Donald Trump said "What happened in is horrible. I really believe something very bad happened to him. I don't think that the top leadership knew about it." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 28, 2019

What happened in is horrible. I really believe something very bad happened to him. I don't think that the top leadership knew about it.

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Donald Trump

Republican · Florida

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Trump discusses Otto Warmbier's situation and suggests that Kim Jong-un was not aware of what happened to him.

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