By necessity, Vice President Harris has worked in lockstep with President Biden on his foreign policy. What she would do in the White House if she wins on Nov. 5 will be in focus in Tuesday’s debate.
For the past 3½ years, Vice President Harris has carried out President Biden’s agenda around the globe, traveling to 21 countries, working with allies to combat authoritarianism.
But now, as the Democratic presidential nominee, there are questions about how Harris herself sees the world and the United States’ role in it — and what her foreign policy would look like if she wins the election in November.
It’s an issue likely to be front and center in Tuesday’s debate with former President Donald Trump. Republicans have sought to blame Harris for what they cast as the foreign policy failures of the Biden administration — from the chaotic withdrawal in Afghanistan to the number of migrants at the southern border
“If Kamala wins, foreign leaders will treat America’s president as a joke,” Trump said at a rally in Montana last month. “They already do.”Harris has tried to present a contrast with Trump
Harris, for her part, is trying to contrast her vision for the world with Trump, while offering ever-so-subtle distinctions with Biden. Her speech at the Democratic convention last month was aimed at showing how she would lead as commander in chief.
“As president, I will never waver in defense of America’s security and ideals, because in the enduring struggle between democracy and tyranny, I know where I stand and I know where the United States belongs,” Harris said.
Earlier this year at the Munich Security Conference, before she was the nominee, Harris told European leaders that “isolation is not insulation.” It was a reference to Trump’s world view. During his time in office, the former president slapped tariffs on allies and threatened to pull out of NATO.
