{"id":558095,"date":"2021-06-09T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T16:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=558095"},"modified":"2021-06-09T12:21:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T16:21:12","slug":"white-house-reportedly-perplexed-by-kamala-harris-first-foreign-policy-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-reportedly-perplexed-by-kamala-harris-first-foreign-policy-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Reportedly \u2018Perplexed\u2019 By Kamala Harris\u2019 First Foreign Policy Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-reportedly-perplexed-by-kamala-harris-first-foreign-policy-trip%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=558095&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photographer-Ting-ShenBloomberg-via-Getty-Images-21212-e1622214465204.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"46.761394101877\">\n<p>White House officials were reportedly \u201cperplexed\u201d at Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 performance in her first foreign policy trip under the new administration, CNN reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Harris returned from her trip to Guatemala and Mexico on Wednesday. The trip was intended to address the \u201croot causes\u201d of illegal immigration, but the tour <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/harris-south-america-guatemala-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ultimately drew criticism<\/a> from both sides of the aisle in Washington. NBC News also released an interview with Harris in the middle of her trip in which she fumbled an answer on why she has yet to visit the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.9146341463415\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CNN: White House is \u201cperplexed\u201d by Kamala Harris\u2019 inability to answer simple questions <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TrbNEScnx6\">pic.twitter.com\/TrbNEScnx6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1402630771832197125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden appointed Harris to lead the administration\u2019s efforts to combat the ongoing immigration surge at the southern border in March. Harris has since refused to visit the border itself, instead arguing that her role is to address \u201croot causes\u201d of immigration, such as poverty and high crime rates in Central and South America. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/22\/not-today-kamala-harris-border-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Not Today!\u2019: Kamala Harris Cracks Up When Asked If She Will Visit The Border)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harris met with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei and Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador, both of whom have blamed the Biden administration\u2019s policies for the surge in migration.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/07\/kamala-customs-and-border-protection-guatemala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> various efforts aimed at stemming the flow of migrants, such as training local law enforcement to investigate transnational crimes and offering hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has requested $861 million for aid to Central and South American countries, although such aid has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/donald-trump-customs-and-border-protection-joe-biden-central-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">never been proven<\/a>\u00a0to decrease border crossings.<\/p>\n<p>Harris ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/kamala-harris-commits-to-visiting-border-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vowed<\/a> to visit the border \u201csoon\u201d in a Tuesday press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I will,\u201d Harris replied to a question from reporters. \u201cAnd I have before. Listen, anybody, especially if you\u2019re from California you know, I\u2019ve spent a lot of time on the border \u2013 both going there physically and aware of the issues. But the reality of it is that we need to prioritize what\u2019s happening at the border and we have to prioritize why people are going to the border.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House officials were reportedly \u201cperplexed\u201d at Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 performance in her first foreign policy trip under the new administration, CNN reported Wednesday. 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