Highlights from Trump's news conference

Excerpts from the news conference held by US president-elect Donald Trump in New York City.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM DONALD TRUMP'S NEWS CONFERENCE

ON CLAIMS RUSSIA HAS DAMAGING PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HIM

"I think it's a disgrace that information would be let out. It's all fake news. It didn't happen. It's phony stuff. It was a group of opponents who got together, sick people, who put that out. That's something that Nazi Germany would have done."

ON RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA

"As far as hacking, I think it's Russia. But we also get hacked by other countries and other people and I can say that."

"If Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider that an asset, not a liability."

"I have no dealings with Russia. I have no dealings in Russia ... I have no loans with Russia at all."

ON HIS SUPREME COURT PICK

"I'll be making the decision on who we will put up for justice of the United States Supreme Court ... probably within two weeks of the 20th (of January).

"I think it's one of the reasons I got elected. I think the people of this country did not want to see what was happening with the Supreme Court."

ON JOBS

"I said I will be the greatest jobs producer that God ever created, and I mean that."

ON TALKS WITH MEXICO BEFORE BUILDING BORDER WALL

"I could wait about a year and a half until we finish our negotiations with Mexico, which will start immediately after we get into office; but I don't want to wait."


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