Re:The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier, American Hostage
by tptacek on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:31PM
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No. The same Trump tweet refers directly to the Fox & Friends interview the Warmbiers gave where they said he was physically abused, and that "it looked as if someone had taken a pair of pliers and rearranged his bottom teeth." There is no uncertainty about what Trump meant by "torture"; he was explicitly confirming the Warmbier's claim, made minutes earlier, that Otto Warmbier was physically tortured.
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Re:The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier, American Hostage
by b22GcijhI9 on Friday July 27, 2018 @07:54PM
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That is a claim the Warmbier's made, not Trump. That may sound like a meaningless assertion but don't you think it's a stretch to say that he exploited the situation for political gain because he did not correct their story(from a live interview I might add) esp. on Twitter?
Even using the word 'torture' at that time doesn't seem unreasonable or part of a conspiracy. What is the proper motive? To get people to label DPRK a terror sponsoring nation?
It seems like a very high expectation to place on a president to correct any false narrative being perpetuated or else be party to promoting them for political gain.