President Trump received cautious pushback Thursday from fellow Republicans for saying he believed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s assertion that he was unaware of the treatment of American college student Otto Warmbier while imprisoned in his country. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un take a walk after their first meeting in Hanoi on Thursday. During floor remarks Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) praised Trump’s performance in Hanoi but made no mention of his comments regarding Warmbier. “I can only imagine how it felt for the Warmbier family to have the President defend Kim Jong Un,” Kaine said in a statement. ), said he was “concerned” that Trump took Kim “at his word when he claimed innocence in the brutal death” of Warmbier.

Source: Washington Post February 28, 2019 20:04 UTC