Donald Trump says he believes Kim Jong Un's claim that he wasn't aware of Otto Warmbier's maltreatment in North Korea
"He felt badly about it. He felt very badly," Trump said at a news conference after his second summit with Kim, after saying they discussed the matter privately."He tells me that he didn't know about it and I will take him at his word."North Korea released Warmbier, an American student, in June 2017 after more than a year of imprisonment, returning him to the US in a coma.
Trump appeared to clear Kim of any responsibility in the matter even as he acknowledged that North Korean prisons -- a nefarious facet of Kim's repressive rule ---- are"rough."Read MoreTrump said he believed Kim's denial in part because it would not be in Kim's interest for Warmbier to wind up in a coma as he did during his imprisonment in North Korea."I don't think that the top leadership knew about it," Trump added.
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