Biden wants to ‘corner Trump’ on Ukraine – commentator

US President Joe Biden wants to railroad President-elect Donald Trump into prolonging the Ukraine conflict, American political commentator Dan Kovalik has told RT.

Multiple news outlets reported on Sunday that the Biden has granted Kiev’s request for permission to conduct long-range strikes on Russian territory with US-supplied ballistic missiles. Moscow has previously warned that any such attack would constitute an act of war between a NATO member and Russia.

”[The Biden administration] wants to back Trump into a corner. They know Trump at least promised to end the war in Ukraine, and they want to make it difficult for him to do that,” said Kovalik, a human and labor rights lawyer, as well as an author.

”The American people want this over, and in the waning days of this presidency, they will do everything they can to keep this war going,” he added.

The decision may have nothing to do with Trump personally and is intended to secure what Biden perceives as his political legacy, Kovalik suggested. In effect, the outgoing president wants to ensure that he will be remembered as a warmonger “to the bitter end,” he stated.

The interview was given shortly after it was reported that France and the UK had granted similar permissions regarding Scalp/Storm Shadow missiles. French newspaper Le Figaro later withdrew the claim, while Paris denied any policy change. The US and Ukraine have not officially confirmed the reports.