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Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban (left) told DailyMail.com Wednesday ahead of her economic address in Pittsburgh that Vice President Kamala Harris (right) can ‘absolutely’ win his home state of Pennsylvania

Mark Cuban was on hand Wednesday as Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, laid out her economic vision at an invite-only event at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh

‘Now look, my opponent Donald Trump – well he makes big promises on manufacturing,’ Harris said.

‘Just yesterday Trump promised to bring back manufacturing jobs,’ the Democrat continued. ‘If that sounds familiar it should.’

‘In 2016 he made the same promise about the Carrier plant in Indianapolis,’ Harris said.

She pointed out how Carrier then offshored hundreds of jobs to Mexico during Trump’s term.

‘And it wasn’t just there, on Trump’s watch offshoring went up and manufacturing jobs went down across our country and across our economy, all told, almost 200,000 manufacturing jobs were lost during his presidency starting before the pandemic hit,’ Harris went on.

‘Making Trump one of the biggest losers ever on manufacturing,’ she said to laughs and cheers.

Trump told a crowd in Savannah Tuesday that he would force foreign companies to manufacture products in the U.S. by threatening them with tariffs.

Denise Myers (right) a 72-year-old nurse who lives in Wilkinsburg, is photographed watching Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic address at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on Wednesday

Former President Donald Trump gave his own economic-themed address Tuesday from Savannah, Georgia, boasting he’d bring manufacturing back to the U.S. by pressuring foreign companies to move stateside or face large tariffs

Harris’ 40-minute economic address spoke to both Pittsburgh’s past – as a manufacturing powerhouse – and its tech-heavy present, with CMU an innovator in areas like robotics.

‘So the proud heritage of Pittsburgh, I so strongly believe reveals the character of our nation. A nation that harnesses the ambitions, the dreams and the aspirations of our people,’ Harris said. ‘Seizes the opportunities before us because we see them, because we believe in them and then invents the future.’

She spoke about bolstering American manufacturing and helping start-ups get access to capital, hitting Trump on hurting small businesses as well.

‘One of the leading experts on small businesses published a piece in one of the major newspapers. The title – I’m going to quote: “Does Donald Trump hate small business?”‘ Harris said to laughs. ‘And their answer was yes. Their answer was yes.’

‘Becauase at the same time Donald Trump was giving a tax cut to big corporations and billionaires, he tried to slash programs for small businesses and raise borrowing costs for them,’ she continued. ‘Instead of making it easier he actually made it more difficult for them to access capital.’

Harris has pitched allowing small businesses a $50,000 – up from the current $5,000 – tax deduction for startup expenses.

During her speech she also said she wanted to bring back the child tax credit, give first time home buyers $20,000 in down payment assistance and pass a bill forcing companies to provide paid family leave.

Harris pressed during her remarks that she was aware government can’t do everything.

‘I am a devout public servant. I also know the limitations of government,’ the Democrat said.

She promised as president to ‘cut red tape and get things moving faster.’

‘The Empire State Building – you know how long it took to build it? One year,’ Harris pointed out. ‘The Pentagon? You know how long that takes? 16 months.’

‘No one can tell me we can’t build quickly,’ she said.

The Harris campaign’s goal is to try to chip away some of Trump’s polling edge on the economy, which voters often list as their No. 1 issue this election cycle, especially with inflation hurting the average American’s pocketbook.

‘I have pledged that building a strong middle class will be the defining goal of my presidency,’ Harris said.

As a Harris campaign surrogate, Cuban has been trying to push that it’s Harris – not Trump – who has a plan to continue to improve the economy four years out from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

‘When you talk to her staff about putting together a policy, they literally dig in and try to understand it,’ Cuban said. ‘And when you do that, like a real business, you’re not just going to be impetuous about everything that you’re going to say.’

‘That’s the difference between the two. Trump will just say whatever he thinks he needs to say,’ the Shark Tank star said.

Cuban said Wednesday that he believes Trump’s advantage on the economy is ‘declining.’