Otto Warmbier's Mother Calls Trump's North Korea Policy a 'Charade,' Compares Kim Jong Un to Hitler

[demmiblue]

Source: Newsweek

The mother of Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old American student who died in 2017 after being detained in North Korea, called President Donald Trump's policy toward the country a "charade" on Friday.

Comparing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Hitler, Cindy Warmbier harshly criticized the president's diplomacy efforts with the isolationist Asian country while speaking at a Hudson Institute event in Washington D.C.

"Unless we keep the pressure on North Korea, they are not going to change. I’m very afraid we are going to let up on this pressure," Warmbier said. "There’s a charade going on right now—it’s called diplomacy. How can you have diplomacy with someone who never tells the truth? I'm very skeptical."

She also called North Korea a "cancer," saying "if we ignore this cancer, it’s not going to go away, it’s going to kill all of us."

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[hlthe2b]

1. I had to wonder when they would have "enough"...

I feel bad for them.

[murielm99]

2. We need to support them,

and put them to work for our side. It would be cathartic for them and helpful for us.

I cannot imagine losing a child that way. It is more than tragic.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

8. Not unless they ask to do this

They have already been used for political purposes once by Trump. We must not do that to them, unless it is their idea.

[obamanut2012]

3. She and her husband have sure changed their tunes

Huge Trump supporters loved him, and attacked Obama.

[LiberalLovinLug]

5. They must have been thoroughly disgusted

Watching Trump salivate all over him on TV.

[Cold War Spook]

4. How can we have diplomacy when both leaders never tells the truth?

They lie to each other and then lie to their people.

[keithbvadu2]

6. Dotard says Rocketman is "very honorable".

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. She spoke at an event for a conservative think-tank, echoing an idea that neocons love no matter who

is president: That diplomacy is useless, a "charade" for softies who would rather talk than fight. She is a mother in mourning who is being used, and it's sad to see, even if a person agrees with what she says.

[murielm99]

9. I did not know all that about them.

[soryang]

10. Newsweek is a troubled publication

It is plagued with an agenda much like that of Henry Luce and Life Magazine when it comes to discussing issues in the far east.

https://www.ibtimes.com/newsweek-media-group-will-work-more-closely-christian-university-founder-says-2655850

[saidsimplesimon]

11. The support and media exposure

IT gave Kim was on the Korean's wish list for decades. Kim is testing rockets and flauting his special relationship with the orangetan cretin pretending to be our President.

There is no foreign policy direction in the current administration flying by the seat of those 2X size trousers.