WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to “take factories and jobs” from other countries, from China to Germany to South Korea, if he is elected president of the United States on Nov. 5.
The Republican candidate has placed “industrial renaissance” at the heart of his economic program and plans to encourage companies to relocate to the United States through low standards and taxes.
“We will take jobs from other countries. We will take their factories,” the former US president hammered home at a campaign rally in Savannah, Georgia, one of the largest ports in the United States and a logistics hub for the automobile industry.
This is the second time the businessman has given a speech on the economy this month, with purchasing power and employment among voters’ top concerns according to opinion polls.
Long considered more competent on the economy and employment than his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, Donald Trump is now reportedly being closely followed by the vice president. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Tuesday, Kamala Harris has reduced her deficit on these issues to two percentage points (41% to 43%), compared to 11 points at the end of July.
(Tim Reid, Gram Slattery, Jean-Stéphane Brosse for the French version)
