WASHINGTON, USA — Former US vice-president Kamala Harris has hinted that she may once again seek the presidency, nearly a year after her defeat to President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
In an interview with the BBC, Harris said she has not ruled out another run for the White House, describing her loss as both “surprising and traumatising.”
“My God, my God, what will happen to our country?” she recalled saying when the final results came in.
Trump won the race with 312 electoral college votes to Harris’s 226, following one of the most contentious campaigns in modern US history.
Harris had just under four months to prepare her bid after President Joe Biden abruptly dropped out amid growing concerns over his health and cognitive fitness.
Since her defeat, Harris has largely stayed out of the political spotlight, but the release of her new memoir, 107 Days, which chronicles her whirlwind campaign, has renewed speculation about her political future.
“I am not done,” an excerpt from the book reads — a line that has fuelled discussion among Democrats about whether she will make another run in 2028.
When asked by the BBC whether her grandnieces would see a woman in the White House in their lifetime, Harris responded confidently, “In their lifetime, for sure.”
Pressed on whether that woman might be her, she smiled and said, “Possibly.”
When asked directly if she had made a decision about running again, Harris replied, “No, I have not.”
Standing by her claim in the book that she’s “not done,” Harris said, “I have lived my entire career as a life of service, and it’s in my bones. There are many ways to serve. I have not decided yet what I will do in the future beyond what I am doing now.”
The former vice-president, who served under Biden from 2021 to 2025, said she continues to focus on policy advocacy and public service while reflecting on lessons from her campaign.
Responding to political analysts who rank her as an outsider for the Democratic nomination, Harris dismissed the relevance of polling data.
“If I listened to polls, I would have not run for my first office or my second office — and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here at this interview,” she said.
Harris also reiterated her concerns about Trump’s leadership style, claiming that predictions she made about him pursuing an “authoritarian path” have come true.
In response, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson criticised Harris’s remarks, saying, “The American people do not care about Kamala Harris’s absurd lies.”
