Ford’s compact premium crossover built under the Lincoln brand, the MKC, will continue to be produced in Kentucky.

The decision was confirmed on Thursday night to AutomotiveNews, and comes after the Michigan-based giant previously considered shifting it from the Louisville Assembly Plant to Mexico, for the next generation, once the UAW deal expires in 2019.

Ford’s Global Manufacturing and Labor Communications Manager said that the automaker “engaged” with “Trump’s team and the new congress” to shape up their “policy agenda for 2017“. “We have shared our commitment to continue investing in the US and creating American Jobs – building on the $12 billion we have invested in our US plants and the nearly 28,000 US jobs Ford has created in the past five years.”

The US President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed receiving a phone call from “friend” Bill Ford, the car company’s Chairman, who told him that production will be kept “in Kentucky – no Mexico“. Trump has apparently taken credit for this decision, believing that he was behind it, according to a different tweet, posted shortly after.

“I worked hard with Bill Ford to keep the Lincoln plant in Kentucky. I owed it to the great State of Kentucky for their confidence in me!“

Ford has yet to comment whether Donald Trump had a role in this agreement.

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