Joe Biden criticizes Trump's pressure on Ukraine to give up land to Russia.
It's appeasement policy, says the former president in an interview with BBC.
Russia will likely retain Crimea, which the country annexed in 2014, according to US President Donald Trump. When Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected a proposal a few weeks ago that Russia would retain the land, Trump accused him of damaging peace talks.
Biden is extremely skeptical of Trump's plan.
I just don't understand how people can believe that if we let a dictator – a thug – decide that he can take significant pieces of land that don't belong to him, it will be enough for him. I just don't get it, says Biden.
He is asked in the interview whether the US under his time provided sufficient support for Ukraine to win the war.
We gave them everything they needed to secure their independence, and we were prepared to react more aggressively if Putin acted again.
Biden also rejects Trump's statements about the US taking back the Panama Canal, and making Canada the 51st state of the US.
What the hell is going on? What kind of president talks like that? That's not who we are, says Biden.
We represent freedom, democracy, and opportunities – not confiscation.
