KAMALA Harris has been widely ridiculed online for giving another word salad as she bizarrely talked about elephants mid-speech.
The former vice president made a public statement coinciding with Donald Trump’s 100 days in office milestone, sparking speculation among observers that the speech might indicate her plans for political endeavors in the future.
Harris has been tight-lipped about her future since leaving office in January, but critics believe she will run for the Democratic nomination ahead of the 2028 election.
One moment during Harris’ first major speech since leaving office caught the eye.
She was cackling as she brought up the moment a herd of elephants protected their calves as an earthquake hit San Diego.
“Okay, it’s kind of dark in here, but I’m ask[ing] for a show of hands — who saw that video from a couple of weeks ago the one of the elephants at the San Diego Zoo during the earthquake,” she told the crowd.
“Google it if you’ve not seen it.”
She explained how the elephants protected the vulnerable calves and described it as a “powerful metaphor.”
Harris could not stop laughing as she was reminiscing about the moment.
But, critics compared Harris’ moment to a “half-baked comedy routine.”
Commentator Steve Hilton, who is jostling for the GOP’s nomination ahead of the California governor election, labeled her address a “joke.”
“Yucking it up, world salads, elephants?” he scoffed.
Harris was prone to giving word salads while she was on the campaign trail ahead of last year’s presidential election.
Her garbled addresses often became the focal point for Republican ads.
Harris faces a choice on whether she will run to be the next California governor, or the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.
But, viewers are convinced she will choose the second option.
“When I saw speech, I was like oh she is running for 2028 & no one can tell me she wants gov,” one X user said.
“This speech said it all for 2028.”
Responding to a commentator, they said: “She is not going to be running for governor, did you not pick up the speech that she is going to run for President in 2028.”
Others claimed she would be the frontrunner for the Democratic Party’s nomination.
But, the field for 2028 is set to be congested with runners and riders.
Firebrand congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been touted as an alternative.
She has been campaigning at anti-austerity events with veteran socialist Bernie Sanders.
Gretchen Whitmer, the Governor of Michigan, and current California governor Gavin Newsom have also been touted as potential candidates.
Whitmer was suggested as a potential vice presidential candidate for Harris before she selected Tim Walz to be her running mate.
She was caught off guard when Trump invited her to speak at an airbase.
Newsom cannot run for another term as California governor.
And, he has been debating conservative influencers on his podcast.
Newsom has also broke ranks with his party when it comes to the issue of transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.
RUNNERS AND RIDERS
Commentator Stephen A. Smith has been included in the list of names that could be the Democratic candidate in 2028.
And Trump himself has weighed into the debate on whether Smith should run.
“Stephen A, he’s a good guy. He’s a smart guy. I love watching him,” Trump told NewsNation.
“I’ve been pretty good at picking people and picking candidates, and I will tell you I’d love to see him run.”
Trump claimed Smith has “great entertainment skills.”
“People watch him,” he added.
“You know, a lot of these Democrats I watch, I say they have no chance.”
Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, was removed from the US Holocaust Memorial Council on Tuesday – a move that irked him.
How Trump changed the world in first 100 days
Donald Trump has signed over 140 executive orders in his first 100 days back in office. After making a slew of promises before re-entering the White House, what has he achieved so far?
Education:
Trump signed an executive order to cut federal money to schools that support or are seen to “push critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content” onto children.
He has also signed an order to cut funding to schools that have a mandate about vaccines and masks.
The President is also working on closing the federal Education Department and pulling back on DEI policies and programs, directing the federal government to end its diversity and equity programs.
Classified Records:
In March 2025, the White House released the classified documents on the assassination of JFK, something Trump vowed to do in October 2024 “immediately” after re-entering office.
Energy:
In September 2024, Trump vowed to declare a national energy emergency to push for more drilling and boosting “domestic energy supply” which he did when he signed an executive order upon entering the White House.
Another promise he has kept was signing an executive order to remove the US from the Paris Agreement.
Two other orders Trump has signed are working to keep his promises to end state emissions waivers that limit sales of gas-powered cars and to bring an end to the “electric vehicle mandate.”
Foreign Affairs:
The President vowed to end the Russia-Ukraine war soon after entering office and has become a key negotiator between the warring nations.
Though he has so far failed to end the bloodshed, his action has moved talks on to finding a ceasefire agreement.
He also criticised the amount of US funding going to Ukraine, quickly ramping up pressure on European allies to take on more of the burden.
As part of his diplomacy and foreign strategy, Trump has already hosted at least 11 world leaders in his first 100 days with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being the first leader welcomed to the White House on February 4.
Government:
Trump said he would fire government employees who he says are “corrupt bureaucrats” which is something he has addressed via another executive order.
He also established DOGE to root out blockers to efficiency with Elon Musk brandishing the “chainsaw for bureaucracy.”
DOGE cuts have seen major reductions in the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and attempts to make cuts in the Department of Education.
Cuts of $47.4 billion have been made to the Department of Health and Human Services while over $45 billion has been taken from the Agency for International Development, and $2.6 billion has been cut from the Department of State, according to DOGE.
Immigration:
The President has long been waging a war on immigration and has signed numerous executive orders in a bid to fulfil his plans.
These include carrying out the biggest deportation in US history to “end the migrant invasion,” ending the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, banning refugees from Gaza and removing the student visas of those deemed to be pro-Hamas protesters, “radical anti-American and anti-Semitic foreigners.”
He also signed an order to start “ideological screening” for all immigrants and axed the CBP One app used by migrants to schedule appointments US border patrol agents.
Illegal border crossings from Mexico are now the lowest they have been for over four years but there are fears that some of those being deported under Trump’s action against “killers and thugs” are innocent and are not being given due process.
Pardons:
Trump has pardoned over 1,500 people including the majority of those convicted or charged in the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, 2021.
He has also pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of a dark web marketplace known as Silk Road and Charles Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s father-in-law who was in prison for tax evasion, witness tampering, and campaign finance offences.
Tariffs:
In November, Trump said he would “tariff the hell out of countries that have been taking advantage” of the US, something he is continuing to work on after his “Liberation Day” announcement of a “reciprocal tariff” strategy with tariffs up to 145%, most harshly impacting China.
Taxes:
Through congressional action, the President has started cutting corporate tax rates to 15%, make tax cuts permanent, have no tax on tips, scrap taxes on Social Security and overtime pay, and making interest on car loans entirely tax deductible.
