{"id":1003883,"date":"2019-03-04T12:47:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T16:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003883"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:08:28","slug":"trump-officials-struggle-to-defend-trump-taking-kim-jong-uns-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-officials-struggle-to-defend-trump-taking-kim-jong-uns-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Officials Struggle To Defend Trump Taking Kim Jong Un\u2019s Word"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two of Trump\u2019s top foreign policy officials involved in talks with Kim Jong Un — National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — have stumbled trying to defend Trump\u2019s failed summit and his defense of Kim over American Otto Warmbier\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

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On CNN, Bolton was pressed if he agreed with Trump that Kim didn\u2019t know about Warmbier\u2019s fatal injuries, only to say that \u201cmy opinion doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CNN<\/a>: \u201cBolton was also asked if he takes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at his word that he didn’t know of Warmbier’s suspected torture. \u2018The President takes him (Kim) at his word,\u2019 Bolton told Tapper. Pushed again, Bolton replied, \u2018My opinion doesn’t matter.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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On CBS, Bolton refused to say whether he agreed Trump gave nothing away in meeting with Kim Jong Un for a second time, asserting that \u201cmy view\u201d of the summit didn\u2019t matter against Trump\u2019s.<\/p>\n

CBS News<\/a>: \u201cThe president’s view is he gave nothing away. That’s- that’s what matters, not my view. As I’ve said before, I guess I can’t get people to listen so I’ll try it one more time, I’m the national security advisor. I’m not the national security decision maker.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a USA Today interview, Pompeo was pressed about Kim’s personal responsibility and whether he knew about Warmbier\u2019s case. Pompeo refused to answer and instead \u201cfell silent,\u201d claiming he had already answered the question.<\/p>\n

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USA Today<\/a>: \u201cPressed about Kim’s personal responsibility and whether Kim knew about Warmbier\u2019s case, Pompeo fell silent again before saying he had answered the question and been \u2018very patient\u2019 with that line of inquiry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two of Trump\u2019s top foreign policy officials involved in talks with Kim Jong Un — National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — have stumbled trying to defend Trump\u2019s failed summit and his defense of Kim over American Otto Warmbier\u2019s death.   On CNN, Bolton was pressed if he agreed with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Officials Struggle To Defend Trump Taking Kim Jong Un\u2019s Word - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-officials-struggle-to-defend-trump-taking-kim-jong-uns-word\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-04T16:47:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:08:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-officials-struggle-to-defend-trump-taking-kim-jong-uns-word\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-officials-struggle-to-defend-trump-taking-kim-jong-uns-word\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Officials Struggle To Defend Trump Taking Kim Jong Un\u2019s Word - 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