前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)本周前往战场州——这是一种对抗民主党全国代表大会的方式。——周一，就在民主党全国委员会主要发言人上台前几个小时，他在宾夕法尼亚州约克就经济和能源问题发表了讲话。
虽然特朗普的演讲主要集中在经济信息上，但他加倍攻击哈里斯，加大了他作为“共产主义者”的努力。特朗普多次称她为“卡玛拉同志”，并指责她推行“共产主义”政策——还一度称她的父亲是斯坦福大学著名经济学家、“马克思主义教授”，称“他教得很好”
“她的父亲是一名马克思主义教授，我相信他把她教得很好，你知道，他是一名马克思主义教授。你能想象吗?有人知道吗?”特朗普说。
“我想知道当他们推翻或政变乔·拜登时，他们是否知道，我想知道他们是否知道她来自哪里，她来自哪里，她的意识形态是什么。但你可以从这个疯子身上看到一点，”特朗普继续说道。
“如果卡玛拉加入，美国将迅速成为一个去工业化的第三世界国家，”川普对不到200人的人群说，其中许多人是Precision Custom Components的员工。
特朗普承诺减税，取消监管并对外国商品征收关税，他说哈里斯的经济议程“惩罚”了“美国工人”并“奖励了外包”。"
特朗普说:“我今天承诺的是对我们的税收监管和贸易体系进行全面的亲美改革，以促进国内生产，惩罚那些将工作和工厂转移到海外或墨西哥等地的人。”
“在Tump政府下，我们将建设美国，购买美国，雇用美国，”特朗普说，并再次承诺将制造业就业机会和汽车业带回美国。
特朗普还主张扩大美国的石油生产和核电产业，同时贬低哈里斯过去对水力压裂禁令和可再生能源的支持。
过去一周，特朗普在两个不同的活动上谈到了经济——一个是在北卡罗来纳州后面跟着一个在宾夕法尼亚州-在此期间，他在针对哈里斯和前总统乔·拜登的正题信息、非结论和人身攻击之间来回切换。
这位前总统和他的竞选搭档俄亥俄州参议员万斯本周将继续在威斯康星州、北卡罗来纳州、亚利桑那州、内华达州和乔治亚州举行以议题为中心的竞选活动。特朗普的竞选活动表明，他们正在“分而治之”，他们的选票遍布全国竞争激烈的州。
特朗普的竞选团队表示，每次竞选活动都将关注一个关键的选举问题。
周一在宾夕法尼亚州举行以经济为中心的活动后，竞选活动将于周二关注犯罪和安全，周三关注国家安全，周四关注移民问题——预计这位前总统将访问南部边境——然后将于周五以“小费免税”活动结束这一周，以强调特朗普倡导的政策。
随着哈里斯竞选团队批评特朗普最近几周缺乏摇摆州活动，竞选日程有所上升。哈里斯和她的竞选搭档，明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·沃尔兹本月早些时候，巴恩斯袭击了关键的摇摆州.
随着特朗普的竞选团队继续指责哈里斯躲避媒体，它为媒体提供了几次与特朗普的代理人交谈的机会——假定特朗普或万斯也会回答问题。
自从与拜登进行第一场总统辩论以来，哈里斯还没有坐下来接受官方采访。
特朗普的盟友包括参议员罗恩·约翰逊(Ron Johnson)、参议员里克·斯科特(Rick Scott)和众议员拜伦·唐纳兹(Byron Donalds)将在大会主办城市芝加哥主持大会每天的新闻发布会。此外，在哈里斯在民主党全国委员会接受民主党提名之前，特朗普竞选团队周四戏弄了一位“特别嘉宾”。
特朗普竞选高级顾问克里斯·拉西维塔(Chris LaCivita)和苏西·怀尔斯(Susie Wiles)在一份声明中说:“当他们在全国各地的战场州与美国人会面时，特朗普总统和万斯参议员将提醒选民，在他们的领导下，我们可以结束通货膨胀，保护我们的社区免受暴力犯罪分子的侵害，确保边境安全，让美国再次伟大。”
竞选活动表明，他们的策略是与普通美国人在一起，讲述他们的故事，而他们声称哈里斯和民主党人将在选举中推出大人物民主党全国代表大会来自“往昔”，包括前总统比尔·克林顿、前国务卿希拉里·克林顿、前总统巴拉克·奥巴马和乔总统拜登(姓氏).
据竞选团队称，晚上，在民主党全国委员会的黄金时段节目中，特朗普将参加筹款活动和媒体活动。
“除了继续定义卡玛拉·哈里斯和蒂姆·沃尔兹，我们的目标和我们试图传递的信息是一个非常明确的信号，那就是不会有免费的射门，”一位竞选官员说，暗示哈里斯的“蜜月期”已经结束。
“我们相信我们有成功的信息。我们认为民主党传达了失败的信息，”这位竞选官员说。
Trump counters DNC with economy focus, but also calls Harris' father 'Marxist'
Former President Donald Trump is spending the week traveling to battleground states -- a way of counterprogramming against the Democratic National Convention,-- starting with remarks Monday on the economy and energy in York, Pennsylvania, just a few hours before key speakers took the stage at the DNC.
While Trump mostly focused his speech on economic messaging, he doubled down on his attacks on Harris, escalating his effort to pain her as a "communist." Trump repeatedly called her "Comrade Kamala" and accused her of pushing "communist" policies – and at one point called her father, who is a renowned economist at Stanford, a "Marxist professor," saying "he taught her well."
"Her father is a Marxist professor, and I believe he taught her well, you know, he's a Marxist professor. Can you imagine? Does anyone know that?" Trump said.
"I wonder if they knew that when they did an overthrow or a coup on Joe Biden, I wonder if they knew where she comes from, where she came from, what her ideology is. But you could see it a little bit by this whack job," Trump continued.
"If Kamala gets in, the United States will rapidly become a deindustrialized third world nation," Trump told the crowd of fewer than 200 people, many of them employees of Precision Custom Components.
Pledging to cut taxes, eliminate regulations and implement tariffs on foreign goods, Trump said Harris' economic agenda "punishes" American workers" and "rewards outsources."
"What I'm promising today is a total pro American overhaul of our tax regulation and trade systems to promote domestic production and punish those who ship jobs and factories overseas or to places like Mexico," Trump said.
"Under the Tump administration, we will build American, buy American, and hire American," Trump said, again promising to bring back manufacturing jobs and the auto industry back.
Trump also advocated for an expansion of U.S. oil production as well as nuclear power industry, while disparaging Harris' past support for a fracking ban and a renewable energy.
Over the past week, Trump spoke about the economy at two separate events -- one inNorth Carolinafollowed by onein Pennsylvania-- during which he went back and forth between on-topic messaging, non sequiturs and personal attacks aimed at Harris and former President Joe Biden.
The former president and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance will continue to hold issue-centered campaign events throughout the week in states including Wisconsin, North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada and Georgia. The Trump campaign suggests that they are "dividing and conquering" with their ticket spread across the nation in the highly-contested states.
Each campaign stop will focus on a key election issue, Trump's campaign said.
After economy-centered events in Pennsylvania on Monday, the campaign will focus on crime and safety on Tuesday, national security on Wednesday, immigration on Thursday -- when the former president is expected to visit the southern border -- and then will round out the week with "no tax on tips" events on Friday to highlight the policy Trump has advocated for.
The campaign's schedule uptick comes as the Harris campaign criticized Trump's lack of swing-state events in recent weeks. Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walzbarnstormed key swing states earlier this month.
As Trump's campaign continues to accuse Harris of dodging the press, it has offered the media several opportunities to talk with Trump's surrogates -- with the presumed expectation that either Trump or Vance will take questions too.
Harris has not sat down for an official interview since the evening of the first presidential debate with Biden.
Trump allies including Sen. Ron Johnson, Sen. Rick Scott and Rep. Byron Donalds will be in the convention host city of Chicago to host news conferences every day of the convention. In addition, the Trump campaign has teased a "special guest" on Thursday ahead of Harris accepting the Democratic Party's nomination at the DNC.
"As they meet Americans where they are in battleground states across the country, President Trump and Senator Vance will remind voters that under their leadership, we can end inflation, protect our communities from violent criminals, secure the border, and Make America Great Again," Trump Campaign Senior Advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said in a statement.
The campaign suggests their strategy is being with everyday Americans and telling their stories -- whereas they claim Harris and Democrats will roll out big names at theDemocratic National Conventionfrom "yesteryear," including former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama and President JoeBiden.
In the evening, during the DNC's prime-time programming, Trump is scheduled to participate in fundraisers and media engagements, according to the campaign.
"Our goal and message that we're trying to send other than continuing to define Kamala Harris and Tim Walz is a very clear signal that there'll be no free shots on goal," a campaign official said, pivoting to suggest that Harris' "honeymoon" period is over.
"We believe that we have the winning message. We believe that the Democrats have the losing message," the campaign official said.
