Harris attacks 'biggest loser' Trump on US economy

Kamala Harris criticizes Trump's economic plans, while Trump focuses on protectionism and threats, as election nears.

Kamala Harris blasted Donald Trump as the "biggest loser" on the economy and a friend of billionaires Wednesday as the election rivals laid out competing plans on the top issue for many US voters.

In a speech on the economy and then again in her first major solo interview, the Democrat warned that Mr. Trump's plans to bring back huge tariffs on foreign imports would hurt middle class Americans in their wallets.

Republican Trump for his part doubled down on his protectionist vision -- but spent as much time on threatening to blow Iran to "smithereens" after US intelligence warned of threats from Tehran against his life.

The vice president and the former president are neck-and-neck in the polls and are both reaching out to undecided voters on key issues like the economy with less than six weeks until election day.

Ms. Harris vowed to "chart a new way forward" in a speech in Pittsburgh, an industrial city in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania, with her rhetoric focusing on lowering prices for Americans.

"For Donald Trump, our economy works best if it works for those who own the big skyscrapers. Not those who actually build them. Not those who wire them. Not those who mop the floors," she said.

She said nearly 200,000 factory jobs moved abroad during Trump's time in the White House, "making Trump one of the biggest losers ever on manufacturing."