"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 autoworkers are being sold down the river by their leadership, and their leadership should endorse Trump," added the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. The strike marked the first time the United Auto Workers union targeted the three automaker titans simultaneously. Read more: Why the United Auto Workers want big raises Trump specifically criticized UAW President Shawn Fain.

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Persons: Donald Trump, Kristen Welker, Kristen, Trump, autoworkers, Read, Shawn Fain, he's, Fain, Joe Biden, Matthew Hatcher, Biden, Xi Jinping Organizations: GM, NBC News, Press, WASHINGTON —, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford, NBC, Republican, SAIC General Motors Co, automaker titans, Workers, Trump, UAW, Ford Assembly Plant, AFP, Getty, White, U.S, China Locations: China, Wuhan, Wentzville , Missouri, Wayne , Michigan, Toledo , Ohio, Washington, Beijing