The US president slams rival Donald Trump as an out-of-touch elitist during a visit to a key battleground state.
US President Joe Biden renewed his calls for higher taxes on the wealthy and criticized rival Donald Trump for lacking in touch with working-class Americans during a nostalgia-fueled visit to his hometown. .
Mr. Biden, who began a three-day tour of the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, sought to distinguish between his working-class roots and Mr. Trump's privileged upbringing and lifestyle at his Mar-a-Lago mansion. And so.
“When I look at the economy, I'm not looking at it through the eyes of Mar-a-Lago. I'm looking at this issue through the eyes of Scranton,” Biden said during a visit to a community center in Scranton. told.
Biden contrasted his plan for a 25% minimum tax rate for billionaires with President Trump's pledge to keep the corporate tax rate at 21% after lowering it from 35%.
“A fair tax code is a way to invest in the things that make this country strong,” Biden said. “Medical care, education, defense, etc.”
Biden said he learned a hard work ethic and a sense of fairness while growing up in Scranton, while Trump said he learned “the best way to get rich is to inherit it.”
Biden took aim at the decline in the value of Trump's social media platforms, saying, “If the stock price of Trump's company, Truth Social, falls any further, he will do better than me under my tax plan.'' There is a possibility that we can get it done.”
Mr. Biden did not mention Mr. Trump's historic hush-money trial in New York, which has kept Republicans away from campaigning.
During his visit to Scranton, Biden also visited his childhood home and drove on the highway that bears his name.
The US president is scheduled to visit Pittsburgh on Wednesday and Philadelphia on Thursday.
Pennsylvania, which has 19 Electoral College votes, is seen as crucial to Biden's chances of re-election in November.
In 2020, Biden won Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes, and after Trump captured the state in 2016, it returned to the Democratic field.
Trump, the first Republican to win Pennsylvania since 1988, defeated Hillary Clinton by less than 45,000 votes.
Mr. Biden has struggled to convince voters of his economic record, even as the U.S. economy has recorded strong growth and low unemployment.
Trump is trusted by voters to do a better job than Biden on the economy and jobs by a 39% to 33% margin, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll last month.
