Here’s what Joe Biden really thinks of Barack Obama

Bob Woodward makes several explosive revelations about remarks President Joe Biden allegedly made in private about Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu… but one name catches the eye in particular: Biden is said to have voiced harsh criticism of his former running mate, Barack Obama.

According to the renowned investigative journalist who revealed the Watergate scandal, Joe Biden, while in the midst of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia following the violent invasion orchestrated by Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, reportedly expressed harsh criticism of a decision by Barack Obama during the invasion of Crimea.

Russia’s invasion of Crimea began in February 2014, when Russian forces took control of the peninsula. This action was widely condemned by the international community, which imposed sanctions on Moscow, but without additional measures.

Crimea was quickly annexed in March, and Joe Biden now blames then-President Barack Obama for doing nothing to prevent Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Ukrainian territory.

Faced with the devastation left by the Russian forward on Ukrainian territory, Joe Biden reportedly criticized former President Barack Obama’s handling of the situation, claiming that Obama had never taken Putin seriously as a real threat.

In Woodward’s book, we also learn that Joe Biden wished he’d made it perfectly clear from the very first days of his presidency that Kamala Harris was the qualified candidate ready to replace him at any moment, because he was disappointed that he hadn’t sensed that Obama wanted him to take over for himself, even though Biden himself was Vice President at the time.

Biden acted accordingly when he decided to withdraw from the 2024 elections.

Woodward also reveals that Anthony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, said of Kamala Harris’s endorsement that “Biden felt like he didn’t get that from President Obama in 2016.” Blinken added: “He was disappointed. He felt that, as vice president, this was the normal and natural order of things.”

Many other details are revealed in the book War, including about Donald Trump.