President Trump said Tuesday that U.S. student Otto Warmbier, who was held captive by North Korea and died soon after his return, played a major role in creating the impetus for his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

“I think without Otto this would not have happened,” Trump told reporters while taking questions in Singapore after meeting with Kim. “Something happened from that day — it was a terrible thing, it was brutal. But a lot of people started to focus on what was going on, including North Korea.”

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