‘What the hell’s going on here?’: Joe Biden finally breaks post-Presidency silence, shares ‘grave concerns’ about the Trump circus

After Joe Biden dropped out of the reelection campaign he pretty much disappeared from public life. But for the commemoration of the victory for World War 2, the former president sat down for a rare interview and shared his harsh views on how his predecessor has been fairing along in his opinion.

Before this the last time the public heard from Biden was through the letter he left for President Trump as he was vacating the White House which partly read, “The American people – and people around the world – look to this house for steadiness in the inevitable storms of history.” So it’s no surprise that in his coverage of a whole wide array of topic he found the way President Trump handled his disagreement with President Zelenskyy “beneath America.”

Fox News reveals letter Joe Biden left for Donald Trump at the White House:

“Dear President Trump,

As I take leave of this sacred office I wish you and your family all the best in the next four years. The American people – and people around the world – look to this house for… pic.twitter.com/qGDMINMEu7

— Pop Base (@PopBase) January 22, 2025

President Biden spent a majority of his allotted time on the BBC interview defending his record against Trump. When asked about the first 100 days of Trump — which Trump has been calling a “a revolution of common sense” — Biden dismissed his supposed successes and simply stated history will be the judge. But what Biden seemed more interested in was how Trump has been treating America’s long-time allies.

Biden shared in the interview that the one thing about his advanced age is that he has had the pleasure of knowing a lot of world leaders personally. And according to Biden, they all revere NATO. Something that in his opinion, Trump has been eroding ever since he took office for his second term.

Biden shared with BBC that he considers the speech he gave on Normandy Beach during the 80th anniversary of VE Day where he declared that brave men marched believing “there are things worth dying for.” Something that Biden now believes the nation’s leadership is in danger of forgetting. When the interviewer asked the former president if he’s worried about that, Biden gently nodded and said he has “grave concern” that the Atlantic Alliance that was formed is now seen to be dying.

President Biden called Putin a dictator in the interview and questioned whether the Russian leader would have stopped his assault at just Ukraine if it wasn’t for NATO. The way Biden sees it, Ukraine is just the first stop — he believes Putin wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. And he’s worried that now Europe has lost confidence “in the certainty of America.”

Biden chided Trump on how he’s been treating American allies, referencing the row with Canada, his argument with President Zelenskyy, the Gulf of America saga among other unpresidential moves. “What the hell’s going on here?” Biden simply exclaimed.

And as for the Ukraine mineral deal — where Trump is asking for minerals in exchange for protection. Biden sees that as “modern-day appeasement” which is a foreign policy maneuver of giving an aggressive foreign power concessions to avoid conflict. He thinks that if the United States is already doing that, then nothing is stopping the countries bordering Russia to just make the deal with Russia instead.

Biden pondered, “What President ever talks like that? That’s not who we are. We’re about freedom, democracy, opportunity – not about confiscation.”

Indeed.