Opinion: Otto Warmbier's imprisonment will haunt Trump forever, JRezaian writes
Otto Warmbier was detained in North Korea in 2016. By Jason Rezaian Jason Rezaian Global Opinions writer Email Bio Follow Global Opinions writer March 5 at 11:31 AM President Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi last week was an epic failure on multiple fronts, but only one part of it seems to bother him.
This is not the first time his bizarre impulse to unnecessarily exonerate thugs has created a challenge for him, but this one seems particularly damaging. Are we safe in this world? Does American citizenship mean anything abroad anymore? Trump’s answer to both questions is crystal clear: not on my watch.Trump would have us believe, through his photo ops with returning hostages and his own proclamations, that he values American lives. But it’s just one more fairy tale that should be retired.
When Warmbier was flown home to Ohio, his family was horrified by the condition he was in, and ultimately made the heartrending decision to take him off life support and put an end to his anguish. That doesn’t let Obama off the hook, but if there is no channel of negotiation, there is no way to free a prisoner.
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