Kamala Harris has hinted at running for US president again. The former US Vice President told the BBC that she could “possibly” become president one day and that there would be a female president in the future.
Speaking to Laura Knuessenberg, Harris entertained the idea of another run at the White House in 2028. Harris said she continues to see herself in politics, but had not yet made a decision about running for the White House. “I am not done,” she said. “I have lived my entire career as a life of service, and it’s in my bones.”
Harris called Donald Trump a “tyrant” with “thin skin” weaponising the justice system, behaving as a fascist and running an authoritarian government. “He said he would weaponise the Department of Justice – and he has done exactly that … His skin is so thin he couldn’t endure criticism from a joke, and attempted to shut down an entire media organisation in the process,” she said.
She also criticised the suspension of late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel by ABC after he made a joke about Republican reaction to the death of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.
His removal came after the Trump-appointed regulator threatened Kimmel’s broadcasters.
The interview marked her clearest suggestion to date that she will make another run for the White House in 2028 despite lagging far behind in the polls.
“If I listened to polls I would have not run for my first office, or my second office – and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here,” she said.
In response to Harris’s comments about Mr Trump, the White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said: “When Kamala Harris lost the election in a landslide, she should’ve taken the hint – the American people don’t care about her absurd lies.
“Or maybe she did take the hint and that’s why she’s continuing to air her grievances to foreign publications.”
Harris, 61, is currently on an international book tour promoting 107 Days, her account of her 2024 presidential run, which began only after Biden withdrew from the race following months of speculation about his cognitive decline.
In the book, Harris says she doesn’t have immediate intentions to seek another major political position.
“I’ll no longer sit in DC in the grandeur of the ceremonial office. I will be with the people, in towns and communities where I can listen to their ideas on how we rebuild trust, empathy, and a government worthy of the ideals of this country,” she writes.
