Thread by @HNIJohnMiller

1) Let's break down some fake news. Haven't done that in awhile. Archived link because fuck the WaComPost. The headline, "North Korea issued 2 million bill for Warmbier's care!"

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2) Ok, not exclamation, but that's what they're trying to elicit. Shock and awe. Oh no, did Trump pay a ransom disguised as a doctor's bill? Also, LOL, even in cheap ass North Korea healthcare is expensive because communism and single payer.

3) "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." -.- Really? This shit again?

4) "They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly." Of course they did.

5) "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."

6) So what I'm hearing is... North Korea said pay us $2 mil for Warmbier because medical expenses. Trump said, 'Alright, fine, sign whatever they want, an agreement or something, just get Warmbier back.' And then... never paid the fucking bill.

7) OH. OH. Check THIS out. "Yun and an emergency medicine doctor, Michael Flueckiger, traveled to Pyongyang on a medical evacuation plane."

8) "The North Korean officials handed him a bill for $2 million, insisting he sign an agreement to pay it before they would allow him to take Warmbier home, according to the two people familiar with the situation."

9) "Yun called then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and told him about the bill. Tillerson called Trump. They instructed their envoy to sign the piece of paper agreeing that he would pay the $2 million, the two people said." Trump basically said 'lol w/e it we ain't paying.'

10) This isn't me trying to exonerate the Koreans. Those assholes fucking killed Otto, no doubt in my mind. But he was in a coma since the Obama admin, who didn't do fuck all to free him.

11) My money's on Trump threatened to walk the first time the $2 million was brought up, and it hasn't been spoken of since. /end