Friday, March 1, 2019

Trump’s Shocking Defense of North Korean Dictator Caps a Failed Summit

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/02/trumps-shocking-defense-of-north-korean-torture-caps-a-failed-summit/?fbclid=IwAR2Ry0hzht9M7ZziMHewOTKhFTBg1oyY-6SWONxuTdlb4R1Q8Aaq8WGfhNY
"Less than two years ago, President Donald Trump helped make the name “Otto Warmbier,” the 21-year-old American college student who was taken prisoner by Kim’s regime, synonymous with North Korean brutality. But at the conclusion of his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un today, he adopted the brutal dictator’s talking points when asked about Warmbier’s mysterious death in 2017. “I don’t believe he would have allowed that to happen,” Trump said. “He tells me that he didn’t know about it, and I will take him at his word"."