Biden Blasts Trump As 'foolish' Appeaser Of Russia, Says First 100 Days Were No Triumph

Former President Joe Biden was profoundly captious of his successor, and predecessor, successful his first broadcast question and reply since leaving nan White House, saying President Donald Trump's first 100 days were hardly a triumph.

Speaking pinch BBC Radio 4's Today program, Biden touted his ain grounds connected defending nan NATO confederation while ripping Trump's stance connected nan Russia-Ukraine war, which Trump has said he wants to spot extremity quickly. The warfare collapsed retired successful early 2022, a twelvemonth into Biden's term.

"It is modern-day appeasement," Biden said of Trump's cognition toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Anybody who thinks he's going to extremity is foolish."

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President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands pinch U.S. President Joe Biden astatine Trump's inauguration successful nan U.S. Capitol Rotunda connected January 20, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

The Trump management has signaled Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy whitethorn person to judge Russia's power of Crimea and cede immoderate of nan Ukrainian onshore Russia has occupied since its penetration successful 2022 arsenic portion of a bid agreement. 

"I conscionable don't understand really group deliberation that if we let a dictator, a thug, to determine he's going to return important portions of onshore that aren't his, that that's going to fulfill him," Biden said, adding, "I don't rather understand."

Trump has many times said Russia wouldn't person invaded Ukraine if he had been president astatine nan time, and he's many times heaped blasted connected his predecessor since taking office.

Relations betwixt nan U.S. and Ukraine appeared to deed a debased constituent successful February erstwhile Trump and Vice President JD Vance blasted Zelenskyy successful beforehand of reporters successful nan Oval Office and suggested he was preventing peace.

"I recovered it benignant of beneath America successful nan measurement that took place," Biden said of nan meeting, adding he couldn't judge Trump's rhetoric astir issues for illustration taking Greenland and making Canada a 51st state.

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Biden said Trump wasn't behaving for illustration a "Republican president" erstwhile asked if Trump was acting for illustration an autocrat successful office. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

"What nan hell's going connected here? What president ever talks for illustration that? That's not who we are," Biden said. "We're astir freedom, democracy, opportunity, not astir confiscation."

Biden said Trump wasn't behaving for illustration a "Republican president" erstwhile asked if Trump was acting for illustration an autocrat successful office. His interviewer said Biden was being "diplomatic."

When questioned astir his record, particularly pinch Trump many times criticizing his administration, Biden defended his achievements arsenic president. 

"Let maine show you: erstwhile I near office, we had created much jobs than immoderate president successful nan history of nan United States successful 1 term," Biden said. "Our system was roaring, we were moving successful a guidance wherever nan banal marketplace was measurement up, we were successful a business wherever we were expanding our power astir nan world successful a affirmative world, expanding trade, we regained power of what we invented … of nan early of machine chips." 

President Trump and erstwhile President Biden. (Win McNamee/Pool via REUTERS, Getty Images)

Asked astir Trump claiming his first 100 days were historically great, Biden said, "I'll fto history judge that. I don't spot thing that was triumphant."

Trump has blamed Biden for negative economical trends, saying that he "inherited" a sinking system from nan erstwhile management successful April. 

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"It says really bad nan business we inherited," Trump told reporters successful April successful consequence to questions astir nan effect of tariffs connected nan economy. The president added that "you tin moreover opportunity nan adjacent 4th is benignant of Biden because it doesn't hap successful a regular aliases hourly basis."