CNN host Jake Tapper condemned President Trump’s remarks Friday seeking to clean up his claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was unaware of the…
CNN host Jake Tapper condemned President Trump’s remarks Friday seeking to clean up his claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was unaware of the treatment of American college student Otto Warmbier.
“There’s no misinterpretation here. It’s very clear,” Tapper said of Trump’s remarks. “The Warmbiers say that Kim is responsible, along with North Korea, and President Trump says he takes Kim at his word that he wasn’t.”
Tapper’s comments came shortly after Trump wrote in a pair of tweets Friday afternoon that he believed his remarks at a Thursday news conference were “misinterpreted.”
“I never like being misinterpreted, but especially when it comes to Otto Warmbier and his great family. Remember, I got Otto out along with three others,” he tweeted Friday. “The previous Administration did nothing, and he was taken on their watch. Of course I hold North Korea responsible for Otto’s mistreatment and death.
