Hillary Clinton is headed to the site of Donald Trump’s Atlantic City bankruptcies to make the case against her Republican opponent’s economic policies.
The former secretary of state will deliver a speech on Wednesday blocks away from Trump’s Taj Mahal Casino, where more than 100 employees spent Fourth of July weekend on strike.
According to her campaign, Clinton plans to “contrast Trump’s record of fighting for himself at the expense of everyone else with her own commitment to building an America that is stronger together and an economy that works for everyone.”
“Trump is unfit to serve as president based on the wake of destruction his business dealings have left in the seaside town and for businesses and families across the country,” the Clinton campaign wrote in a preview of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s remarks.
Trump retained a 10 percent stake in his Atlantic City casinos — the Trump Taj Mahal and Trump Plaza — after declaring bankruptcy a third time in 2009 due to “excessive and restrictive debt,” but later chose to abandon the casino business.
The real estate mogul sued Trump Entertainment Resorts in 2014, demanding that the company remove the “Trump” name from both casinos because they had become a poor representation of his brand. Trump has been quick to defend his business dealings, repeatedly noting in interviews and the GOP debates that he’s never filed for personal bankruptcy.
Even so, Clinton will point to Trump’s failed casino empire on Wednesday to convince voters the billionaire would “endanger” the U.S. economy as commander in chief.
Clinton has gone after Trump’s policy recommendations on trade and terrorism in several speeches since she clinched her party’s nomination last month. She currently leads Trump 45-40 percent in the latest RealClearPolitics national polling average.
