From the moment that Joe Biden began to run away with the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, there were whispers and murmurs about how important his choice for Vice Presidential running mate was going to be.
Biden isn’t any sort of spry young man, and some of the things that come out of his mouth make you wonder if all of his marbles are still in his possession. There is a very real possibility that he steps away from the presidency before his time is up.
This concern has some wondering about the number of times Kamala Harris, the Vice President, has been taking it upon herself to speak to several foreign leaders.
Vice President Kamala Harris had another call with a foreign leader Tuesday, independent of President Biden.
Harris spoke with the prime minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, where Harris “affirmed her commitment to deepening the strong alliance between Norway and the United States.”
” The Vice President thanked the Prime Minister for Norway’s close security partnership with the United States and generous contributions to development and health security efforts around the world,” according to a readout of the call.
Harris previously took calls alone with French President Emanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, shortly after the president put in a call to the French and Canadian leaders himself.
Less than two months into the new administration, Harris’ frequent solo calls with world leaders signal that she’ll engage deeply even in foreign policy, though her experience has been almost entirely in the domestic realm. Leaders around the world could view the vice president as Biden’s heir-apparent and be eager to build a relationship.
One of our European ambassadors suggested that the engagement makes Harris appears as though she’s a “President in-waiting”…which is precisely what so many people thought when Biden chose her to begin with.
