Joe Biden’s recent public appearances have included a number of tough comments about President Trump, but, on Thursday, Today’s Matt Lauer pressed the former vice president to say something nice.

Joe Biden has been making the talk show rounds to promote his new book, 'Promise Me, Dad.' 
Those appearances have included a number of tough comments about President Trump, but, on Thursday, Matt Lauer pressed Biden to say something nice on NBC's 'Today' show. 
Asked to name an admirable Trump accomplishment, the former vice president fumbled a bit, but ultimately said, "Well, I think he married very well," presumably talking about first lady Melania Trump. 
"I can't think of something right now. But I'm not being a wise-guy," Biden further commented. "There's a lot of the country that's still functioning."
While that's not high praise, it is a departure from the Trump-related views Biden has expressed in recent times.
During a Monday appearance on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' Biden said of the sitting president's term, "I think it will, God willing, go down as the single exception in American history." 
Earlier in the month, the former vice president, at a Philadelphia event hosted by Axios, specifically touched upon the effect the president's reactions to events like Charlottesville is having on the nation.
He said Trump's divisive rhetoric is, "eating at the fabric at this country," and has eroded the nation's sense of civility. "You can disagree on issues but this has gotten so, sort of, coarse, so vile, so demeaning. And our children our listening," Biden added.