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mia

(8,361 posts)
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 09:37 PM Mar 2019

Otto Warmbier's family and Trump spar over his defense of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in their s

Source: Washington Post

President Trump sparred publicly Friday with the parents of Otto Warmbier after they rebuked him for holding North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un blameless in their son’s death following 17 months in captivity, as growing tensions between them burst into an open feud.

Hours after Fred and Cindy Warmbier issued an emotional statement that directly accused Kim and his “evil regime” of killing their son in 2017, Trump asserted in a pair of tweets that his views had been “misinterpreted” when he defended Kim at a news conference a day earlier in Hanoi.

Trump had said, in response to a question from a Washington Post reporter, that Kim felt “very badly” about Warmbier’s death and that he took the authoritarian leader “at his word” that he was unaware of the college student’s abusive treatment.

“Of course I hold North Korea responsible for Otto’s mistreatment and death,” Trump wrote on Twitter, without mentioning Kim. The president blamed the Obama administration for not doing more to secure Warmbier’s release and emphasized that Warmbier “will not have died in vain” as he continues to negotiate with Pyongyang....



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/otto-warmbiers-family-responds-to-trumps-defense-of-kim-jong-un-saying-kims-evil-regime-is-responsible-for-their-sons-death/2019/03/01/294898c4-3c32-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html?utm_term=.dae051fe30e5

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keithbvadu2

(36,816 posts)
1. "Of course I hold North Korea responsible..., without mentioning Kim
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 09:56 PM
Mar 2019

“Of course I hold North Korea responsible for Otto’s mistreatment and death,” Trump wrote on Twitter, without mentioning Kim

“Of course I hold North Korea responsible..., without mentioning Kim

randr

(12,412 posts)
3. Just as Kim is responsible for what takes place under his rule
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 10:05 PM
Mar 2019

So shall Trump be held accountable for the crimes taking place under his regime.

iluvtennis

(19,861 posts)
5. 1st he disrespected Khazir Khan/wife, then Sgt LaDavid Keith's widow/family, now the Warmbiers
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 10:10 PM
Mar 2019

what a disrespectful, compassionless, lack of empathy piece of shit trumpty dumpty is. I so despise him

AnnieBW

(10,427 posts)
6. I'm Sorry, But...
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 10:16 PM
Mar 2019

Their precious son voluntarily went to North Fucking Korea for shits and giggles. Not even to try to be part of any kind of humanitarian effort, not even passing out fucking Bibles! No, he did NOT deserve to be tortured. But, Mr. and Mrs. Warmbier, what did you say when your son asked for money to go to North Korea? Did you try to talk him out of it? Did you deny him that money? Did you even care enough to tell him to be careful and not do anything stupid?

Roy Rolling

(6,917 posts)
10. I'm Sorry Too
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 11:41 PM
Mar 2019

Maybe his parents did beg him not to go. What do you know to speculate the parents gladly agreed and funded otto's trip, as if that were wrong? You know zero.

Blaming the parents is about the lowest thing a person could do, Whatever pain that causes a person to lash out, I hope for better days. Nevertheless, delete the comment, AnnieBW.

lanlady

(7,134 posts)
13. what have you got against this family?
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 09:26 AM
Mar 2019

Otto was a young adult, capable of making his own decisions. Like a lot of people, he made a naive mistake. He did not deserve his fate. Why on earth are you flaming him and his family?

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
14. Yeah and dont forget the stupid evangelicals who put him up to stealing the flag in the first place
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 10:58 AM
Mar 2019

BUT what the frick difference does that make???????

No one deserves what he got. NO ONE.

At some point in normal human development, usually post-teenage years, we get a more nuanced view of the world and stop seeing it stark black and white either or dualities.

Heres the thing. You don't HAVE to be friends of these people. That doesn't mean you have to hate on them either or not have some human compassion for them.

kcr

(15,317 posts)
15. Only the parents of kids who died through no fault of their own get sympathy!
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 09:39 PM
Mar 2019

Sounds downright Trumpian.

 

thegoose

(3,115 posts)
11. Fucking pig
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 11:48 PM
Mar 2019

The government needs to take action against this piece of shit now. Fuck civility — it's already gone.

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