US President Donald Trump called his messages on Twitter the only form of protection against attacks from the American media, Detroit Media reported. 

“If I got fair coverage I wouldn't even have to tweet. It's my only form of defense. If the press covered me fairly, I wouldn't need that. But they don't cover me fairly,” he said in an interview with C-SPAN. “If they honestly covered [my activities as president], I would not even have to write messages on Twitter. This is my only form of protection. I would not need this, but they don’t cover honestly [my activities].”

The journalist pointed out that Trump has 43 thousand tweets, and asked the president whether he regretted at least one of them.

“Not much. I sent the one about the 'wiretapping' and it turned out to be true... The bigger problem is the retweets. You'll retweet something that sounds good, but turns out to be from a player that's not the best player in the world... but overall I would say no. It's a modern-day form of communication,” he added.