Donald Trump addressed alleged lurid sexual acts by saying he's a 'germaphobe'

Well then, that settles that.
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Donald Trump has some news for everyone who showered him with pee jokes: he's a germaphobe.

During the president elect's press conference at Trump Tower on Wednesday, Trump responded to BuzzFeed's publishing of an unverified intelligence dossier on Tuesday. The document made several shocking allegations about his close ties to the Russian government, along with one very disturbing claim that he hired prostitutes to participate in a sex act on a hotel bed.

Among the accusations released in the dossier, Trump was said to have hired prostitutes for a "golden shower" party -- which essentially is just a shower of urine -- on a bed in a Moscow Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Trump kicked off the press conference by swiftly denying the validity of the dossier, and though he couldn't bring himself to utter the word "pee," he did his best to assure America that specific portion of the document could not be true.

Why? Because Trump hates germs, of course. HATES them!

"Does anyone really believe that story?" he questioned before admitting, "I’m also very much of a germaphobe, by the way."

"Believe me,” Trump said with a smirk that will probably haunt our dreams.

Twitter users swiftly responded to the Germaphobe in Chief's statement, with a great deal of skepticism and of course, more pee jokes.

Regardless of what the people on Twitter think, Trump went on to explain that he couldn't possibly be caught in a situation like this, because he's smarter than technology.

You see, Trump believes there are hidden camera is every hotel room, and basically any other place you'd never imagine.

"Be very careful, because in your hotel rooms and no matter where you go you’re going to probably have cameras," he warned.

"You have camera in the strangest places. Cameras that are so small — modern technology — you can’t see them and you won’t know," he said.

The president-elect brought his reflection to a close by offering us all some sage advice: "You better be careful or you’ll be watching yourself on nightly television."

Thanks for the tip, Donald.

Mashable reached out to The Trump Organization for comment on hotel camera policy.

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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