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SAN FRANCISCO, April 30 – Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called on Wednesday for Americans to stand up together against U.S. President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0and what she called “the greatest man-made economic crisis in modern presidential history”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harris made the remarks in her biggest speech since leaving office, marking something of a political re-emergence for the Democratic presidential candidate since she lost the election to Trump last year. She is seen as a strong candidate for California governor next year, if she runs, and could be a presidential contender again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaking on Trump’s 100th day in office, Harris said the tariffs<\/a>that have been the hallmarks of Trump’s economic policy were “clearly inviting a recession”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said Trump’s politics benefited the rich and described his “narrow, self-serving vision”, where they “punish truth tellers, favor loyalists, cash in on their power, and leave everyone else to fend for themselves”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She made the speech to a hometown crowd in the San Francisco Bay Area at an event hosted by Emerge America. The organization works to elect Democratic women to office and started after Harris’ first run for office in San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a tumultuous start to his second term, Trump has signed 142 executive orders, more than any recent president, according to the American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The end of the first quarter also marked the first contraction in the U.S. economy<\/a> in three years. Trump blamed former President Joe Biden<\/a> for the weak GDP and sought to highlight strong domestic demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n