New footage reveals former Vice President Kamala Harris warning that today’s global climate bears unsettling similarities to the 1930s.

In a rare public appearance since her departure from the White House, Harris was captured speaking during a Q&A session at the 2025 Australian Real Estate Conference (AREC 2025). Near the end of the discussion, the host expressed his admiration for former President Barack Obama and asked Harris what she believed accounted for his success.

“I think one of the very special aspects of who he is, is he really is a student of history and that gets back to my earlier point about, for each of us, understanding the context in which we exist,” she said in the footage leaked online.

“It’s critically important, because coupled with the enthusiasm that comes with ambition and optimism, we must be the clear-eyed focus of understanding where we’ve been,” she added.

Harris then claimed that she is also a “student of history” before stating that the current global situation resembles the period leading up to World War II.

“I do worry, frankly, about what’s happening right now in our world,” she said. “I do worry that it is important that we remember history. It’s important we remember the 1930s. It’s important that we remember that history has taught us that isolation does not equal insulation.”

Harris went on to argue, “It is important that we understand and remember history which taught us the interdependence and interconnection between nations. History that has taught us the importance of relationships of trust, the importance of friendships, integrity, honesty.”

“There is so much about foreign affairs that is just like the importance of having good friendships, consistency, honesty, being there for each other when you need them, holding up standards, international rules and norms,” she noted further.

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Speaking of Obama, a video of a confrontation between two Secret Service officers has surfaced a week after a report said there had been a scuffle among agents outside of his Washington, D.C., residence.

The video was obtained by RealClearPolitics national correspondent Susan Crabtree, who broke the original story of the fight between the two female agents.

Crabtree noted on the X platform that she had “obtained video of the fight between two women Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers outside former President Obama’s residence last week after one officer called a supervisor to come before ‘I whoop this girl’s ass.’”

“The skirmish is raising new questions about whether DEI is still plaguing the USSS despite Trump’s directive to abolish it. The Secret Service has not responded to my inquiries on whether these two officers are being disciplined and/or are still on the job,” she added.

“I need a supervisor out here… immediately before I whoop this girl’s ass,” one of the women said into the radio last week.

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🚨🚨#BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE: @RCPolitics has obtained video of the fight between two women Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers outside former President Obama’s residence last week after one officer called a supervisor to come before “I whoop this girl’s ass.”

The… https://t.co/6BQyQdEcBs pic.twitter.com/9ouSfHh4sN

— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) May 27, 2025

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🚨#BREAKING SCOOP: IS DEI STILL PLAGUING THE SECRET SERVICE?
FRACAS OUTSIDE OBAMA RESIDENCE RAISES NEW QUESTIONS: Get a supervisor “immediately before I whoop this girl’s ass.”

Two female Secret Service Uniformed Division officers got into a physical fight outside former… pic.twitter.com/RmEDx6BWXD

— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) May 22, 2025

The Secret Service confirmed the fight between the two agents to the New York Post.

“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of an on-duty altercation that occurred between two Uniformed Division officers at approximately 2:30 a.m. on May 21,” the spokesman said.

“The individuals involved were suspended from duty and this matter is the subject of an internal investigation,” the spokesperson told the outlet. “The Secret Service has a very strict code of conduct for all employees and any behavior that violates that code is unacceptable.”