’t going to let Donald Trump have the last word on its production. It’s fighting against recent lambasting from the Republican presidential nominee about its production shift to Mexico by discussing its big trucks manufacturing in Ohio, reports Bloomberg. This production headed to Ohio from Mexico in 2015.
Ford says that in 2016 (including August), it’s sold 10,160 F-650 and F-750 trucks. This marks the biggest sales number for these trucks since 1997 and is a 59 percent increase from 2015.
Trump referred to Ford as “a disgrace” following CEO Mark Fields announcing to investors that small-car production would shift to Mexico. Trump’s comments on Mexico have been widespread across his presidential campaign.
“It’s really unfortunate when politics get in the way of the facts,” Fields told CNN. “And the facts are, Ford’s investment in the U.S. and commitment to American jobs has never been stronger. I mean, we’ve created more than 28,000 jobs in the U.S. in the last five years.”
Bloomberg notes that according to Morgan Stanley, the bulk of Ford’s profit resides in its F-Series trucks.
Ford’s stock is down about 13.9 percent on the year, though it remained steady in afternoon trading.
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