Washington, March 22, 2017: It is because of Twitter and the social media platforms help him get around the media, that president Donald Trump has reached. The president accepted it.

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"(I) probably wouldn't be here right now, but very seldom. We have a tremendous group of people that listen and I can get around the media when the media doesn't tell the truth, so I like that," Trump told reporters at a joint White House news conference with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Trump was responding to a question put up by a German reporter if he ever regretted his tweets.

"By the way, my second question, are there from time to time tweets that you regret," a German reporter asked, as per PTI.

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Sharing the dais with Merkel, Trump stated that he and the German leader probably shared something when it came to the predecessor Obama Administration.

He was responding to a question pertaining to wiretapping.

"As far as wiretapping, I guess by this past administration, at least we have something in common, perhaps," Trump said.

"And just to finish your question, we said nothing. All we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. I didn't make an opinion on it," Trump said.

– prepared by Sabhyata Badhwar of NewsGram. Twitter: @SabbyDarkhorse