President Trump: 'In one way I have to negotiate. The other way, I love Mr. and Mrs. Warmbier and I love Otto. And it’s a very, very delicate balance.'
President Trump on Saturday lamented his “horrible position” of negotiating with North Korea following the death of Otto Warmbier, after the president drew criticism for saying that he accepted Kim Jong Un’s word that he didn’t know about Mr. Warmbier’s abuse in Pyongyang’s captivity.
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., Mr. Trump said, “I’m in such a horrible position because in one way I have to negotiate. The other way, I love Mr. and Mrs. Warmbier and I love Otto. And it’s a very,...
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