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\u2018When somebody says something about me, I am able to go bing, bing, bing and I take care of it. The other way,\u00a0I would never get the word out\u2019<\/p>\n

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The US leader admitted some friends have suggested his use of social media could damage him Getty<\/span><\/figure>\n
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Donald Trump has defended his use of Twitter and admitted he believes he would not have won the presidency\u00a0without it.<\/p>\n

The US leader\u00a0said social media was a \u201ctremendous platform\u201d that allowed him to bypass what he claimed was unfair media coverage and speak directly to voters.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump regularly uses\u00a0Twitter\u00a0to mount vigorous attacks on political opponents, news outlets and people who have criticised him, often sending out posts in early-morning or late-evening flurries<\/p>\n

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What has Donald Trump tweeted now?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Even leaders of his own\u00a0Republican\u00a0Party\u00a0have urged him\u00a0to rein in his Twitter usage and\u00a0Mr Trump admitted some friends have suggested his use of social media could damage him.<\/p>\n

But he said: \u201cI doubt I would be here if it weren\u2019t for social media, to be honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview due to air on the Fox Business Network channel, the President added: \u201cTweeting is like a typewriter \u2013\u00a0when I put it out, you put it immediately on your show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen somebody says something about me, I am able to go bing, bing, bing and I take care of it. The other way, I would never be get the word out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Covfefe, Meryl Streep and North Korea \u2013 Trump\u2019s most controversial tweets<\/p>\n

His comments come after\u00a0his rival for the presidency,\u00a0Hillary Clinton,\u00a0condemned his\u00a0\u201cdangerous\u201d Twitter tirades.<\/p>\n

The defeated Democrat told The\u00a0Graham Norton Show\u00a0that\u00a0she \u201cignores\u201d most of the President\u2019s tweets\u00a0but added: \u201cThe most dangerous thing he does is conduct diplomacy on Twitter.\u00a0He is trading insults with Kim Jong-un, which is just like catnip for Kim Jong-un.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Trump\u2019s tweets about\u00a0North Korea\u00a0have been widely seen as raising tensions amid the threat of nuclear war. In August,\u00a0he threatened to unleash \u201cfire and fury\u201d upon the secretive nation before last month warning the North Korean regime \u201cwon\u2019t be around much longer\u201d, comments Pyongyang interpreted as \u201ca clear declaration of war\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Mr Trump\u2019s tweets have also\u00a0contained factual inaccuracies and personal attacks.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In March, he claimed Barack Obama had ordered Trump Tower in New York to be wiretapped \u2013 an allegation the former president denied and for which the Justice Department and FBI later said there was no evidence.<\/p>\n

Last month, he lambasted\u00a0NFL players\u00a0who had kneeled in protest at police brutality and racial inequality.<\/p>\n

Twitter was forced to defend its decision not to take down the latter post, which some saw as a violation of its terms of service, on the grounds it was \u201cnewsworthy\u201d and in the public interest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Earlier this month, Republic Senator Bob Corker<\/a> warned Mr Trump\u2019s provocative rhetoric risked setting the US \u201con the path to World War Three\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump had previously used Twitter to wage a personal war of words with Mr Corker.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenator Bob Corker \u2018begged\u2019 me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee. I said \u2018NO\u2019 and he dropped out (said he could not win without my endorsement),\u201d\u00a0the President wrote after the senator criticised his response to white supremacist violence in Charlottesville.<\/p>\n

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