Former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Tuesday slammed President Trump for saying that he “smiled” when Kim called Biden a “low IQ individual,” among other insults, calling Trump’s response “beneath the dignity of the office.”

“The President’s comments are beneath the dignity of the office,” deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said in a statement to Fox News on Tuesday. “To be on foreign soil, on Memorial Day, and to side repeatedly with a murderous dictator against a fellow American and former Vice President speaks for itself. And it’s part of a pattern of embracing autocrats at the expense of our institutions — whether taking Putin’s word at face value in Helsinki or exchanging ‘love letters’ with Kim Jong Un.”

A Biden campaign official also told Fox News that their response was delivered Tuesday due to Biden’s commitment to respecting the purpose of Memorial Day and remembering those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the nation.

The response from the campaign came just days after Trump tweeted about his confidence in the leader of the rogue regime, while doubling down on his criticisms of Biden.

“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?” Trump tweeted on Saturday.

Trump’s tweet came after a Korean Central News Agency editorial lobbed a series of insults at Biden. The editorial called Biden “self-praising” and said it was laughable for the former vice president to consider himself the most popular presidential candidate.

“He is self-praising himself as being the most popular presidential candidate. This is enough to make a cat laugh,” the piece read.

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