Clinton Says Trump Would Drive the U.S. Economy Into a Recession

Hillary Clinton ripped Donald Trump's management skills at a time of maximum political vulnerability for the Republican presumptive nominee, whose campaign is in turmoil over weak fundraising and upheaval within his inner circle.

"Trump would throw us back into recession" and cause "millions of Americans to lose their jobs," Clinton said in a speech Tuesday in the battleground state of Ohio, challenging her rival's business record and policy promises and questioning his fitness to lead. She plans to offer her own affirmative case for how she would manage the U.S. economy on Wednesday in North Carolina.

She said his business record suggested a pattern of exploiting working people as well as investors, by routinely not paying bills and using bankruptcy law. "He's written a lot of books about business; they all seem to end in Chapter 11," Clinton said. "Go figure. We can't let him bankrupt America like we are one of his failed casinos."