While Donald Trump has regularly attacked Ford during the past year for shifting jobs to Mexico, General Motors has been a no-fly zone for the GOP presidential candidate.
Until last week. And then only briefly.
Trump has argued repeatedly that Ford should back down from plans to expand in Mexico or face a 35 percent tariff on vehicle exports. Last week, he threw GM into the fray.
"Many companies -- like Ford, General Motors, Nabisco, Carrier -- are moving production to Mexico," said Trump in a statement defending his comments about a Mexican-American judge overseeing civil lawsuits against Trump University.
But later in the same day, the statement appearing on Trump's website no longer contained the GM reference. The Trump team did not explain the removal, and a GM spokesman declined comment on the candidate's criticism, according to Reuters.
In December 2014, GM said it was investing $5 billion in Mexico through 2018.
The Detroit News reported in May that GM plans next year to move some light-duty pickup production to the Flint Assembly Plant from Mexico, according to a memo from UAW Local 598 to membership. A GM spokesman last month would not confirm that change.
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