. >> in previous weeks, donald trump both encouraging and .hreatening the auto industry today he hosted a breakfast meeting at the white house with the ceos of general motors, ford, and fiat chrysler, donald trump promising to make big concessions in exchange for more carmakers make it a push to build new plants in america. >> president donald trump holding out a carrot to the u.s. automobile companies. corporate leaders from america's big three carmakers, general motors, ford, and fiat chrysler, met with trump on tuesday morning as he promised incentives for them to build their products in the u.s. >> reducing taxes substantially and reducing unnecessary regulations. we will make the process much more simple for auto companies and anyone else who wants to do business in the united states. you will find it to be very inhospitable to extremely hospitable. >> tuesday's meeting avoided mention of the stick, his frequent threat to companies that want to move out of the country. that threat lingering just be nice the cert -- just beneath the surface. he tweeted that ford would face import ta