Critics of President Donald Trump think he lacked quite a bit of self-awareness when he said at a press conference this week that former Vice President Kamala Harris “can’t speak” and “can’t do an interview.” One professor in public humanities thinks his latest dig was an example of the president’s “appalling” strategies.
During a news conference on Thursday, Trump was asked to weigh in on Harris’ announcement the day prior that she won’t be running for governor of California in 2026. She told “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert this week that she wasn’t ready just yet to go “back in the system,” which she said she thinks is broken.
When a reporter asked Trump to share his thoughts about Harris’ political future, he responded: “Well, she can’t speak.”
“She can’t talk. She can’t do an interview,” he said as Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick could be seen laughing behind him.
He then inexplicably said that “nobody knew who Kamala was” when the then-vice president announced her candidacy for president in 2024, after former President Joe Biden announced he was dropping his reelection bid against Trump.
