Joe Biden's BBC Interview

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In his first interview since leaving the White House, Joe Biden accused the Trump administration of "modern-day appeasement" in pressuring Ukraine to give up territory to Russia.

He also spoke about his ill-fated presidential campaign last year that saw him eventually drop out the race against Donald Trump, saying it "wouldn't have mattered" if he had dropped out of the race earlier. The White House said that Joe Biden was a "complete disgrace" in response to the interview.

It's unusual for former presidents to speak about their successors, so why has Biden chosen to speak now, and what were the things he didn't reveal?

Adam and Justin sit down with the BBC'S Nick Robinson to unpack his interview with the former president.

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0:00.0	We have an exclusive, a world exclusive.
0:07.4	Joe Biden has given his first interview since leaving office and is given it to the BBC.
0:13.4	So what did he say? What did he not say?
0:15.3	We have teamed up with newscast today and with Adam Fleming for a behind the scenes look at the interview with the person
0:22.5	who did it, Cub reporter Nick Robinson.
0:25.9	Welcome to Ameriast.
0:27.5	Newscast from the BBC.
0:29.8	He has just compared me to the fat controller.
0:32.8	Did I say that?
0:34.2	I can't believe I said that.
0:35.7	Next Wednesday.
0:36.2	This is R for the benefit of Earth. I'm not personally a
0:40.1	huge Sabrina Carpenter fan. I don't think I'm being rude. I like landscapes. Take me down to Downey Street.
0:46.2	Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello is Justin in the worldwide headquarters of Americast in London, England.
0:52.2	And it's Adam Fleming, host of newscast,
0:54.8	the BBC's Daily News podcast, and I've broken into the worldwide headquarters of AmeriC. But I have an
0:59.6	accomplice. It's fellow broadcaster from the BBC, Nick Robinson. Hello, Nick.
1:04.3	I never thought I'd be in this place, of all places. Do you want to do the plug for political
1:09.7	thinking, first of all? Because that's partly why this came about.
1:13.5	Well, yes.
1:14.2	I mean, Joe Biden gave us this splendid interview for the Today program originally,
1:19.2	thanks to the producer Kirstie McKenzie.
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