Republican presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump attempts to make friends. Fails. Picture: Charlie Neibergall

So in a bid to appease his public, the Presidential Candidate took to Twitter overnight in the United States to answer questions from Twitter’s New York offices.

What we learnt wasn’t anything particularly groundbreaking; he supports gun control (“I believe in it 100 per cent”), he’ll forgo the presidential salary if elected (“I won’t take even one dollar, I’m totally giving up my salary”) and he wants to close America’s borders (“first thing I’d do in my first day as President is close up our borders so that illegal immigrants cannot enter this country, everything’s falling apart”).

But as with any polarising figure who attempts a promotional stunt on social media, it’s more likely to bite back than deliver results.

And in Trump’s case, social media bit back, bigtime.

Here’s a few of our favourites: