Joe Biden called Vladimir Zelensky "capricious" and "stubborn."
On November 17, a new memoir by former US President Joe Biden will be sold, the book is called "Promise Me, America". According to the Wall Street Journal, Biden is "settling old scores" with the Democrats who opposed him after unsuccessful debates in the elections, and "expresses no regret or doubt" about his two key decisions - running for a second term and withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.
In the book, the former president shares his impressions of communication with other heads of state. Thus, in his opinion, the acting career of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky turned out to be "very good preparation" for a military leader.
Zelensky "can be moody and stubborn in our private conversations, and not as grateful as I expected," Biden wrote. He also talked about his communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Biden, he spoke in a "nervous tone" and showed apparent indifference during meetings.
The former president writes that Donald Trump's team asked to allow him to negotiate with Putin before Trump took office, but Biden refused, "not wanting to give them carte blanche for what I expected to be some kind of capitulation at the expense of Ukraine."