'The autoworkers are being sold down the river by their leadership, and their leadership should endorse Trump,' the GOP frontrunner said.
"The autoworkers will not have any jobs, Kristen, because all of these cars are going to be made in China. The electric cars, automatically, are going to be made in China," Trump told NBC News' Kristen Welker in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview set to air Sunday on "Meet the Press."
The strike marked the first time the United Auto Workers union targeted the three automaker titans simultaneously. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks with the media and union members outside the UAW Local 900 headquarters across the street from the Ford Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, Sept. 15, 2023.Speaking from the White House on Friday, Biden said he hopes all parties are able to strike "a win-win agreement."
Trump has sought to seize the mantle of most fervent China hawk in the U.S. presidential election. He also tried to make Biden's electric vehicle push a key part of his case against the president.
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