There is nothing sacred about an absolutely free market.It was legislated, so, obviously, the free market got knifed on that one, too. If the public really wanted to prop-up GM and Chrysler, then they would fucking buy American already.
Trump saving Carrier jobs does not distort the air conditioning market -all laws of supply and demand still function in the macro-economic sense.
Auto bailout was a limited and timely intervention that saved an industry for America - else it's possible closing up plants and declaring bankruptcy realy could have shut down those companies forever.
As a result US manufacturing didn't take as disastrous hit, and all aspects of a free market remain