Modern appeasement: Biden slams Trump's stance on Ukraine war

Joe Biden said in his first post-presidential interview that President Donald Trump's pressure on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia amounts to "modern-day appeasement," a historically fraught term that refers to a failed effort to stop the Nazis from annexing land in Europe in the 1930s.

- Associated Press

LONDON:

Biden told BBC Radio 4's "Today" programme in remarks aired on Wednesday that Trump's statements about acquiring Panama, Greenland and Canada have bred distrust of the US in Europe.

"What president ever talks like that?" Biden said. "That's not who we are. We're about freedom, democracy, opportunity — not about confiscation."