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A menace that threatens our world and your strength truly inspires us all. >> reporter: analysts said that seemed to be a far cry from comments this week. >> he felt badly about it. >> reporter: trump has in fact struck a different tone for months with kim jong-un. >> and then we fell in love, okay? no really. he wrote me beautiful letters. and they're great letters. >> reporter: tonight, facing backlash from the family, the president took to twitter saying he had been misinterpreted thursday. of course i hold north korea responsible for otto's mistreatment and death. most important, otto warm...

Towards the denuclearization deal, and he has been taking criticism on what he said about otto warmbier, the young american student that died days after release from north korean custody. the president facing widespread backlash, including from otto warmbier's parents after he said he believed kim jong-un when the dictator said he didn't know how harshly otto was being treated. take a listen. >> i don't believe that he would have allowed that to happen. just wasn't to his advantage to allow that to happen. he felt badly. he knew the case very well, but he knew it later. he tells me he didn't k...