The Biden administration has lifted most bans on defense technology sharing with Australia and the United Kingdom in order to fast-track the development of emerging weapons technologies among the allies.

“These critical reforms will revolutionize defense trade, innovation and cooperation, enabling collaboration at the speed and scale required to meet our challenging strategic circumstances,” Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said Thursday.

The agreement is designed to establish “an export license-free environment,” as Australian officials put it, in conjunction with the implementation of the AUKUS deal between the three allies. Although the Australian navy’s acquisition of U.S. and British nuclear submarine technology has dominated the international spotlight, “Pillar Two” of the AUKUS deal also aims to harness the advanced technology sectors of each country in a bid to win an emerging technology race with China.

“As tensions increase, and conflicts continue around the globe, our partnerships with our allies are critically important,” British Defense Secretary John Healey said Thursday. “This is a breakthrough that will allow our three nations to deepen our collaboration on defence technology and trade. Our new government will reinforce the UK’s role in AUKUS to boost Britain’s military capabilities and economic growth.”

President Joe Biden’s team regards emerging technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence as “the strategic high ground,” as Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell put it recently. The pressure to outpace China, which is pouring money into a military modernization project powered in part by stolen from Western companies, spurred officials in Washington, London, and Canberra to put a premium on Pillar Two of the deal.

“We need to build an innovation system … across our three countries which stimulates the defense industry base across our three countries,” Marles said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event last week. “Each of us have our own innovation systems which are focused on our own domestic defense industry bases. How we get value add here is by really kind of getting those much more harmonized.”

Those aspirations have been enmired in hesitation within the U.S. government about easing foreign access to prized American technology, a misgiving that has irritated proponents of the deal. “We have not realized the promise, the bright promise, of this partnership,” Sen. James Risch (R-ID), the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said during a hearing last month. “It was supposed to be a game-changer, but State’s exclusion of the exact technologies we need to advance AUKUS has inhibited this partnership from moving aggressively to reality.”

Still, defense officials announced last week that the AUKUS countries had “tested cutting edge autonomous and AI-enabled sensing capabilities in a multi-domain battlespace … that minimize the time between sensing enemy targets, deciding how to respond, and responding to the threat.” The Pentagon hailed those trials as a portent of future AUKUS projects.

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“This will be the most important strategic military engagement between the United States and Australia, and brings Britain into the context of what we’re engaging with in the Indo-Pacific,” Campbell told Risch in the July 30 hearing. “I can tell you that this will be never-ending. We will have to invest substantial resources, build internal capacities in our government and with our institutions to contest everywhere.”

Marles, the Australian defense chief, offered a similar overview. “A lot of this stuff is, you know, genuinely groundbreaking technology,” he said at CSIS. “I think we … will end up evaluating Pillar 2 based on whether it meets its stated objective, which is to pull through innovative technologies into service quickly. And quickly is measured in years, not decades.” 

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The Biden administration has lifted most bans on defense technology sharing with Australia and the United Kingdom in order to fast-track the development of emerging weapons technologies among the allies.

“These critical reforms will revolutionize defense trade, innovation and cooperation, enabling collaboration at the speed and scale required to meet our challenging strategic circumstances,” Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said Thursday.

The agreement is designed to establish “an export license-free environment,” as Australian officials put it, in conjunction with the implementation of the AUKUS deal between the three allies. Although the Australian navy’s acquisition of U.S. and British nuclear submarine technology has dominated the international spotlight, “Pillar Two” of the AUKUS deal also aims to harness the advanced technology sectors of each country in a bid to win an emerging technology race with China.

“As tensions increase, and conflicts continue around the globe, our partnerships with our allies are critically important,” British Defense Secretary John Healey said Thursday. “This is a breakthrough that will allow our three nations to deepen our collaboration on defence technology and trade. Our new government will reinforce the UK’s role in AUKUS to boost Britain’s military capabilities and economic growth.”

President Joe Biden’s team regards emerging technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence as “the strategic high ground,” as Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell put it recently. The pressure to outpace China, which is pouring money into a military modernization project powered in part by stolen from Western companies, spurred officials in Washington, London, and Canberra to put a premium on Pillar Two of the deal.

“We need to build an innovation system … across our three countries which stimulates the defense industry base across our three countries,” Marles said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event last week. “Each of us have our own innovation systems which are focused on our own domestic defense industry bases. How we get value add here is by really kind of getting those much more harmonized.”

Those aspirations have been enmired in hesitation within the U.S. government about easing foreign access to prized American technology, a misgiving that has irritated proponents of the deal. “We have not realized the promise, the bright promise, of this partnership,” Sen. James Risch (R-ID), the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said during a hearing last month. “It was supposed to be a game-changer, but State’s exclusion of the exact technologies we need to advance AUKUS has inhibited this partnership from moving aggressively to reality.”

Still, defense officials announced last week that the AUKUS countries had “tested cutting edge autonomous and AI-enabled sensing capabilities in a multi-domain battlespace … that minimize the time between sensing enemy targets, deciding how to respond, and responding to the threat.” The Pentagon hailed those trials as a portent of future AUKUS projects.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

“This will be the most important strategic military engagement between the United States and Australia, and brings Britain into the context of what we’re engaging with in the Indo-Pacific,” Campbell told Risch in the July 30 hearing. “I can tell you that this will be never-ending. We will have to invest substantial resources, build internal capacities in our government and with our institutions to contest everywhere.”

Marles, the Australian defense chief, offered a similar overview. “A lot of this stuff is, you know, genuinely groundbreaking technology,” he said at CSIS. “I think we … will end up evaluating Pillar 2 based on whether it meets its stated objective, which is to pull through innovative technologies into service quickly. And quickly is measured in years, not decades.” 

, The Biden administration has lifted most bans on defense technology sharing with Australia and the United Kingdom in order to fast-track the development of emerging weapons technologies among the allies. “These critical reforms will revolutionize defense trade, innovation and cooperation, enabling collaboration at the speed and scale required to meet our challenging strategic circumstances,” Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said Thursday. The agreement is designed to establish “an export license-free environment,” as Australian officials put it, in conjunction with the implementation of the AUKUS deal between the three allies. Although the Australian navy’s acquisition of U.S. and British nuclear submarine technology has dominated the international spotlight, “Pillar Two” of the AUKUS deal also aims to harness the advanced technology sectors of each country in a bid to win an emerging technology race with China. “As tensions increase, and conflicts continue around the globe, our partnerships with our allies are critically important,” British Defense Secretary John Healey said Thursday. “This is a breakthrough that will allow our three nations to deepen our collaboration on defence technology and trade. Our new government will reinforce the UK’s role in AUKUS to boost Britain’s military capabilities and economic growth.” President Joe Biden’s team regards emerging technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence as “the strategic high ground,” as Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell put it recently. The pressure to outpace China, which is pouring money into a military modernization project powered in part by stolen from Western companies, spurred officials in Washington, London, and Canberra to put a premium on Pillar Two of the deal. “We need to build an innovation system … across our three countries which stimulates the defense industry base across our three countries,” Marles said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event last week. “Each of us have our own innovation systems which are focused on our own domestic defense industry bases. How we get value add here is by really kind of getting those much more harmonized.” Those aspirations have been enmired in hesitation within the U.S. government about easing foreign access to prized American technology, a misgiving that has irritated proponents of the deal. “We have not realized the promise, the bright promise, of this partnership,” Sen. James Risch (R-ID), the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said during a hearing last month. “It was supposed to be a game-changer, but State’s exclusion of the exact technologies we need to advance AUKUS has inhibited this partnership from moving aggressively to reality.” Still, defense officials announced last week that the AUKUS countries had “tested cutting edge autonomous and AI-enabled sensing capabilities in a multi-domain battlespace … that minimize the time between sensing enemy targets, deciding how to respond, and responding to the threat.” The Pentagon hailed those trials as a portent of future AUKUS projects. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER “This will be the most important strategic military engagement between the United States and Australia, and brings Britain into the context of what we’re engaging with in the Indo-Pacific,” Campbell told Risch in the July 30 hearing. “I can tell you that this will be never-ending. We will have to invest substantial resources, build internal capacities in our government and with our institutions to contest everywhere.” Marles, the Australian defense chief, offered a similar overview. “A lot of this stuff is, you know, genuinely groundbreaking technology,” he said at CSIS. “I think we … will end up evaluating Pillar 2 based on whether it meets its stated objective, which is to pull through innovative technologies into service quickly. And quickly is measured in years, not decades.” , , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kurt-campbell-ausmin.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Joel Gehrke,

Former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is expected to join the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign in a role that has yet to be revealed.

The Trump campaign made four other key additions Thursday, including Trump’s former 2020 campaign communications director, Tim Murtaugh, as well as former pro-Trump super PAC officials Alex Pfeiffer, Alex Bruesewitz, and Taylor Budowich.

“As we head into the home stretch of this election, we are continuing to add to our impressive campaign team,” Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, Trump’s co-campaign managers, said in a statement.

The pair added that the additions “are all veterans of prior Trump campaigns, and their unmatched experience will help President Trump prosecute the case against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the most radical ticket in American history.”

The Washington Examiner reached out to the Trump campaign to inquire about what each addition’s new role will entail.

Lewandowski, whose motto was “Let Trump be Trump,” was fired as Trump’s campaign manager in June 2015 and was replaced by Paul Manafort. Lewandowski was hired at CNN three days after being fired from the Trump campaign, but he resigned shortly after the election amid speculation that he might join the presidential administration.

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In 2021, Lewandowski was fired from a pro-Trump PAC after being accused of sexually harassing a donor at a charity event in Las Vegas. He eventually made a deal with prosecutors to avoid being charged with a misdemeanor for the alleged incident.

Trump’s campaign additions come as Vice President Kamala Harris is rising in the polls after replacing President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. The pair are scheduled to face off Sept. 10 in a nationally televised debate on ABC.

2024-08-15 20:27:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3123245%2Ftrump-2016-campaign-manager-corey-lewandowski-joins-2024-campaign%2F?w=600&h=450, Former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is expected to join the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign in a role that has yet to be revealed. The Trump campaign made four other key additions Thursday, including Trump’s former 2020 campaign communications director, Tim Murtaugh, as well as former pro-Trump super PAC officials Alex Pfeiffer, Alex Bruesewitz, and Taylor Budowich.,

Former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is expected to join the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign in a role that has yet to be revealed.

The Trump campaign made four other key additions Thursday, including Trump’s former 2020 campaign communications director, Tim Murtaugh, as well as former pro-Trump super PAC officials Alex Pfeiffer, Alex Bruesewitz, and Taylor Budowich.

“As we head into the home stretch of this election, we are continuing to add to our impressive campaign team,” Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, Trump’s co-campaign managers, said in a statement.

The pair added that the additions “are all veterans of prior Trump campaigns, and their unmatched experience will help President Trump prosecute the case against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the most radical ticket in American history.”

The Washington Examiner reached out to the Trump campaign to inquire about what each addition’s new role will entail.

Lewandowski, whose motto was “Let Trump be Trump,” was fired as Trump’s campaign manager in June 2015 and was replaced by Paul Manafort. Lewandowski was hired at CNN three days after being fired from the Trump campaign, but he resigned shortly after the election amid speculation that he might join the presidential administration.

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In 2021, Lewandowski was fired from a pro-Trump PAC after being accused of sexually harassing a donor at a charity event in Las Vegas. He eventually made a deal with prosecutors to avoid being charged with a misdemeanor for the alleged incident.

Trump’s campaign additions come as Vice President Kamala Harris is rising in the polls after replacing President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. The pair are scheduled to face off Sept. 10 in a nationally televised debate on ABC.

, Former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is expected to join the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign in a role that has yet to be revealed. The Trump campaign made four other key additions Thursday, including Trump’s former 2020 campaign communications director, Tim Murtaugh, as well as former pro-Trump super PAC officials Alex Pfeiffer, Alex Bruesewitz, and Taylor Budowich. “As we head into the home stretch of this election, we are continuing to add to our impressive campaign team,” Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, Trump’s co-campaign managers, said in a statement. The pair added that the additions “are all veterans of prior Trump campaigns, and their unmatched experience will help President Trump prosecute the case against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the most radical ticket in American history.” The Washington Examiner reached out to the Trump campaign to inquire about what each addition’s new role will entail. Lewandowski, whose motto was “Let Trump be Trump,” was fired as Trump’s campaign manager in June 2015 and was replaced by Paul Manafort. Lewandowski was hired at CNN three days after being fired from the Trump campaign, but he resigned shortly after the election amid speculation that he might join the presidential administration. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER In 2021, Lewandowski was fired from a pro-Trump PAC after being accused of sexually harassing a donor at a charity event in Las Vegas. He eventually made a deal with prosecutors to avoid being charged with a misdemeanor for the alleged incident. Trump’s campaign additions come as Vice President Kamala Harris is rising in the polls after replacing President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. The pair are scheduled to face off Sept. 10 in a nationally televised debate on ABC., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24196835171093-scaled-1024×683.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Peter Cordi,

A recent hacking and leak campaign targeting Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign originated in Iran. While it appears to have targeted both the Trump and now defunct Biden campaigns, only documents from the Trump campaign were leaked.

The incident underlines the high priority that various nations place on seeing their favored candidate win the presidential election on Nov. 5.

Why would Iran want Biden or Harris to beat Trump?

For one, because Harris’ senior foreign policy advisers — from her national security adviser Phil Gordon on down — continue to prioritize diplomatic engagement with Iran. These officials favor a strategy of using sanctions relief as an incentive for Iran to limit its nuclear activities. They also oppose aggressive joint actions alongside Israel to damage Iran’s nuclear industry and terrorist proxies.

The record is clear. The Biden administration has responded only cautiously to repeated Iranian-led militia attacks on U.S. military forces. The administration has also pressured Israel to avoid actions that might exacerbate tensions with Iran. And when it comes to Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza, Harris has also been more critical of Israel even than Biden. Iran can credibly hope that a Harris administration might lead to a degradation of Israeli-U.S. security and political cooperation and a return to the appeasement policies that defined the Obama administration.

The same does not apply to Trump. The Trump administration adopted a so-called “maximum pressure” strategy against Iran. This involved the imposition of numerous sanctions, the withdrawal from the 2015 JCPOA nuclear accord, and the elimination of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps general Qassem Soleimani. These actions put extreme pressure on the Iranian economy. That pressure reduced supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s ability to provide financial support to allies and activities across the Middle East. And the killing of Soleimani was seen as a very personal attack, one that motivates continuing Iranian assassination plots against U.S. officials, including Trump. Harris offers Iran a preferable partner.

In contrast, Russia has a clear desire for Trump’s return to the White House.

Some conservative commentators have noted Vladimir Putin‘s stated preference that Biden returns to the White House as proof that he doesn’t like Trump nearly as much as the media portrays. But this is a willful delusion. The Russian president knows full well that any endorsement of Trump would be powerful ammunition for Harris to use against her challenger. Putin’s preference for Trump is clear.

Where Harris has committed to continued support for Ukraine and the more traditional maintenance of alliances in Europe, Trump wants a far more transactional relationship with allies, which, while not without some merit, risks undermining trans-Atlantic cooperation on the threats posed by China and Russia. Trump has also pledged to rapidly negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia. This must be a very tempting proposition for Putin. Professionally trained in manipulation, the former KGB Lieutenant Colonel has long believed Trump can be manipulated via a mix of ego stroking and political intrigue. But when he lets his guard down, Putin makes clear that he views Trump with derision.

This is not to say that Putin’s preference for Trump might necessarily be the correct strategic choice for Russia. Trump was far more supportive of Ukraine in the early part of his presidency than was the Obama administration. He also enabled more robust intelligence and military activities against Russia. Trump has also pledged “100%” support for NATO allies, which meet the alliance’s 2%-of-GDP defense spending target (which all eastern flank allies exceed), and says he would not accept Russia’s proposed peace plan for Ukraine. But the top line is that where Putin sees Trump as a potentially malleable partner, he probably sees Harris as a predictable adversary.

Just over Russia’s southeastern border is North Korea.

Trump’s penchant for unconventional diplomacy underlines why Kim Jong Un wants him back in the White House. Kim valued his very public relationship with Trump for the international and domestic prestige it proffered. But also because that relationship allowed him to sidestep a U.S. national security bureaucracy that is far more naturally skeptical of North Korean intentions than Trump (this applies equally to Putin). Kim will have noted that Trump continues to value their personal relationship, frequently referencing how he and the North Korean leader got along.

Kim’s intention with a second Trump administration would likely center on a negotiated deal that allowed for major sanctions relief in return for suspended ballistic missile tests and some form of denuclearization. Kim would likely hope that Trump’s inattention to detail would enable him to retain the technical means of continued covert nuclear weapons/delivery system research and a means to quickly redeploy related capabilities if needed. This would give Kim major economic benefits without sacrificing his longer-term ability to threaten the U.S., Japan, and South Korea.

Finally, there’s America’s preeminent adversary, China.

The latest publicly released U.S. intelligence assessment stated that China does not have a preference for who wins the presidential election. However, much of the information forming that assessment was based on a Biden-Trump rather than a Harris-Trump matchup. I believe China will now prefer a Harris presidency.

Yes, China will welcome Trump’s recent emphasis that he had a good relationship with Xi prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, China will also welcome Trump’s recent suggestion that Taiwan has taken advantage of the U.S. and that defending the island nation would be far more difficult for the U.S. than it would be for China to attack. Securing Taiwan under the Communist Party flag is a matter of destiny for Xi.

That said, Trump favors both high defense spending and the imposition of new tariffs on China. On the flip side, Harris is likely to prioritize domestic spending designed to appeal to the Democratic Party voter base over increased defense spending. That matters because Xi’s longer-term strategy to displace the U.S. from the Pacific centers on gradually outmatching U.S. military capability. Those closest to Harris are more dovish on China than those closest to Trump.

Harris’ running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has made around 30 trips to China and spoken often of his affection for the country. True, Walz has repeatedly criticized China’s human rights record. But Walz also appears more dovish than hawkish toward Beijing. As he put it in 2019, “I don’t fall into the category that China necessarily needs to be an adversarial relationship, I totally disagree.” That will lead Beijing to hope Walz will push for a more pragmatic relationship.

The same is true of Harris’ national security adviser. Also in 2019, Phil Gordon signed an open letter calling on the Trump administration to stop treating China as an adversary. That letter noted, “We do not believe Beijing is an economic enemy or an existential national security threat that must be confronted in every sphere; nor is China a monolith, or the views of its leaders set in stone… many Chinese officials and other elites know that a moderate, pragmatic and genuinely cooperative approach with the West serves China’s interests.” As part of its broader call for a more conciliatory stance toward China, the letter signatories added their opposition to a build up of “offensive, deep-strike weapons.”

Some have defended Gordon by noting that the letter is now five years old. This is a thin excuse. Xi’s monolithic supremacy in the Chinese leadership structure was already plainly apparent in 2019. As was the fact that Xi is no pragmatist, valuing as he does total control at home and dominant power abroad. And a build-up of those offensive weapons that Gordon and his co-signers rejected is exactly what is needed to confront Chinese warships and missile forces at long range.

In turn, China likely prefers the prospect of Harris pragmatists seeking stability over an unpredictable Trump White House seeking transaction alongside military power. After all, China’s enduring strategy is built around buying time and political space via which to undermine and eventually overcome U.S. global leadership. Beijing would hope that it could use Harris’s interest in stable relations to extract concessions in areas such as tariffs and technology sharing while simultaneously continuing to ramp up its military capabilities.

This is no small concern. The People’s Liberation Army is already producing vast numbers of advanced new warships, missiles, and nuclear weapons. Absent urgent advances to the U.S. defense industrial base, China will find itself increasingly able to out-scale and outfight the U.S.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Top line: different adversaries expect different things from Harris and Trump. Those calculations will increasingly affect how they respond to the presidential race as Election Day approaches.

As they do so, however, these adversaries must balance any interference efforts alongside the risks and associated political damage of being caught. For example, does Iran’s hacking and leaking of Trump help Harris? Probably not. But it may well move some pro-Israel independents into Trump’s corner.

2024-08-15 20:24:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fopinion%2F3122727%2Fwhy-china-and-iran-are-for-harris-and-russia-and-north-korea-are-for-trump%2F?w=600&h=450, A recent hacking and leak campaign targeting Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign originated in Iran. While it appears to have targeted both the Trump and now defunct Biden campaigns, only documents from the Trump campaign were leaked. The incident underlines the high priority that various nations place on seeing their favored candidate win the presidential election,

A recent hacking and leak campaign targeting Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign originated in Iran. While it appears to have targeted both the Trump and now defunct Biden campaigns, only documents from the Trump campaign were leaked.

The incident underlines the high priority that various nations place on seeing their favored candidate win the presidential election on Nov. 5.

Why would Iran want Biden or Harris to beat Trump?

For one, because Harris’ senior foreign policy advisers — from her national security adviser Phil Gordon on down — continue to prioritize diplomatic engagement with Iran. These officials favor a strategy of using sanctions relief as an incentive for Iran to limit its nuclear activities. They also oppose aggressive joint actions alongside Israel to damage Iran’s nuclear industry and terrorist proxies.

The record is clear. The Biden administration has responded only cautiously to repeated Iranian-led militia attacks on U.S. military forces. The administration has also pressured Israel to avoid actions that might exacerbate tensions with Iran. And when it comes to Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza, Harris has also been more critical of Israel even than Biden. Iran can credibly hope that a Harris administration might lead to a degradation of Israeli-U.S. security and political cooperation and a return to the appeasement policies that defined the Obama administration.

The same does not apply to Trump. The Trump administration adopted a so-called “maximum pressure” strategy against Iran. This involved the imposition of numerous sanctions, the withdrawal from the 2015 JCPOA nuclear accord, and the elimination of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps general Qassem Soleimani. These actions put extreme pressure on the Iranian economy. That pressure reduced supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s ability to provide financial support to allies and activities across the Middle East. And the killing of Soleimani was seen as a very personal attack, one that motivates continuing Iranian assassination plots against U.S. officials, including Trump. Harris offers Iran a preferable partner.

In contrast, Russia has a clear desire for Trump’s return to the White House.

Some conservative commentators have noted Vladimir Putin‘s stated preference that Biden returns to the White House as proof that he doesn’t like Trump nearly as much as the media portrays. But this is a willful delusion. The Russian president knows full well that any endorsement of Trump would be powerful ammunition for Harris to use against her challenger. Putin’s preference for Trump is clear.

Where Harris has committed to continued support for Ukraine and the more traditional maintenance of alliances in Europe, Trump wants a far more transactional relationship with allies, which, while not without some merit, risks undermining trans-Atlantic cooperation on the threats posed by China and Russia. Trump has also pledged to rapidly negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia. This must be a very tempting proposition for Putin. Professionally trained in manipulation, the former KGB Lieutenant Colonel has long believed Trump can be manipulated via a mix of ego stroking and political intrigue. But when he lets his guard down, Putin makes clear that he views Trump with derision.

This is not to say that Putin’s preference for Trump might necessarily be the correct strategic choice for Russia. Trump was far more supportive of Ukraine in the early part of his presidency than was the Obama administration. He also enabled more robust intelligence and military activities against Russia. Trump has also pledged “100%” support for NATO allies, which meet the alliance’s 2%-of-GDP defense spending target (which all eastern flank allies exceed), and says he would not accept Russia’s proposed peace plan for Ukraine. But the top line is that where Putin sees Trump as a potentially malleable partner, he probably sees Harris as a predictable adversary.

Just over Russia’s southeastern border is North Korea.

Trump’s penchant for unconventional diplomacy underlines why Kim Jong Un wants him back in the White House. Kim valued his very public relationship with Trump for the international and domestic prestige it proffered. But also because that relationship allowed him to sidestep a U.S. national security bureaucracy that is far more naturally skeptical of North Korean intentions than Trump (this applies equally to Putin). Kim will have noted that Trump continues to value their personal relationship, frequently referencing how he and the North Korean leader got along.

Kim’s intention with a second Trump administration would likely center on a negotiated deal that allowed for major sanctions relief in return for suspended ballistic missile tests and some form of denuclearization. Kim would likely hope that Trump’s inattention to detail would enable him to retain the technical means of continued covert nuclear weapons/delivery system research and a means to quickly redeploy related capabilities if needed. This would give Kim major economic benefits without sacrificing his longer-term ability to threaten the U.S., Japan, and South Korea.

Finally, there’s America’s preeminent adversary, China.

The latest publicly released U.S. intelligence assessment stated that China does not have a preference for who wins the presidential election. However, much of the information forming that assessment was based on a Biden-Trump rather than a Harris-Trump matchup. I believe China will now prefer a Harris presidency.

Yes, China will welcome Trump’s recent emphasis that he had a good relationship with Xi prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, China will also welcome Trump’s recent suggestion that Taiwan has taken advantage of the U.S. and that defending the island nation would be far more difficult for the U.S. than it would be for China to attack. Securing Taiwan under the Communist Party flag is a matter of destiny for Xi.

That said, Trump favors both high defense spending and the imposition of new tariffs on China. On the flip side, Harris is likely to prioritize domestic spending designed to appeal to the Democratic Party voter base over increased defense spending. That matters because Xi’s longer-term strategy to displace the U.S. from the Pacific centers on gradually outmatching U.S. military capability. Those closest to Harris are more dovish on China than those closest to Trump.

Harris’ running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has made around 30 trips to China and spoken often of his affection for the country. True, Walz has repeatedly criticized China’s human rights record. But Walz also appears more dovish than hawkish toward Beijing. As he put it in 2019, “I don’t fall into the category that China necessarily needs to be an adversarial relationship, I totally disagree.” That will lead Beijing to hope Walz will push for a more pragmatic relationship.

The same is true of Harris’ national security adviser. Also in 2019, Phil Gordon signed an open letter calling on the Trump administration to stop treating China as an adversary. That letter noted, “We do not believe Beijing is an economic enemy or an existential national security threat that must be confronted in every sphere; nor is China a monolith, or the views of its leaders set in stone… many Chinese officials and other elites know that a moderate, pragmatic and genuinely cooperative approach with the West serves China’s interests.” As part of its broader call for a more conciliatory stance toward China, the letter signatories added their opposition to a build up of “offensive, deep-strike weapons.”

Some have defended Gordon by noting that the letter is now five years old. This is a thin excuse. Xi’s monolithic supremacy in the Chinese leadership structure was already plainly apparent in 2019. As was the fact that Xi is no pragmatist, valuing as he does total control at home and dominant power abroad. And a build-up of those offensive weapons that Gordon and his co-signers rejected is exactly what is needed to confront Chinese warships and missile forces at long range.

In turn, China likely prefers the prospect of Harris pragmatists seeking stability over an unpredictable Trump White House seeking transaction alongside military power. After all, China’s enduring strategy is built around buying time and political space via which to undermine and eventually overcome U.S. global leadership. Beijing would hope that it could use Harris’s interest in stable relations to extract concessions in areas such as tariffs and technology sharing while simultaneously continuing to ramp up its military capabilities.

This is no small concern. The People’s Liberation Army is already producing vast numbers of advanced new warships, missiles, and nuclear weapons. Absent urgent advances to the U.S. defense industrial base, China will find itself increasingly able to out-scale and outfight the U.S.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Top line: different adversaries expect different things from Harris and Trump. Those calculations will increasingly affect how they respond to the presidential race as Election Day approaches.

As they do so, however, these adversaries must balance any interference efforts alongside the risks and associated political damage of being caught. For example, does Iran’s hacking and leaking of Trump help Harris? Probably not. But it may well move some pro-Israel independents into Trump’s corner.

, A recent hacking and leak campaign targeting Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign originated in Iran. While it appears to have targeted both the Trump and now defunct Biden campaigns, only documents from the Trump campaign were leaked. The incident underlines the high priority that various nations place on seeing their favored candidate win the presidential election on Nov. 5. Why would Iran want Biden or Harris to beat Trump? For one, because Harris’ senior foreign policy advisers — from her national security adviser Phil Gordon on down — continue to prioritize diplomatic engagement with Iran. These officials favor a strategy of using sanctions relief as an incentive for Iran to limit its nuclear activities. They also oppose aggressive joint actions alongside Israel to damage Iran’s nuclear industry and terrorist proxies. The record is clear. The Biden administration has responded only cautiously to repeated Iranian-led militia attacks on U.S. military forces. The administration has also pressured Israel to avoid actions that might exacerbate tensions with Iran. And when it comes to Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza, Harris has also been more critical of Israel even than Biden. Iran can credibly hope that a Harris administration might lead to a degradation of Israeli-U.S. security and political cooperation and a return to the appeasement policies that defined the Obama administration. The same does not apply to Trump. The Trump administration adopted a so-called “maximum pressure” strategy against Iran. This involved the imposition of numerous sanctions, the withdrawal from the 2015 JCPOA nuclear accord, and the elimination of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps general Qassem Soleimani. These actions put extreme pressure on the Iranian economy. That pressure reduced supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s ability to provide financial support to allies and activities across the Middle East. And the killing of Soleimani was seen as a very personal attack, one that motivates continuing Iranian assassination plots against U.S. officials, including Trump. Harris offers Iran a preferable partner. In contrast, Russia has a clear desire for Trump’s return to the White House. Some conservative commentators have noted Vladimir Putin‘s stated preference that Biden returns to the White House as proof that he doesn’t like Trump nearly as much as the media portrays. But this is a willful delusion. The Russian president knows full well that any endorsement of Trump would be powerful ammunition for Harris to use against her challenger. Putin’s preference for Trump is clear. Where Harris has committed to continued support for Ukraine and the more traditional maintenance of alliances in Europe, Trump wants a far more transactional relationship with allies, which, while not without some merit, risks undermining trans-Atlantic cooperation on the threats posed by China and Russia. Trump has also pledged to rapidly negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia. This must be a very tempting proposition for Putin. Professionally trained in manipulation, the former KGB Lieutenant Colonel has long believed Trump can be manipulated via a mix of ego stroking and political intrigue. But when he lets his guard down, Putin makes clear that he views Trump with derision. This is not to say that Putin’s preference for Trump might necessarily be the correct strategic choice for Russia. Trump was far more supportive of Ukraine in the early part of his presidency than was the Obama administration. He also enabled more robust intelligence and military activities against Russia. Trump has also pledged “100%” support for NATO allies, which meet the alliance’s 2%-of-GDP defense spending target (which all eastern flank allies exceed), and says he would not accept Russia’s proposed peace plan for Ukraine. But the top line is that where Putin sees Trump as a potentially malleable partner, he probably sees Harris as a predictable adversary. Just over Russia’s southeastern border is North Korea. Trump’s penchant for unconventional diplomacy underlines why Kim Jong Un wants him back in the White House. Kim valued his very public relationship with Trump for the international and domestic prestige it proffered. But also because that relationship allowed him to sidestep a U.S. national security bureaucracy that is far more naturally skeptical of North Korean intentions than Trump (this applies equally to Putin). Kim will have noted that Trump continues to value their personal relationship, frequently referencing how he and the North Korean leader got along. Kim’s intention with a second Trump administration would likely center on a negotiated deal that allowed for major sanctions relief in return for suspended ballistic missile tests and some form of denuclearization. Kim would likely hope that Trump’s inattention to detail would enable him to retain the technical means of continued covert nuclear weapons/delivery system research and a means to quickly redeploy related capabilities if needed. This would give Kim major economic benefits without sacrificing his longer-term ability to threaten the U.S., Japan, and South Korea. Finally, there’s America’s preeminent adversary, China. The latest publicly released U.S. intelligence assessment stated that China does not have a preference for who wins the presidential election. However, much of the information forming that assessment was based on a Biden-Trump rather than a Harris-Trump matchup. I believe China will now prefer a Harris presidency. Yes, China will welcome Trump’s recent emphasis that he had a good relationship with Xi prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, China will also welcome Trump’s recent suggestion that Taiwan has taken advantage of the U.S. and that defending the island nation would be far more difficult for the U.S. than it would be for China to attack. Securing Taiwan under the Communist Party flag is a matter of destiny for Xi. That said, Trump favors both high defense spending and the imposition of new tariffs on China. On the flip side, Harris is likely to prioritize domestic spending designed to appeal to the Democratic Party voter base over increased defense spending. That matters because Xi’s longer-term strategy to displace the U.S. from the Pacific centers on gradually outmatching U.S. military capability. Those closest to Harris are more dovish on China than those closest to Trump. Harris’ running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has made around 30 trips to China and spoken often of his affection for the country. True, Walz has repeatedly criticized China’s human rights record. But Walz also appears more dovish than hawkish toward Beijing. As he put it in 2019, “I don’t fall into the category that China necessarily needs to be an adversarial relationship, I totally disagree.” That will lead Beijing to hope Walz will push for a more pragmatic relationship. The same is true of Harris’ national security adviser. Also in 2019, Phil Gordon signed an open letter calling on the Trump administration to stop treating China as an adversary. That letter noted, “We do not believe Beijing is an economic enemy or an existential national security threat that must be confronted in every sphere; nor is China a monolith, or the views of its leaders set in stone… many Chinese officials and other elites know that a moderate, pragmatic and genuinely cooperative approach with the West serves China’s interests.” As part of its broader call for a more conciliatory stance toward China, the letter signatories added their opposition to a build up of “offensive, deep-strike weapons.” Some have defended Gordon by noting that the letter is now five years old. This is a thin excuse. Xi’s monolithic supremacy in the Chinese leadership structure was already plainly apparent in 2019. As was the fact that Xi is no pragmatist, valuing as he does total control at home and dominant power abroad. And a build-up of those offensive weapons that Gordon and his co-signers rejected is exactly what is needed to confront Chinese warships and missile forces at long range. In turn, China likely prefers the prospect of Harris pragmatists seeking stability over an unpredictable Trump White House seeking transaction alongside military power. After all, China’s enduring strategy is built around buying time and political space via which to undermine and eventually overcome U.S. global leadership. Beijing would hope that it could use Harris’s interest in stable relations to extract concessions in areas such as tariffs and technology sharing while simultaneously continuing to ramp up its military capabilities. This is no small concern. The People’s Liberation Army is already producing vast numbers of advanced new warships, missiles, and nuclear weapons. Absent urgent advances to the U.S. defense industrial base, China will find itself increasingly able to out-scale and outfight the U.S. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Top line: different adversaries expect different things from Harris and Trump. Those calculations will increasingly affect how they respond to the presidential race as Election Day approaches. As they do so, however, these adversaries must balance any interference efforts alongside the risks and associated political damage of being caught. For example, does Iran’s hacking and leaking of Trump help Harris? Probably not. But it may well move some pro-Israel independents into Trump’s corner., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trump_harris_republican_panic.webp.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Tom Rogan,

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy urged former President Donald Trump to lighten up on the campaign insults, a suggestion the feisty GOP elder appears to have disregarded. 

Ramaswamy said on Wednesday he had repeatedly spoken to Trump about focusing on policy, not personality. Ramaswamy also claimed the former president was “receptive” to his criticism and is starting to follow his counsel, according to a report from Politico. 

Ramaswamy specifically referenced a call he made to Trump after Vice President Kamala Harris tapped Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) to be her running mate. The straight-talking Republican remembered telling Trump that this was his chance to “shift the focus to policy.”

But since Walz made his entrance into the race, Trump hasn’t appeared to hold back on personal attacks against the vice president.

Just a day after Walz made his entrance into the race, Trump called Harris “crazy” and ridiculed her for “giving the same exact speech over and over” during a campaign rally in Montana. 

“You know she got about nine different ways of pronouncing the name,” Trump told crowds as he joked about how he deliberately pronounces the vice president’s name incorrectly. 

While Trump polls ahead of Harris in major national surveys, the vice president has shrunk his lead and stoked fears in the GOP camp that Trump needs to adjust his campaign strategy.

Despite Ramaswamy’s admonition to the former president, this week, it was the same Trump during an Asheville, North Carolina, campaign stop. On Wednesday, Trump called Harris “stupid” as he mocked her laugh.

“For nearly four years, Kamala has crackled as the American economy has burned,” Trump said as his supporters chuckled. “What happened to her laugh?” he questioned. “I haven’t heard that laugh in about a week! That’s why they keep her off the stage; that’s why she’s disappeared. 

“‘Her laugh is career-threatening,’ they said — ‘don’t laugh,’” Trump continued, boosted by the cheering audience. “She doesn’t laugh anymore. It’s smart, but someday it’s going to come out. That’s the laugh of a person with some big problems.” 

Ramaswamy ran a brief primary race against Trump this election cycle before dropping his bid in January. Since then, he’s given the former president a hearty endorsement and has become one of his top surrogates. 

Now he’s one of many Republicans urging Trump to drop verbal slurs in favor of meaty debates. 

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“The winning formula for President Trump is very plain to see,” former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said earlier this week. “It’s fewer insults, more insights, and that policy contrast.”

Ramaswamy on Wednesday sounded urgent as he warned Republicans would lose the election if Trump ignored warnings. If the GOP stays focused on policy distinctions, “I think we win,” he said. “And if not, I think we lose.”

2024-08-15 20:21:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fpresidential%2F3123222%2Ftrump-ignores-advisers-suggestion-steer-clear-personal-attacks-on-harris%2F?w=600&h=450, Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy urged former President Donald Trump to lighten up on the campaign insults, a suggestion the feisty GOP elder appears to have disregarded.  Ramaswamy said on Wednesday he had repeatedly spoken to Trump about focusing on policy, not personality. Ramaswamy also claimed the former president was “receptive” to his criticism,

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy urged former President Donald Trump to lighten up on the campaign insults, a suggestion the feisty GOP elder appears to have disregarded. 

Ramaswamy said on Wednesday he had repeatedly spoken to Trump about focusing on policy, not personality. Ramaswamy also claimed the former president was “receptive” to his criticism and is starting to follow his counsel, according to a report from Politico. 

Ramaswamy specifically referenced a call he made to Trump after Vice President Kamala Harris tapped Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) to be her running mate. The straight-talking Republican remembered telling Trump that this was his chance to “shift the focus to policy.”

But since Walz made his entrance into the race, Trump hasn’t appeared to hold back on personal attacks against the vice president.

Just a day after Walz made his entrance into the race, Trump called Harris “crazy” and ridiculed her for “giving the same exact speech over and over” during a campaign rally in Montana. 

“You know she got about nine different ways of pronouncing the name,” Trump told crowds as he joked about how he deliberately pronounces the vice president’s name incorrectly. 

While Trump polls ahead of Harris in major national surveys, the vice president has shrunk his lead and stoked fears in the GOP camp that Trump needs to adjust his campaign strategy.

Despite Ramaswamy’s admonition to the former president, this week, it was the same Trump during an Asheville, North Carolina, campaign stop. On Wednesday, Trump called Harris “stupid” as he mocked her laugh.

“For nearly four years, Kamala has crackled as the American economy has burned,” Trump said as his supporters chuckled. “What happened to her laugh?” he questioned. “I haven’t heard that laugh in about a week! That’s why they keep her off the stage; that’s why she’s disappeared. 

“‘Her laugh is career-threatening,’ they said — ‘don’t laugh,’” Trump continued, boosted by the cheering audience. “She doesn’t laugh anymore. It’s smart, but someday it’s going to come out. That’s the laugh of a person with some big problems.” 

Ramaswamy ran a brief primary race against Trump this election cycle before dropping his bid in January. Since then, he’s given the former president a hearty endorsement and has become one of his top surrogates. 

Now he’s one of many Republicans urging Trump to drop verbal slurs in favor of meaty debates. 

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“The winning formula for President Trump is very plain to see,” former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said earlier this week. “It’s fewer insults, more insights, and that policy contrast.”

Ramaswamy on Wednesday sounded urgent as he warned Republicans would lose the election if Trump ignored warnings. If the GOP stays focused on policy distinctions, “I think we win,” he said. “And if not, I think we lose.”

, Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy urged former President Donald Trump to lighten up on the campaign insults, a suggestion the feisty GOP elder appears to have disregarded.  Ramaswamy said on Wednesday he had repeatedly spoken to Trump about focusing on policy, not personality. Ramaswamy also claimed the former president was “receptive” to his criticism and is starting to follow his counsel, according to a report from Politico.  Ramaswamy specifically referenced a call he made to Trump after Vice President Kamala Harris tapped Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) to be her running mate. The straight-talking Republican remembered telling Trump that this was his chance to “shift the focus to policy.” Vivek Ramaswamy gives a thumbs up as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps) But since Walz made his entrance into the race, Trump hasn’t appeared to hold back on personal attacks against the vice president. Just a day after Walz made his entrance into the race, Trump called Harris “crazy” and ridiculed her for “giving the same exact speech over and over” during a campaign rally in Montana.  “You know she got about nine different ways of pronouncing the name,” Trump told crowds as he joked about how he deliberately pronounces the vice president’s name incorrectly.  While Trump polls ahead of Harris in major national surveys, the vice president has shrunk his lead and stoked fears in the GOP camp that Trump needs to adjust his campaign strategy. Despite Ramaswamy’s admonition to the former president, this week, it was the same Trump during an Asheville, North Carolina, campaign stop. On Wednesday, Trump called Harris “stupid” as he mocked her laugh. “For nearly four years, Kamala has crackled as the American economy has burned,” Trump said as his supporters chuckled. “What happened to her laugh?” he questioned. “I haven’t heard that laugh in about a week! That’s why they keep her off the stage; that’s why she’s disappeared.  “‘Her laugh is career-threatening,’ they said — ‘don’t laugh,’” Trump continued, boosted by the cheering audience. “She doesn’t laugh anymore. It’s smart, but someday it’s going to come out. That’s the laugh of a person with some big problems.”  Ramaswamy ran a brief primary race against Trump this election cycle before dropping his bid in January. Since then, he’s given the former president a hearty endorsement and has become one of his top surrogates.  Now he’s one of many Republicans urging Trump to drop verbal slurs in favor of meaty debates.  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER “The winning formula for President Trump is very plain to see,” former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said earlier this week. “It’s fewer insults, more insights, and that policy contrast.” Ramaswamy on Wednesday sounded urgent as he warned Republicans would lose the election if Trump ignored warnings. If the GOP stays focused on policy distinctions, “I think we win,” he said. “And if not, I think we lose.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/V.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Emily Hallas,

Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) have not given a full press conference or media interview since entering the presidential campaign, but they did sit down and interview each other in Detroit.

In the 10-minute spot, the pair discussed music, football, and “white guy tacos” at Aretha’s Jazz Cafe. The engagement was edited into a video, which the Harris campaign released Thursday.

“Like, I have white guy tacos,” Walz said at the beginning.

“What is that, like mayonnaise and tuna?” Harris responded. “What are you doing?”

“Pretty much ground beef and cheese,” Walz asnwered.

Harris then asked if he puts any flavor on them, and Walz said he was told to let Harris know that black pepper is at the top of the spice level in Minnesota.

The video comes as the Trump campaign amps up pressure on Harris to speak to the media in an unscripted format and release more policy details about her plans if elected. GOP vice presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), has started using the tagline, “Kamala Harris isn’t running a presidential campaign. She’s producing a movie.”

In the video, the two Democrats joke about how the Minnesota governor missed the call from Harris when she asked him to be her running mate. They also talked about their mostly divergent tastes in music.

Walz is a big fan of Bruce Springsteen’s 1980 album The River along with Bob Seger’s 1976 effort Night Moves. Harris said she grew up on Detroit legend Aretha Franklin, along with Stevie Wonder and jazz legends Miles Davis and John Coltrane. In her younger days, Harris was a fan of Minnesota-based artist Prince, though Walz did not seem to perk up at the name.

Harris asked Walz about his father, a Korean war veteran who died when Walz was just 19 years old. That left Walz’s mother collecting Social Security survivor benefits, which he described as “the boots” on which he pulled himself up by his bootstraps.

“We’ve got to help people get through a hard time,” Harris said after hearing the story. “We can’t have a country and policies that let people fall through the cracks.”

However, detailed policy discussions or governing details were not part of the clip, which also included tales of Walz’s days as a football coach and Harris’s decision to become an attorney.

She said some of the biggest heroes of the civil rights movement were lawyers such as Thurgood Marshall, who “understood how to translate the passion from the streets to the courtrooms of our country” and “believed in the Constitution of the United States and the principles upon which it was founded.”

Walz said he and Harris represent the underdog campaign, though they are actually leading in the RealClearPolitics polling average by a narrow margin.

“With our joy, we also have to understand that we’re still up against some forces that are trying to divide our country,” Harris said. “It pains me the kind of division and the stoking of divisions that has taken place, right? And when we can remind people and create a space for everyone to come where they see each other and say, ‘hey, we’re all in this together.’”

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Walz described the phenomenon as similar to people coming out of their houses for the first time after a Minnesota blizzard.

“I talk about it being halftime in America,” Walz said. “We’re a touchdown down because for a lot of folks, it’s easier to tear things down, it’s easier to divide than it is to build. But once you start that momentum, once we come out where we’re at right now, people want to be part of something that’s winning.”

2024-08-15 20:19:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fwhite-house%2F3123168%2Fharris-walz-interview-white-guy-tacos%2F?w=600&h=450, Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) have not given a full press conference or media interview since entering the presidential campaign, but they did sit down and interview each other in Detroit. In the 10-minute spot, the pair discussed music, football, and “white guy tacos” at Aretha’s Jazz Cafe. The engagement was,

Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) have not given a full press conference or media interview since entering the presidential campaign, but they did sit down and interview each other in Detroit.

In the 10-minute spot, the pair discussed music, football, and “white guy tacos” at Aretha’s Jazz Cafe. The engagement was edited into a video, which the Harris campaign released Thursday.

“Like, I have white guy tacos,” Walz said at the beginning.

“What is that, like mayonnaise and tuna?” Harris responded. “What are you doing?”

“Pretty much ground beef and cheese,” Walz asnwered.

Harris then asked if he puts any flavor on them, and Walz said he was told to let Harris know that black pepper is at the top of the spice level in Minnesota.

The video comes as the Trump campaign amps up pressure on Harris to speak to the media in an unscripted format and release more policy details about her plans if elected. GOP vice presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), has started using the tagline, “Kamala Harris isn’t running a presidential campaign. She’s producing a movie.”

In the video, the two Democrats joke about how the Minnesota governor missed the call from Harris when she asked him to be her running mate. They also talked about their mostly divergent tastes in music.

Walz is a big fan of Bruce Springsteen’s 1980 album The River along with Bob Seger’s 1976 effort Night Moves. Harris said she grew up on Detroit legend Aretha Franklin, along with Stevie Wonder and jazz legends Miles Davis and John Coltrane. In her younger days, Harris was a fan of Minnesota-based artist Prince, though Walz did not seem to perk up at the name.

Harris asked Walz about his father, a Korean war veteran who died when Walz was just 19 years old. That left Walz’s mother collecting Social Security survivor benefits, which he described as “the boots” on which he pulled himself up by his bootstraps.

“We’ve got to help people get through a hard time,” Harris said after hearing the story. “We can’t have a country and policies that let people fall through the cracks.”

However, detailed policy discussions or governing details were not part of the clip, which also included tales of Walz’s days as a football coach and Harris’s decision to become an attorney.

She said some of the biggest heroes of the civil rights movement were lawyers such as Thurgood Marshall, who “understood how to translate the passion from the streets to the courtrooms of our country” and “believed in the Constitution of the United States and the principles upon which it was founded.”

Walz said he and Harris represent the underdog campaign, though they are actually leading in the RealClearPolitics polling average by a narrow margin.

“With our joy, we also have to understand that we’re still up against some forces that are trying to divide our country,” Harris said. “It pains me the kind of division and the stoking of divisions that has taken place, right? And when we can remind people and create a space for everyone to come where they see each other and say, ‘hey, we’re all in this together.’”

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Walz described the phenomenon as similar to people coming out of their houses for the first time after a Minnesota blizzard.

“I talk about it being halftime in America,” Walz said. “We’re a touchdown down because for a lot of folks, it’s easier to tear things down, it’s easier to divide than it is to build. But once you start that momentum, once we come out where we’re at right now, people want to be part of something that’s winning.”

, Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) have not given a full press conference or media interview since entering the presidential campaign, but they did sit down and interview each other in Detroit. In the 10-minute spot, the pair discussed music, football, and “white guy tacos” at Aretha’s Jazz Cafe. The engagement was edited into a video, which the Harris campaign released Thursday. “Like, I have white guy tacos,” Walz said at the beginning. “What is that, like mayonnaise and tuna?” Harris responded. “What are you doing?” “Pretty much ground beef and cheese,” Walz asnwered. Harris then asked if he puts any flavor on them, and Walz said he was told to let Harris know that black pepper is at the top of the spice level in Minnesota. The video comes as the Trump campaign amps up pressure on Harris to speak to the media in an unscripted format and release more policy details about her plans if elected. GOP vice presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), has started using the tagline, “Kamala Harris isn’t running a presidential campaign. She’s producing a movie.” Kamala Harris isn’t running a presidential campaign. She’s producing a movie. Everything is scripted everywhere she goes. She’s fundamentally a fake person who changes her tune depending on what audience she’s in front of. pic.twitter.com/HrCKF9XXSM — JD Vance (@JDVance) August 11, 2024 In the video, the two Democrats joke about how the Minnesota governor missed the call from Harris when she asked him to be her running mate. They also talked about their mostly divergent tastes in music. Walz is a big fan of Bruce Springsteen’s 1980 album The River along with Bob Seger’s 1976 effort Night Moves. Harris said she grew up on Detroit legend Aretha Franklin, along with Stevie Wonder and jazz legends Miles Davis and John Coltrane. In her younger days, Harris was a fan of Minnesota-based artist Prince, though Walz did not seem to perk up at the name. Harris asked Walz about his father, a Korean war veteran who died when Walz was just 19 years old. That left Walz’s mother collecting Social Security survivor benefits, which he described as “the boots” on which he pulled himself up by his bootstraps. “We’ve got to help people get through a hard time,” Harris said after hearing the story. “We can’t have a country and policies that let people fall through the cracks.” However, detailed policy discussions or governing details were not part of the clip, which also included tales of Walz’s days as a football coach and Harris’s decision to become an attorney. She said some of the biggest heroes of the civil rights movement were lawyers such as Thurgood Marshall, who “understood how to translate the passion from the streets to the courtrooms of our country” and “believed in the Constitution of the United States and the principles upon which it was founded.” Walz said he and Harris represent the underdog campaign, though they are actually leading in the RealClearPolitics polling average by a narrow margin. “With our joy, we also have to understand that we’re still up against some forces that are trying to divide our country,” Harris said. “It pains me the kind of division and the stoking of divisions that has taken place, right? And when we can remind people and create a space for everyone to come where they see each other and say, ‘hey, we’re all in this together.’” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Walz described the phenomenon as similar to people coming out of their houses for the first time after a Minnesota blizzard. “I talk about it being halftime in America,” Walz said. “We’re a touchdown down because for a lot of folks, it’s easier to tear things down, it’s easier to divide than it is to build. But once you start that momentum, once we come out where we’re at right now, people want to be part of something that’s winning.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris_Walz_7764_1_2.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Haisten Willis,

Kamala Harris, the vice president of the United States and Democratic nominee for president, thinks rural voters are too dumb to get IDs. More specifically, she believes that rural voters aren’t able to obtain copies of their IDs because they are hicks who live too far from the civilized world — a civilized world that has Kinkos and photocopy machines. Harris didn’t come right out and say this, mind you, but it is relatively obvious that she meant it if one read between the lines of her comments from July 2021.

While promoting false and baseless narratives as to why voter ID laws were oppressive and unfair during an interview with BET News, Harris elaborated on her reasoning with a, well, weird justification.

“I don’t think that we should underestimate what that [voter ID laws] could mean,” Harris said during the interview. “Because in some people’s mind that means you’re going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove who you are. Well, there are a whole lot of people, especially people who live in rural communities, who don’t — there’s no Kinkos, there’s no OfficeMax near them.” 

Harris went even further with her comments, claiming rural people couldn’t get such copies of their IDs. It made about as much sense as her first comment.

“Of course, people have to prove who they are,” Harris added, but “not in a way that makes it almost impossible for them to prove who they are.”

This is a pretty ignorant statement for anyone living in the country to make in the 2020s, let alone the vice president of the United States. To claim that rural people in the country are so technologically regressed that they are unable to make copies is indicative of someone who is completely out of touch with reality. This is especially troubling when this person is running for president.

Furthermore, like most of what Democrats say regarding ID laws, her words are incredibly hypocritical. This is especially true given the recent revelation that Harris is holding a rally Thursday in Arizona, and to be admitted into the event, one must present one’s identification.

Is Harris not expecting any rural people to attend? Clearly, with Harris, it is “ID law for me, but not for thee” — or, at the very least, not for rural people. It’s yet another example of the kind of malicious deception with which Democrats pollute the country.

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If Democrats such as Harris didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards. The left-wing outrage over voter identification was always just performative politics. Democrats incited division and hysteria by falsely claiming there was a racist angle to it and that the push for voter ID was some sort of suppression. However, the fact that Harris’s rally requires identification to enter rejects every claim Democrats have ever made about voter ID.

Democrats were lying when they claimed voter ID was a race issue. It never was. The faux outrage about voter ID was always a power issue. Harris and the Democrats knew they could weaponize race regarding voter ID and use it to manipulate voters into feeling aggrieved and oppressed without any consequences or repercussions. They do this because they have nothing else to offer voters. Lying, deception, and manipulation are all agents of chaos that Democrats need to win elections.

2024-08-15 20:11:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fopinion%2F3120931%2Fremember-harris-rural-voters-incapable-getting-id%2F?w=600&h=450, Kamala Harris, the vice president of the United States and Democratic nominee for president, thinks rural voters are too dumb to get IDs. More specifically, she believes that rural voters aren’t able to obtain copies of their IDs because they are hicks who live too far from the civilized world — a civilized world that,

Kamala Harris, the vice president of the United States and Democratic nominee for president, thinks rural voters are too dumb to get IDs. More specifically, she believes that rural voters aren’t able to obtain copies of their IDs because they are hicks who live too far from the civilized world — a civilized world that has Kinkos and photocopy machines. Harris didn’t come right out and say this, mind you, but it is relatively obvious that she meant it if one read between the lines of her comments from July 2021.

While promoting false and baseless narratives as to why voter ID laws were oppressive and unfair during an interview with BET News, Harris elaborated on her reasoning with a, well, weird justification.

“I don’t think that we should underestimate what that [voter ID laws] could mean,” Harris said during the interview. “Because in some people’s mind that means you’re going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove who you are. Well, there are a whole lot of people, especially people who live in rural communities, who don’t — there’s no Kinkos, there’s no OfficeMax near them.” 

Harris went even further with her comments, claiming rural people couldn’t get such copies of their IDs. It made about as much sense as her first comment.

“Of course, people have to prove who they are,” Harris added, but “not in a way that makes it almost impossible for them to prove who they are.”

This is a pretty ignorant statement for anyone living in the country to make in the 2020s, let alone the vice president of the United States. To claim that rural people in the country are so technologically regressed that they are unable to make copies is indicative of someone who is completely out of touch with reality. This is especially troubling when this person is running for president.

Furthermore, like most of what Democrats say regarding ID laws, her words are incredibly hypocritical. This is especially true given the recent revelation that Harris is holding a rally Thursday in Arizona, and to be admitted into the event, one must present one’s identification.

Is Harris not expecting any rural people to attend? Clearly, with Harris, it is “ID law for me, but not for thee” — or, at the very least, not for rural people. It’s yet another example of the kind of malicious deception with which Democrats pollute the country.

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If Democrats such as Harris didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards. The left-wing outrage over voter identification was always just performative politics. Democrats incited division and hysteria by falsely claiming there was a racist angle to it and that the push for voter ID was some sort of suppression. However, the fact that Harris’s rally requires identification to enter rejects every claim Democrats have ever made about voter ID.

Democrats were lying when they claimed voter ID was a race issue. It never was. The faux outrage about voter ID was always a power issue. Harris and the Democrats knew they could weaponize race regarding voter ID and use it to manipulate voters into feeling aggrieved and oppressed without any consequences or repercussions. They do this because they have nothing else to offer voters. Lying, deception, and manipulation are all agents of chaos that Democrats need to win elections.

, Kamala Harris, the vice president of the United States and Democratic nominee for president, thinks rural voters are too dumb to get IDs. More specifically, she believes that rural voters aren’t able to obtain copies of their IDs because they are hicks who live too far from the civilized world — a civilized world that has Kinkos and photocopy machines. Harris didn’t come right out and say this, mind you, but it is relatively obvious that she meant it if one read between the lines of her comments from July 2021. While promoting false and baseless narratives as to why voter ID laws were oppressive and unfair during an interview with BET News, Harris elaborated on her reasoning with a, well, weird justification. “I don’t think that we should underestimate what that [voter ID laws] could mean,” Harris said during the interview. “Because in some people’s mind that means you’re going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove who you are. Well, there are a whole lot of people, especially people who live in rural communities, who don’t — there’s no Kinkos, there’s no OfficeMax near them.”  Harris went even further with her comments, claiming rural people couldn’t get such copies of their IDs. It made about as much sense as her first comment. “Of course, people have to prove who they are,” Harris added, but “not in a way that makes it almost impossible for them to prove who they are.” This is a pretty ignorant statement for anyone living in the country to make in the 2020s, let alone the vice president of the United States. To claim that rural people in the country are so technologically regressed that they are unable to make copies is indicative of someone who is completely out of touch with reality. This is especially troubling when this person is running for president. Furthermore, like most of what Democrats say regarding ID laws, her words are incredibly hypocritical. This is especially true given the recent revelation that Harris is holding a rally Thursday in Arizona, and to be admitted into the event, one must present one’s identification. Is Harris not expecting any rural people to attend? Clearly, with Harris, it is “ID law for me, but not for thee” — or, at the very least, not for rural people. It’s yet another example of the kind of malicious deception with which Democrats pollute the country. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER If Democrats such as Harris didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards. The left-wing outrage over voter identification was always just performative politics. Democrats incited division and hysteria by falsely claiming there was a racist angle to it and that the push for voter ID was some sort of suppression. However, the fact that Harris’s rally requires identification to enter rejects every claim Democrats have ever made about voter ID. Democrats were lying when they claimed voter ID was a race issue. It never was. The faux outrage about voter ID was always a power issue. Harris and the Democrats knew they could weaponize race regarding voter ID and use it to manipulate voters into feeling aggrieved and oppressed without any consequences or repercussions. They do this because they have nothing else to offer voters. Lying, deception, and manipulation are all agents of chaos that Democrats need to win elections., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24221754693422.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Christopher Tremoglie,

LARGO, Maryland — At their first public event since turning over the top of the 2024 Democratic ticket, President Joe Biden took on an unfamiliar role of ceding the spotlight to Vice President Kamala Harris.

Supporters turned out in droves to Prince George’s Community College just outside of Washington, D.C., for the event, which was a White House shindig ostensibly to announce the 10 drugs selected for Medicare’s new price negotiation process that effectively doubled as a Harris campaign rally.

The vice president is walking a thin line that sees her keeping Biden at arm’s length to avoid him tainting her rising popularity while still trying to take credit for the administration’s accomplishments, like the Medicare drug pricing provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act.

The pair took the stage together in a show of solidarity, and it was initially unclear who would speak first. It ended up being Harris, who took the opportunity to speak from behind the presidential seal.

“We believe deeply that every senior in our nation should be able to live with security, stability, and dignity,” she said. “In the United States of America, no senior should have to choose between either filling their prescription or paying their rent.”

“My entire career, I have worked to hold bad actors accountable, and lower the cost of prescription drugs,” Harris added. The vice president said she was proud to cast the tiebreaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, which allowed the negotiations to take place.

Biden joked that he served in the Senate for 270 years and that he looks 40 before joking that “for the longest time I was too damn young because I was only about 29 when I got elected. Now I’m too damn old.”

The president then kept speaking, going over many of his familiar talking points for so long that attendees began growing restless and looking lovingly at the exits. The crowd was arguably most excited for an earlier speaker, Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), who at 45 is drawing buzz for a White House run of his own, and even chanted “48” at him after he teed up Biden and Harris and presidents 46 and 47, respectively.

Thursday’s event further put a lens on the clear disparities between Democratic voters’ enthusiasm for the president and vice president.

Attendees began heading for the exits near the end of Biden’s speech, leading to a traffic jam out of the field house.

The president and vice president have held just a handful of events together this year, either officially or on the campaign trail, and Thursday’s rally featured a significantly more festive atmosphere than those past events.

Their most recent rally in the greater Washington, D.C., area came back in January. The abortion rights-focused event, held at a George Mason University satellite facility, made headlines due to the coordinated group of pro-Gaza protesters who repeatedly interrupted Biden’s remarks.

A similar event took place in Philadelphia in May, where attendees at the launch of a new Biden campaign black voter outreach program filled up roughly one-third of a high school gymnasium, according to reporters in the room.

Thursday’s rally, on the other hand, saw Novak Field House virtually filled to capacity two hours ahead of the program’s scheduled start, with a line of waiting attendees still wrapped around the adjoining building. 

Meanwhile, attendees inside burst into supportive chants and did the wave while waiting on Biden and Harris.

Biden’s speech on Thursday attacked Republican lawmakers for voting as a party against the Inflation Reduction Act and specifically lauded Harris for casting the tiebreaking vote in the Senate. He pretended to forget Trump’s name, calling him “Donald Dump.”

The president said he first voted to let the government negotiate drug prices as a senator in 1973 but drew much more praise for his next line.

“I’ve got an incredible partner in the progress we’ve made,” Biden said of Harris. “She can make one hell of a president.”

Despite the healthcare focus of the event, supporters appeared more excited to show their support for the vice president than to celebrate an accomplishment of the current administration. 

The Washington Examiner spoke with multiple people in attendance who were not aware of the event’s focus and had not heard about Biden’s latest win on drug pricing.

Since taking over the nomination from Biden in July, Harris has shot up both national and battleground polls. 

Before exiting the race, Biden trailed former President Donald Trump by more than 3 percentage points in the RealClearPolitics polling average. Now Harris has erased that deficit and leads the former president by a point.

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Meanwhile, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, Harris leads her opponent in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Trump still maintains a 3-point advantage in Nevada, and they are tied in Georgia.

You can watch the president and vice president’s remarks in full below.

2024-08-15 20:02:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fwhite-house%2F3122871%2Fharris-outshines-biden-maryland-rally%2F?w=600&h=450, LARGO, Maryland — At their first public event since turning over the top of the 2024 Democratic ticket, President Joe Biden took on an unfamiliar role of ceding the spotlight to Vice President Kamala Harris. Supporters turned out in droves to Prince George’s Community College just outside of Washington, D.C., for the event, which was a,

LARGO, Maryland — At their first public event since turning over the top of the 2024 Democratic ticket, President Joe Biden took on an unfamiliar role of ceding the spotlight to Vice President Kamala Harris.

Supporters turned out in droves to Prince George’s Community College just outside of Washington, D.C., for the event, which was a White House shindig ostensibly to announce the 10 drugs selected for Medicare’s new price negotiation process that effectively doubled as a Harris campaign rally.

The vice president is walking a thin line that sees her keeping Biden at arm’s length to avoid him tainting her rising popularity while still trying to take credit for the administration’s accomplishments, like the Medicare drug pricing provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act.

The pair took the stage together in a show of solidarity, and it was initially unclear who would speak first. It ended up being Harris, who took the opportunity to speak from behind the presidential seal.

“We believe deeply that every senior in our nation should be able to live with security, stability, and dignity,” she said. “In the United States of America, no senior should have to choose between either filling their prescription or paying their rent.”

“My entire career, I have worked to hold bad actors accountable, and lower the cost of prescription drugs,” Harris added. The vice president said she was proud to cast the tiebreaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, which allowed the negotiations to take place.

Biden joked that he served in the Senate for 270 years and that he looks 40 before joking that “for the longest time I was too damn young because I was only about 29 when I got elected. Now I’m too damn old.”

The president then kept speaking, going over many of his familiar talking points for so long that attendees began growing restless and looking lovingly at the exits. The crowd was arguably most excited for an earlier speaker, Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), who at 45 is drawing buzz for a White House run of his own, and even chanted “48” at him after he teed up Biden and Harris and presidents 46 and 47, respectively.

Thursday’s event further put a lens on the clear disparities between Democratic voters’ enthusiasm for the president and vice president.

Attendees began heading for the exits near the end of Biden’s speech, leading to a traffic jam out of the field house.

The president and vice president have held just a handful of events together this year, either officially or on the campaign trail, and Thursday’s rally featured a significantly more festive atmosphere than those past events.

Their most recent rally in the greater Washington, D.C., area came back in January. The abortion rights-focused event, held at a George Mason University satellite facility, made headlines due to the coordinated group of pro-Gaza protesters who repeatedly interrupted Biden’s remarks.

A similar event took place in Philadelphia in May, where attendees at the launch of a new Biden campaign black voter outreach program filled up roughly one-third of a high school gymnasium, according to reporters in the room.

Thursday’s rally, on the other hand, saw Novak Field House virtually filled to capacity two hours ahead of the program’s scheduled start, with a line of waiting attendees still wrapped around the adjoining building. 

Meanwhile, attendees inside burst into supportive chants and did the wave while waiting on Biden and Harris.

Biden’s speech on Thursday attacked Republican lawmakers for voting as a party against the Inflation Reduction Act and specifically lauded Harris for casting the tiebreaking vote in the Senate. He pretended to forget Trump’s name, calling him “Donald Dump.”

The president said he first voted to let the government negotiate drug prices as a senator in 1973 but drew much more praise for his next line.

“I’ve got an incredible partner in the progress we’ve made,” Biden said of Harris. “She can make one hell of a president.”

Despite the healthcare focus of the event, supporters appeared more excited to show their support for the vice president than to celebrate an accomplishment of the current administration. 

The Washington Examiner spoke with multiple people in attendance who were not aware of the event’s focus and had not heard about Biden’s latest win on drug pricing.

Since taking over the nomination from Biden in July, Harris has shot up both national and battleground polls. 

Before exiting the race, Biden trailed former President Donald Trump by more than 3 percentage points in the RealClearPolitics polling average. Now Harris has erased that deficit and leads the former president by a point.

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Meanwhile, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, Harris leads her opponent in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Trump still maintains a 3-point advantage in Nevada, and they are tied in Georgia.

You can watch the president and vice president’s remarks in full below.

, LARGO, Maryland — At their first public event since turning over the top of the 2024 Democratic ticket, President Joe Biden took on an unfamiliar role of ceding the spotlight to Vice President Kamala Harris. Supporters turned out in droves to Prince George’s Community College just outside of Washington, D.C., for the event, which was a White House shindig ostensibly to announce the 10 drugs selected for Medicare’s new price negotiation process that effectively doubled as a Harris campaign rally. The vice president is walking a thin line that sees her keeping Biden at arm’s length to avoid him tainting her rising popularity while still trying to take credit for the administration’s accomplishments, like the Medicare drug pricing provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made their first appearance together since the president ended his reelection bid at Prince George’s County Community College in Maryland on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2024, to discuss the work they are doing to lower prescription drug costs. (Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner) The pair took the stage together in a show of solidarity, and it was initially unclear who would speak first. It ended up being Harris, who took the opportunity to speak from behind the presidential seal. “We believe deeply that every senior in our nation should be able to live with security, stability, and dignity,” she said. “In the United States of America, no senior should have to choose between either filling their prescription or paying their rent.” “My entire career, I have worked to hold bad actors accountable, and lower the cost of prescription drugs,” Harris added. The vice president said she was proud to cast the tiebreaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, which allowed the negotiations to take place. Biden joked that he served in the Senate for 270 years and that he looks 40 before joking that “for the longest time I was too damn young because I was only about 29 when I got elected. Now I’m too damn old.” The president then kept speaking, going over many of his familiar talking points for so long that attendees began growing restless and looking lovingly at the exits. The crowd was arguably most excited for an earlier speaker, Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), who at 45 is drawing buzz for a White House run of his own, and even chanted “48” at him after he teed up Biden and Harris and presidents 46 and 47, respectively. Thursday’s event further put a lens on the clear disparities between Democratic voters’ enthusiasm for the president and vice president. Attendees began heading for the exits near the end of Biden’s speech, leading to a traffic jam out of the field house. There’s now a jam of people heading to the exits… Biden is still speaking pic.twitter.com/5G7VYzp7IN — Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) August 15, 2024 The president and vice president have held just a handful of events together this year, either officially or on the campaign trail, and Thursday’s rally featured a significantly more festive atmosphere than those past events. Their most recent rally in the greater Washington, D.C., area came back in January. The abortion rights-focused event, held at a George Mason University satellite facility, made headlines due to the coordinated group of pro-Gaza protesters who repeatedly interrupted Biden’s remarks. A similar event took place in Philadelphia in May, where attendees at the launch of a new Biden campaign black voter outreach program filled up roughly one-third of a high school gymnasium, according to reporters in the room. Thursday’s rally, on the other hand, saw Novak Field House virtually filled to capacity two hours ahead of the program’s scheduled start, with a line of waiting attendees still wrapped around the adjoining building.  Going to be a very crowded event for Biden and Harris, in a relatively small venue… The scene so far inside Novak Field House vs. the line still waiting to get in pic.twitter.com/3H2qUNqYYs — Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) August 15, 2024 Meanwhile, attendees inside burst into supportive chants and did the wave while waiting on Biden and Harris. Biden’s speech on Thursday attacked Republican lawmakers for voting as a party against the Inflation Reduction Act and specifically lauded Harris for casting the tiebreaking vote in the Senate. He pretended to forget Trump’s name, calling him “Donald Dump.” The president said he first voted to let the government negotiate drug prices as a senator in 1973 but drew much more praise for his next line. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appear at Prince George’s County Community College in Maryland on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2024. (Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner) “I’ve got an incredible partner in the progress we’ve made,” Biden said of Harris. “She can make one hell of a president.” Despite the healthcare focus of the event, supporters appeared more excited to show their support for the vice president than to celebrate an accomplishment of the current administration.  The Washington Examiner spoke with multiple people in attendance who were not aware of the event’s focus and had not heard about Biden’s latest win on drug pricing. Since taking over the nomination from Biden in July, Harris has shot up both national and battleground polls.  Before exiting the race, Biden trailed former President Donald Trump by more than 3 percentage points in the RealClearPolitics polling average. Now Harris has erased that deficit and leads the former president by a point. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Meanwhile, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, Harris leads her opponent in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Trump still maintains a 3-point advantage in Nevada, and they are tied in Georgia. You can watch the president and vice president’s remarks in full below., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Biden_Harris_PG_County_19-1024×683.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Christian Datoc and Haisten Willis,

Roughly 40% of the projects announced in the first year of the implementation of President Joe Biden’s largest industrial and climate infrastructure spending bills have been put on hold, according to a new analysis that illustrates the difficulty of translating major subsidies into physical construction.

During the 117th Congress, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act, which together offered more than $400 billion in subsidies for clean technology and the domestic buildout of semiconductors. 

For projects worth up to $100 million, however, $85 billion have been put on hold for several months or years or paused for an unspecified period of time, according to a Financial Times investigation. The total valuation of these projects was $227.9 billion. 

This poses a complication for the Biden administration, which has said that its spending measures would reshore industries and bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States. The delays are also a setback for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign as she looks to attract support from blue-collar workers. 

It also highlights the failure of the Biden administration to enact permitting reform to facilitate the construction of major projects. As part of negotiations for the Inflation Reduction Act, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) struck a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to put a permitting reform proposal on the floor, arguing it was essential to realizing the potential of the law and its subsidies. Biden endorsed the reform measure, but it failed to advance thanks to opposition among Democrats. A new proposal from Manchin, along with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), has reignited hope that a bipartisan effort could gain traction in the upper chamber.

Industry players said poor economic conditions, slowed demand, and a lack of policy clarity during an election year have caused them to move in other directions. 

The Financial Times conducted more than 100 interviews with companies and state and local authorities and reviewed press releases and filings to help determine the progress of the projects.

Some of the largest projects on hold are Enel’s $1 billion solar panel manufacturing facility in Oklahoma, LG Energy’s $2.3 billion battery storage facility in Arizona, and Albemarle’s $1.3 billion lithium refinery in South Carolina. 

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Within the first year of implementing the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act, more than $220 billion in manufacturing investments were announced, and companies looked to locate operations in the U.S. in hopes of benefiting from the subsidies. But tough market conditions, along with competition from China, slowed demand for electric vehicles, and policy ambiguity has put progress on hold.

Furthermore, many companies often cannot receive funding until they achieve certain production milestones due to labor and supply chain requirements.

2024-08-15 20:01:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fpolicy%2Fenergy-and-environment%2F3123056%2Fforty-percent-biden-manufacturing-projects-suffer-delays%2F?w=600&h=450, Roughly 40% of the projects announced in the first year of the implementation of President Joe Biden’s largest industrial and climate infrastructure spending bills have been put on hold, according to a new analysis that illustrates the difficulty of translating major subsidies into physical construction. During the 117th Congress, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act,

Roughly 40% of the projects announced in the first year of the implementation of President Joe Biden’s largest industrial and climate infrastructure spending bills have been put on hold, according to a new analysis that illustrates the difficulty of translating major subsidies into physical construction.

During the 117th Congress, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act, which together offered more than $400 billion in subsidies for clean technology and the domestic buildout of semiconductors. 

For projects worth up to $100 million, however, $85 billion have been put on hold for several months or years or paused for an unspecified period of time, according to a Financial Times investigation. The total valuation of these projects was $227.9 billion. 

This poses a complication for the Biden administration, which has said that its spending measures would reshore industries and bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States. The delays are also a setback for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign as she looks to attract support from blue-collar workers. 

It also highlights the failure of the Biden administration to enact permitting reform to facilitate the construction of major projects. As part of negotiations for the Inflation Reduction Act, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) struck a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to put a permitting reform proposal on the floor, arguing it was essential to realizing the potential of the law and its subsidies. Biden endorsed the reform measure, but it failed to advance thanks to opposition among Democrats. A new proposal from Manchin, along with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), has reignited hope that a bipartisan effort could gain traction in the upper chamber.

Industry players said poor economic conditions, slowed demand, and a lack of policy clarity during an election year have caused them to move in other directions. 

The Financial Times conducted more than 100 interviews with companies and state and local authorities and reviewed press releases and filings to help determine the progress of the projects.

Some of the largest projects on hold are Enel’s $1 billion solar panel manufacturing facility in Oklahoma, LG Energy’s $2.3 billion battery storage facility in Arizona, and Albemarle’s $1.3 billion lithium refinery in South Carolina. 

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Within the first year of implementing the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act, more than $220 billion in manufacturing investments were announced, and companies looked to locate operations in the U.S. in hopes of benefiting from the subsidies. But tough market conditions, along with competition from China, slowed demand for electric vehicles, and policy ambiguity has put progress on hold.

Furthermore, many companies often cannot receive funding until they achieve certain production milestones due to labor and supply chain requirements.

, Roughly 40% of the projects announced in the first year of the implementation of President Joe Biden’s largest industrial and climate infrastructure spending bills have been put on hold, according to a new analysis that illustrates the difficulty of translating major subsidies into physical construction. During the 117th Congress, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act, which together offered more than $400 billion in subsidies for clean technology and the domestic buildout of semiconductors.  For projects worth up to $100 million, however, $85 billion have been put on hold for several months or years or paused for an unspecified period of time, according to a Financial Times investigation. The total valuation of these projects was $227.9 billion.  This poses a complication for the Biden administration, which has said that its spending measures would reshore industries and bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States. The delays are also a setback for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign as she looks to attract support from blue-collar workers.  It also highlights the failure of the Biden administration to enact permitting reform to facilitate the construction of major projects. As part of negotiations for the Inflation Reduction Act, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) struck a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to put a permitting reform proposal on the floor, arguing it was essential to realizing the potential of the law and its subsidies. Biden endorsed the reform measure, but it failed to advance thanks to opposition among Democrats. A new proposal from Manchin, along with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), has reignited hope that a bipartisan effort could gain traction in the upper chamber. Industry players said poor economic conditions, slowed demand, and a lack of policy clarity during an election year have caused them to move in other directions.  The Financial Times conducted more than 100 interviews with companies and state and local authorities and reviewed press releases and filings to help determine the progress of the projects. Some of the largest projects on hold are Enel’s $1 billion solar panel manufacturing facility in Oklahoma, LG Energy’s $2.3 billion battery storage facility in Arizona, and Albemarle’s $1.3 billion lithium refinery in South Carolina.  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Within the first year of implementing the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act, more than $220 billion in manufacturing investments were announced, and companies looked to locate operations in the U.S. in hopes of benefiting from the subsidies. But tough market conditions, along with competition from China, slowed demand for electric vehicles, and policy ambiguity has put progress on hold. Furthermore, many companies often cannot receive funding until they achieve certain production milestones due to labor and supply chain requirements., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24227615280857-scaled-1024×683.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Nancy Vu,

A new lawsuit is challenging the use of some police body cameras in an effort to ban one of the country’s most popular police body cameras from all political events related to the 2024 presidential election cycle due to alleged vulnerabilities to Chinese espionage.

A federal judge agreed to expedite the case ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and, if successful, would ban the use of those police body cameras in and near the convention. GovernmentGPT, a competing law enforcement tech startup, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

“These chips allow for potential real-time surveillance, GPS tracking, and data interception by foreign adversaries, compromising the security of law enforcement operations and high-profile events,” GovernmentGPT alleged in its court filing.

The company believes Axon’s cameras could be breached by Chinese espionage because the chips used in the body cameras come from a Chinese company called Quectel. The lawsuit includes an emergency motion to ban Axon’s Body 4 cameras at events pertaining to the 2024 election, including next week’s DNC.

The Chicago Police Department uses Axon 2 body cameras, but other law enforcement agencies are expected to come to the city to help secure the event. More than 14,000 law enforcement agencies use Axon cameras.

The lawsuit cites a “grave threat to our national security” because the Chinese chips used in the latest model of the Axon body cameras allow for real-time streaming from the cameras to police headquarters. The chips are also internet-connected, similar to smart doorbell cameras and smart thermostats.

Before the lawsuit, elected officials expressed concerns about the company’s possible ties to China. Former Rep. Mike Gallagher, who was the chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and ranking member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) urged the secretaries of the Treasury and defense to denote Quectel as a “Chinese Military Company,” which would effectively restrict Americans from investing in it.

“We have obtained information about Quectel that raises questions about whether Quectel may meet the legal requirements to be added to the lists, and accordingly respectfully request to be briefed on this matter,” a letter from Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi reads.

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The House select China committee sent a prior letter to the Federal Communications Commission in August 2023 regarding Quectel’s ties to the Chinese government.

“Tackling [Chinese] cellular IoT modules is a natural next step for the FCC, in consultation with appropriate national security agencies,” the letter reads. “For one, Quectel and Fibocom supply companies whose equipment is already on the FCC’s Covered List. The equipment on this list poses a national security threat to the U.S. and may not receive authorization for importation or sale in the U.S. Similar scrutiny should be considered for any [Chinese] cellular IoT modules in this equipment.”

2024-08-15 19:53:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fjustice%2F3123181%2Flawsuit-aims-ban-body-cameras-china-ties%2F?w=600&h=450, A new lawsuit is challenging the use of some police body cameras in an effort to ban one of the country’s most popular police body cameras from all political events related to the 2024 presidential election cycle due to alleged vulnerabilities to Chinese espionage. A federal judge agreed to expedite the case ahead of the,

A new lawsuit is challenging the use of some police body cameras in an effort to ban one of the country’s most popular police body cameras from all political events related to the 2024 presidential election cycle due to alleged vulnerabilities to Chinese espionage.

A federal judge agreed to expedite the case ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and, if successful, would ban the use of those police body cameras in and near the convention. GovernmentGPT, a competing law enforcement tech startup, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

“These chips allow for potential real-time surveillance, GPS tracking, and data interception by foreign adversaries, compromising the security of law enforcement operations and high-profile events,” GovernmentGPT alleged in its court filing.

The company believes Axon’s cameras could be breached by Chinese espionage because the chips used in the body cameras come from a Chinese company called Quectel. The lawsuit includes an emergency motion to ban Axon’s Body 4 cameras at events pertaining to the 2024 election, including next week’s DNC.

The Chicago Police Department uses Axon 2 body cameras, but other law enforcement agencies are expected to come to the city to help secure the event. More than 14,000 law enforcement agencies use Axon cameras.

The lawsuit cites a “grave threat to our national security” because the Chinese chips used in the latest model of the Axon body cameras allow for real-time streaming from the cameras to police headquarters. The chips are also internet-connected, similar to smart doorbell cameras and smart thermostats.

Before the lawsuit, elected officials expressed concerns about the company’s possible ties to China. Former Rep. Mike Gallagher, who was the chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and ranking member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) urged the secretaries of the Treasury and defense to denote Quectel as a “Chinese Military Company,” which would effectively restrict Americans from investing in it.

“We have obtained information about Quectel that raises questions about whether Quectel may meet the legal requirements to be added to the lists, and accordingly respectfully request to be briefed on this matter,” a letter from Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi reads.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

The House select China committee sent a prior letter to the Federal Communications Commission in August 2023 regarding Quectel’s ties to the Chinese government.

“Tackling [Chinese] cellular IoT modules is a natural next step for the FCC, in consultation with appropriate national security agencies,” the letter reads. “For one, Quectel and Fibocom supply companies whose equipment is already on the FCC’s Covered List. The equipment on this list poses a national security threat to the U.S. and may not receive authorization for importation or sale in the U.S. Similar scrutiny should be considered for any [Chinese] cellular IoT modules in this equipment.”

, A new lawsuit is challenging the use of some police body cameras in an effort to ban one of the country’s most popular police body cameras from all political events related to the 2024 presidential election cycle due to alleged vulnerabilities to Chinese espionage. A federal judge agreed to expedite the case ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and, if successful, would ban the use of those police body cameras in and near the convention. GovernmentGPT, a competing law enforcement tech startup, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. “These chips allow for potential real-time surveillance, GPS tracking, and data interception by foreign adversaries, compromising the security of law enforcement operations and high-profile events,” GovernmentGPT alleged in its court filing. The company believes Axon’s cameras could be breached by Chinese espionage because the chips used in the body cameras come from a Chinese company called Quectel. The lawsuit includes an emergency motion to ban Axon’s Body 4 cameras at events pertaining to the 2024 election, including next week’s DNC. The Chicago Police Department uses Axon 2 body cameras, but other law enforcement agencies are expected to come to the city to help secure the event. More than 14,000 law enforcement agencies use Axon cameras. The lawsuit cites a “grave threat to our national security” because the Chinese chips used in the latest model of the Axon body cameras allow for real-time streaming from the cameras to police headquarters. The chips are also internet-connected, similar to smart doorbell cameras and smart thermostats. Before the lawsuit, elected officials expressed concerns about the company’s possible ties to China. Former Rep. Mike Gallagher, who was the chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and ranking member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) urged the secretaries of the Treasury and defense to denote Quectel as a “Chinese Military Company,” which would effectively restrict Americans from investing in it. “We have obtained information about Quectel that raises questions about whether Quectel may meet the legal requirements to be added to the lists, and accordingly respectfully request to be briefed on this matter,” a letter from Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi reads. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The House select China committee sent a prior letter to the Federal Communications Commission in August 2023 regarding Quectel’s ties to the Chinese government. “Tackling [Chinese] cellular IoT modules is a natural next step for the FCC, in consultation with appropriate national security agencies,” the letter reads. “For one, Quectel and Fibocom supply companies whose equipment is already on the FCC’s Covered List. The equipment on this list poses a national security threat to the U.S. and may not receive authorization for importation or sale in the U.S. Similar scrutiny should be considered for any [Chinese] cellular IoT modules in this equipment.”, , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/police-body-camera.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Annabella Rosciglione,

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