The Note: Clinton to Take on Trump on the Economy

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August 11, 2016

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Clinton to Take on Trump on the Economy

Clinton to Deliver Economic Speech as Rebuttal to Trump

Three days after Trump delivered his economic speech in Detroit, Hillary Clinton will be in the Motor City herself to deliver her own speech on the same topic. The Democratic nominee, according to an aide, will cast her opponent's economic plan as "wildly unrealistic" and self-serving, ABC's LIZ KREUTZ notes. "She will make the case that with her plan, the middle class wins, while Trump's plan is a win for himself and his millionaire and billionaire allies, friends and family," the aide said. Clinton will lay out elements of her own plan, which she has released throughout the campaign. These include investments in infrastructure to create jobs, tuition-free college for families making less than $125,000 a year, and a tax increase on the wealthy.

Clinton Expected to Release 2015 Tax Returns

Clinton will release her 2015 tax returns in the coming days, possibly as soon as Friday, a source close to the Democratic presidential nominee told ABC News today. Her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, is expected to release his returns from the last 10 years, the source added. More from ABC's LIZ KREUTZ and JOSH HASKELL: http://abcn.ws/2bafJLD

Trump Calls Obama 'The Founder of ISIS'

Donald Trump made a startling accusation against President Barack Obama during a Florida rally Wednesday night, telling supporters that the commander in chief is the "founder of ISIS," ABC's DAVID CAPLAN reports. "ISIS is honoring President Obama," the Republican presidential nominee said during a rally at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla. "He is the founder of ISIS. He founded ISIS. And, I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton. Trump's declaration was met with chants of "Lock her up!" from rally-goers. In addressing Obama, Trump included the president's middle name, calling him Barack Hussein Obama -- a move that's typically been employed by those who claim Obama is secretly a Muslim. http://abcn.ws/2bhSdNs

Analysis -- ABC's Rick Klein

"Certainly I want to do the debates," Donald Trump told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren Wednesday. But does he, and will he? The Commission on Presidential Debates set the dates and locations for the debates months ago - terms the Clinton campaign has already accepted. Trump says he is just now engaging with the commission to negotiate. But the commission says it does not negotiate things like dates and moderators with the campaigns. In any event, one campaign has agreed to the dates, football conflicts or not. Thinking back to the primaries, he may think he has leverage he does not. Plus, there's a downside, if it means having to swim into Hillary Clinton's policy depths. (He wasn't quite as good a debater as he seems to remember himself being.) The only reason the debates would happen is if Trump decides he absolutely needs them. And that will almost certainly mean following the commission schedule through the fall.