Former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris faced widespread ridicule after her attempt to imitate former President Trump as a “mob boss” fell flat.
During an interview on Friday at the National Action Network Convention 2026 in New York City, hosted by NAN founder Al Sharpton, the 61-year-old attempted the impression. Harris said, “He kinda acts like a mob boss, so then he’s kinda like, ‘Well, you know, you take Eastern Europe, and I’ll take the Western Hemisphere,’” with a tone that seemed more like someone stifling laughter than mimicking the 47th president.
She continued, “And then you over there, you get Asia, and we’ll just divide it up,” completing an impersonation many found painfully ineffective.
” ‘And then you over there, you get Asia, and we’ll just divide it up,’ ” she concluded the painfully terrible impersonation.
The audience only mustered a polite snicker in response, seemingly feeling second-hand embarrassment themselves from the abysmal attempt at channeling Trump.
Harris’s caricature occurred in the middle of yet another of her rambling, word-salad-riddled responses to a question, this time posed by Sharpton about restoring relationships with the international community, which he claimed were “severely damaged” by the president’s foreign policy.
The mocking responses to Harris’s botched impersonation came fast and furiously online.
“She’s a french fry short of a happy meal,” a commenter wrote.
Another person said, “She sounded more like an old black man.”
A third online commenter said, “No one is more impressed with Kamala Harris than Kamala herself.”
During the interview, Harris hinted that a 2028 presidential run is still on the table for her, after she was roundly trounced by Trump in 2024.
She said she was next heading to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Arkansas.
“I might. I might. I’m thinking about it. I’m thinking about it,” she said when Sharpton asked her point-blank if she would be a candidate in the next election.
