The two major-party presidential candidates are advertising dueling economic speeches this week — both set to be delivered from Detroit — creating the prospect that policy differences will be aired alongside questions about the other’s temperament and mental health.
The campaign of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton announced Sunday that she will give a “major speech” Thursday, promising “a clear contrast” from Republican Donald Trump and a focus on “building an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top.”
Clinton’s speech will serve as a rebuttal to an economic address Trump is scheduled to deliver Monday to members of the Detroit Economic Club. Aides have said that the speech and other upcoming policy addresses will target average voters rather than think-tank types.
Trump’s address Monday also presents an opportunity to change the subject from the previous week, which was dominated by a series of controversies, including the real estate mogul’s continued back-and-forth with parents who lost their son in combat and Trump’s hesitancy to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in his upcoming primary.
