Kamala Harris' tough words on Iran confounds critics

Vice President Kamala Harris had harsh words for Iran in an interview Monday evening as she said the regime is America’s biggest foe.

In a sit-down with CBS’ "60 Minutes," the Democratic presidential nominee was asked to name the U.S.’s greatest foreign adversary. "I think there's an obvious one in mind, which is Iran. Iran has American blood on their hands."

"This attack on Israel, 200 ballistic missiles. What we need to do to ensure that Iran never achieves the ability to be a nuclear power. That is one of my highest priorities."

Harris declined to say whether she would take military action if given proof that Iran is building a nuclear weapon.

"I'm not going to talk about hypotheticals at this moment," she told Bill Whitaker.

The suggestion that Iran was the greatest U.S. adversary raised some eyebrows — as China is thought by many to be foe No. 1.

"Iran is our biggest adversary, not China?," Mary Kissel, former adviser to ex-Sec. of State Mike Pompeo, wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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"Harris is completely clueless for claiming that Iran is America’s greatest adversary rather than China," former Trump adviser Steve Cortes said.

"Really? It’s not Russia? It’s not China? A middle power is America’s greatest adversary?" Iranian nuclear researcher Sina Azodi questioned.

Harris also defended U.S. aid to Israel — at a time when many liberals are calling on her to halt that aid or put conditions on it amid the rising death tolls across Gaza and Lebanon.

"The aid that we have given Israel allowed Israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles that were just meant to attack the Israelis and the people of Israel," she said.

Harris highlighted threats