In her first UK interview since losing to Donald Trump, former US Vice-President Kamala Harris says she “may possibly” run for president again in 2028.
Former US Vice-President Kamala Harris has said she is considering another run for the White House, insisting she is “not done” with public life despite last year’s defeat to Donald Trump.
Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg in her first UK interview, Harris made her strongest suggestion yet that she could mount a fresh presidential campaign in 2028. While she stopped short of a formal declaration, she said she “possibly” saw herself becoming president one day and expressed confidence that the United States would eventually elect a woman to the highest office.
“I have lived my entire career as a life of service and it’s in my bones,” Harris told BBC, adding that she still sees herself as having a future in politics. She described herself as “not done” and brushed aside polling data that ranks her as an outsider for the Democratic nomination, even placing her behind Hollywood actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in some surveys.
“If I listened to polls, I would not have run for my first office or my second,” she said, recalling that she had defied expectations before.
Harris’s comments come as Democrats continue to reflect on Trump’s decisive victory in last year’s election, which many within the party have attributed to Joe Biden’s refusal to step aside earlier in the campaign. Others, however, have questioned whether Harris could have delivered a stronger message on economic issues, which dominated voter concerns.
Asked about her grandnieces seeing a female president in their lifetime, Harris said she was certain it would happen — “for sure” — and hinted that she might still be the one to make it possible.
The former vice-president also renewed her attacks on Trump, describing him as a “tyrant” and saying that many of her warnings about his behaviour had come true. She accused the president of weaponising federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, and of attempting to silence critics and comedians who mocked him.
Citing the suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel after he joked about the right-wing reaction to the death of influencer Charlie Kirk, Harris said Trump’s thin skin had led to “an attempt to shut down an entire media organisation” simply because he could not tolerate ridicule.
“There are many who have capitulated since day one,” Harris added, criticising business leaders and institutions she believes have “bent the knee at the foot of a tyrant”, either to stay close to power or to secure corporate favours.
The White House dismissed Harris’s remarks. Spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said the former vice-president should have “taken the hint” from her electoral defeat, claiming “the American people don’t care about her absurd lies”.
Harris’s renewed public profile coincides with the release of her new book, 107 Days, in which she recounts the challenges of her truncated campaign following Biden’s late withdrawal from the race amid questions about his health.
While she has yet to make a formal decision, her remarks to the BBC suggest that Harris intends to keep her political ambitions alive — and that she remains one of the few Democrats still willing to confront Donald Trump head-on.
