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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump warned that U.S. auto employees’ jobs will transfer to China and accused the United Auto Workers’ management of failing its members, 1000’s of whom went on strike Friday towards General Motors, Ford and Stellantis.
“The auto workers 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 informed NBC News’ Kristen Welker in an unique, wide-ranging interview set to air Sunday on “Meet the Press.”
Employees sporting masks work on a automobile meeting line on the SAIC General Motors Co. The SAIC General Motors Wuhan Branch has resumed manufacturing following epidemic prevention and management guidelines.
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“The auto workers are being sold down the river by their leadership, and their leadership should endorse Trump,” the Republican presidential frontrunner added.
Approximately 13,000 U.S. auto employees stopped making autos and went on strike following failed negotiations on a slew of points, together with larger pay.
The strike marked the primary time the United Auto Workers union focused the three automaker titans concurrently.
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Trump particularly criticized UAW president Shawn Fain. “I think he’s not doing a good job in representing his union, because he’s not going to have a union in three years from now. Those jobs are all going to be gone, because all of those electric cars are going to be made in China. That’s what’s happening,” Trump stated.
Fain has beforehand stated {that a} second Trump presidency could be a “disaster.” But he has additionally withheld his endorsement of President Joe Biden.
UAW (US Auto Workers) president Shawn Fain speaks with members of the media and members of the UAW exterior of the UAW Local 900 headquarters throughout the road from the Ford Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan on September 15, 2023.
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The crumbling relationship between Washington and Beijing has intensified following an try by the world’s two largest economies to fix commerce relations.
Trump has sought to grab the mantle of probably the most fervent China hawk within the U.S. presidential election. He additionally tried to make Biden’s electrical automobile push a key a part of his case towards the president.
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