President Trump's claim that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had no knowledge of the horrific treatment American student Otto Warmbier endured while detained in his country 'inconceivable,' a former US ambassador to the UN says.
, just months after Warmbier's death, where Trump welcomed the American college student's tearful parents as his guests, telling them mid-speech,"you are powerful witnesses to a menace that threatens our world, and your strength inspires us all.”
This is hardly the first time that Trump has expressed sympathy for world leaders accused of brutality. He also refused to condemn Trump also repeatedly showers accolades on Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite the Russian government's"It goes to the larger pattern of praise of Trump for the most brutal leaders on Earth."
As for Kim, Green said, while there is a chance he may not have directly ordered Warmbier's death, he is behind some of the most"shocking torture and brutality" in his country's history, and Trump should not give him a pass.
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