Ex-Mexican President Vicente Fox was unapologetic about comparing the newly-elected American President Donald Trump to the newly-deceased Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Speaking to Dagen McDowell on Fox Business Network's 'Mornings with Maria,' Fox noted that Trump was 'very similar' to totalitarian leaders like Castro.

'Cuba is going to be a great Latin American nation as soon as they get rid of the Castros,' Fox said, according to the Hill. 'So nobody needs dictators.'

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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox wouldn't take it back after comparing American President-elect Donald Trump to the late Fidel Castro

Mexican ex-President Vicente Fox said Donald Trump (left) was like Fidel Castro (right) because 'they lie, they cheat, they are false prophets'

'By the way, that kind of dictatorship, that kind of totalitarian leaders, is very similar to Trump,' Fox continued.

'They lie, they cheat, they are false prophets, they promise many things, but they are not going to be able to comply,' Fox added.

The television host pushed back on that assessment, as Castro was a Communist, who imprisoned and killed many of his own people.

'Comparing Donald Trump to Fidel Castro is beyond the pale,' McDowell shot back. 'Fidel Castro was a murdering thug who tortured people, who imprisoned people.'

'Quite frankly, Mr. President, I ask you to take that back, comparing Fidel Castro to Donald Trump,' the broadcaster ordered.

Fox refused.

'No, I don't take it back, I insist,' he said. 'They are similar – authoritarian. They impose their wills, they only think that they have the right and the reason.'

'He only won, in the case of Trump, with 25 percent of American citizens' support,' Fox continued, pointing out how Trump lost the popular vote to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and that only about half those eligible to vote did so.

'That doesn't give him enough of a mandate to impose his own ideas over a nation and over the world,' Fox concluded.

Throughout the presidential campaign, Fox had plenty of negative things to say about Trump, who kicked off his bid for the White House by labeling Mexican illegal immigrants 'rapists.'

The most profane exchange came in February when Fox simply said: 'I'm not going to pay for that f***ing wall.'