In her quick-moving presidential bid‚ Kamala Harris shows unclear foreign-policy direction: she might keep Joe Bidens course or make big changes - nobody really knows
Her campaign makes some non-standard moves: teaming up with former opponents (which seems like a smart play in todays divided world). Liz Cheney joins her at many campaign stops in swing-states‚ and Dick Cheney – who democrats used to really dislike – now gives her full support
The campaign keeps talking about making America strong in world affairs: Harris often mentions how shes good at:
- Making friends with other countries
- Building up military power
- Keeping Americas top spot in global affairs
But theres a big problem with this plan - recent polls from key voting areas show something different. More than 50% of people there want less military stuff overseas; they dont trust what foreign-policy experts say is good for them (which raises some hard-to-answer questions)
Maybe the Harris team thinks strong-talk will work‚ or maybe shes just happy working with Cheney – but putting all your chips on foreign-policy that most people dont like seems like a real head-scratcher