Joe Biden is trying to take credit for the historic peace deal that President Donald Trump has announced. On Thursday, the President unveiled a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that he has brokered. The agreement is aimed at achieving full normalization of the relations between the two countries. It is one of the most historic developments in the region that has seen nothing but tension and conflict in the past few decades.

Former vice president Joe Biden is trying to grab credit for the historic agreement, something that has not been achieved by so many past presidents. Biden is claiming that he was the one who laid the groundwork for the deal. He also promised that he and Kamala Harris would make an even better deal once they are elected into office.

“The coming together of Israel and Arab states builds on the efforts of multiple administrations to foster a broader Arab-Israeli opening, including the efforts of the Obama-Biden administration to build on the Arab Peace Initiative. I personally spent time with leaders of both Israel and UAE during our administration building the case for cooperation and broader engagement and the benefits it could deliver to both nations, and I am gratified by today’s announcement,” Biden said, arguing for the claim that it was him who should be credited with the agreement.

While Biden and Obama have something to do with Israel and the UAE coming together, it’s not in the way that the former vice president imagines it to be. The Obama administration appeased the Iranians and even helped them become a nuclear power with the Iranian nuclear deal.

That has antagonized Suni Arab states, driving them closer to Israel. The Obama administration also had a habit of attacking Israel. One of the things that they attacked Israel is its housing policy in Jerusalem. Biden himself was the leading critic of Israel at that time. There was no way that he could have played the role of a broker between two states that did not trust him.

Biden’s attempt at credit-grabbing is just another display of the Democrats’ inability to praise President Trump even when he has done something that will benefit everyone. They would still try to get some praise for themselves in the process. Or it could be that Biden actually believes what he is saying. In which case, it is just another display of how senile he is.