Former President Trump compared Vice President Harris to a “TikTok performer” and criticized her international abilities in a new foreign policy ad.
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The clip showed foreign officials watching Harris dance and talk as a narrator spoke.
“America doesn't need any more TikTok performers,” a narrator said amid footage of people holding cellphones showing Harris dancing.
The ad then cut to a clip of President Trump saying, “We need strength to protect us.”
The ad comes at a time of heightened international tensions, with less than 40 days left until the election.
Earlier on Tuesday, Iran fired a missile at Israel after Israel killed the top leader of the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. This is a major escalation in the nearly year-long cross-border conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. This is related to the ongoing war in Gaza, which began after the Palestinian militant group Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, 2023.
President Trump was quick to comment on the attack Tuesday afternoon.
“Look at the world today. Look at the missiles flying in the Middle East right now. Look at what is happening in Russia/Ukraine. Look at the inflation that is destroying the world. Nothing like this happened when it was!'' he wrote online.
Recent polls show that Harris leads Trump nationally in perceptions of her foreign policy pursuits, but lags behind in foreign policy in battleground states.
President Trump has argued that many of the world's problems, from Russia's invasion of Ukraine to Hamas' killing of Israelis on October 7, are connected in some way to the policies of Democratic administrations.
In the ad, he claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin understands “their weaknesses” and that Hamas took note of Harris' “anti-Israel” comments.
Harris has repeatedly expressed support for Israel, but some Democrats have criticized President Biden for being too supportive of Israel and not doing enough to prevent Palestinian deaths in Gaza. has been criticized.
