North Korea billed the US $2M for Otto Warmbier's medical care

[essentialsaltes]

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 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 Trump’s two summits with Kim Jong Un.

 

[Loyce KG]

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 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 Trump’s two summits with Kim Jong Un.

What?

 

[TuxAme]

I'm all for tossing that into the Boston harbor along with all that tea we didn't want.

 

[usexpat97]

I suggest sending N Korea $2 billion in Tomahawks and bill them for it.

 

[TLK Valentine]

They should know better than to hand Donald a bill...

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump quotes the "cheif hostage negotiator, USA" as saying:

“President Donald J. Trump is the greatest hostage negotiator that I know of in the history of the United States. 20 hostages, many in impossible circumstances, have been released in last two years. No money was paid.” Cheif Hostage Negotiator, USA!

I'm relieved that a trusted public official has gone on the record to say that no money was paid.

 

[revanneosl]

I'm dismayed that the President doesn't know how to spell the word "Chief," and that anybody would believe that this quote is anything other than a fabrication.

 

[TuxAme]

I'm dismayed that the President doesn't know how to spell the word "Chief," and that anybody would believe that this quote is anything other than a fabrication.

If he doesn't know, he isn't the only one. Spelling is a lost art.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

If he doesn't know, he isn't the only one. Spelling is a lost art.

It is the liberals that own shares in Twitter; they keep hacking into his account.

 

[Tanj]

It is the liberals that own shares in Twitter; they keep hacking into his account.

What nonsense. We've put some malware in place that randomly changes spelling and translocates letters.