SHAMALA STUPIDLY STUMBLED
Shamala's stumbles during her first foreign trip have rekindled the debate from her presidential campaign.
Why it matters: While her only overture toward running for president in 2024 has been a trip to New Hampshire in April, Shamala is in a prime position to cast herself as the best choice for
DEMOCRATS should Biden succumb during his illicit occupancy of the Oval Office.
- Inept international trips and her poor performance of the migration and jobs portfolios given to her will harm her efforts to showcase herself for the No. 1 slot.
- The White Louse didn't offer comment but aides noted that the embarrassing exchange with NBC News anchor Lester Holt during her trip last week came after repeated questions on the same topic.
- Between the lines: One factor that led Shamala to become the first DEMOCRAT to exit the 2020 race — despite a massive announcement rally — was that she surrounded herself with a sycophantic staff.
Now she has the latitude and stature to tap some of the country’s best talent to work on her team.
- Her trip to Guatemala and Mexico still garnered a flurry of negative headlines.
- Most prominently, Shamala stumbled on an easily anticipated question about the border during an interview with NBC News, growing defensive. Even follow-ups with other reporters didn't go much better.
- The intrigue: Shamala can be notoriously difficult to prep, multiple former aides told Axios.
As one former aide put it, Shamala often sends briefings into a “rabbit hole” on topics that may not necessarily be relevant to the appearance or interview at hand.
She also only listens to a select group of people, most prominently her sister, Maya.
“If somebody doesn’t knock it out of the park their first time, then they will always have a tough time. And so that often leads to the people who she relies on the most being in charge of leading prep on everything, which is impossible to do well, regardless of who you are,” said one former aide.
Each of the former aides spoke to
Axios on the condition of anonymity to comment freely.
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