<p>Democratic candidate Joe Biden on Thursday denounced President Donald Trump for befriending North Korea's "thug" leader, likening his diplomacy to working with Hitler.</p>.<p>In a sharp clash in their final presidential debate, Biden attacked Trump's insistence that he has avoided war through his summits with Kim Jong Un.</p>.<p>"He's talked about his good buddy, who's a thug," Biden said of the young North Korean leader.</p>.<p>"That's like saying we had a good relationship with Hitler before he invaded Europe -- the rest of Europe. Come on."</p>.<p>But Biden indicated he was also willing to meet with Kim, saying his condition would be that Pyongyang works to make the Korean peninsula "a nuclear-free zone."</p>.<p>Trump said that former president Barack Obama had left him "a mess" on North Korea and had warned him of the risk of "nuclear war."</p>.<p>After the summits, "we have a very good relationship. And there's no war," said Trump, who also played down North Korea's recent unveiling of a massive new long-range missile at a military parade.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/mike-pompeo-plays-down-north-korea-icbm-risk-902056.html" target="_blank">Mike Pompeo plays down North Korea ICBM risk</a></strong></p>.<p>"He didn't like Obama," Trump said of Kim not meeting the former president. "He didn't like him. He wouldn't do it."</p>.<p>Biden, who was vice president under Obama, hit back that Obama would not meet Kim because he was pushing stronger sanctions.</p>.<p>"President Obama said we're going to talk about denuclearisation. We're not going to legitimise you."</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/donald-trumps-defeat-could-hurt-xi-jinping-kim-jong-un-and-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-905435.html" target="_blank">Donald Trump's defeat could hurt Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman</a></strong></p>.<p>Trump first met in June 2018 with Kim in Singapore, the first-ever summit between the countries still technically at war, and later said that the two leaders "fell in love."</p>.<p>The two leaders have met two more times and North Korea has since held off on nuclear and missile tests but analysts say Pyongyang has kept advancing its weapons programs.</p>
<p>Democratic candidate Joe Biden on Thursday denounced President Donald Trump for befriending North Korea's "thug" leader, likening his diplomacy to working with Hitler.</p>.<p>In a sharp clash in their final presidential debate, Biden attacked Trump's insistence that he has avoided war through his summits with Kim Jong Un.</p>.<p>"He's talked about his good buddy, who's a thug," Biden said of the young North Korean leader.</p>.<p>"That's like saying we had a good relationship with Hitler before he invaded Europe -- the rest of Europe. Come on."</p>.<p>But Biden indicated he was also willing to meet with Kim, saying his condition would be that Pyongyang works to make the Korean peninsula "a nuclear-free zone."</p>.<p>Trump said that former president Barack Obama had left him "a mess" on North Korea and had warned him of the risk of "nuclear war."</p>.<p>After the summits, "we have a very good relationship. And there's no war," said Trump, who also played down North Korea's recent unveiling of a massive new long-range missile at a military parade.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/mike-pompeo-plays-down-north-korea-icbm-risk-902056.html" target="_blank">Mike Pompeo plays down North Korea ICBM risk</a></strong></p>.<p>"He didn't like Obama," Trump said of Kim not meeting the former president. "He didn't like him. He wouldn't do it."</p>.<p>Biden, who was vice president under Obama, hit back that Obama would not meet Kim because he was pushing stronger sanctions.</p>.<p>"President Obama said we're going to talk about denuclearisation. We're not going to legitimise you."</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/donald-trumps-defeat-could-hurt-xi-jinping-kim-jong-un-and-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-905435.html" target="_blank">Donald Trump's defeat could hurt Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman</a></strong></p>.<p>Trump first met in June 2018 with Kim in Singapore, the first-ever summit between the countries still technically at war, and later said that the two leaders "fell in love."</p>.<p>The two leaders have met two more times and North Korea has since held off on nuclear and missile tests but analysts say Pyongyang has kept advancing its weapons programs.</p>