Trump press conference: President claims women were paid to accuse him of sexual misconduct in rambling briefing
News conference follows Mr Trump chairing a meeting of the UN Security Council
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has acknowledged that past accusations of sexual misconduct against him mean that he sees accusations against his Supreme Court nominee - Brett Kavanaugh - "differently" than others.
At a rare news conference at the United Nations building in New York, Mr Trump said "had a lot of false charges made against me".
The comments come day before Judge Kavanaugh is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. Mr Kavanaugh denies all the allegations against him.
While Mr Trump pledged to listen to the testimony of Mr Kavanaugh's accuser and even said he was open to changing his mind about his nominee, he made clear that he was deeply sceptical of these types of accusations.
"It's happened to me many times," he said, claiming he had been accused - falsely - by "four or five women".
In fact, more than a dozen women came forward during the 2016 campaign, claiming they were assaulted, groped or kissed without consent by Mr Trump. He was also caught on tape in 2005 boasting of grabbing women by their genitals and kissing them without permission.
During the free-wheeling news conference, Mr Trump continued to lash out at Democrats and label the allegations against Mr Kavanaugh politically motivated.
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Mr Trump claims that the US was "going to war" with North Korea - a potential "World War" - before he took office and started talking to Kim Jong-un.
Back to the Supreme Court, a Sky journalist says if the president is worried about the effect his language might be having when he calls the allegations a "con job".
Mr Trump says "he has said a lot worse".
Mr Trump has said he has rejected a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over trade talks between the two nations.
"What about Syria? What about Yemen?" Mr Trump rhetorically asks in a rambling rant against the Iran nuclear deal.
The president says Turkey has been "a big help in that situation", seeming to refer to violence in Syria.
After criticising Iran in today's UN Security Council meeting - which Mr Trump chaired - the president says "Iran's going to come back to me." Mr Trump is reiterating points he has made several times before, calling for Iran to get rid of their nuclear weapons and to "come back and talk" to the US, as he puts it.
And in the next breath, the president is back onto China. A vague criticism of the Asian nation, referring to the ongoing trade war.
Here is a more in-depth read on what Donald Trump said about Brett Kavanaugh in this dramatic press conference:
A reporter has asked president about why world leaders laughed at Donald Trump yesterday.
Unsurprisingly, he has denounced it as "fake news".
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