Trump Reveals Stunning Time period Kim Jong Un Used To Describe Joe Biden
In the middle of a high-stakes briefing on the Iran conflict, President Donald Trump veered into familiar territory Monday, recounting his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un—and sharing a striking claim about how Kim once described former President Joe Biden.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the North Korean leader had previously used harsh language when referring to Biden.
“We have 45,000 soldiers in South Korea to protect us from Kim Jong Un, who I get along with very well, as you know,” Trump said. “Do you notice? He said very nice things about me.”
“He used to call Joe Biden a mentally retarded person. Okay? So…”
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Trump repeated the claim moments later, adding that Kim had been “so nasty to Joe Biden, it was terrible,” before contrasting that tone with what he described as a more favorable relationship between himself and the North Korean leader.
“But to me, he likes Trump,” the president added.
The remarks came during a press conference focused on escalating tensions with Iran, including a looming U.S. deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face potential military consequences. Trump’s aside on North Korea appeared aimed at reinforcing his longstanding argument that personal diplomacy can yield results in dealing with adversarial regimes.
Trump has frequently pointed to his past engagements with Kim—including historic summits during his first term—as evidence that direct leader-to-leader communication can reduce tensions. Monday’s comments leaned heavily on that narrative, with Trump portraying his rapport with Kim as a strategic advantage.
The relationship between the two has been one of the more unusual chapters in modern diplomacy, shifting quickly from hostility to direct engagement. In 2017, the two leaders publicly traded threats and insults as North Korea ramped up its missile and nuclear testing. But by 2018, tensions gave way to diplomacy, with Trump becoming the first sitting U.S. president to meet a North Korean leader at a summit in Singapore.
The meeting produced an agreement to improve relations and work toward denuclearization, though details were limited. A second summit in Vietnam in 2019 ultimately fell apart when the two sides couldn’t agree on the terms of sanctions relief versus nuclear concessions. Later that year, Trump and Kim met again at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, where Trump briefly stepped into North Korea, marking another historic moment.
According to South Korean lawmakers briefed by their country’s intelligence services, Pyongyang may be recalibrating its position amid the ongoing Iran conflict. North Korea has reportedly avoided offering material support to Iran in recent weeks and has remained largely silent following the reported death of Iran’s Supreme Leader in U.S. airstrikes.
The shift could signal an effort by North Korea to keep diplomatic options open with Washington, particularly if the broader regional conflict reshapes alliances in the Middle East and Asia.
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