\n
![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/RSSPoster_PRO\/cache\/87060_gettyimages-632572436.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\")
<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
Donald Trump met with top execs at all three major U.S. automakers on Tuesday, in a sit-down in which he laid out his desire to see the car companies create new factories in the U.S. and boost their stateside output. His comments at the meeting echoed sentiments expressed by Trump throughout the campaign and early into his presidency on Twitter and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
Trump said at the meeting he\u2019ll cut regulations, noting he believes they can cut them \u201cby 75 percent, maybe more\u201d and leading to expedited approvals for new manufacturing facilities, reiterating earlier commitments to do the same, and noting that environmentalism in general is \u201cout of control\u201d in his opinion. These comments were made with FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne in the room, whose company is currently facing both EPA<\/a> and Department of Justice investigations<\/a> regarding the carmaker\u2019s\u00a0alleged use of software to control emissions and skirt established U.S. limitations on the same in production vehicles.<\/p>\n Also present were GM CEO Mary Barra and Ford CEO Mark Fields, making this the first time all three top execs at the so-called Big 3 met with the U.S. President since a meeting with former President Obama in 2011 to discuss a deal that would set a target of doubling fuel efficiency across U.S. vehicles by 2025. Obviously, this meeting had quite a different tenor.<\/p>\n US President Donald Trump greets Ford President and CEO Mark Fields (C) prior to a meeting with automobile industry leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 24, 2017. (Photo: SAUL LOEB\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Fields said that \u201cwe\u2019re very encouraged by the President and the economic policies that he\u2019s forwarding,\u201d and cited Trump\u2019s decision to pull out of the TPP as a sign of why he\u2019s optimistic about working with the new administration. \u201d<\/p>\n We\u2019re excited about working together with the President and his administration on tax policies, on regulation and on trade to really create a renaissance on American manufacturing,\u201d Field said, when interviewed by reporters<\/a> following the meeting.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a huge opportunity, working together with industry and with government that we can improve the environment, improve safety and improve the jobs creation and the competitiveness of manufacturing and we\u2019re looking forward to all the elements that Mark talked about to be able to do that,\u201d added GM CEO Mary Barra.<\/p>\n FCA\u2019s Marchionne responded to a parting question by a reported asking if the execs every felt intimidated by Trump\u2019s aggressive tweets at them regarding keeping manufacturing jobs in the U.S., with a simple \u201cNo\u201d delivered with impeccable comic timing. FCA also provided the following statement from Marchionne via email:<\/p>\n I appreciate the President\u2019s focus on making the U.S. a great place to do business. We look forward to working with President Trump and members of Congress to strengthen American manufacturing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump has also reportedly effectively shut down the EPA, putting a pause on all the agency\u2019s activities while his administration reviews its budget, spending and policy initiatives, something which is highly unusual even during a transition of power. He also will sign executive orders<\/a> to push both the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines forward, both of which have been opposed by environmentalists, but will mean increased access to traditional fuel sources in the U.S.<\/p>\n BREAKING Trump, at automaker CEO meeting, cites pledge to cut regulations, says environmentalism is out of control.<\/p>\n![\"US](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/RSSPoster_PRO\/cache\/3020e_gettyimages-632575146.jpg?resize=640%2C441&ssl=1\")
<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\n