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It's six months since Donald Trump last gave a press conference - and boy did we have a lot to ask.

The strident President-elect yesterday presided over a chaotic appearance before a shouting mass of reporters in New York's Trump Tower.

He dismissed claims Russia held compromising intelligence on him as "phony stuff" by "sick people [who] put that crap together".

He clashed with "failing pile of garbage" BuzzFeed and refused to speak to "fake news" CNN, telling the network's reporter: "Quiet."

And he admitted Russian President Vladimir Putin "shouldn't have" hacked US e-mails but insisted he wouldn't do it again.

It was a theatrical affair, with aides dumping on stage a huge pile of documents to show off how huge his business is.

But under the hysterics were some important admissions on Obamacare, industry - and why Mexico might NOT "pay for the wall".

Here's a bite-sized guide to what Donald Trump said and did.

1. He said Watersportsgate is 'phony crap from sick people'

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Last night Trump was engulfed by claims - in an unverified, supposed intelligence briefing circulating in the corridors of power - that he had close links to Russia and had watched prostitutes urinate on a Moscow hotel bed, risking his blackmail.

“I think it’s a disgrace that information would be let out," he said.

“It’s all fake news, it’s phony stuff, it didn’t happen.

“It was gotten by opponents of ours - it was a group of opponents who got together, sick people, and they put that crap together.

“It shouldn’t have even entered paper. It should never have entered paper.”

2. He blamed intelligence agencies and compared them to Nazis

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“I think it was disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out so false and fake out,” he said of so-called 'Watersportsgate'.

"I think it's a disgrace. And that's something that Nazi Germany would have done and did do.

“Information that was false and fake and never happened got released to the public.”

Earlier in the same conference he said: “I want to thank a lot of the news organisations here today, because they looked at that nonsense that was released by maybe the intelligence agencies - who knows, but maybe the intelligence agencies, which would be a tremendous blot on their record if they in fact did that, a tremendous blot”.

3. He insisted he's a 'germophobe' anyway

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Trump gave a rambling answer on whether he'd done things he regretted in Moscow - but ended with something that'd raise any eyebrow.

“I’m a very high profile person would you say?” he said.

“I’m surrounded by bodyguards, surrounded by people, I always tell them... In your hotel rooms and wherever you go you’re going to probably have cameras.

“In those rooms you have cameras in the strangest places... You’d better be careful or you’ll be watching yourself on nightly TV. I tell this to people all the time.”

He added triumphantly: “I’m also very much of a germophobe by the way!”

4. He attacked 'failing pile of garbage' BuzzFeed

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Trump slammed BuzzFeed, which published the dossier at the same time as openly saying it was unverified.

“As far as Buzzfeed, which is a failing pile of garbage, writing it, I think they’re going to suffer the consequences and they already are," he said.

Trump's team protested loudly about the report.

His spokesman Sean Spicer denounced it as a “sad and pathetic attempt to get clicks. The report is not an intelligence report, plain and simple.”

Vice President elect Mike Pence said the "irresponsible" decision to publish reflected "media bias".

5. And he told a 'fake news' CNN reporter to shut up

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CNN broke the story but did not publish the full dossier. Even so, Trump accused the network of "building it up".

A CNN reporter yelled: “Since you’re attacking us will you give us a question!”

Bullish Trump passed him over, sniping: "Your organisation's terrible."

As the reporter kept shouting he said: “Quiet. Quiet. Don’t be rude. I’m not going to give you a question. You are fake news.”

CNN has released a terse statement challenging the President-elect to find any fault with its "carefully-sourced" report.

And the journalist, Jim Acosta, claimed he was told he'd be thrown out of the press conference if he challenged Trump again.

6. He said Russia DID hack the US

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Trump has spent weeks casting doubt on claims Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic Party e-mails.

To the amazement of many, he said today: "The US is hacked by everybody. That includes Russia and China and everybody."

He added: "I think it was Russia but we also get hacked by other countries and other people."

He was asked directly why he undermined the intelligence agencies on Twitter if he now thought Russia DID hack Democratic Party e-mails.

And asked for his message to Putin if he DID believe Russia was behind "the hacking", he said: "He shouldn't be doing it. He won’t be doing it.

"Russia will have much greater respect for our country when I'm leading it than when other people have led it.

“He shouldn't have done it. I don’t believe he’ll be doing it more now.”

7. ... But he still hopes for close ties with Putin

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Trump insisted he has no loans or deals with Russia, but did not deny having contact with Russia during the election.

And he claimed he’ll improve the US’s ‘horrible’ relationship with Russia.

He added: “If Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what folks, that’s called an asset not a liability.”

He said he didn't know if he’ll get on with Putin, adding: "I hope I do but there’s a good chance I won’t."

Then he said: “Do you honestly believe Hillary would be tougher on Putin than me?”

8. He admitted Mexico may NOT pay for the wall

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Sensationally, Trump admits Mexico “probably” won’t give him direct payment for his southern border wall.

It comes after the government of Mexico repeatedly said it would not pay for the wall and would not negotiate.

Trump’s always said Mexico will pay and never explained how - then, last week, it emerged US taxpayers would stump up the up-front costs.

Confirming this, Trump said: “I don’t want to wait... I don’t feel like waiting a year or a year and a half, we’re going to start building.

"Mexico in some form, and there are many different forms, will reimburse us. That's gonna happen.

“Whether it’s a tax or whether it’s a payment, probably less likely that it’s a payment. But it will happen.

“Mexico will pay for the wall, but it’ll be reimbursed.”

9. He sent Big Pharma stocks plunging

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Trump hit out at drug companies who’ve been “leaving left and right”, vowing to reform the bidding process.

“They’re getting away with murder, pharma. Pharma has a lot of lobbyists and a lot of power," he said.

“We’re the largest buyer of drugs in the world and we don’t bid properly... We’re going to save billions of dollars over a period of time.”

He did not specify what period of time.

But it was enough to send healthcare and biotech stocks falling sharply, NBC reported.

10. He gave few guarantees on Obamacare

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Trump was asked about what he called the “complete disaster” of Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, nicknamed ‘Obamacare’.

He was asked to explain his timeline and plan for his campaign pledge to begin repealing the law on day one of his presidency.

Plus he was asked if he could guarantee payments for those already signed up.

In a long answer he gave some clarity but no guarantees.

“You’re going to be very proud of what we put forth having to do with healthcare,” he said.

He said there would be a plan of “repeal and replace”, “essentially simultaneously”.

“It will most likely be on the same day, or the same week, but most likely the same day”.

11. He tried to justify not selling his business empire

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In an unusual development, Trump walked off stage for a lengthy period midway through the press conference to give way to a legal advisor.

She spelt out, at length and next to a massive pile of legal documents, the steps he'd take to distance himself from his business empire.

He said the Trump organisation will be run by his two sons - yet despite the family link, the lawyer claimed: “He will only know of a deal when he reads it in the paper or sees it on TV”.

She said no foreign deals will be made during his presidency and there will be new ethics posts in the firm to avoid the perception of a conflict of interest.

But she rebuffed calls to sell the business entirely, claiming it was so dependent on the Trump brand its value would nosedive without him.

And there was no point setting up a so-called ‘blind trust’, she said, adding: "President Trump can’t un-know he owns Trump tower."

“President elect Trump should not be expected to destroy the organisation he built”, she said.

“The American people were well aware of the President elect’s business empire when they voted."

12. He was offered a $2bn Dubai deal days ago

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Trump revealed he’d had a huge offer from Dubai just days ago.

“Over the weekend I was offered $2bn to do a deal in Dubai with an amazing developer in the Middle East... great man... friend of mine," he said.

“I turned it down. I didn’t have to turn it down, but as you know I have a no conflict situation as president."

13. There's STILL no tax return

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Trump got into a heated row with a reporter who asked him when he would release his tax returns.

“I’m not releasing the tax returns because as you know they’re under audit,” he snapped back.

“You’re the only one who cares about my tax returns as a reporter.

“I don’t think they [the American people] care at all. I think you care.”

And finally... 'you're fired'

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Trump finished by saying: "These papers are all just a piece of the many many companies that are being put into trust to be run by two sons.

"And I hope at the end of eight years I'll come back and say 'oh you did a good job.

"Otherwise if they did a bad job I'll say 'you're fired'."