Trump suggests Kim Jong-un has been in contact with him to criticise Biden

Donald Trump appeared to counsel that he was nonetheless in touch with North Korean chief Kim Jong-un, and that the North Korean dictator had criticised the presidency of Joe Biden with him.

The previous president, addressing supporters in New Hampshire, stated Mr Kim was “getting very anxious once more” and had referred to as Mr Biden “a really dangerous phrase”.

On the rally on Monday, Mr Trump spoke in regards to the ongoing battle between Israel and Hamas, telling these gathered that “everyone felt secure after I was president”.

“It by no means would have occurred with Putin,” he stated. “President Xi Jingping [of China] would have by no means achieved it. Kim Jong-un of North Korea has great nuclear functionality.

“All people felt secure after I was president. I acquired together with him. You’ll have had a nuclear battle if Crooked Hillary was there. You’ll have had a nuclear battle the likes of which you’ve by no means seen.”

He continued: “And by the best way, he’s getting very anxious once more [Mr Kim], he thinks Biden is a complete… I gained’t inform you the phrase he used however a really dangerous phrase.”

Mr Trump is thought to have beforehand loved a considerably love-hate relationship with Mr Kim, having reportedly developed a “excellent relationship” with him throughout his presidency.

In 2019, he turned the primary sitting US president to step onto North Korean soil for the reason that 1953 armistice divided the peninsula, after having met with Mr Kim twice earlier than.

Mr Kim additionally praised Mr Trump in a letter to the White Home earlier than a summit between them in Vietnam in 2019, and stated he wished to barter solely with the previous president and never his envoys.

This amiability got here after the 2 had beforehand exchanged harsher phrases, with Mr Trump as soon as referring to Mr Kim as “little rocket man” – in reference to North Korea’s burgeoning nuclear capabilities.