Donald Trump targets Kamala Harris on inflation and economics

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (Julia Nikhinson/AP)

Donald Trump has said that Americans are struggling with massive price hikes that he blamed on vice president Kamala Harris, looking to saddle his new Democratic rival with the unpopular economic record of President Joe Biden.

Mr Trump stuck close to his scripted economic message, reading from a binder in front of him in a news conference at his New Jersey golf club.