Trump drew bipartisan criticism for saying during Thursday’s summit with Kim in Hanoi that he took the dictator “at his word.”“I believe something very bad happened to him,” Trump said. The suburban Cincinnati youth was visiting North Korea with a tour group when he was detained in 2016 for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster. North Korea has denied mistreating Warmbier. NEWT GINGRICH: TRUMP AND HALEY RIGHT TO CONDEMN NORTH KOREA IN OTTO WARMBIER'S DEATHThere have been conflicting reports over whether Warmbier was tortured. But Trump himself asserted in September 2017 that Warmbier was “tortured beyond belief by North Korea.”On Friday, Trump said he had been “misinterpreted” and said that “of course I hold North Korea responsible for Otto’s mistreatment and death.”“Most important, Otto Warmbier will not have died in vain.

Source: Fox News March 02, 2019 21:00 UTC