“She's a good woman, but the posters run Mexico. She doesn't run Mexico; the cartels run Mexico,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News.

The audio was shared by the White House communications team, quoting the Mexican president's condemnation of the US attacks, citing Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations.

“Members of the Organization shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations,” the Mexican president quoted.

Trump said he has offered support to Mexico against the cartels and then stated that “something would have to be done” in that country.

“And I've asked her many times, 'Do you want us to take down the “Cartels?” Trump said. “Something will have to be done about Mexico.”