Former vice president and Trump’s rival in the presidential elections a year ago tells the BBC that he could run again for the Democratic Party in 2028 and criticizes the “tyrannical” president to whom “many capitulated from day one”
The full interview will only be broadcast at 9am on Sunday morning, but it is already making headlines on this and the other side of the Atlantic. In what marks her first interview in the United Kingdom since the 2024 presidential election, which she lost to Donald Trump, Kamala Harris says she does not rule out the possibility of returning to compete for the White House with a Republican rival in the elections that will take place in 2028.
“I’m not finished yet”, says the former vice president of the United States about “possibly” running for president of the United States, a position that, she believes, will eventually be occupied by a woman. “I’ve lived my entire career as a life of service and that’s in me.”
On the British channel, Kamala Harris makes what the British public channel considers to be the “strongest suggestion to date” that she could run again for president after losing to Trump a year ago, denying the polls that indicate that she was the reason why the Democrats lost the White House to the Republican candidate.
“If I listened to the polls, I wouldn’t have run for my first or second position — and I certainly wouldn’t be here,” he says, adding that he hasn’t yet made a decision on whether or not to run in 2028.
In the conversation with journalist Laura Kuenssberg, on the BBC’s Sunday program, Harris also attacks Trump again, labeling his rival a “tyrant” and saying that the warnings he made throughout the election campaign proved correct, such as behaving like a fascist and running an authoritarian government.
“He said he would use the Department of Justice as a weapon – and he did exactly that”, he adds, giving as an example of Trump’s authoritarianism ABC’s suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel after he made a joke about the Republicans’ reaction to the death of far-right influencer Charlie Kirk.
“Look at what’s happened in terms of how he’s weaponized, for example, federal agencies that go after political satirists… His skin is so thin that he can’t take criticism as a joke and has tried to shut down an entire media organization in the process.”
Harris also harshly criticizes business leaders and institutions in the United States who, in her opinion, bowed too easily to the demands of the current president.
“There are many […] who have capitulated from day one, who are kneeling to a tyrant, I believe for many reasons, including the desire to be on the side of power, perhaps because they want to approve a merger or avoid an investigation.”
Confronted with the content of the BBC interview, the Trump White House says it is indifferent to Harris’ comments about the president. “When Kamala Harris lost the election by a landslide, she should have taken the hint — the American people don’t want to hear about her absurd lies,” says spokeswoman Abigail Jackson. “Or perhaps she took the hint and that’s why she continues to air her grievances with foreign publications.”
In the interview with the BBC, which will be broadcast in full tomorrow, Kamala Harris also comments on Joe Biden’s controversial candidacy and the president’s withdrawal midway through the presidential campaign for health reasons.
