UNITED NATIONS — Venezuela’s top diplomat accused U.S. President Donald Trump Monday of acting like “the world’s emperor,” batting back Trump’s biting rebukes of Venezuela on the global stage of the U.N. General Assembly. Trump had threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if forced to defend the U.S. or its allies. Last week, Trump devoted as much of his debut General Assembly speech to excoriating Venezuela as he did to North Korea, Syria and Iran. “This corrupt regime destroyed a prosperous nation by imposing a failed ideology,” Trump said of the socialist country. The Trump administration says Venezuela’s government has been uncooperative in verifying whether its citizens represent national security threats.

Source: Washington Post September 25, 2017 16:10 UTC