North Korea issued $2 million bill for comatose Otto Warmbier's care
Source: Washington Post
BEIJING North Korea issued a $2 million bill for the hospital care of comatose American Otto Warmbier, insisting that a U.S. official sign a pledge to pay it before being allowed to fly the University of Virginia student from Pyongyang in 2017.
The presentation of the invoice not previously disclosed by U.S. or North Korean officials was extraordinarily brazen even for a regime known for its aggressive tactics.
But the main U.S. envoy sent to retrieve Warmbier signed an agreement to pay the medical bill on instructions passed down from President Trump, according to two people familiar with the situation. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
The bill went to the Treasury Department, where it remained unpaid throughout 2017, the people said. However, it is unclear whether the Trump administration later paid the bill, or whether it came up during preparations for Trumps two summits with Kim Jong Un.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-issued-2-million-bill-for-comatose-otto-warmbiers-care/2019/04/25/0e8022a0-66ad-11e9-a698-2a8f808c9cfb_story.html?utm_term=.c14df8d97693
Art of the deal baby.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)demmiblue
(36,851 posts)area51
(11,908 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)he never pays his bills.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)So he could get him home and pound his chest about it. In fact he's still doing it in articles today.
dustyscamp
(2,224 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,803 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)ransom to me......
highplainsdem
(48,976 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,327 posts)Or add it to the stack of his unpaid contractor bills.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)And the GOP would *NOT* be pissing themselves wondering how it would "play" in the 2020 elections...
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)This Elizabeth Drew piece from todays NYT is for you:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/opinion/trump-impeachment.html
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)riversedge
(70,218 posts)https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/us-special-representative-agreed-to-pay-north-korea-2-million-for-detained-american-on-trumps-direct-orders/
US special representative agreed to pay North Korea $2 million for detained American on Trumps direct orders
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)He's the anti-Lannister