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[Text/Observer Network Chen Sijia] On August 17 local time, former US President and Republican presidential candidate Trump once again attacked US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Harris. According to Reuters, Trump mocked Harris as a "lunatic" at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania that day, saying that she was "easier to defeat" than the current President Biden.

Trump reiterated at the rally that there was so-called "election fraud" in the 2020 US election and refuted the threat of climate change. He accused Harris of trying to implement "radical policies" and introduce a ban on hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing is widely used in Pennsylvania to extract oil, which is one of the driving forces of the state's economic growth.

Trump said he believed Harris was easier to defeat than Biden. He launched a personal attack on Harris in his speech: "Have you ever heard her laugh? It's the laugh of a madman."

Trump also said that he was "much better looking" than Harris. Trump said he heard a commentator think Harris had a greater advantage in the election because Harris was "better looking." "I couldn't believe it. They said her biggest advantage was her good looks. I never thought about that. I'm better looking than her."

But Reuters said Trump's accusations against Harris over the fracking ban were biased. Although Harris called for a ban on fracking when she ran in the Democratic primary in 2019, her campaign team issued a statement earlier this month saying that Harris had changed her position and no longer supported the fracking ban.

Pennsylvania is one of the swing states in the Rust Belt of the United States. It has 19 electoral votes and may play a decisive role in the outcome of the US election. In 2016, Trump won Pennsylvania by about 44,000 votes, which helped Trump win the election that year. But in 2020, Biden won Pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes.

Now both parties in the United States regard Pennsylvania as the key to the 2024 election and have put a large number of campaign ads on television. The Wall Street Journal cited data from the statistics website AdImpact, saying that since Biden announced his withdrawal from the election in late July, campaign advertising spending in seven swing states in the United States has exceeded $110 million, of which Pennsylvania accounted for about $42 million.

According to AdImpact, the Democratic and Republican parties have booked $114 million worth of advertising time in Pennsylvania from the end of August until the November U.S. election, while Arizona, which ranked second, has $55 million.

Reuters pointed out that Trump hopes to regain the support of Pennsylvania voters, especially those white voters who have not received a college education. But analysts warned that Trump's personal attacks on Harris could damage his support among moderate voters.

As the voting day of the US election approaches, the quarrel between Trump and Harris has become more intense. Recently, Trump has repeatedly criticized Harris in public, which has even caused doubts within the Republican Party. However, in response to many Republicans who hope that he will make fewer personal attacks on Harris and more policy criticisms, Trump responded: "Whether you believe it or not, I am very calm."

At a press conference held in New Jersey, USA on August 15 local time, Trump questioned Harris' ability and intelligence. "I don't respect her intelligence very much, and I think she would be a bad president," Trump said. "They want me to be nice, but their people are not nice to me. They want to put me in jail."

When asked about his views on calls within the Republican Party to reduce personal attacks on Harris, Trump responded: "As for personal attacks, I am very angry with her because of what she has done to this country. I am angry with her because she will use the judicial system as a weapon against me and others. I am angry with her. I think I have the right to attack her personally."

The latest poll released by the New York Times on the 17th showed that Trump and Harris are still "equally matched" in swing states. In Arizona and North Carolina, Harris leads Trump by 50% to 45% and 49% to 47% respectively. Trump leads in Nevada by 49% to 47% and in Georgia by 50% to 46%.

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