Joe Biden's warning suggests Donald Trump's US is a joke – but damage won't be funny

Joe Biden’s presidency wasn’t perfect, but at least it gave and the world a break from the chaos. For a few years, adults were back in the room. Now, with back in the spotlight, the calm is cracking and is no longer staying quiet.

In his first interview since leaving the White House, he has pulled zero punches. He called out Trump’s reckless foreign policy for what it is - “modern-day appeasement”. That’s right, while the reality TV star plays pretend dictator on social media and sucks up to autocrats, Biden came out to remind the world that fascism doesn’t go away just because you throw Ukraine under the bus.

Speaking to the on the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Biden torched Trump’s laughable suggestion that Ukraine should just give up territory to . “Anybody who thought the Russian president would stop if Kyiv conceded territory is just foolish,” he said. And he’s right, this isn’t compromise, it’s cowardice.

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Biden made it plain: Trump’s so-called “deal-making” is straight from the playbook. Appease a dictator, and he just takes more. That’s not strategy, it is surrender. And let’s be honest: Trump doesn’t care about NATO, about Europe, or even about America’s credibility. All he cares about is how many people clap at his rallies.

“I fear our allies around the world are going to begin to doubt whether we’re going to stay where we’ve always been in the last 80 years,” Biden said. Translated? Trump is about to bulldoze decades of American leadership just to inflate his ego and impress his billionaire buddies and social media cult.

And Biden wasn’t done. He attacked Trump for that now-infamous Oval Office stunt with Ukrainian President . “I found it beneath America, the way that took place,” he said. No kidding. But it gets worse, Biden also reminded us of Trump’s absurd, power-drunk fantasies: taking back the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state, and buying Greenland like it’s a piece of real estate in Manhattan.

“What the hell’s going on here?” Biden asked. “What president ever talks like that?” Good question. Unfortunately, we already know the answer.

This is a man, Trump, who talks about invading countries like he's flicking through Zoopla. And while he’s busy dreaming up colonial fever dreams, civil liberties are eroding, allies are panicking, and real people are dying in real wars that he treats like ratings bait.

Biden defended his own record, pushing back on criticism that he was too slow to arm Ukraine: “We gave them everything they needed to provide for their independence,” he said. And guess what? He’s right. No president gets it all perfect, but at least Biden didn’t grovel before despots or insult fallen soldiers.

When asked about his decision to step down from the race, Biden was blunt: “It was just a difficult decision.” But he made it for the country, not his personal gain.

As a Brit living under America’s 46th president, I saw his flaws first-hand. Biden was no Anglophile, but amid the political chill, he carried himself with a basic decency and civility that counted for much.

And that’s the difference. Biden led. Trump performs. One stands for democracy. The other sells it to the highest bidder.