Biden slams Trump's "appeasement" with Ukraine critique
In an interview with the BBC, Joe Biden sharply criticized Donald Trump's policy toward Ukraine, calling it a "modern-day appeasement." This marks Biden's first such interview since leaving the White House.
What do you need to know?
- Joe Biden criticized Donald Trump's Ukraine policy in a BBC interview, describing it as a "modern-day appeasement."
- According to Biden, Trump is placating Putin by exerting pressure on Ukraine.
- Biden expressed concern that "Europe is going to lose confidence in the certainty of America and the leadership of America."
Donald Trump uses nearly every opportunity to attack the previous U.S. administration and Joe Biden, asserting that the war would not have occurred if he had been president earlier.
Until now, Biden had not publicly addressed Trump's narrative. It took several months after leaving the White House for him to give his first interview to the BBC, where he spoke critically about his successor's policy, particularly concerning war-torn Ukraine.
Biden strikes Trump. "He is just foolish"
Biden, referring to Trump, emphasized that anyone who believes Putin would stop if territories were ceded as part of a peace agreement is simply being naive. He described the Trump administration's pressure on Ukraine to cede territories to Russia as a "modern-day appeasement." Biden also expressed concern that "Europe is going to lose confidence in the certainty and the leadership of America."
Biden also referenced the meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump at the White House on February 28. The discussion on ending Russia's war against Ukraine ended in an unprecedented argument, during which Trump and Vance accused Zelensky of lacking gratitude and respect for the USA. According to Biden, this behavior was "below American standards."
In the BBC interview, Biden criticized Trump's foreign policy vision and noted that further distancing by the U.S. could "change the modern history of the world." He also expressed concerns about Trump's plans regarding the annexation of Greenland, Panama, or Canada.
"What the hell's going on here? What president ever talks like that?" Biden commented, emphasizing that Americans don’t operate that way: "We're about freedom, democracy, opportunity, not about confiscation."
Biden withdrew from the election campaign just four months before the U.S. elections. Instead, his vice president, Kamala Harris, ran for the presidency on behalf of the Democrats, who ultimately lost to Trump. Despite this, Biden stands by his decision to withdraw.
