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What Exactly Did Kim Jong-un Say That Tickled Trump So?
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then North Korea’s rhetorical skewering of Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Biden is a tribute to Trump…
North Korea more-or-less steals one of Trump’s favorite put-downs in its screed, which we’ve linked to here. The Communist propaganda machine echoing one of Trump’s favorite sobriquets for outspoken political rivals: “low IQ individual”. (Of course that taunt itself is an epitome of self-doubt, but we won’t go there today). And look at how carefully the North Korean statement is worded to both excoriate Biden and pay homage to Trump:
“It is by no means accidental that there is nonstop comment over his bid for candidacy that he is not worth pinning hope on, backed by the jeer that he is a fool of low IQ.”
Otherwise, the North Korean news release is pretty standard in terms of its crude, yet strangely politically sophisticated smack-downs of its international rivals. Among other things, it calls Biden “an imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being” and also chastises him for:
“Self-praising himself as being the most popular presidential candidate. This is enough to make a cat laugh.”
