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Criticized the company during the campaign. do you think that weighed into ford's decision? >> absolutely. >> ford said no. >> absolutely. >> no. >> out of arrogance, of course, they will. >> you do? >> i'm proud to work for ford motor company, the name brand known around the world but still, they are not going to go yes, we were bullied by donald trump. >> naomi disagrees believing ford changed the name on business not bullying. >> i think they are giving him too much credit. >> willie, dave and rob don't fool themselves that trump is a union guy. they don't think he is. more than anything, t...

Changed their mind based on business. >> i don't think he had any influence on that. i think they're giving him so much credit. >> reporter: the men don't fool themselves that trump is a union guy. they don't think he is, but more than anything, they wanted change. what if he doesn't deliver? >> it will feel like a punch in the gut. it will be devastating. >> i hope he delivers. because he's put up everything. we have too on supporting him. >> i'm not as confident as my union brother here, but i am encouraged. >> reporter: working as they do, these auto workers know something to be true. by th...

Same aflcio president. but creating this unusual cascade of folks paying a call on the president-elect. do we know what happened in that meet something. >> no. i had some calls on it. you know, trump is -- he's the symbol of big labor. trouble does have -- let's be clear here. the difference between trump and trumka may not be as different as you think. a lot of people voted for donald trump. so he cannot totally dismiss union voters. so i bet you you see continued outreach with teamsters, mr. hoffa might show up. they don't support democratic presidents. you know, my dad was a union guy, but ...

Coupled with the tax incentives, the incentives stay in indiana, offered by the state. but there are many other jobs still at risk in indiana and also in the country and donald trump going to have to address those, and address the underlying forces. >> and the underlying forces, reid, u.s. steel, the big fish, the company u.s. steel, unlike mr. jones, indianapolis union guy, u.s. steel representative spoke to nbc, quote, market conditions will kick state if, when and how many employees we can recall from overseas. that means, you can read between the lines that u.s. steel wants tax relief, inc...

>> that local guy. he's not a national figure. it feels a little -- >> the local guy, the local labor guy was calling out at the numbers are wrong. not as many jobs are saved and that he is concerned that this was a little bit of an inside deal with carrier. and that's his right as a union guy. but boeing, boeing is not going to have a lot of friends among the working class and the united states. you know, they'll see this mega big company. how many jobs are they keeping? how many jobs do they have abroad? is that a bad target for trump? >> i think boeing is a bad target for trump because it m...