Pompeo refused to say if he believed Kim didn’t know about Otto Warmbier’s mistreatment.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has rejected claims that the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s offer to the U.S. at the failed summit in Hanoi last week was final.
U.S. secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, with U.S. President Donald Trump following his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on February 28, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Pompeo dismissed claims that Kim’s offer to Trump was final. Photo by Tuan Mark/Getty Images “Show me the quote from the North Koreans that said this was their one and only offer. Where’d you get that?” Pompeo told the paper.
Pompeo would not answer whether or not he believed Kim knew about the mistreatment of American student Otto Warmbier. Trump told reporters that North Korean dictator told him “he didn’t know about” how Warmbier was treated. “At this point, we don’t intend to begin having the major war exercises there, but it’s always up for review by the president.
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