General Motors Co. Tuesday committed to adding or retaining

General Motors Co. Tuesday committed to adding or retaining 7, 000 U.S. jobs in the next few years, including more than 5,000 new salaried jobs, a significant portion of which will be in southeast Michigan.

The Detroit automaker made the announcement three days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who on the campaign trail and since the election has criticized automakers for building vehicles in Mexico. He also has thanked them on Twitter for making U.S. investments and adding jobs here; on Tuesday, he thanked the Detroit automaker and Walmart “for starting the big jobs push back into the U.S.!”

GM said Tuesday it will invest $1 billion in U.S. plants and create or retain 1,500 manufacturing jobs. It also will in-source axle work to Michigan from a supplier that includes work now done in Mexico. It would not break out how many manufacturing jobs are new.

The carmaker said the salaried jobs will be added in growing areas including with its Fort Worth, Texas-based GM Financial subsidiary, which now has more than 6,300 workers and plans to hire about 1,300 people this year in the U.S., a spokeswoman said Tuesday. GM also plans to hire for positions in engineering and advanced technology, largely based in southeast Michigan.