are declining while suv, crossover and pickup truck sales are increasing. a complicated explanation. we appreciate it. brent snavely, thank you so much. the airport massacre suspect making his first court appearance since five people were shot and killed. emerging that he even questioned his own mental health. that story next.
happening. fiat chrysler announced plans to invest $1 billion in michigan and ohio plants, adding 2,000 jobs. this week after ford said it will expand in michigan and u.s. instead of building a plant in mexico. thank you, ford and fiat, chrysler. joining me now me is brent snavely reporter for the detroit free press. thanks for joining us. how much credit is due donald trump for these announcements? he has been very outspoken with the auto industry and is putting pressure on them to respond and change. what appears to be going on here, though, is that our changing market conditions that are allowing automakers to consider or make changes that they would have made anyway and in many cases have been long in the works before trump was even was elected or even the lead candidate, that automakers are kind of positioning now in a way so that trump can take credit.