Donald Trump could set up one of his most trusted assistants for a second round with Kamala Harris.
After her flop election performance against Trump in November, many wondered what the next step is for the former Vice President.
Many have suggested that she could return to politics in her home state of California, where Governor Gavin Newsom Term Limited was in 2026.
However, Trump himself can again be an obstacle to Harris who reaches power, as one of his most important allies says he will run if she does.
Richard Grenell, a former ambassador in Germany during the first term of Trump, also serves as an envoy for special missions on the president's board and helps to lead the answer to the forest fires in California.
He was also involved in the hostile takeover of Trump of the Kennedy Center and served as an interim president before the supreme commander himself was chosen for the role.
Now the man who considered running in the recall election of Gavin Newsom says in 2021 that he will be there to say no to Harris if she tries to run for the top job in his home.
'If Kamala runs for Governor, I believe she has such luggage and hundreds of millions of dollars in informing voters about how terrible she is, that it is a new day in California, and that the Republican actually has a chance, and I wouldn't say no, “he said Friday.
Donald Trump could set up one of his most trusted assistants for a second round with Kamala Harris
Trump himself can again be an obstacle to Harris who reaches power, as one of his most important allies says he will run if she does
Grenell spoke from Munich, where a large part of the Trump administration has set up a store for an early trip from foreign policy.
Harris has not yet stated that she will run, but she has moved back to California after Trump's inauguration.
Internal poll shared with the Hollywood Reporter Last week, the former Vice President who walks away with the race shows when she walked, even when billionaire Rick Caruso looks at the game.
In 2022, Caruso lost a narrow race for mayor of Los Angeles to Rep. Karen Bass, despite the fact that he had spent $ 104 million in his campaign, most of his own funds.
The mismanagement of the government of the forest fires in Los Angeles in January damaged the political reputation of Bas and other state democrats, giving Caruso a possible opening in the heavy democratic state.
“If Kamala comes into the race, it will be her to lose,” a political consultant told the former vice president to Thr. “She may not have performed at a national level, but if you look at her track record in California, she will be done extremely well.”
Harris lost her presidential race to President Donald Trump in 2024, but she remains popular in California, despite some voters in the state shifting to the right.
It is unclear whether Harris wants to run for Governor, because going back to California and running for the state-wide office can be seen as a step back in her political career after he served as a vice-president.
Richard Grenell, a former ambassador in Germany during Trump's first term, also serves as an envoy for special missions on the president's board and helps to lead her response to the forest fires in California
Grenell, who considered running in the recall election of Gavin Newsom in 2021 says he will be there to say no to Harris if she tries to run for the top job in his home standing
The path is not unheard of.
Former vice president Richard Nixon lost his presidential race against John F. Kennedy in 1960 and ran two years later for Governor of California. His campaign for the Governor of California failed, but he ran again for President in 1968 and won.
Democratic insiders fully expect Harris to run for the president again in 2028, although her presidential campaign of 106 days will fall short against Trump after replacing Biden.
Harris is already leading the race for the democratic nomination, largely thanks to her name recognition of the last campaign.
A McLaughlin survey published in January showed that Harris led with 33 percent in second place potential rival Pete Buttigieg at nine percent and Gov. Gavin Newsom in third place with seven percent.
After leaving the vice -presidency in January, Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff immediately went to Los Angeles and visited firefighters and served food at Natuurbrandevacués.
The political experience in California of Grenell comes down to a spokesperson for Susan Goldin, the former mayor of San Diego and as a consultant for a campaign of the San Diego city council.
