In His Memoir, Biden Shared His Impressions Of His Conversations With Zelenskyy And Putin

• 15.11.2026, 13:04

The former U.S. president drew attention to a characteristic habit of the Russian dictator.

Former U.S. President Joe Biden recounted his relationship with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well as with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in his memoir, *Promise Me, America*.

This is reported by The Wall Street Journal.

In his memoir, set to be released on Tuesday, November 17, Biden describes Putin’s “capricious tone.” In particular, the former U.S. president noted that Putin “liked to slouch during meetings, pretending to be indifferent, just like a teenager.”

He also spoke about his experience interacting with Zelenskyy. In particular, in his memoirs, he noted that the Ukrainian president’s acting experience “turned out to be very good training” for him.

At the same time, he stated that Zelenskyy “could be capricious and stubborn in our private conversations, and not as grateful as I had expected.”

Furthermore, Biden recounted that members of incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump’s team asked him to sign a letter that would allow them to negotiate directly with Putin before Trump took office again.

But Biden refused, “not wanting to give them carte blanche for what I expected would amount to a kind of capitulation at Ukraine’s expense.”