yup, this is the Reason we like Trump. Article in GQ on the Inside story of the release of Otto Warmbier from North Korea. Obama tried to get him home, but the North Koreans just ignored him.
When Trump found out Otto was in a coma, he ordered an american plane to fly to Pyongyang and informed the North Koreans the plane was coming:
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When Trump learned of Otto's condition, he doubled down on the order for Yun to rush to Pyongyang and bring Otto home. The North Koreans were unilaterally informed that an American plane would soon land in Pyongyang and that United States diplomats and doctors would get off. “The president was very invested in bringing Otto home,” said a State Department official who was involved in the case and who was not authorized to speak on the record. “Listening to him deliberate on this, he sounded to me a lot more like a dad.” But, the official said, “we were very scared,” for though the North Koreans eventually said the plane would be able to land, no one knew what kind of welcome the Americans would receive on the ground. Yun explained, “The North Koreans said we could send a delegation to see Otto, but that we would have to discuss some of the conditions of getting him out once we got there.” And so Yun raced to assemble a diplomatic and medical team to save Otto.
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https://www.gq.com/story/otto-warmbi...age-true-story
the more foreigners complain, the more you know he is on the right track.
