During a Tokyo press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Monday, President Trump doubled down on aligning himself with North Korean autocrat Kim Jong-un in insulting former American Vice President Joe Biden.

"Well Kim Jong-un made a statement that Joe Biden is a low IQ individual," Trump told reporters during his state visit to Japan. "He probably is, based on his record. I think I agree with him on that."

Trump was referring to a Saturday tweet in which he downplayed North Korea’s missile tests, reiterated his "confidence" in Kim, and said that he "smiled" when the dictator called the 2020 presidential nominee a "low-IQ individual."

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

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

Biden invoked Kim during his May 18th campaign launch in Philadelphia, in which he implicitly accused Trump of embracing "dictators and tyrants like Putin and Kim Jong Un." North Korea's Korean Central News Agency, which speaks for the Kim regime, issued a colorful response to Biden’s remarks. "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," said the KCNA. "Yet, he is self-praising himself as being the most popular presidential candidate. This is enough to make a cat laugh."

Despite his high-profile diplomatic efforts, Trump has failed to persuade North Korea to discontinue its weapons tests. During the Tokyo press conference, Trump reiterated that he’s not " personally " bothered by the missile tests, despite warnings from his advisors. Prime Minister Abe disagreed, saying the missile tests were "of great regret" and that they were in violation of the UN Security Council.

In an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders fielded a question about Trump’s Saturday tweet. “Can you explain why Americans should not be concerned that the president of the United States is essentially siding with a murderous, authoritarian dictator over a former vice president of the United States?” asked host Chuck Todd.

"The president’s not siding with that," said Sanders, "but I think they agree in their assessment of former Vice President Joe Biden."

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

WATCH: Trump and Kim Jong Un “agree on their assessment” of Biden #MTP #IfitsSunday



"I think if anybody needs help with an assessment it's Joe Biden and whether or not he should be trying to get an upgrade when he failed to do the job in the number two slot." pic.twitter.com/g7px0CicZ0 — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 26, 2019

It’s not the first time that Trump has aligned himself with a foreign dictator over American officials. During a press conference with Russian president Putin last year , Trump said that he believed Putin’s assertion that he had not interfered in the 2016 presidential election, despite the fact that Trump's own intelligence experts concluded that Russia attempted to influence the election outcome. "I have President Putin. He just said it’s not Russia," said Trump at the time. “I will say this: I don’t see any reason why it would be.”

Gabrielle Bruney Gabrielle Bruney is a writer and editor for Esquire, where she focuses on politics and culture.

This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io