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Vice President Kamala Harris addressed new stories of Donald Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin throughout her look on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Present with Stephen Colbert.
In journalist Bob Woodward’s new e-book, launched Tuesday, an unnamed aide reported that Trump has spoken with Putin as many as seven instances since leaving the White Home. Different claims included details about Trump sending Putin COVID exams whereas he was in workplace, on the peak of the pandemic.
Harris acknowledged on Tuesday that she hasn’t learn the e-book but, however stated, “Donald Trump — he overtly admires dictators and authoritarians. He has stated he desires to be a dictator on Day One, if he have been elected once more as president. He will get performed by these guys. He admires so-called strongmen and he will get performed as a result of they flatter him or supply him favor.”
She additionally addressed the COVID check stories immediately. “I ask everybody right here and everybody who’s watching: Do you bear in mind what these days have been like? You bear in mind how many individuals didn’t have exams and have been making an attempt to scramble to get them?”
She turned indignant as she continued talking about her opponent’s connection to Russia, saying. “The commander-in-chief of america of America should stand sturdy and defend the ideas that we maintain pricey. We should always stand with our allies. We should always strengthen the alliances that we have now, resembling NATO, which is the strongest navy alliance the world has ever seen. We should stand with our buddy Ukraine the place Russia is trying to vary borders by pressure.”
Harris added, “And this man is giving Covid check kits to Vladimir Putin? Take into consideration what this implies on high of him sending love letters to Kim Jong Un…He thinks, nicely, that is his buddy. What in regards to the American individuals? They need to be your first buddy.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Colbert requested the Democratic nominee about Hurricane Helene, which lately ravaged North Carolina, and Hurricane Milton, a extreme storm headed for Florida. Harris urged individuals to take heed to native officers and criticized politicians who “inform lies” for political achieve.
“It is crude,” she stated. “Have you ever no empathy, man, for the struggling of different individuals? Do you don’t have any sense of objective for those who purport to be a pacesetter?”
Relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict, Harris addressed her assertion that she and President Biden are near a ceasefire deal. “Shut signifies that quite a lot of the small print have been labored out however particulars stay,” she stated. “And so there was some progress however it’s meaningless except a deal is definitely reached, so I do not need to counsel to you that we must be applauded for getting shut at instances to a deal.”
The VP additionally spoke about her debate efficiency, and weighed in on the viral image of herself along with her chin resting in her hand. When Colbert requested her what she was considering at that second, she replied, “It is household TV, proper? It begins with a W, there is a letter between it, then the final letter’s F.”
Along with the late evening host, Harris additionally opened a can of Miller Excessive Life and stated, “The final time I had beer was at a baseball sport with Doug (Emhoff).”
Concerning the whirlwind marketing campaign which solely started in July following Joe Biden’s withdrawal, Harris stated, “There’s quite a lot of catching as much as do. My opponent, the previous president, has been working since 2020… Persons are exhausted by that outdated drained playbook of Donald Trump’s… Of us are prepared to show the web page.”
The complete interview will air on the Late Present with Stephen Colbert at 11:35 pm on Tuesday.
