White House Struggles to Defend Trump's Kim-Inspired Biden Slam
- President agreed with Kim that former vice president ‘low IQ’
- Biden said Trump’s remarks ‘beneath the dignity of the office’
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The White House is grappling with the political fallout from Donald Trump’s remarks in Japan over the weekend, where he repeatedly borrowed an insult from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to criticize Joe Biden.
Senior Adviser Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday forcefully rejected the idea that the president had agreed with a dictator’s criticism of the former vice president and front-runner to challenge Trump’s re-election.