, who died shortly after being released from 17 months of detention in North Korea, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
"Some really bad things happened to Otto — some really really bad things. But he tells me that he didn't know about it and I will take him at his word," Trump said, referring to the North Korean dictator.Otto Warmbier is taken to a court in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 16, 2016."I really don't think it was in his interest at all," he addedTrump said Kim"knew the case very well but he knew it later.
North Korea is one of the world's worst rights abusers and most repressive governments. International investigators have accused it of extermination, murder, torture, rape — among other things. Warmbier, 22, was arrestedfor taking a propaganda banner from a hotel while on a visit to Pyongyang in January 2016.The North Korean government released him in June 2017, and when he returned to U.S. soil, doctors found him to be in a state of unresponsive wakefulness.since shortly after being sentenced.Cincinnati, where he was transported after his release.
“We got halfway up the steps, we heard this howling, involuntary, inhuman sound. We weren’t really certain what it was,” Fred Warmbier said. “Otto was on the stretcher … and was jerking violently making these inhuman sounds.”in damages from North Korea's government.
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MeetThePress How can the Republicans just ignore this behavior let Trump get away with it I feel sorry for his parents they had to listen to Trump saying it
MeetThePress NBC you hate this president and you will do everything in your power to make him look bad! He has done a lot of good and I have heard none of that from you! Your FAKENEWS
Shiiiittttttyyyyyy
So the moral of this story is....you get stuck in a foreign country...you are screwed
Unless they got a North Korean prison full of high profile American prisoners, I doubt seriously that Kim didn’t know or hadn’t authorized anything. Trump is either a fool or cooperative for political purposes
I really think Trump wants to say the dumbest things as often as possible to prove his cult will still back him.
MeetThePress The NK people don't take a breath without Kim's ok.
As an authoritarian dictator, yes he's to blame for everything under his leadership.
You know listening to that is just painful just really painful 😣
What a nightmare!!!!
An American, essentially, held hostage by NK and KJU doesn’t know about it? Hahahaha, yeah ok. Who does realDonaldTrump think he’s talking too....a bunch of 5yr olds?
Shameful. Trump knows as we do that Kim knew all about Otto Warmbier. These good folks that support Trump should put themselves in the Parents place as The President sided with a despot who murdered his own family. Otto was murdered and returned dying to his family. HELSINKI!
Wonder how that idiot would react if it was one of ding bat kids
I'm sure President Obama knew the status and intimate details of all foreigners in our federal prisons.
Clueless
God Bless you Otto you’re in God hands Rest In Peace & sincerest condolences to his family.
And Un will disarm.....what a clown! I have a brodge for sale.
What is your point?
MeetThePress He says he loves America, then proves how much. Can anyone not imagine him saying the same of Bin Laden?
Kim Jong Un to Trump
I trust the word of Kim and Putin over any democrat in this country.
One dictator supporting another. What else is new with Comrade Trump.
Here we go again...
Why people get in trouble like this? They really dont know what would happen? Its like going on vacation to Venezuela for god's sake.. its dangerous that its not an adventure its stupid ... communist countries are dangerous kids don't go there
Get over it..majority spoke and y'all got him. Enjoy the ride
... hope Mom and Dad Warmbier aren’t too miffed. ohwell. thoughtsandprayers
Trump loves autocrats. He has blind faith in them.
I tell you what. How about you go over there and have a chat with Kim Jong Un and get your impression.
MeetThePress MAGA and AmericaFirst my ass.
Oh. Ok.
He might not have known about that case, specifically or personally, but the orders to treat people the way they do came from him. He has given authority to those underneath him to kill, maim, and destroy people. So it happened on his watch and he is responsible.
MeetThePress So trump give him cover
Did he take a walk before or after he asked?
Of course trump doesn’t believe his own experts. Only a fool does that
MeetThePress What other choice did he have? Getting angry, calling him a liar to his face risking another 'test' that lands smack dab in the middle of Tokyo?
Good! When he told you he was a snake, you should have believed him the first time.
If this doesn’t wake people up, nothing will.
I’LL TAKE COHEN’s WORD OVER YOURS, Individual One
What a stand up leader we have in Donald J. Trump. He takes a brutal dictator at his word, but refuses to believe that a majority of Americans believe that he’s a crook, liar and a pig!
Diplomacy. The MSM knows this but they are more concerned with trying to turn people against trump to be honest with anyone about this.
Funny, POTUS calls American journalists, political rivals, etc liars...but Putin, Jung Un, Erdogan, El-Sisi...he believes. Idiotic.
MeetThePress Sad response from our Pres
RepBlaine this potus believes putin, MbS, and Un, but not his own intelligence agencies. And you blindly support him. you are absolutely not upholding your oath to provide a check on the executive branch.
Sure he was. Dude probably wouldn't have died if they didn't arrest him.
:: coughs:: bullshit ::coughs::
I'll take Cohen at his word (a convicted liar..still better than DJT and KJU)
'Besides Putin said he didn't know about it and I believe Putin.'
Had the previous administration been proficient, Mr Warmbier would not have been in NK custody long enough to have been injured so badly it resulted in his death. His death was a very unnecessary event.
I call BS
Any concerns about this NikkiHaley MittRomney MeghanMcCain BenSasse lisamurkowski SenatorCollins. Not a good look for the GOP ...
Do people really believe this and want our president to spin this for North Korea?
realDonaldTrump said this about Jamal Khashoggi murder at the hands of the Saudi Arabians as well right? He really seems to like siding with truly horrible people.
I wonder if the Wambier family are still Trump supporters? 🤔
So basically Trump got NOTHING from the summit. Kim, on the other hand, walked away with a FREE PASS on the murder of Otto Warmbier. Moron!
I knew OttoWarmbier's parents would regret the day they decided to let Trump use their son as a political prop. He has paid them back by throwing their son under Kim's train.
UGH, Let this guy move the needle, and leave the play by play commentary alone. A lot of scumbags out there NO ONE on the left has a problem with. Castro for example was a murdering monster, but that didn't stop Obama from sitting on his lap.
Why didn't Hussein bring him home? Too busy with other plans! TRIBUNALS
Gee, his family didn't think the Obama adminsistration tried very hard to get him released.
Thank you for putting the quote in the tweet. The spin on this is typical lefty hysterics.
Trump didn't say this, did he?
hope he takes Mueller at his word too
realDonaldTrump first sides with Putin. Then sides with the Saudi Crown Prince. Now sides with Kim Jong Un. When are Republicans going to wake up!
You'll take Kim Jong Un at his word, but you will ignore and deny US intelligence on many things...
Noob
BIG PICTURE.... that guy has Nukes.
Wtf
'I believe Kim' SummitFarce
Dictators know everything that happens in their country. They dictate it.
'and i'll take his word' also what he probably said about Putin
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