Former President Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump for suggesting Ukraine may have to give up territory in exchange for peace, calling it a “modern-day appeasement,” in reference to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s efforts to appease Adolf Hitler as he sought to annex land in the 1930s.

Former President Joe Biden called President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to surrender territory to Russia “modern-day appeasement” in an exclusive interview with the BBC. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes Ukraine was part of Russia and "anybody that thinks he's going to stop" after territorial concessions "is just foolish,

"Anybody that thinks he's going to stop is just foolish," Biden told BBC.Biden expressed concern about the potential breakdown of US-Europe relations under Trump's leadership, stating it "would change the modern history of the world.