Biden spoke to BBC News ahead of the 80th anniversary of V-E Day, or the day that the Nazis surrendered in Europe. While in office, Biden had pledged support to help Ukraine after the Russian invasion, even linking World War II and Ukraine.

The former president stepped up his public re-emergence by attacking President Trump’s handling of foreign policy and defending his own decision to seek re-election.

Joe Biden pulled no punches in criticizing his successor in his first televised interview since leaving office earlier this year. The former president’s most biting rebukes of Donald Trump centered on foreign policy, claiming Trump sullied the office during his Oval Office confrontation with Ukrainian President Vlodoymyr Zelenskyy.