Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American student, died after he fell into a coma while being held in a North Korean labor camp.
President Donald Trump’s willingness to believe a foreign strongman was on full display in Vietnam on Thursday, where the President had flown to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un are seen during their second summit meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel on February 28, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnam News Agency/Handout/Getty Images “I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today,” Trump said in Helsinki in July as Putin stood next to him.
Trump, however, cast doubt on the Crown Prince’s responsibility, saying “maybe he did and maybe he didn’t,” and suggesting that perhaps “rogue” actors were responsible for the murder.
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