'World is a gangster', Pompeo shoots back at North Korean officials

Pompeo was referring to comments made by North Korea's Foreign Ministry that accused the Trump administration of pushing a "unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearisation"

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shot back at North Korean officials for characterising American diplomatic behaviour as gangster-like, saying on Sunday that if that were true, then “the world is a gangster.”

Pompeo was referring to comments made on Saturday by North Korea’s Foreign Ministry that accused the Trump administration of pushing a “unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearisation” and called it “deeply regrettable.” The statement came just hours after Pompeo left North Korea after two days of meetings that he had called “productive.” In his remarks on Sunday, Pompeo noted that the United Nations had agreed to place sanctions