Source: Caixin.
Author: Shi Zhengcheng

In the blink of an eye, the U.S. election has entered the final week countdown, and the two candidates have also started their final grand performances.

According to the schedule, Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver her "final statement" on Tuesday night local time, with the meeting place ingeniously chosen at the National Square in Washington D.C. She will speak on the "Ellipse Lawn," with an expected attendance of twenty thousand supporters cheering.

Hosting the final rally on this lawn also carries strong political symbolism. On January 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump held the incendiary 'Stop the Steal' rally here, which then ignited emotions and led the 'rednecks' to storm directly into Capitol Hill, the shocking '1.6 Capitol Riot' event that stunned the global community.

According to Harris' campaign team, in her speech on Tuesday, she will encourage voters to compare her with Trump, urging everyone to 'turn over the page of the Trump era.' In her Tuesday speech, she will attempt to define this year's election as a referendum on the 'Trump era,' calling it a decade of division and chaos.

Harris will also directly address voters' concerns about economic issues on Tuesday, focusing on her specific proposals to reduce the cost of living, strengthen the middle class, and increase taxes on businesses and the wealthy.

With just one week left before the vote, this is also one of Harris' final opportunities to shape herself as a 'change-maker.'

According to Trump's campaign team, the former President will also deliver a speech on Tuesday to convey 'final messages' to American voters.

Last Sunday, at a rally in Madison Square Garden in New York, Trump made a series of iconic statements, such as "on the first day of office, we will launch the largest illegal immigration deportation plan in American history", and he also launched rough attacks on Harris, calling her a "very low IQ person".

In short, as Harris tries to distance herself from the Biden administration, Trump is loudly reminding voters that she is Biden's deputy and needs to take responsibility for the economy and border issues.

Of course, due to the U.S. presidential election not having a "silence period" like the Federal Reserve, it is expected that the name-calling between the two sides will continue in the coming weeks.

Off the field news: Wall Street tycoons predict Trump's victory

Just as the United States is in the midst of the final frenzy before the election, Wall Street tycoons have also expressed their latest views on the election.

During his attendance at the Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the "hedge fund king" Ken Griffin stated: "Today's expectation is that Trump will win the presidency, we are in a time of extreme uncertainty. Although this is a competition favoring Trump, the result is almost like flipping a coin."

Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, who also spoke with him on the same stage, was more tactful. He said "I don't know who can win", but compared to 2016, Trump has better fundamental support for "how this job operates and how to work efficiently and effectively".

Goldman Sachs's Solomon, on the other hand, is completely "doing tai chi". In response on Tuesday, he said that the bank is in a very good position to support any new government and clients.

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