WASHINGTON (AP) — The union president slammed by Donald Trump on Twitter challenged the president-elect today to back up his claim that a deal to discourage Carrier Corp. from closing an Indiana factory would save 1,100 American jobs. "He overreacted, President-elect Trump did," United Steelworkers Local 1999 President Chuck Jones told CNN. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence — governor of Indiana — visited Carrier's Indianapolis factory Dec. 1 to celebrate the deal. But Jones argued that Trump had oversold the win by inaccurately claiming that he had saved more than 1,100 jobs.“For whatever reason, he lied his ass off," Jones told the Washington Post . Burnett asked if Jones thought Trump should apologize, and he said, "I think he ought to make sure he gets all the facts straight before he starts talking about what he's done." Jones, president of the United Steelworkers 1999, which represents Carrier employees, felt optimistic when Trump announced last week that he’d reached a deal with the factory’s parent company, United Technologies, to preserve 1,100 of the Indianapolis jobs — until the union leader heard from Carrier that only 730 of the production jobs would stay and 550 of his members would lose their livelihoods, after all. [INTERACTIVE: Donald Trump timeline + guide to all appointments made so far]

In a second tweet, Trump suggested Jones should "Spend more time working — less time talking" and the union should "Reduce dues." It seems like a poor choice for the president elect of the United States to insult a local union and a local union rep, but Trump marches to the beat of a different dumb.After Trump's tweets, Jones started receiving death threats , but said that he'd been doing union work for decades and was used to threats.The national United Steelworkers union responded that Jones was "a hero, not a scapegoat" who had "worked tirelessly since day one to save ALL jobs there" and noted that Trump and other national leaders only became aware of the Carrier situation because of Jones' advocacy. Related: How Donald Trump got Carrier to stay

"Trump said no companies would be allowed to go to Mexico," Jones said. I didn’t make it really for Carrier.”

In fact, Trump did make that commitment, and it's on video.
Union leader Chuck Jones criticizes Donald Trump's announcement of kept jobs saying that the numbers mentioned are lower. Jones says that 550 workers would actually lose their livelihoods, while other workers were never scheduled to leave.