‘This country is ours’: Kamala Harris takes the gloves off and tears into Trump in her comeback speech

While Trump’s greatest hits (tariffs, walls, and Twitter meltdowns) might still play well with his base, Kamala Harris just made it clear she’s not buying the album.

In her first major public appearance since leaving office, Harris delivered a blistering takedown of Trump in San Francisco, and folks, she did not hold back. Speaking at a gala hosted by Emerge, Harris accused him of tearing down America’s institutions, from the judiciary to education, with what she called a “high-velocity implementation of a decades-in-the-making agenda.” In other words, the chaos isn’t an accident—it’s the plan.

She went after Trump’s tariffs, dismissing them as reckless and harmful to American workers. She lambasted his immigration policies, calling them a haphazard mess that lacked any real foresight or humanity. And she didn’t stop there. Harris took aim at his attacks on the judiciary, framing them as a dangerous assault on democracy itself.

She had a clear message for the future: it’s time for Democrats to gear up for the fight ahead. “Let us not be fooled into thinking this is chaos for chaos’s sake,” she told the crowd. “This is a battle decades in the making, and we need to be ready.” With rumors swirling about her potential bid for California governor in 2026—or even another run for the presidency in 2028—Harris is clearly testing the waters. And her choice of venue was no accident. San Francisco is the city where her political career began. In many ways, this speech was a homecoming.

If Harris does decide to run for governor, she’ll be stepping into a crowded field. Figures like former Rep. Katie Porter, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra are already positioning themselves for the race. But Harris’s potential candidacy looms large. Porter has admitted that Harris could have a “near field-clearing effect,” discouraging other Democrats from even trying to compete. And while some, like Villaraigosa, have vowed to stay in the race no matter what, others are quietly making backup plans. For now, Harris remains both everywhere and nowhere in Democratic politics.