Trump calls Warmbier death a 'total disgrace'
22-year-old, who was released in a coma last week after nearly 18 months in detention died on Monday in North Korea
Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia student who has been detained in North Korea since early January, attends a news conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo February 29, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS
WASHINGTON:
President Donald Trump called the death of one-time North Korean prisoner Otto Warmbier a "total disgrace" Tuesday and said the student should have been brought back to the United States sooner.
"It's a total disgrace what happened to Otto," Trump said, during an event in the Oval Office.
US student held prisoner by North Korea dies days after release
"It should never, ever, be allowed to happen. And frankly if he were brought home sooner I think the result would have been a lot different."
The 22-year-old Warmbier, who was released in a coma last week after nearly 18 months in detention in North Korea, died Monday.
Trump paid tribute to Warmbier's family, with whom he has spoken personally, saying "it's incredible what they have gone through."
President Donald Trump called the death of one-time North Korean prisoner Otto Warmbier a "total disgrace" Tuesday and said the student should have been brought back to the United States sooner.
"It's a total disgrace what happened to Otto," Trump said, during an event in the Oval Office.
US student held prisoner by North Korea dies days after release
"It should never, ever, be allowed to happen. And frankly if he were brought home sooner I think the result would have been a lot different."
The 22-year-old Warmbier, who was released in a coma last week after nearly 18 months in detention in North Korea, died Monday.
Trump paid tribute to Warmbier's family, with whom he has spoken personally, saying "it's incredible what they have gone through."