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Donald Trump, the President elect of the United States, today denied paying prostitutes to urinate on his Moscow hotel bed, because he's "a germaphobe".

Mr Trump was responding to allegations in the Watersportsgate documents, which claim he staged the event as a 'dirty protest' against Barack Obama, who had previously stayed in the hotel suite.

At his first press conference since winning November's presidential election, he said the claims were "phony news from sick people" - specifically attacking CNN, who broke the story and BuzzFeed, who published the document.

He said he was very careful to look out for hidden cameras when he travels overseas, including on trips to Russia.

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“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.”

(Image: Getty)

He said he visited Moscow to attend the Miss Universe contest in 2013, which he insisted: “did very well”.

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

While urine is not sterile, as has been commonly believed, current research suggests any bacteria present is at 'low levels.'