Trump, North Korean leader ‘agree in their assessment’ of Biden, Sarah Sanders says

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Sunday that President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “agree in their assessment” of former Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.

“I think they agree in their assessment of former Vice President Joe Biden,” Sanders said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “Again, the president’s focus in this process is the relationship he has and making sure we continue on the path towards denuclearization.”

{mosads}Host Chuck Todd pressed Sanders on what “message” Trump is sending by taking Kim’s word about his potential 2020 challenger.

“The president doesn’t need somebody else to give him an assessment of Joe Biden,” Sanders responded. “He’s given his own assessment a number of times.”

Sanders’s remarks come after North Korea’s KCNA news agency published a commentary piece excoriating Biden.

“He is self-praising himself as being the most popular presidential candidate. This is enough to make a cat laugh,” the agency wrote.

The news outlet went on to belittle Biden as a “fool of low IQ,” citing his college grades and disparaging him for falling asleep at a 2011 speech by former President Obama.

Biden’s campaign responded, saying it was “no surprise” that North Korea “would prefer” Trump in the oval office.

On Sunday, Trump tweeted that he “smiled” when Kim referred to Biden as “a low IQ individual.” 

North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me. I have confidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me, & also smiled when he called Swampman Joe Biden a low IQ individual, & worse. Perhaps that’s sending me a signal?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2019