As the 2024 presidential election draws near, the stakes are higher than ever. Both sides of the aisle sharpening their rhetoric and battling for every vote. Foreign policy has taken center stage as voters fear the rise of global war. The Biden administration, with Kamala Harris as its vice president, has crashed and burned when it comes to international diplomacy. This has left room for speculation, criticism, and, as we’ve seen recently, some rather bold claims.

In this high-pressure environment, Harris took the stage at the Democratic National Convention to make her case to the American people. Her speech aimed to draw sharp contrasts between her “foreign policy” and Donald Trump’s.

However, in her effort to blast Trump, she made up some wild claims. She went as far as to claim that dictators from around the world want Trump to return to the White House. Included was North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. But some basic fact-checking has put her lies in their place.

From Breitbart:
CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed… that communist North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is “rooting for” her opponent, former President Donald Trump, in the 2024 presidential election.

VERDICT: False. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)… said explicitly of the results of the 2024 election: “we do not care about this.” Kim Jong-un himself, while meeting with Trump on several occasions, later accused him of negotiating with Pyongyang in “bad faith.”

Kamala Harris might be good at making headlines, but when it comes to her claims about Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, she seems to be a little too creative with the facts. During her Democratic National Convention (DNC) speech, Harris boldly declared that the North Korean dictator is “rooting for” Trump in the 2024 election. But, as it turns out, this statement is more fiction than fact. In reality, North Korea’s state media has made it crystal clear—they don’t care one bit about who wins the U.S. presidential race.

Let’s break it down. Harris painted a picture of Trump as a man cozying up to tyrants and dictators, insinuating that Kim Jong-un, in particular, is a fan of the former president. She suggested that Kim sees Trump as easily manipulated, a leader who would let autocrats off the hook. But if you take a look at what North Korea’s state media, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), has actually said, Harris’s claim starts to fall apart. The KCNA explicitly stated that the regime couldn’t care less about the outcome of the 2024 election. In fact, they’ve gone as far as to say that the political infighting in the U.S. makes the entire process irrelevant to them.

And it’s not just disinterest from Pyongyang—Kim Jong-un himself has accused Trump of negotiating in “bad faith” during their meetings. So, if Harris is suggesting that Kim Jong-un is rooting for Trump, she’s either misinformed or deliberately misleading. Trump’s meetings with Kim, despite the media frenzy at the time, didn’t exactly bring about the “substantial positive change” some might have hoped for—something even North Korean state media begrudgingly admits.

But Harris’s statement isn’t just wrong—it’s a strategic blunder that exposes the shaky foundation of her foreign policy rhetoric. While she’s busy spinning tales about Trump and Kim, the real story is how the Biden administration, including Harris, has done little to address the ongoing threats from North Korea. Remember that awkward moment in 2022 when Harris, while visiting the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), mistakenly referred to the “Republic of North Korea” as a U.S. ally? That’s the kind of blunder that makes you wonder how seriously she takes the complexities of international relations.

So while Harris may try to paint Trump as a buddy to dictators, the facts just don’t support her narrative. In truth, Kim Jong-un isn’t rooting for anyone—he’s focused on maintaining his regime’s stranglehold on power, regardless of who sits in the Oval Office. Harris’s attempt to spin this into a campaign talking point only highlights her own foreign policy shortcomings, and it’s a disservice to the American people who deserve a clear and honest discussion about the real threats we face.