<sod >The Asia-Pacific regionÃÂÃÂ must not be "held hostage to a dictator's twisted fantasies and violent conquest and nuclear blackmail,"ÃÂÃÂ Donald Trump has said.< eod>< sod > The Asia-Pacific region must not be "held hostage to a dictator's twisted fantasies of violent conquest and nuclear blackmail," Donald Trump has said. The US President warned "every step the North Korea regime takes towards more weapons is a step it takes into greater and greater danger".< eod>