Venezuela called Friday at the United Nations for solidarity against the “threat” of the United States, which has carried out deadly strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats.

“As they can’t accuse Venezuela of having weapons of mass destruction or nuclear weapons, they’re making up vulgar and perverse lies that no one believes, neither in the United States nor around the world, to justify an atrocious, extravagant and immoral multi-billion-dollar military threat,” Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto said in an address to the General Assembly.

“We would like to thank the governments and peoples of the world, including from the United States, for denouncing this attempt to wage war,” he said.

US President Donald Trump has deployed eight warships and a nuclear-powered submarin

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