In a fresh escalation of his criticism toward the current administration, US President Donald Trump has branded the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine as “Biden’s war,” suggesting that former President Joe Biden’s alleged incompetence and lack of strategic foresight are directly responsible for the war’s eruption and devastating consequences. Trump’s pointed remarks were delivered to reporters aboard Air Force One on April 13 and come as the 2024 election season heats up, with foreign policy once again taking center stage in political debates.

The president argued that the conflict in Ukraine, the ongoing Middle East crisis, and the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan were all preventable events-failures that, according to him, stem from Biden’s weak leadership on the global stage.

“This is not my war,” Trump declared emphatically. “He [Biden] gave them billions and billions of dollars. He should have never allowed – if he had any brain, which he didn’t have and doesn’t have – that war to start.”

Trump attributed the outbreak of hostilities to what he described as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s total lack of respect for Biden. The implication was clear: deterrence failed because American leadership under Biden projected weakness rather than resolve. “I think frankly he [Putin] had so little respect for Biden that he started it for that reason,” Trump said, further asserting that “millions of dead people… should be alive right now.”

Since Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in February 2022, the Biden administration has committed an estimated $175 billion in assistance to Kiev. This includes shipments........

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