Biden accused Trump of reconciling with Putin while putting pressure on Kyiv
Biden is referring to the policy of former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who in the late 1930s tried to appease Adolf Hitler’s demands in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the catastrophic World War II.
| In his first interview with the BBC since he left the post, Biden also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Ukraine is part of Mother Russia and « anyone who believes that Putin will stop is naive-glove. » |
Biden left the post less than four months before the November election after being summoned by his party members to do so with reproach that he had to happen earlier to have time to choose a new candidate. On this occasion, Biden said, « I don’t think it mattered. We retired when we already had a good candidate. »
Trump pauses Europe in negotiations for Ukraine
« Things went so fast that it was difficult to leave. It was not an easy solution, » Biden said. I think it was the right decision, but …. it was a difficult decision. «
I do not understand how people imagine that if we allow a dictator and a bandit to decide by seizing significant territories of land that are not his, and that this will satisfy it?
Joe BidenPresident of the United States
The interview with Biden was broadcast on Wednesday.
Trump has changed his policy towards the war in Ukraine, putting pressure on Kiev to agree to a truce, while reducing pressure on Russia, which began a full -scale war in 2022. According to Trump, he wants to stop the killings.
In the interview, Biden expresses concern that « Europe is a way to lose confidence in America and in its leadership. »
Macron to the French: Get ready that the United States may not be on our side
European leaders « wonder what we are going to do now. Can we rely on the United States, » Biden said.
The former president was disturbed by the tense meeting between Trump and Volodimir Zelenski in the White House in February.
| « I think what happened is under the level of America the way it happened, » Biden said. |
For Ukraine, Biden was triggered with the question of whether he had sufficient support for Kiev so that the country could not only resist, but win the war against the Russian invasion. During the three years of the war, his administration changed its position on the use of the US weapons and overrun some restrictions over time.
| « We gave them everything we needed to ensure their independence, and we were prepared to react more excessively if Putin continued with the attacks, » he said. |
According to him, Ukraine and Russia « will have to give way to some of their territories they now possess. »
Defense Minister Pete Haget confirmed these words, saying that the return to the borders in 2014 for Ukraine was « unrealistic ».
