VP Kamala Harris mistakenly touts US alliance with North Korea on Visit to DMZ

 

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During her Asia tour, Vice President Kamala Harris praised the United States' alliance with wrong Korea. The vice president's gaffe came one day after the rogue nation tested a ballistic missile. Fox News shares the viral clip shown below

Kamala Harris said: "The United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance, with the Republic of North Korea."

Vice president Kamala Harris was in Tokyo for the state funeral of former prime minister Shinzo Abe. She had also visited South Korea. It is always impossible to know exactly what North Korea is thinking. In the past, it has fired missiles to express displeasure. 

Remarks by Vice President Harris After Tour of the Korean Demilitarized Zone

It is possible this could be the catalyst. Perhaps it's also because the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has paused and been imported for the joint exercises. That might have something to do with it as well. It did splash into the sea of Japan. This always has people alarmed.