STOCKSHOTS: After Trump barbs, GM announces $1.8bn investment Facing a barrage of attacks from President Donald Trump over plant closures, General Motors announces a $1.8 billion investment and the creation of 700 new jobs in the United States. In November, GM shuttered five US plants, including auto assembly plants in Michigan and Ohio as part of a 15 percent cut in its workforce worldwide - cutting around 14,000 employees -- which drew Trump's Twitter wrath. STOCKSHOTS of the General Motors global headquarters in Detroit's Renaissance Center.