President Donald Trump on Monday denounced North Korea as “a brutal regime” after the death of a 22-year-old US student released by the reclusive country in a coma last week.
WASHINGTON, United States — President Donald Trump on Monday denounced North Korea as “a brutal regime” after the death of a 22-year-old US student released by the reclusive country in a coma last week.
Speaking moments after news of Otto Warmbier’s death was announced publicly, Trump hit out at Pyongyang.
“It’s a brutal regime, ” the president said during a White House event. “Bad things happened but at least we got him home to his parents.”
In a separate written statement, Trump offered his “deepest condolences” to Warmbier’s family “on his untimely passing.
