U.S. Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate nominee, said at a campaign rally in North Carolina on the 16th that the import tariffs proposed by Trump are equivalent to imposing a "Trump tax" on daily necessities imported by the United States from other countries, which will increase the burden of life for Americans and "destroy Americans."
During the Biden-Harris administration, inflation in the United States has remained high and prices have soared. Harris admitted that the current prices of daily necessities in the United States are "too high", but she said that Trump's economic plan will make it "even higher."
Trump's economic plan includes imposing high tariffs on imported products. Harris said this is equivalent to "imposing a national sales tax" on daily necessities and daily necessities imported from other countries, which means that the daily life burden of Americans will increase.
Harris called them "Trump taxes," including "Trump gas tax, Trump food tax, Trump clothing tax and Trump over-the-counter drug tax." Harris said economists estimate that Trump's plan will cause an average American family to spend $3,900 more per year.
Harris announced a series of economic plans that day and compared them with the economic plans of her opponent, Republican presidential candidate Trump. The media commented that Harris' economic plan is generally consistent with that of the Biden administration, but it places more emphasis on reducing the cost of living.
Reuters reported on August 17 that U.S. Republican presidential candidate Trump said on the 17th that he believed Democrat Harris was easier to defeat than incumbent President Biden, although some polls showed she was leading in the election.
Trump spoke at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, northeastern Pennsylvania, a state that is important in the campaign. Harris will embark on a bus tour of western Pennsylvania starting in Pittsburgh on Monday before the Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago on Monday.
Trump said, "I believe she's going to be much easier to beat than Biden," and called her a "radical" and a "crazy person," the report said. Trump has sought to portray Harris as far-left on a range of policies. At the rally, he highlighted her previous calls to ban fracking, a shale oil extraction method that is important to the state. Harris' campaign recently said she would not support a ban.
Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao website reported on August 15 that the latest opinion polls showed that among the seven swing states in the United States, Democratic presidential candidate Harris is currently leading or tied with her Republican opponent Trump in six of them.
According to the report, AFP quoted the Cook Political Report's estimated results of the swing state survey released on the 14th, saying that in a one-on-one situation, Harris leads Trump by one percentage point with 48% support in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to 47%. The poll was conducted between July 26 and August 2, and questioned 2,867 voters who might vote.