On the final, and most anticipated, night of the four-day Chicago convention, Harris, 59, promised to chart a “New Way Forward” as she and Trump, 78, enter the final 11 weeks of the razor-close campaign.
After days of protests from Palestinian supporters who were disappointed at not getting a speaking spot at the convention, Harris delivered a pledge to secure Israel, bring the hostages home from Gaza and end the war in the Palestinian enclave.
“Now is the time to get a hostage deal and a ceasefire deal done,” she said to cheers. “And let me be clear, I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself.”
“What has happened in Gaza over the past 10 months is devastating. So many innocent lives lost, desperate hungry people fleeing for safety over and over again. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking,” she said.
I think everything with China is a game of chicken, but it’s a game of chicken each side wants to be well prepared for in case something goes wrong. China doesn’t want to fight the US, but if they think whatever’s happening in our politics means we wouldn’t fight them for Taiwan, they might invade assuming we won’t act. But if they misjudge and we do act, they certainly would like to have ship-killing missiles available for the fight.