Posted on 03/01/2019 12:54:34 PM PST by DoodleDawg
Otto Warmbier's parents have spoken out after President Trump stated that he took North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "at his word" after Kim denied any hand in Warmbier's death, which occurred after the American college student spent 17 months in captivity in North Korea and was returned to the U.S. in 2017 in a vegetative state.
"We have been respectful during this summit process. Now we must speak out. Kim and his evil regime are responsible for the death of our son Otto. Kim and his evil regime are responsible for unimaginable cruelty and inhumanity. No excuses or lavish praise can change that."
Agreed,
Otto did a silly thing.
It’s incredibly sad what happened to this young man. It was also incredibly stupid to go into NK at all and doubly stupid for stealing while there. He didn’t deserve the death penalty even though that’s what it ended up being.
I’ve never been there but from what I know; the conditions are harsh for the people of NK so it stands to reason they would be triple harsh for any prisoners and double that for an American prisoner.
I hope his death taught the American people something so that it wasn’t completely in vain.
I don’t believe Trump offered up “lavish praise” and pounding on this issue at a time of sensitive negotiations is not prudent.
If it weren’t for Trump, they would have never seen their cild again dead or alive. This is the left wing media trying to slime Trump over his answering the only way he could in the current situation. It’s sleazy writing and it’s disgusting.
Yep. If Trump had a reason for saying what he did, he should have kept it between him and Kim. Stupid move because he gave the left ammunition all the way to 2020 not to mention he insulted the family.
Sure they are dealing with their Son but Trump has got the World on his shoulders. Doing a great Job too. Prayers up for President MAGA Trump!
If trump has to fake some praise for Kim so be it. There is a lot more at stake than this stupid kid and his parents.
I agree with Otto’s parents on this. It was a cruel and horrible gaffe on Trump’s part. He got all weepy at SOTU over parents who lost children to criminal acts by illegals. But he is willing to give that little fat NoKo prick a pass on the terrible murder of the Warmbier’s son. No, No, and No!
They raised an idiot & then sat back and said nothing as their idiot child got the idea that going on vacation to a Stalinist dictatorship would be load of grin & giggles instead of slapping some sense into him! They are as much to blame as the NORKS!
Yeah, bad answer from Trump there. Do I think NK wanted to kill Otto? No. They don’t kill American prisoners, and after whatever occurred to him, they put him in the hospital for a year & contacted the U.S. so he wouldn’t die on their soil. I don’t know what happened to Otto. However, American prisoners have value, and it’s hard to believe that something happened without Kim knowing. It’s possible a guard went rogue, but again, considering the value of U.S. prisoners, it seems unlikely.
No, me neither but Trump is responsible for many many people’s saftey and if he has to dance a wee bit getting it done that is how it has to be.
Trump walked from the deal to be sure that complete verified denuclearization is accomplished but if he can accomplish that he will have plenty of time to make the point that NK needs to improve it’s human rights actions. To squander the leverage of the carrot of joining the world stage and economic prosperity to scold this dictator would be foolish in the extreme.
It’s a lot for this family to bear in any case. May God great them peace.
Trump just had to say he pushed him on it, Kim denied it, but he raised his objections and emphasized this can’t happen again.
I hope that neither you nor Trump will have to know the agony of a parent whose child has been murdered in cold blood!
BINGO!
Q: Who in their right mind would choose to go to NK?
A: A leftist who hates America and believes Trump is a dictator.
He also honored Otto and family at a previous SOTU. Trump did more for Otto than any other person on earth outside of his family. Ungrateful act here. They should have handled this privately if they had a problem.
Go crawl back under the rock you emerged from!
They had an extremely foolhardy son who STOLE from a country in which he was not allowed to visit.
I believe illegals are game to be killed, as they are breaking and entering and all Americans should be able to defend our collective home. Being an illegal AND stealing sets that up quite fairly to me.
Weak ammunition for a story, to be frank, that few know about.
Out of all the things being thrown at him, this is at the bottom of the worry list.
Tip. Dont go to NK for laughs.
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