While answering questions about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's drinking habits, Trump said he thought the judge was "really strong on the fact that he drank a lot" but drove home the fact he does not partake himself.

"I can honestly say I never had a beer in my entire life. It's one of my only good traits," Trump said at a news conference at the White House.

"Can you imagine if I had, what a mess I'd be?" he continued, prompting laughter from administration officials in the crowd.

But Trump declined to answer a reporter's question about whether he would pull Kavanaugh's nomination if he was found to have lied about his drinking in high school.