Trumps hosted Warmbier’s loved ones at White House
President Donald Trump said he and first lady Melania Trump hosted family and friends of former hostage Otto Warmbier at the White House last weekend.
The president said 25 people were invited last Saturday to honor Warmbier.
His parents say their son was tortured by North Korea after being convicted of trying to steal a propaganda poster and imprisoned for months.
The 22-year-old suffered severe brain damage and died days after being returned to the U.S. in a vegetative state in 2017.
Trump said previous administrations should have tried to move faster to get him released.
The president said that when it comes to getting hostages back home, the U.S. must move very quickly, and in the case of Warmbier, it was too late.