The world is in trouble, were going to straighten it out, OK? - Donald Trump tells religious leaders

Donald Trump has promised to "straighten out" the world and said people shouldn't worry about tough phone calls he's had with world leaders.

Speaking to the National Prayer Breakfast - a meeting of religious leaders in the capital - he declared the world to be "in trouble".

In today's speech, he said:

"The world is in trouble, but we’re going to straighten it out, OK? That’s what I do. I fix things. We’re going to straighten it out.

"Believe me. When you hear about the tough phone calls I’m having, don’t worry about it. Just don’t worry about it. They’re tough.They have to be tough. It’s time we’re going to be a little tough folks. We’re taken advantage of by every nation in the world virtually. It’s not going to happen any more."

In his phone call with the Mexican President, Trump is reported to have said:

"You have a bunch of bad hombres down there."You aren't doing enough to stop them. I think your military is scared. Our military isn't, so I just might send them down to take care of it"