One of Trump’s favorite practices is to make outrageous statements about his opponents and then to falsely claim he didn’t say them, blatantly lie about what they meant, or maintain they were a “joke” if they backfire. So it was with his concurrence with his strongman buddy Kim’s assessment of Biden in Japan, which didn’t go over well at home, even with Republicans.
Fortunately, Trump hasn’t figured out that he is actually building support for Biden with the blue base by singling him out for attacks. If he genuinely fears Biden, he really should be praising him, not insulting him.