I don’t care why this kid went to NK or what he did once there. He did not deserve the torture and death he received. I put the blame for his demise squarely on the Obama administration. According to reports, Obama did little, if anything to help this American kid. The Obama administration simply told the family to keep quiet, ostensibly to not upset Jung-Un. What Obama really meant was for the family to keep quiet so this wouldn’t become a political issue in the presidential campaign.
North Korea correctly read the US reticence as a license to torture, abuse, and ultimately kill this poor soul. There is no way Trump would have allowed this, and in fact the family said as much, that Trump was responsible for getting him home while Obama did nothing.
This is on Obama.
And not a damned thing will happen to him, nor any of his minions.