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Ben Carson, a Trump surrogate, said a number of people are working with the New York billionaire to prevent him from falling into what Kaufman, another Trump supporter, characterized as a trap set by “duplicitous media.” | AP Photo Carson: Trump knows he has a Twitter 'problem'

Donald Trump is in the first phase of Twitter rehab, according to one of his top supporters.

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Thursday said Trump knows he has a Twitter problem, and that’s the first step in solving it.

The Republican front-runner has frequently tweeted insults and accusations at his political opponents — including the media — throughout his presidential campaign. More recently, the New York billionaire came under fire for manually retweeting an unflattering picture of Ted Cruz’s wife, Heidi, alongside a beautiful portrait of his wife, Melania.

“We talk about it, and a number of people have talked about it, including his family,” Carson told Florida radio host Joyce Kaufman, referring to Trump’s use of social media, particularly Twitter. “And he knows that it’s a problem. The first part of solving the problem is recognizing that it exists.”

Carson, a Trump surrogate, said a number of people are working with the New York billionaire to prevent him from falling into what Kaufman, another Trump supporter, characterized as a trap set by “duplicitous media.”

“I think a number of us are working on that particular problem because the liberal media, in particular, just knows that whenever he starts getting some momentum, all we have to do is say something about him and he starts going off and then we can get him distracted again,” Carson said. “And if they feel that they have that as their ace in the hole, it’s gonna give them a lot of control. We don’t want them to have that.”

BuzzFeed first reported Carson’s interview criticizing Trump’s Twitter use.