I’m sorry but I don’t believe you. From everything I have read on the son of a mailman (and I’ve read a lot), he was not getting anywhere in his talks with Ford.
Trump’s 35% reverse import tax proposal is what did the trick.
Did Trump's proposal come with a time machine? Because Trump started talking about his proposal in June 2015(when he announced his candidacy). And, here is an article from March 2014, which discusses Ford's move of truck lines from Mexico to Ohio:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-07/ford-to-move-pickup-production-from-mexico-to-ohio-van-plant
So, tell me again, how is it that Trump's proposal "did the trick"?