WASHINGTON: Donald Trump took Kim Jong-un’s word that he knew nothing of the torture of an American college student while in North Korean custody, an about-face that sparked a bipartisan backlash back home on Thursday.
At the conclusion of his Hanoi summit with Kim, Trump told reporters he talked with Kim about the “horrible” Warmbier case. “You are powerful witnesses to a menace that threatens our world, and your strength truly inspires us all,” Trump said, as lawmakers gave them a standing ovation. “I support the president’s effort to denuclearize them, but I do not have a misbelief of who this leader is.”Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, snapped about Warmbier’s brutal treatment.
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