Carrier workers ended up with "dashed hopes" after President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE inflated the number of jobs staying in Indiana, a local union president said Thursday.

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Chuck Jones, president of United Steelworkers 1999, which represents workers at Indianapolis's Carrier plant, early Thursday stood by his criticism that Trump "lied his ass off" about the terms of the deal to keep jobs from going to Mexico.

"He didn't tell the truth. He inflated the numbers, and I called him out on it," Jones said on CNN.

The Trump campaign originally touted a deal with Carrier to keep more than 1,000 jobs in the state after the company said in February they would move production to Mexico.

Carrier will keep 730 jobs in Indiana, where Vice President-elect Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes Pence adviser knocks ex-staffer who criticized Trump on COVID-19 MORE is governor, after receiving $7 million in tax breaks from the state, but 550 jobs will still be sent to Mexico.

"The reality is we're grateful, once again, to have 730 of our members to still have a job," Jone said.

"My problem is when they put out earlier in the week that 1,100 and some odd jobs are going to be saved. A lot of people at that point in time thought they were going to have a job. They did not mention anything about 550 jobs here in Indiana going to Mexico."

Trump announced the terms of the deal last week at an event in Indianapolis attended by Carrier workers.

Jones said a lot of people in the crowd thought they were going to have a job only to find out that their job was still moving to Mexico.

"I know a lot of people had dashed hopes," he said.

Jones caught Trump's attention when he told The Washington Post that Trump "lied his ass off" about the terms of the deal.

Trump shot back on Twitter that Jones had done a "terrible job" representing workers and that he should "spend more time working" and "less time talking."

Jones said he has received threatening phone calls following Trump's tweets.