New York Post: Veep Kamala Harris takes foreign calls on behalf of BidenGlad we had this first talk @VP Kamala Harris! Let's move forward together on all the challenges we face: climate, gender equality, regional crises, and our space cooperation with (hopefully) a new step this Thursday with Perseverance’s landing on Mars! https://t.co/5Qb1T8Pkqp
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) February 15, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday held her second call with a foreign leader — speaking with French President Emmanuel Macron after a talk earlier this month with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well as with World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in January.
The calls boost the vice president’s role in diplomacy. Former Vice President Mike Pence occasionally spoke directly by phone with foreign leaders, but that role generally was performed by former President Donald Trump, especially last year. A review of press notices from Pence’s final year in office reveals no readouts of direct calls with the leaders of foreign nations.
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WNU Editor: Calling foreign leaders is what US Presidents do. Not Vice Presidents. It is still too early in the Biden administration to know if this is going to be a trend.
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