Is Kamala Harris eyeing 2028? She isn’t saying. But in a Wednesday speech in Seoul, the former vice president at times aligned with Trump administration positions.
Ms. Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee, spoke at the invitation of the Asan Institute, a Seoul think tank, less than three weeks before the midterms.
“2028, from my perspective, does not matter if we don’t win 2026,” she said.
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She leads potential Democratic candidates with 30% in an Oct. 11 Focaldata/Financial Times survey. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is second at 15%.
On defense, she said, “It is in our interest to hold our allies accountable for their share of global defense.” She slammed “punitive tariffs motivated by grievance” but favored “tariffs as a targeted tool.”
She also called for an AI development slowdown and government oversight. On climate, her gap with the administration was wide.
Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Seoul’s Ewha Womans University, said she “did not entirely disavow some tools of economic statecraft that are associated with the current administration.”
But Mr. Easley said she “obviously differs in how those tools are applied.”
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