Barra and GM have previously described the move as a business decision driven by consumer demand. The company has faced continued harsh criticism from Trump and other lawmakers for its plans to idle five plants in North America by the end of this year or early next year as part of a restructuring plan to save the automaker $2.5 billion this year. GM is discontinuing many of the products built at those plants, which are mostly sedans, saying U.S. consumers prefer SUVs and pickups. But GM has faced a backlash for opting to build other new products, such as the Chevrolet Blazer SUV, in Mexico. GM built the Chevrolet Cruze compact car at Lordstown, Ohio, until last week when the last one rolled off the line. The other plants GM will idle include Detroit Hamtramck in January 2020 where it builds the Cadillac CT6 sedan and Warren Transmission this year.