With President Joe Biden’s decision not to seek reelection—the first presidential incumbent to do so since then-President Lyndon Johnson in 1968—Vice President Kamala Harris is now the presumptive Democratic nominee. That won’t be official until the Democratic National Convention in August, however, and Harris is still vetting potential vice presidential candidates. Moreover, because we still don’t know much about her worldview, it’s difficult to predict the likely direction a potential Harris administration’s foreign policy will take. So for now, uncertainty reigns about what the Democratic ticket will be offering voters when it comes to U.S. foreign policy.
What we do know is the alternative on offer come November. Last week, the Republican Party wrapped up its own national convention, where Donald Trump was officially nominated as the GOP candidate for president and Sen. JD Vance was officially chosen as his running mate.
What did the convention reveal about what the world can expect from a potential second Trump term? In a nutshell: more of the same.