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About Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is serving as the 47th president of the United States of America since January 20, 2025. He previously served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.

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Donald Trump on COVID-19 pandemic in the United States 79 quotes

Following a surge in disinfectant misuse linked to his comments, Donald Trump, when questioned, expressed indifference, stating "I can't imagine why."

“I can't imagine why.”

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Donald Trump on Presidency of Donald Trump 17 quotes

“It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.”

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Donald Trump on Transphobia in the United States 14 quotes

“It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.”

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Donald Trump on COVID-19 testing 13 quotes

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Donald Trump falsely asserted that widespread testing was readily available, despite evidence to the contrary.

“If people want to get tested, they get tested.”

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Donald Trump on Management of COVID-19 6 quotes

“Nobody could have imagined a thing like this — a tragedy like this would have happened: the invisible enemy.”

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Donald Trump on Moscow 2 quotes

“I have no relationship with Putin. I don't think I've ever met him. I never met him. I don't think I've ever met him. ... I have never spoken to him on the phone, no. I've speak -- I've spoken -- when we had the Miss Universe contest a number of years ago, we had Miss Universe in Moscow, in the Moscow area, he was invited. He wanted to come. He wasn't able to come. That would have been a time when I would have met him. ... I don't know what it means by having a relationship. I mean he was saying very good things about me, but I don't have a relationship with him. I didn't meet him. I haven't spent time with him. I didn't have dinner with him. I didn't go hiking with him. I don't know -- and I wouldn't know him from Adam except I see his picture and I would know what he looks like.”

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Donald Trump on Korean War 2 quotes

“Through this entire visit, it has been both our pleasure and our honor to create and celebrate a long friendship between the United States and the Republic of Korea. This alliance between our nations was forged in the crucible of war and strengthened by the trials of history. From the Inchon landings to Pork Chop Hill, American and South Korean soldiers have fought together, sacrificed together, and triumphed together. Almost 67 years ago, in the spring of 1951, they recaptured what remained of this city where we are gathered so proudly today. It was the second time in a year that our combined forces took on steep casualties to retake this capital from the Communists. Over the next weeks and months, the men soldiered through steep mountains and bloody, bloody battles. Driven back at times, they willed their way north to form the line that today divides the oppressed and the free. And there, American and South Korean troops have remained together holding that line for nearly seven decades.”

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Donald Trump on President

Despite being spoken by Michael Corleone in *The Godfather*, this quote oddly expresses a hopeful, almost naive belief in the transformative power of a single political leader.

“People say, “Well, what could anybody do as president?” the one man could turn this country around. The one proper president could turn this country around. I firmly believe that.”

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During a 2020 Coronavirus Task Force briefing, President Trump abruptly declared his Facebook popularity, pivoting to discussing Iran and troop withdrawal from Iraq.

“Did you know I was number one on Facebook? I mean, I just found out I'm number one on Facebook. I thought that was very nice for whatever it means. No, it represents something. And when I can explain to people: Just don't do it. You know, it's going to be bad if you do it. It's going to be really bad. And they don't need to do it. They have enough problems. Iran has enough problems without doing that. But we’ve been pulling back very substantially over the last year, in Iraq. And so, you know, that's the way it is.”

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Donald Trump on United States Armed Forces

“America's men and women in uniform have given their lives in the fight against Nazism, imperialism, communism, and terrorism. America does not seek conflict or confrontation, but we will never run from it. History is filled with discarded regimes that have foolishly tested America's resolve. Anyone who doubts the strength or determination of the United States should look to our past, and you will doubt it no longer. We will not permit America or our allies to be blackmailed or attacked. We will not allow American cities to be threatened with destruction. We will not be intimidated. And we will not let the worst atrocities in history be repeated here on this ground we fought and died so hard to secure.”

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Donald Trump on Slavery

“Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery. Throughout the United States and around the world, human trafficking tears apart communities, fuels criminal activity, and threatens the national security of the United States. It is estimated that millions of individuals are trafficked around the world each year — including into and within the United States. As the United States continues to lead the global fight against human trafficking, we must remain relentless in resolving to eradicate it in our cities, suburbs, rural communities, tribal lands, and on our transportation networks. Human trafficking in the United States takes many forms and can involve exploitation of both adults and children for labor and sex.”

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Donald Trump on Education in the United States

“Education through Washington, D.C. I don't want that. I want local education. I want the parents, and I want all of the teachers, and I want everybody to get together around a school and to make education great. And it was very interesting, I was with Dr. Ben Carson today, who is endorsing me, by the way, tomorrow morning, and he is... [applause] We were talking. We spoke for over an hour on education. And he has such a great handle on it. He wants competitive schools. He wants a lot of different things that are terrific, including charter schools, by the way, that the unions are fighting like crazy. But charter schools work and they work very well. So there are a lot of things. But I'm going to have Ben very involved with education, something that's an expertise of his.”

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Donald Trump on South Korea

“I keep asking, how long will we go on defending South Korea from North Korea without payment? South Korea is a very very rich country. They're rich because of us. They sell us televisions, they sell us cars. They sell us everything. They are making a fortune. We have a huge deficit with South Korea. They're friends of mine. I do deals with them. I've been partners with them, no problem. But they think we're stupid. They can't believe it. We are defending them against North Korea, we're doing it for nothing. We're not in that position. When will they start to pay us for this defense? Isn't it really ridiculous when you think of it? They make a fortune on the United States and then they got some problems, and what happens? They call the United States to defend them, and we get nothing?”

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Donald Trump on Censorship

“The key to national greatness lies in sustaining and instilling our shared national identity. That means focusing on what we have in common: the heritage that we all share. At the center of this heritage is also a robust belief in free expression, free speech, and open debate. Only if we forget who we are, and how we got here, could we ever allow political censorship and blacklisting to take place in America. It's not even thinkable. Shutting down free and open debate violates our core values and most enduring traditions. In America, we don't insist on absolute conformity or enforce rigid orthodoxies and punitive speech codes. We just don't do that. America is not a timid nation of tame souls who need to be sheltered and protected from those with whom we disagree. That's not who we are. It will never be who we are.”

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Donald Trump on Vaccines

“Look, you have some vaccines that are so amazing, the polio vaccine I happen to think is amazing. A lot of people think that Covid is amazing. You know there are many people that believe strongly in that. But you have some vaccines that are so incredible, and I think you have to be very careful when you say that some people don't have to be vaccinated. It's a very, you know, it's a very tough position, so I'll give you an answer. I'll give you the feeling, but just initially I heard about it yesterday and it's a tough stance. Look, you have vaccines that work. They just pure and simple work. They're not controversial at all, and I think those vaccine should be used. Otherwise some people are going to catch it and they endanger other people, and when you don’t have controversy at all, I think people should take it.”

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Donald Trump on NATO

“If you look at NATO, with the exception of eight countries—we’re one of them—every country is way behind. They’re delinquent, especially Germany, in paying their NATO bills. That means we end up paying it, and we’re not doing it. I told them; we’re not doing it. And they’ve increased their spending now $130 billion, going up to $400 billion a year. It’s all because of me. Then you hear the country doesn’t like me. I mean, I can understand that, because President Obama and other presidents, in all fairness, would go in there and they’d make a speech and they’d leave. I went in there, I looked, and I said, “This is unfair. We’re paying for NATO.” We’re paying for NATO. Almost all of it. So they rip us off on the military and then they rip us off, with the European Union, on trade. And Biden doesn’t have a clue.”

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Donald Trump on FIFA

“And here in America, we have big events coming up. Next year we have the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. I’m so honored to be president during that. That’s been a big event. They’ve been talking about it for 10 years. We also have the World Cup, and I understand Gianni — Gianni is in the room — Infantino. He was very instrumental in helping us get it — he’s there with you someplace, I think — and I want to thank him for that. And then we have the Olympics coming up, which I was instrumental in getting, also, in my first term. And who would have known that by skipping a term, I would get the Olympics? I was upset. I said, “You know, I got the Olympics to come and I won’t be president.” But it turned out, through a stroke of luck or whatever you might call it, that I’m going to be president during the World Cup and the Olympics and the 250th anniversary.”

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Donald Trump on Canada

“I think Canada, what you said that, “Well, that one, I might be trolling.” But I'm really not trolling. Canada is an interesting case. We lose $200 to $250 billion a year supporting Canada. And I asked a man who I called Governor Trudeau. I said, ”Why? Why do you think we're losing so much money supporting you? Do you think that's right? Do you think that's appropriate for another country to make it possible, for a country to sustain and he was unable to give me an answer, but it costs us over $200 billion a year to take care of Canada?” We’re taking care of their military. We're taking care of every aspect of their lives, and we don't need them to make cars for us. In fact, we don't want them to make cars for us. We want to make our own cars. We don't need their lumber. We don't need their energy. We don't need anything from Canada. And I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state.”

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Donald Trump on World Trade Organization

“Many nations in this hall will agree that the world trading system is in dire need of change. For example, countries were admitted to the World Trade Organization that violate every single principle on which the organization is based. While the United States and many other nations play by the rules, these countries use government-run industrial planning and state-owned enterprises to rig the system in their favor. They engage in relentless product dumping, forced technology transfer, and the theft of intellectual property. The United States lost over 3 million manufacturing jobs, nearly a quarter of all steel jobs, and 60,000 factories after China joined the WTO. And we have racked up $13 trillion in trade deficits over the last two decades. But those days are over. We will no longer tolerate such abuse. We will not allow our workers to be victimized, our companies to be cheated, and our wealth to be plundered and transferred. America will never apologize for protecting its citizens.”

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Donald Trump on White House Coronavirus Task Force

“I also created a White House virus task force. It’s a big thing, a virus task force. I requested 2.5 billion dollars to ensure we have the resources we need. The Democrats said, "That’s terrible. He’s doing the wrong thing. He needs eight and a half billion, not two and a half." I’ve never had that before. I ask for two and a half, they want to give me eight and a half, so I said, "I’ll take it." Does that make me a bad… I’ll take it. I’ll take it. I never had that before. I never had it. We want two and a half million. That’s plenty. We demand you take eight and a half. He doesn’t know what he’s doing. We want eight and a half. These people are crazy. We must understand that border security is also health security. And you’ve all seen the wall has gone up like magic. It’s gone up like magic. You think that was an easy one? That was not an easy one. It’s going up great and we’re up now 132 miles and this is the exact wall that border security, water, everything.”

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Donald Trump on Green New Deal

“The American people want climate action. New polling from Climate Power 2020 finds 71 percent favor bold government action on climate change, while only 18 percent oppose it... Running boldly on tackling the climate crisis, running on a Green New Deal, these are policies that can be popular in all 50 states. Democrats should run toward, not away from these fights. The evidence is clear: If we loudly make the case for bold climate action, we will win... We’ve never seen our country so eager to elect leaders who will take bold action to stop the climate crisis. Neither have we ever known a country in such dire need of such bold action. In a moment of historic unemployment, Democrats want to put millions of people back to work now by investing in bold climate action that would create millions of clean energy jobs and begin to repair decades of environmental injustice. That’s what the American people want too. By 23 points, voters support investing trillions of dollars in clean energy infrastructure.”

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Donald Trump on New York City

“And just so — if I could, because he insulted a lot of people. I've had more calls on that statement that Ted made — New York is a great place. It's got great people, it's got loving people, wonderful people. When the World Trade Center came down, I saw something that no place on Earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than New York. You had two one hundred, you had two 110-story buildings come crashing down. I saw them come down. Thousands of people killed, and the cleanup started the next day, and it was the most horrific cleanup, probably in the history of doing this, and in construction. I was down there, and I've never seen anything like it. And the people in New York fought and fought and fought, and we saw more death, and even the smell of death — nobody understood it. And it was with us for months, the smell, the air. And we rebuilt downtown Manhattan, and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved New York and loved New Yorkers. And I have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement that Ted made.”

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Donald Trump on Oath of office of the president of the United States

“The oath of office I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans. For many decades, we've enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry, subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military. We've defended other nations' borders while refusing to defend our own and spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay. We've made other countries rich while the wealth, strength, and confidence of our country has dissipated over the horizon. One by one, the factories shuttered and left our shores, with not even a thought about the millions and millions of American workers that were left behind. The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all across the world. But that is the past. And now we are looking only to the future. We, assembled here today, are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power. From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it's going to be only America first. America first. Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families.”

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Donald Trump on World Health Organization

During a 2020 interview, a U.S. official criticized the World Health Organization's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, alleging deference to China and a resulting global crisis.

“The delays the WHO experienced in declaring a public health emergency cost valuable time tremendous amounts of time; more time was lost in the delay it took to get a team of international experts and to examine the outbreak which we wanted to do which they should have done. The inability of the WHO to obtain virus samples to this date has deprived the scientific community of essential data. New data that emerges across the world on a daily basis points to the unreliability of the initial reports and the world received all sorts of false information about transmission and mortality. The silence of the WHO on the disappearance of scientific researchers and doctors and new restrictions on the sharing of research into the origins of COVID-19 in the country of origin is deeply concerning especially when we put up by far the largest amount of money, not even close. Had the WHO done its job to get medical experts into China to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out China's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained as a source with very little death, very little death, and certainly very little death by comparison. This would have saved thousands of lives and avoided worldwide economic damage. Instead the WHO willingly took China's assurances to face value, and they took it just at face value and defended the actions of the Chinese government, even praising China for its so-called transparency. I don't think so. The WHO pushed China's misinformation about the virus, saying it was not communicable, and there was no need for travel bans. They told us when we put on our travel ban a very strong travel ban, there was no need to do it. Don't do it; they actually fought us. The WHO's reliance on China's disclosures likely caused a 20-fold increase in cases worldwide, and it may be much more than that.”

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Donald Trump on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction

“DICKERSON: All right. Mr. Trump...[applause]...On Monday, George W. Bush will campaign in South Carolina for his brother. As you've said tonight, and you've often said, the Iraq war and your opposition to it was a sign of your good judgment. In 2008, in an interview with Wolf Blitzer, talking about President George W. Bush's conduct of the war, you said you were surprised that Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi didn't try to impeach him. You said, quote: "Which, personally, I think would have been a wonderful thing." When you were asked what you meant by that and you said: "For the war, for the war, he lied, he got us into the war with lies." Do you still believe President Bush should have been impeached? TRUMP: First of all, I have to say, as a businessman, I get along with everybody. I have business all over the world. [booing] I know so many of the people in the audience. And by the way, I'm a self-funder. I don't have — I have my wife and I have my son. That's all I have. I don't have this. [applause] So let me just tell you, I get along with everybody, which is my obligation to my company, to myself, et cetera. Obviously, the war in Iraq was a big, fat mistake. All right? Now, you can take it any way you want, and it took — it took Jeb Bush, if you remember at the beginning of his announcement, when he announced for president, it took him five days. He went back, it was a mistake, it wasn't a mistake. It took him five days before his people told him what to say, and he ultimately said, "It was a mistake." The war in Iraq, we spent $2 trillion, thousands of lives, we don't even have it. Iran has taken over Iraq, with the second-largest oil reserves in the world. Obviously, it was a mistake. DICKERSON: So... TRUMP: George Bush made a mistake. We can make mistakes. But that one was a beauty. We should have never been in Iraq. We have destabilized the Middle East. DICKERSON: But so I'm going to — so you still think he should be impeached? BUSH: I think it's my turn, isn't it? TRUMP: You do whatever you want. You call it whatever you want. I want to tell you. They lied. They said there were weapons of mass destruction, there were none. And they knew there were none. There were no weapons of mass destruction. [booing] DICKERSON: All right. O.K. All right.”

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What Donald Trump Said About Others

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Donald Trump on Hillary Clinton 6 quotes

“Hillary is so corrupt, she got kicked off the Watergate commission.”

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Donald Trump on Islamic State 6 quotes

“They've created ISIS. Hillary Clinton created ISIS with Obama — created with Obama. But I love predicting because you know, ultimately, you need somebody with vision.”

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Donald Trump on Khizr and Ghazala Khan 5 quotes

“Mr. Khan, who does not know me, viciously attacked me from the stage of the DNC and is now all over T.V. doing the same - Nice!”

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Donald Trump on Joe Biden 4 quotes

“Biden's a stupid person.”

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Donald Trump on Xi Jinping 4 quotes

“My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chairman Xi?”

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Donald Trump on David Cay Johnston

In a 2018 interview with *The Nation*, David Cay Johnston criticized Trump's administration for endangering workers and prioritizing corporate interests over individual safety.

“By deciding not to implement a rule to reduce the chances of truck drivers and train engineers' falling asleep on the job, Trump's Transportation Department has put at risk the lives of those workers as well as the lives of families traveling on our nations highways and trains. And Trump appointed to the Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch, a judge who ruled that a company has the right to fire a worker who chose not to freeze to death on the job.”

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Donald Trump on Howard Lutnick

“Howard has been a dynamic force on Wall Street for more than 30 years. He joined Cantor Fitzgerald in 1983, and rapidly rose through the ranks to become President and CEO at the age of 29. Tragedy struck on September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, and Cantor Fitzgerald lost 658 of its 960 New York-based employees, including Howard's brother and his best friend. He emerged from these events with an indomitable sense of purpose to rebuild the firm to honor those lost, support their families, and become a beacon of hope for those who remained. He was an inspiration to the World - The embodiment of resilience in the face of unspeakable tragedy.”

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Donald Trump on Alexander Acosta

“Throughout his career, Alex Acosta has been a passionate advocate for equal opportunity for all Americans. [...] His extensive experience has tremendously impressed me and my team and makes us confident that he will lead the Department of Labor with the utmost competence and determination to support the American worker. The American worker had been forgotten and left behind. That ended when I became President on January 20. Alex is going to be a key part of achieving our goal of revitalizing the American economy, manufacturing, and labor force. I call on the Senate to swiftly confirm this highly qualified and deserving leader so that he can get straight to work for the betterment of the American people.”

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Donald Trump on Linda McMahon

“My America First agenda is going to bring back our jobs and roll back the burdensome regulations that are hurting our middle class workers and small businesses. To help push our agenda forward, I am pleased to nominate Linda McMahon as the head of the Small Business Administration. Linda has a tremendous background and is widely recognized as one of the country’s top female executives advising businesses around the globe. She helped grow WWE from a modest 13-person operation to a publicly traded global enterprise with more than 800 employees in offices worldwide. Linda is going to be a phenomenal leader and champion for small businesses and unleash America’s entrepreneurial spirit all across the country.”

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Donald Trump on Mark Milley

In a fiery Truth Social post, Donald Trump accused General Mark Milley of treason, suggesting the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs deserved execution for his alleged dealings with China.

“Mark Milley, who led perhaps the most embarrassing moment in American history with his grossly incompetent implementation of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, costing many lives, leaving behind hundreds of American citizens, and handing over BILLIONS of dollars of the finest military equipment ever made, will be leaving the military next week. This will be a time for all citizens of the USA to celebrate! This guy turned out to be a Woke train wreck who, if the Fake News reporting is correct, was actually dealing with China to give them a heads up on the thinking of the President of the United States. This is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH! A war between China and the United States could have been the result of this treasonous act. To be continued!!!”

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Donald Trump on Swedes

“Bill O'Reilly asked me is there a Muslim problem? And I said absolutely, yes. In fact I went a step further. I said I didn't see Swedish people knocking down the World Trade Center. It was very interesting. I thought that was going to be a controversial statement and somebody, I think it was Dennis Miller introduced me, he was doing like an analysis of me, he said, I love it. The guy said what the truth is. He didn't mince his words. He didn't say, 'Oh, gee, no there's not a Muslim problem, everybody's wonderful.' And by the way, many, many, most Muslims are wonderful people, but is there a Muslim problem? Look what's happening. Look what happened right here in my city with the World Trade Center and lots of other places. So I said it and I thought it was going to be very controversial but actually it was very well received. I think people want the truth. I think they're tired of politicians. They're tired of politically correct stuff. I mean I could have said, 'Oh absolutely not Bill, there's no Muslim problem, everything is wonderful, just forget about the World Trade Center.' But you have to speak the truth. We're so politically correct that this country is falling apart.”

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Quotes About Donald Trump

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Before his presidency, Donald Trump quipped to Rona Barrett in the 1980s that he might run for president if he lost his fortune, foreshadowing his later political career.

“Rona Barrett: If you lost your fortune today, what would you do tomorrow? Donald Trump: Maybe I’d run for president. I don’t know.”

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Bender on Donald Trump

Before his presidency, Donald Trump highlighted his real-estate prowess, citing a hotel deal as an example of his ability to create jobs and revitalize areas.

“I said, 'I will build you this incredible, gorgeous, gleaming hotel. I will put people to work in the construction trades and save hotel jobs and the Grand Central area will come around.' So the city made the deal.”

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Marie Brenner "After the Gold Rush" on Donald Trump

Before pitching Trump Tower's design in 1980, Donald Trump instructed the architect to embellish the building's size, revealing an early inclination towards exaggeration.

“"Give them the old Trump bullshit," he told the architect Der Scutt before a presentation of the Trump Tower design at a press conference in 1980. "Tell them it is going to be a million square feet, sixty-eight stories."”

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Echoing his emphasis on personnel, Donald Trump, in a statement about negotiation, suggests inherent talent dictates success, reflecting his broader philosophy of innate ability.

“Some people have an ability to negotiate. It's an art you're basically born with. You either have it or you don't.”

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Romano on Donald Trump

In a 1984 *Washington Post* profile, Donald Trump boasted of his quick grasp of complex topics like missile technology, hinting at his potential to negotiate with the Soviet Union.

“It would take an hour-and-a-half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles. I think I know most of it anyway. You're talking about just getting updated on a situation”

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Despite his earlier emphasis on hiring "the best people," this later statement reveals a contrasting view, suggesting hate as a potential motivator for achieving goals.

“Of course I hate these people and let's all hate these people because maybe hate is what we need if we're gonna get something done.”

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Fortune on Donald Trump

Before politics, Donald Trump, already confident in his people skills, negotiated with bankers, leveraging his potential problems as theirs to find solutions.

“I said to the bankers, "Listen, fellows, if I have a problem, then you have a problem. We have to find a way out or it's going to be a difficult time for both of us."”

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Posing as a publicist named John Miller in 1991, Donald Trump boasted about his desirability and character while already involved with Marla Maples, foreshadowing future controversies.

“He's a good guy, and he's not going to hurt anybody. . . . He treated his wife well and . . . he will treat Marla well. Actresses, people that you write about just call to see if they can go out with him and things. I mean, he's living with Marla and he's got three other girlfriends. He does things for himself. When he makes a decision, that will be a very lucky woman.”

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Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources on Donald Trump

During a 1993 hearing on Indian gaming oversight, a witness emphasized the FBI's role in policing reservations, asserting a lack of personal jurisdiction or responsibility.

“I am not a law enforcement officer. I am not supposed to be going around checking Indian reservations. That is what you have the FBI for, and they are very capable, the most capable.”

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Speaking about his newborn daughter Tiffany in 1994, Donald Trump objectified her appearance, comparing her features to her mother and speculating on future physical attributes.

“Well, I think that she's got a lot of Marla [Maples, Trump's second wife], she's a really beautiful baby, and she's got Marla's legs. We don't know whether she's got this part yet [gestures toward own chest], but time will tell...”

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Interview with Larry King on Donald Trump

Before his presidential aspirations solidified, Donald Trump expressed surprisingly liberal views on healthcare, advocating for universal access and prioritizing citizen well-being.

“I'm conservative, and even very conservative. But I'm quite liberal and getting much more liberal on health care and other things. I really say: What's the purpose of a country if you're not going to have defensive and health care? If you can't take care of your sick in the country, forget it, it's all over. I mean, it's no good. So I'm very liberal when it comes to health care. I believe in universal health care. I believe in whatever it takes to make people well and better.”

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Good Morning America on Donald Trump

Speaking about personal regrets in 1999, Donald Trump contrasted his marital experiences with his parents' "incredible" marriage, expressing disappointment in his own lack of similar success.

“The part of my life I think I'm most disappointed in is that I have not had the great marriage. And I would have thought that would have happened, because I came from a home—you know, it's not like some of my friends, they get divorced, but their parents were divorced twice or three times. I came from a home where marriage was just incredible. I mean, my parents truly loved each other.”

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Interview on Howard Stern Show on Donald Trump

Amid reflections on a potential second term, Donald Trump lamented the perceived inadequacies of his first presidency, particularly regarding staffing choices.

“Donald Trump: Yeah, I guess so. I wish, uh, I wish the first time it was done correctly.”

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Interview with Norwegian talk show host Fredrik Skavlan on Donald Trump

While the source focuses on personnel, Donald Trump's 2003 remark reveals a recurring theme in his rhetoric: emphasizing personal appeal and mutual attraction, particularly with women.

“I love beautiful women, and beautiful women love me. It has to be both ways.”

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September on Donald Trump

Contrastingly to his later emphasis on "the best people" for government, this 2004 radio exchange reveals Trump's objectification of his own daughter Ivanka in a conversation with Howard Stern.

“Trump: My daughter is beautiful, Ivanka Stern: By the way, your daughter, Trump: She’s beautiful Stern: Can I say this? A piece of ass Trump: Yeah”

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Trump: The Way to the Top: The Best Business Advice I Ever Received on Donald Trump

Contrasting his later emphasis on surrounding himself with "the best people," this earlier advice reveals a belief in continuous learning and humility.

“Watch, listen, and learn. You can't know it all yourself—anyone who thinks that they do is destined for mediocrity.”

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Contrasting with his emphasis on hiring "the best people," this statement reveals Trump's perceived discomfort with the necessary but unpleasant reality of firing individuals in business.

“I don't like firing people. It's not a pleasant thing and it's sad. ... In some cases, it's a terrible, terrible situation for the person who gets fired, how strongly they take it. So it's not something that any rational or sane person can love doing, but it also happens to be a fact of life in business.”

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Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer on Donald Trump

Speaking in a Bronx barbershop in 2024, Donald Trump emphasizes the enduring opportunity for success in America, mirroring his prior focus on the importance of surrounding oneself with "the right people."

“People say, "Do you have the same opportunity today as you had years ago?" And I said, "Absolutely." You always have an opportunity. There's always an opportunity, especially in this country.”

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Before his presidency, Donald Trump expressed strong criticism of the Iraq War, questioning its purpose and predicting negative consequences following U.S. withdrawal.

“My life is seeing everything in terms of "How would I handle that?" Look at the war in Iraq and the mess that we're in. I would never have handled it that way. Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the county? C'mon. Two minutes after we leave, there's going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over. And he'll have weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam didn't have. What was the purpose of this whole thing? Hundreds and hundreds of young people killed. And what about the people coming back with no arms and legs? Not to mention the other side. All those Iraqi kids who've been blown to pieces. And it turns out that all of the reasons for the war were blatantly wrong. All this for nothing!”

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While Donald Trump emphasized the importance of "the right people" for success, he also reportedly viewed pregnancy as "an inconvenience for a business" despite its personal benefits.

“Pregnancy is "a wonderful thing for the woman, it's a wonderful thing for the husband, it's certainly an inconvenience for a business."”

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Before his political career, Donald Trump expressed in 2004 a surprising view that the economy historically performs better under Democratic presidencies.

“In many cases, I probably identify more as Democrat. It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans. Now, it shouldn't be that way. But if you go back, I mean it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats. ...But certainly we had some very good economies under Democrats, as well as Republicans. But we've had some pretty bad disaster under the Republicans.”

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Captured on tape in 2005, Donald Trump recounted his aggressive and unwanted advances toward a married woman, boasting about his ability to sexually assault women due to his celebrity status.

“I did try and fuck her. She was married. I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the big phony tits and everything. She's totally changed her look. I've gotta use some Tic Tacs, just in case I start kissing her. You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.”

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October on Donald Trump

Speaking to a Bronx barbershop, Donald Trump emphasized the importance of "the right people" while also commenting on a woman's appearance, highlighting a pattern of prioritizing personal qualities.

“She’s actually always been very voluptuous. She’s tall, she’s almost six feet tall and she’s been, she’s an amazing beauty.”

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Trump 101 The Way to Success on Donald Trump

Speaking from experience, Donald Trump emphasized the importance of passion for long-term success, contrasting it with the "right people" he prioritized in his political career.

“Passion is absolutely necessary to achieve any kind of long-lasting success. I know this from experience. If you don't have passion, everything you do will ultimately fizzle out or, at best, be mediocre.”

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Speaking in 2007, Donald Trump criticized the Iraq War as a "total catastrophe" and praised Saddam Hussein's handling of terrorists.

“The war is total disaster. It's a catastrophe, nothing less. It is such a shame that this took place. In fact, I gained a lot of respect for our current president's father by the fact that he had the sense not to go in to Iraq. He won the war and then said let's not go the rest of the way and he turned out to be right. And Saddam Hussein, whether they like him or didn't like him, he hated terrorists. He'd shoot and kill terrorists. When terrorists came in to his country, which he did control and he did dominate, he would kill terrorists. Now it's a breeding ground for terrorists. So, look, the war is a total catastrophe...and they have a civil war going on.”

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Despite later branding struggles, Donald Trump touted his "Trump Steaks" in 2007 with characteristic hyperbole, proclaiming them the "world's greatest" and a gift of the "very, very best."

“Trump Steaks are the world's greatest steaks, and I mean that in every sense of the word. Treat yourself to the very, very best life has to offer you. And as a gift, Trump Steaks are the best you can give. One bite, and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about, and believe me. I understand steaks, it's my favorite food.”

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"Donald Trump on President-Elect Obama: 'He Cannot Do Worse Than Bush'" Interview with Greta Van Susteren on Donald Trump

Speaking shortly after Barack Obama's inauguration in 2008, Donald Trump offered surprisingly positive initial impressions, tempered with a pointed financial market observation.

“It's very exciting we have a new president. It would have been nice if he ended with a 500 point up instead of down. It's certainly very exciting. His speech was great last night. I thought it was inspiring in every way. And, hopefully he's going to do a great job. But the way I look at it, he cannot do worse than Bush.”

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Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education In Business and Life on Donald Trump

Ironically, Donald Trump, known for valuing personal connections and claiming to "know the best people," also emphasized the importance of continuous learning and open-mindedness for success.

“If I'd started in business thinking I knew everything, I'd have been sunk before I started... Never think of learning as being a burden or studying as being boring. It may require some discipline, but it can be an adventure. It can also prepare you for a new beginning.”

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Speaking to a Bronx barbershop, Donald Trump attributed his "drive for success" to a "good gene pool" inherited from his successful builder father.

“Well, I think I was born with a drive for success. I had a father who was successful. He was a builder in Brooklyn and Koreans. And he was successful. And, you know, I have a certain gene. I'm a gene believer. Hey, when you connect two race horses, you usually end up with a fast horse. And I really was -- you know, I had a -- a good gene pool from the standpoint of that.”

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In March 2011, Donald Trump amplified the "birther" conspiracy on Fox News, questioning Barack Obama's eligibility for the presidency based on his birth certificate.

“They asked John McCain for his birth certificate. They've asked others for their birth certificate. They asked Bush for his birth certificate, by the way. I just found out over the weekend. And they would ask me for my birth certificate and by the way, it's sitting on the top of my desk. They give you a certificate of live birth, which anybody can get, just walk into the hospital, and you get a certificate of live birth. It's not even signed by people. Now, this guy either has a birth certificate or he doesn't. And I didn't think this was such a big deal, but I will tell you, it's turning out to be a very big deal because people now are calling me from all over saying, please don't give up on this issue. If you weren't born in this country, you cannot be president.”

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Speaking on golf and gay friends, Donald Trump digresses into a "traditionalist" stance, revealing a perspective blending sport, personal relationships, and conservative values.

“It's like in golf. A lot of people — I don't want this to sound trivial — but a lot of people are switching to these really long putters, very unattractive. It's weird. You see these great players with these really long putters, because they can't sink three-footers anymore. And, I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist.”

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On an interview on why he hates Rosie O'Donnell on Donald Trump

Speaking of firing someone and emphasizing the importance of "the right people," Donald Trump, years before his political career, infamously declared he would fire Rosie O'Donnell.

“If I were running my business, I'd fire Rosie, I mean, I'd look her right in that fat ugly face of hers and say, "Rosie, you're fired."”

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Interview with Newsmax on Donald Trump

Speaking about the Republican party's challenges with minority voters after Mitt Romney's 2012 defeat, Donald Trump outlined a kinder, more inclusive approach to immigration.

“Republicans didn't have anything going for them with respect to Latinos and with respect to Asians... The Democrats didn't have a policy for dealing with illegal immigrants, but what they did have going for them is they weren't mean-spirited about it... They didn't know what the policy was, but what they were is they were kind... He had a crazy policy of self deportation which was maniacal... It sounded as bad as it was, and he lost all of the Latino vote... He lost the Asian vote. He lost everybody who is inspired to come into this country... Take care of this incredible problem that we have with respect to immigration, with respect to people wanting to be wonderful productive citizens of this country.”

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"From the Desk of Donald Trump: South Korea" on Donald Trump

Speaking about the U.S.'s defense relationship with South Korea, Donald Trump questioned why the country wasn't being compensated for its protection against North Korea, highlighting trade imbalances.

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During a 2013 Moscow visit for Miss Universe, Donald Trump asserted a relationship with Vladimir Putin, praising Putin's leadership and influence on global affairs, particularly regarding Syria.

“I do have a relationship and I can tell you that he's very interested in what we're doing here today, he's probably very interested in what you and I are saying today, and I'm sure he is going to be seeing it in some form. But I do have a relationship with him, and I think, er, it's very interesting to see what's happened. I mean, look, he's done a very brilliant job in terms of what he represents and who he's representing, if you look at what he's done with Syria, if you look at so many of the different things, he has really eaten our president's lunch, let's not kid ourselves.”

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Prior to becoming president, Donald Trump touted a simple, guaranteed strategy for defeating ISIS, comparing its simplicity to that of a paper clip.

“There is a way of beating ISIS so easily, so quickly, so effectively, and it would be so nice...I know a way that would absolutely give us guaranteed victory...the problem is then everybody will take the idea, run with it and then people will forget where it came from...I ran it past two or three people. [It's] so simple. It's like the paper clip.”

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During his initial presidential campaign in June 2015, Donald Trump vowed to construct a border wall paid for by Mexico, a promise that became a defining slogan.

“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.”

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When asked whether he thought Barack Obama was born on Donald Trump

Donald Trump, despite mounting evidence, fueled the "birther" conspiracy about Barack Obama's citizenship in 2015, expressing continued doubt about Obama's place of birth.

“I don't know. I really don't know. I don't know why he wouldn't release his records.”

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Statement by Donald J. Trump on the Iran Agreement on Donald Trump

Amidst his 2015 presidential campaign, Donald Trump criticized the Obama Administration's Iran nuclear deal, predicting dire consequences for the Middle East and American security.

“The Obama Administration's agreement with Iran is very dangerous. Iran developing a nuclear weapon, either through uranium or nuclear fuel, and defying the world is still a very real possibility. The inspections will not be followed, and Iran will no longer have any sanctions. Iran gets everything and loses nothing. Every promise the Obama Administration made in the beginning of negotiations, including the vow (made at the beginning of the negotiations) to get our great American prisoners returned to the U. S. has been broken. This is a bad deal that sets a dangerous precedent. This deal sets off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, which is the most-unstable region in the world. It is a horrible and perhaps catastrophic event for Israel. Furthermore, we should have kept the billions of dollars we have agreed to pay them. Any great dealmaker would know this is a perfect example of "tapping along" and because they have been unchecked for so long throughout this extremely lengthy process, I guarantee they are much closer to producing a nuclear weapon than they were at the start of negotiations. The fact is, the US has incompetent leaders and even more incompetent negotiators. We must do better for America and the world. We have to Make America Great Again.”

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Family Leadership Summit on Donald Trump

During a 2015 event, Donald Trump defended his supporters while criticizing John McCain's war hero status, sparking immediate controversy and foreshadowing his confrontational style.

“Donald Trump: 15,000 people showed up to hear me speak. Bigger than anybody and everybody knows it. A beautiful day with incredible people that were wonderful, great Americans, I will tell you. John McCain goes, "Oh, boy, Trump makes my job difficult. He had 15,000 crazies show up." Crazies. He called them all crazy. I said, they weren't crazy. They were great Americans. These people— if you would have seen these people— you— I know what a crazy is. I know all about crazies. These weren't crazy. So he insulted me and he insulted everybody in that room... Frank Luntz: He's a war hero. Donald Trump: He's not a war hero. Luntz: He's a war hero. Trump: He is a war hero— Luntz: Five and a half years in a POW camp. Trump: He's a war hero 'cause he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, OK? I hate to tell you. Luntz: Do you agree with that? Trump: He's a war hero. He's a war hero because he was captured, OK? You can have— and I believe— perhaps he's a war hero, but— but right now he said some very bad things about a lot of people.”

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Oliver Darcy on Donald Trump

During a contentious interview with Jose Diaz-Balart, Donald Trump defended his controversial remarks about immigrants, accusing the press of misinterpreting his words.

“Jose Diaz-Balart: Mr. Trump, you know 53,000 Hispanics turn 18 years of age in this country every month, born in the country of voting age. 54 million plus Hispanics — many feel that what you said when you said that the people who cross the border are rapists and murderers— Donald Trump: No, no, no! We're talking about illegal immigration and everybody understands that. And you know what? That's a typical case. That's a typical case of the press with misinterpretation. They take a half a sentence, they take a half a sentence, then they take quarter of a sentence and put it all together. It's a typical thing... Diaz-Balart: I'm not finished with my question. Trump: No, no! You're finished!”

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Jesse Byrnes on Donald Trump

During his 2015 presidential campaign, Donald Trump expressed confidence in his ability to unite the world, citing his successful career and strong interpersonal skills.

“I think that I would be a great uniter. I think that I would have great diplomatic skills. I think that I would be able to get along with people very well. I've had a great success in my life. I think the world would unite if I were the leader of the United States.”

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Appearance at Iowa State Fair - on Donald Trump

Speaking in August 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump downplays detailed policy plans, emphasizing instead a flexible, deal-making approach focused on improvisation and negotiation.

“You know, when you put out policy, like a 14-point plan? A lot of times in the first hour of negotiation, that 14-point plan goes astray, but you may end up with a better deal. That's the way it works. That's the way really life works. When I do a deal, I don't say, "Oh, here's 14 points." I got out and do it. I don't sit down and talk about 14 points.”

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Criticizing Jeb Bush for speaking Spanish on the campaign trail during a Republican Presidential Debate on CNN on Donald Trump

Amidst a barbershop visit in 2015 where he emphasized the importance of "the right people," Donald Trump asserted the primacy of English in the US.

“This is a country where we speak English, not Spanish.”

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During a 2015 New Hampshire town hall, Donald Trump declined to correct a questioner's false and Islamophobic claims about President Obama being a Muslim.

“Audience member: We have a problem in this country, it's called Muslims. Our current President is one. We know he's not even an American. We have training camps growing where they want to kill us. That's my question, when can we get rid of them? Donald Trump: We're going to be looking at a lot of different things. A lot of people are saying that and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there. We're going to be looking at that and a lot of different things.”

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In a 2015 CNN interview, Donald Trump defended his controversial rhetoric regarding Muslims by citing the 9/11 attacks and the existence of "a problem throughout the world."

“You can be politically correct if you want, but are you trying to say we don't have a problem? ... Most Muslims, like most everything, I mean, these are fabulous people... But we certainly do have a problem, I mean, you have a problem throughout the world. ... It wasn't people from Sweden that blew up the World Trade Center.”

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Explaining his messy desk on Donald Trump

Reflecting on his management style, Donald Trump, pictured here on Air Force One in 2015, contrasts successful people with those having empty desks, predicting the latter's failure.

“You ever see guys with nothing on their desk? They always fail. I don't know what it is. I've seen it for years.”

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Donald Trump's 2015 presidential campaign launch speech emphasized his business acumen, promising economic prosperity, border security, and a military buildup to "Make America Great Again."

“Trump: I'm Donald Trump, and I'm running for president. Our country is in deep trouble because let's face it: politics are all talk and no action. My opponents have no experience in creating jobs or making deals. The fact is, I'm going to make the greatest trade deals we've ever made in our country. And I'm going to bring jobs and money back to the United States. I'll take care of our veterans and make our military so strong that nobody will ever mess with us. I'll secure our borders, and yes, we will have a wall. You can't have a country without borders. Obamacare is a great plan . It will be repealed and replaced with something much better. If the people of Iowa vote for me, you'll never be disappointed. I don't disappoint people, I produce. Together, we're going to Make America Great Again. I'm Donald Trump, candidate for president, and I hate this message. Female V/O: Paid for by Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.”

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In November 2015, during a discussion about immigration, Donald Trump outlined his plans for a "deportation force" and a "Trump wall" with a "big beautiful nice door."

“You're going to have a deportation force, and you're going to do it humanely and you're going to bring the country -- and, frankly, the people, because you have some excellent, wonderful people, some fantastic people hat have been here for a long period of time. Don't forget, Mika, that you have millions of people that are waiting in line to come into this country and they're waiting to come in legally. And I always say the wall, we're going to build the wall. It's going to be a real deal. It's going to be a real wall. There was a picture in one of the magazines where they had a wall this tall and they were taking drugs over the wall. They built a ramp over the wall and the truck was going up and down. They were using it like a highway; the wall is like a highway. It's not going to happen. It's going to be a Trump wall. It's going to be a real wall. And it's going to stop people and it's going to be good. But your friend Thomas Friedman called me and said, hah, there should be a big door. I said going to be a big door. I love the expression. There's going to be a big beautiful nice door. People are going to come in and they're going to come in legally. But we have no choice. Otherwise, we don't have a country. We don't even know how many people. We don't know if it's 8 million or if it's 20 million. We have no idea how many people are in our country. And then you see what happened with Kate in San Francisco. You see what happens with all of the things going on, all of the tremendous crime going on. It costs us $200 billion a year for illegal immigration right now. $200 billion a year, maybe $250, maybe $300. They don't even know. We're going to stop it. We're going to run it properly and we're going to stop it.”

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An unequal answer about equal pay on Donald Trump

Speaking to a Bronx barbershop in November 2015, Donald Trump's dismissal of equal pay initiatives reveals a perspective prioritizing individual achievement over systemic equity.

“[When the government says] 'everybody gets equal pay,' you get away from the whole American Dream.”

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Published in his 2015 book "Crippled America," this excerpt reveals Donald Trump's belief that his campaign's success stemmed from the genuine affection of his supporters.

“The enthusiasm was based on pure love and love of what we were doing.”

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Speaking in December 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump outlined a foreign policy prioritizing the defeat of ISIS, criticizing the U.S.'s multi-faceted approach in Syria.

“My policy has always been the same. We're fighting ISIS and Assad is fighting ISIS, but we're backing rebels to fight Assad. You can't fight everybody, you have to pick who you want to fight. And now you've got Turkey, who like ISIS more than they like others, no one really knows because we don't have people that know what they're doing. So in my opinion, you go along, and Russia does not like ISIS, and people are starting to find out. I mean in all fairness lost an airplane, got blew out of the air. So Russia is not a fan of ISIS. Russia is bombing the hell out of them, starting to bomb them. I say isis is our number one threat. We can't be fighting everybody at the same time. ISIS is our number one threat. I would bomb the hell out of them -- I like to do one thing at a time. I would knock the hell out of ISIS. I would hit them ... so hard like they've never been hit before.”

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Speaking to a crowd, Donald Trump controversially advocated targeting terrorists' families, justifying it by claiming terrorists use civilians as shields and value their families' lives.

“They're using them as shields. It's a horrible thing. They're using them as shields. But we're fighting a very politically correct war. And the other thing is with the terrorists. You have to take out their families. When you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives. Don't kid yourself. But they say they don't care about their lives. You have to take out their families.”

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Statement on Preventing Muslim Immigration on Donald Trump

Amidst his 2015 presidential campaign, Donald Trump proposed a complete ban on Muslims entering the U.S., citing alleged anti-American sentiments and support for Sharia law.

“Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on... According to Pew Research, among others, there is great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population. Most recently, a poll from the Center for Security Policy released data showing "25% of those polled agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad" and 51% of those polled, "agreed that Muslims in America should have the choice of being governed according to Shariah." Shariah authorizes such atrocities as murder against non-believers who won't convert, beheadings and more unthinkable acts that pose great harm to Americans, especially women.”

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Speaking in December 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump expressed concern about losing people to the Internet, suggesting a need for its potential closure.

“We are losing a lot of people to the Internet. We have to do something. We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's happening. We have to talk to them [about], maybe in certain areas, closing that Internet up in some way. Some people will say, ‘Freedom of speech, Freedom of speech'. These are foolish people.”

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Speaking about potential travel bans in December 2015, Donald Trump framed the issue as one of national security, explicitly denying religious discrimination or constitutional concerns.

“These are people that are outside the country, so we're really not talking about the Constitution. And it's not about religion. This is about safety. This has nothing to do with religion. It's about safety.”

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Speaking during the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump harshly criticizes Hillary Clinton's foreign policy record, blaming her for global instability and deaths in the Middle East.

“The entire world has been upset. The entire world, it's a different place. During Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's term, she's done a horrible job. She has caused death. She has caused tremendous death with incompetent decisions. I was against the war in Iraq. I wasn't a politician, but I was against the war in Iraq. She voted for the war in Iraq. Look at Libya. That was her baby. Look. I mean, I'm not even talking about the ambassador and the people with the ambassador. Young, wonderful people. With messages coming in by the hundreds, and she's not even responding. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about all of the death that's been caused and not only our side. There was nothing saved. If we would have never done anything in the Middle East, we would have a much safer world right now. ... All of this has led to the migration. All of this has led to tremendous death and destruction. And she for the most part was in charge of it along with Obama. She's constantly playing the woman card. It's the only way she may get elected. I mean frankly... Personally, I'm not sure that anybody else other than me is going to beat her. And I think she's a flawed candidate. And you see what's happened recently. And it hasn't been a very pretty picture for her or for Bill. Because I'm the only one that's willing to talk about his problems. I mean, what he did and what he has gone through I think is frankly terrible, especially if she wants to play the woman card. I have more respect for women by far than Hillary Clinton has. And I will do more for women than Hillary Clinton will. I will do far more including the protection of our country. She caused a lot of the problems that we have right now.”

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Amidst criticisms of Obama and Clinton, then-candidate Trump controversially asserted their administration "created ISIS," highlighting his focus on leadership and vision.

“They've created ISIS. Hillary Clinton created ISIS with Obama; created with Obama. But I love predicting because you know, ultimately, you need somebody with vision.”

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Speaking shortly after El Chapo's recapture, Donald Trump outlines his distrust of Mexico while suggesting the drug lord be placed on the "fourth floor" of a prison.

“Mexico is going to be the new China because what they're doing to us is unbelievable, although they did catch El Chapo. Good? Good? They did catch El Chapo, that's good. I mean I don't know, he better not escape a third time, you know? Those tunnels, bing, boom, right under the toilet, bing boom, right up. It's pretty amazing when you think about it, right? But anyway. I have an idea: Put him on the fourth floor this time, right? No more, no more first floors.”

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Full Transcript of the Sixth Republican Debate in Charleston on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Before his presidency, Donald Trump expressed fervent anger at the state of the nation, citing issues like healthcare, immigration, and military affairs.

“I'm very angry because our country is being run horribly and I will gladly accept the mantle of anger. Our military is a disaster. Our healthcare is a horror show. Obamacare, we're going to repeal it and replace it. We have no borders. Our vets are being treated horribly. Illegal immigration is beyond belief. Our country is being run by incompetent people. And yes, I am angry. I'm angry because our country is a mess.”

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During a 2016 interview, Donald Trump described then-presidential candidate Ted Cruz as a "nasty guy" disliked by everyone who knew him, highlighting a growing political rivalry.

“The truth is, he's a nasty guy. He was so nice to me. I mean, I knew it. I was watching. I kept saying, 'Come on Ted. Let's go, okay.' But he's a nasty guy. Nobody likes him. Nobody in Congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. He's a very –- he's got an edge that's not good. You can't make deals with people like that and it's not a good thing. It's not a good thing for the country. Very nasty guy.”

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Morning Joe on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2016, Donald Trump criticizes Ted Cruz's inability to work with others, contrasting it with his own perceived leadership skills and deal-making abilities.

“Ted Cruz lies. He's a liar. And that's why nobody likes him, that's why his Senate people won't endorse him. That's why he stands on the middle of the Senate floor and can't make a deal with anybody. He looks like a jerk. He's standing all by himself. And you know, there's something to say about having a little bit of ability to get other people to do things. You can't be a lone wolf and stand there. That's sort of what we have right now as a president.”

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During a 2016 campaign rally, Donald Trump infamously characterized New Hampshire as a "drug-infested den" stemming from the southern border.

“Up in New Hampshire – I won New Hampshire because New Hampshire is a drug-infested den – is coming from the southern border.”

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During a 2016 rally, Donald Trump asserted an unwavering loyalty from his supporters, boasting about their unwavering devotion in colorful and hyperbolic terms, contrasting it with his rivals' perceived weakness.

“The people, my people, are so smart, and you know what they say about my people? The polls. They say I have the most loyal people — did you ever see that? Where I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters. It's like incredible. No, they say, "Trump we love you too." Trump's voters are by far, ya know, I'm at sixty-eight and sixty-nine percent, I'm at ninety percent, total, like, "Will you say absolutely?" I think it's sixty-eight and sixty-nine percent. "Will you most likely stay?" That gets into the nineties. Other guys like a ten. A guy like Jeb Bush, he has a nobody, but he's like, they don't have people. They have nothing. Rubio, soft. They're all soft. My people stay, by the way, Cruz, soft. When they heard about this thing with that he was bordering Canada, nobody knew them? He lost a lot of people! He's gone down big in the polls. Ted Cruz has gone down big in the polls. That doesn't mean he's giving us a fight in Iowa, that doesn't mean you can stay home, okay, see, you with the smile? It doesn't mean that. You gotta go out cause we can't take any chances.”

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At a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. on Donald Trump

Speaking at a 2016 rally, Donald Trump encouraged supporters to physically harm anyone who might throw a tomato at him, promising to cover legal fees.

“To have a crowd like this on our final day, can you believe it, this is the day. This is the day we take our country back. Remember that. This is the day we take our country back. So I got a little notice in case you see it. It's security guys. We have wonderful security guys. They said, "Mr. Trump, there may be somebody with tomatoes in the audience." So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously... Okay? Just knock the hell... I promise you I will pay for the legal fees, I promise. I promise. There won't be so much cause the courts agree with us too. What's going on in this country.”

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At a rally in New Hampshire. on Donald Trump

Speaking at a New Hampshire rally in early 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump vowed to revitalize local businesses and excoriated companies that had moved to Mexico.

“This has been going if it's not going to happen anymore, folks. We're going to bring businesses back. We're going to have businesses that used to be in New Hampshire, that are now in Mexico, come back to New Hampshire and you can tell them to go f--- themselves...because they let you down, and they left. We want the businesses that stay. I know a lot of businesses up here and I knew a lot of businesses up here. These are great people, they could've left and they wanna stay. They willing to stay, they're fighting to stay. It's hard. With a highest tax nation in the entire world. It's hard for them to stay and they stay. Those are the people we have to cherish and love. These are the people that are great.”

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On an interview on The O'Reilly Factor on Donald Trump

Despite publicly denying uttering a vulgar phrase, Trump's exchange with Bill O'Reilly suggests an unspoken truth, juxtaposing his self-portrayal as restrained.

“Trump: No, I didn't use the word. I never said the word, Bill. I don't know who told you -- I would never use the word. I didn't say the word. I said, "you can tell them to go [beat of silence] themselves." O'Reilly: But the lips kind of moved in the -- Trump: Well, they might have. No, I didn't say the word. I wouldn't do that. Even I -- hey Bill, even I wouldn't do that, okay. No, I never said the word.”

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Donald Trump: "Torture works" on Donald Trump

Speaking in February 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump defended torture, including waterboarding, asserting its effectiveness and suggesting even stronger methods were needed.

“Torture works, okay folks? [...] Believe me, it works. [...] Waterboarding is your minor form. Some people say it's not actually torture. Let's assume it is. But they asked me the question. What do you think of waterboarding? Absolutely fine. But we should go much stronger than waterboarding. That's the way I feel.”

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During a campaign stop on Donald Trump

During a 2016 South Carolina campaign rally, Donald Trump recounted a fabricated story of General Pershing executing Muslim terrorists with pig's blood-soaked bullets, falsely claiming it deterred terrorism for decades.

“They were having terrorism problems, just like we do, and he caught 50 terrorists who did tremendous damage and killed many people. And he took the 50 terrorists, and he took 50 men and he dipped 50 bullets in pigs' blood — you heard that, right? He took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs' blood. And he had his men load his rifles, and he lined up the 50 people, and they shot 49 of those people. And the 50th person, he said: You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened. And for 25 years, there wasn't a problem. Okay? Twenty-five years, there wasn't a problem.”

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At a rally in Las Vegas on Donald Trump

Speaking at a February 2016 rally, then-candidate Donald Trump reminisced about harsher treatment of disruptive individuals, expressing a desire for physical retaliation against a protester.

“Bye bye. Look, see? He's smiling. See, he's having a good time. Oh, I love the old days, you know? You know what I hate? There's a guy, totally disruptive, throwing punches, we're not allowed to punch back anymore. I love the old days. You know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in a place like this? They'd be carried out on a stretcher, folks. You know, I love our police, and I really respect our police, and they're not getting enough. They're not. Honestly, I hate to see that. Here's a guy, throwing punches, nasty as hell, screaming at everything else when we're talking, and he's walking out, and we're not allowed -- you know, the guards are very gentle with him, he's walking out, like, big high fives, smiling, laughing -- I'd like to punch him in the face, I'll tell you.”

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Responding to Marco Rubio's hand size jab during the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump defended his anatomy at a rally, denying any suggestion of inadequacy.

“Look at those hands. Are they small hands? And he referred to my hands — if they're small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there's no problem, I guarantee.”

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21 March 2016 on Donald Trump

Speaking in March 2016, before his election, Donald Trump criticized the Iran nuclear deal, citing Iranian missile tests and threatening messages aimed at Israel.

“Iran has already, since the deal is in place, test-fired ballistic missiles three times. Those ballistic missiles, with a range of 1,250 miles, were designed to intimidate not only Israel, which is only 600 miles away, but also intended to frighten Europe and someday maybe hit even the United States. And we're not going to let that happen. We're not letting it happen. And we're not letting it happen to Israel, believe me. Thank you. Thank you. Do you want to hear something really shocking? As many of the great people in this room know, painted on those missiles in both Hebrew and Farsi were the words "Israel must be wiped off the face of the earth." You can forget that. What kind of demented minds write that in Hebrew?”

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As part of a conversation with Barack Obama about ruling out the use of nuclear weapons on Donald Trump

In a 2016 exchange with Obama, then-candidate Trump refused to rule out any military options against ISIS, aiming to keep adversaries guessing about U.S. strategy.

“Obama: But you would rule in the possibility to fight against ISIS. Trump: Well, I'm never gonna rule anything out. And I wouldn't wanna say. Even if I felt -- it wasn't going -- I wouldn't wanna tell you that because, at a minimum, I want them to think maybe that we would use it.”

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"China accused of trade 'rape' by Donald Trump" on Donald Trump

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump articulated a hardline stance on US-China trade relations, accusing China of economic exploitation and linking it to North Korea.

“We have a 500 billion dollar deficit, trade deficit with China. We're going to turn it around and we have the cards, don't forget, we're like the piggy bank that's being robbed. We have the cards, we have a lot of power with China. When China doesn't want to fix the problem in North Korea we say "Sorry folks, you've got to fix the problem." Because we can't continue to allow China to rape our country, and that's what they're doing. It's the greatest theft in the history of the world.”

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Victory speech after winning New Jersey on Donald Trump 3 quotes

Speaking after securing the Republican nomination in June 2016, Donald Trump highlights his achievements and promises "real change" driven by the support of his followers.

“I'm truly honored by your support. Together, we accomplished what nobody thought was absolutely possible and you know what that is and we're only getting started and it's going to be beautiful, remember that. Tonight we close one chapter in history and we begin another. Our campaign received more primary votes than any GOP campaign in history, no matter who it is, no matter who they are, we received more votes. This is a great feeling. That's a great feeling. This is not a testament to me but a testament to all of the people who believed real change, not Obama change, but real change is possible. You've given me the honor to lead the Republican Party to victory this fall.”

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Speaking in June 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump criticized President Obama's handling of radical Islamic terrorism, implying a hidden motive behind Obama's actions.

“We're led by a man that either is not tough, not smart, or he's got something else in mind. And the something else in mind, you know, people can't believe it, people cannot believe that President Obama is acting the way he acts and can't even mention the words 'radical Islamic terrorism. There's something going on — it's inconceivable. There's something going on. He doesn't get it, or he gets it better than anybody understands. It's one or the other, and either one is unacceptable.”

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At a campaign rally on Donald Trump 2 quotes

During a 2016 campaign rally, Donald Trump controversially praised Saddam Hussein's methods of dealing with terrorists, contrasting it with the situation in contemporary Iraq.

“Saddam Hussein was a bad guy. Right? He was a bad guy, really bad guy. But you know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good. They didn't read them the rights—they didn't talk, they were a terrorist, it was over. [...] Today, Iraq is Harvard for terrorism. You want to be a terrorist, you go to Iraq. It's like Harvard. Okay? So sad.”

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On Michael Bloomberg on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in 2016, Donald Trump denigrated Michael Bloomberg's lack of "guts" to run for president, dismissing his political acumen.

“A guy who didn't have the guts to run for president. Little Michael. He doesn't know anything about me. But he never had the guts to run. He probably wished he did but he didn't. He spent millions of dollars on polling but he was missing one thing: guts. Little Michael.”

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Speaking shortly before his 2016 election, Donald Trump expressed a surprising and somewhat reluctant admiration for Barack Obama, acknowledging his unique success.

“Obama gave a good speech but not nearly as good as the press would have you believe. Whether it's good or bad, the press will say it's fantastic. In many ways, I like Obama. It's hard to define. There's something about him I do like. I'm embarrassed to admit it. I give him a lot of credit. It's very unique and very hard to do and I give him tremendous credit. He became a two-term president of the United States. He's got some quality going.”

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While campaigning in 2016, Donald Trump criticized Hillary Clinton's policies as reckless and indicative of "bad judgement," disqualifying her as Commander in Chief.

“Clinton's actions have been reckless and have directly led to the loss of American lives. And her extreme immigration policies, as also laid out by American victims in Cleveland, will cause the preventable deaths of countless more -- while putting all residents, from all places, at greater risk of terrorism. As Bernie Sanders said on numerous occasions, Hillary Clinton suffers from "bad judgement." She is not qualified to serve as Commander in Chief.”

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Claimed about the Russian president Vladimir Putin after Putin had invaded Crimea on Donald Trump

Speaking during the 2016 election, Donald Trump confidently predicted Vladimir Putin would not invade Ukraine, despite Russia's prior annexation of Crimea and ongoing conflict in Donbass.

“He’s not going into Ukraine, OK, just so you understand. He’s not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down. You can put it down. You can take it anywhere you want.”

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At a rally in Ashburn, Virginia. on Donald Trump

During a 2016 campaign rally, Donald Trump's seemingly lighthearted remarks about a crying baby reveal a performative style and an impulse to control the narrative.

“Don't worry about that baby. I love babies. I hear that baby crying, I like it. What a baby. What a beautiful baby. Don't worry, don't worry. The mom's running around like—don't worry about it, you know. It's young and beautiful and healthy and that's what we want. [...] Actually, I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here. That's all right. Don't worry. I, I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I'm speaking. That's OK. People don't understand. That's OK.”

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Speech to the African-American community in Dimondale, Michigan on Donald Trump

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump directly appealed to African-American voters, arguing they had nothing to lose by supporting him due to the failures of Democratic policies.

“No group in America has been more harmed by Hillary Clinton's policies than African-Americans. If Hillary Clinton's goal was to inflict pain on the African-American community, she could not have done a better job. It's a disgrace. Tonight, I'm asking for the vote of every single African-American citizen in this country who wants to see a better future. The inner cities of our country have been run by the Democratic party for more than fifty years. Their policies have reduced only poverty, joblessness, failing schools and broken homes. It's time to hold Democratic politicians accountable for what they have done to these communities. At what point do we say, "enough?" It's time to hold failed leaders accountable for their results not just their empty words over and over again. Look at what the Democratic party has done to the city as an example and there are many others of Detroit: forty percent of Detroit's residents live in poverty. Half of all Detroit residents do not work and cannot work and can't get a job. Detroit tops the list of most dangerous cities in terms of violent crime. This is the legacy of the Democratic politicians who have run this city. This is the result of the policy agenda embraced by Hillary Clinton: thirty-three thousand emails gone. The only way to change results is to change leadership. We can never fix our problems by relying on the same politicians who created our problems in the first place. A new future requires brand new leadership. Look how much African-American communities suffered under Democratic control. To those I say the following: What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump. What do you have to lose? I say it again, what do you have to lose. Look, what do you have to lose? You're living your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs. Fifty-eight percent of your youth is unemployed? What the hell do you have to lose? And at the end of four years, I guarantee you, that I will get over ninety-five percent of the African-American vote. I promise you.”

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On immigration at a rally on Donald Trump

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly emphasized securing the border with Mexico and constructing a wall, famously stating Mexico would pay for it.

“Immigration security, we need to protect American jobs. We need to protect American safety. We're going to build a wall folks, don't worry, we're going to build a wall. That wall will go up so fast, your heads will spin. And you'll say, "you know, know he meant it!" And you know what else I mean? Mexico is going to pay for the wall.”

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15 September 2016 to Jimmy Fallon on Donald Trump

Donald Trump, speaking in 2016 while campaigning for president, reveals his surprisingly detailed hair care routine, emphasizing its consistency over the years.

“OK, what I do is, wash it with Head and Shoulders. I don't dry it, though. I let it dry by itself. It takes about an hour. Then I read papers and things…I also watch TV…OK, so I've done all that. I then comb my hair. Yes, I do use a comb… Do I comb it forward? No, I don't comb it forward…I actually don't have a bad hairline. When you think about it, it's not bad. I mean, I get a lot of credit for comb-overs. But it's not really a comb-over. It's sort of a little bit forward and back. I've combed it the same way for years. Same thing, every time.”

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Council Bluffs on Donald Trump

During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly emphasized the importance of surrounding himself with "smart people," highlighting his perceived ability to identify and attract top talent.

“People don't know how great you are. People don't know how smart you are. These are the smart people. These are the smart people. These are really the smart people. And they never like to say it, but I say it. And I'm a smart person. These are the smart. We have the smartest people. We have the smartest people. And they know it. Some say it, but they hate to say it. But we have the smartest people.”

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During the first 2016 presidential debate, Trump defended his business practices, citing legal loopholes exploited for personal and corporate gain, while claiming widespread employee satisfaction.

“Maybe he didn't do a good job and I was unsatisfied with his work ... On occasion, four times, we used certain laws that are there. And when Secretary Clinton talks about people that didn't get paid, first of all, they did get paid a lot, but taken advantage of the laws of the nation. Now, if you want to change the laws, you've been there a long time, change the laws. But I take advantage of the laws of the nation because I'm running a company. My obligation right now is to do well for myself, my family, my employees, for my companies. And that's what I do. ... She [Hillary Clinton] doesn't say is that tens of thousands of people that are unbelievably happy and that love me.”

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Speaking to supporters in October 2016, Donald Trump promoted voter turnout while simultaneously preemptively alleging potential election theft, a recurring theme in his rhetoric.

“So important that you get out and vote. So important that you watch other communities, because we don't want this election stolen from us. We don't want this election stolen from us.”

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At a rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about his rival Hillary Clinton's performance during the presidential debates on Donald Trump

During a 2016 rally, Donald Trump, drawing an analogy between political campaigns and athletics, suggested that Hillary Clinton should take a drug test before their next debate.

“No, no, lot of things are going on folks, lot of things. I think she's actually getting pumped up, if you want to know the truth, she's getting pumped up, you understand? In fact we're going to be talking about that in a few minutes. She's getting pumped up for Wednesday night. Let's see. You know, I don't know, maybe, we're like athletes, right? Hey, look, I beat seventeen senators, governors, I beat all these people, we're like athletes. Hillary beat Bernie, although it looks like Bernie got a little bit of a bad deal based on Wikileaks, right? If you look at Wikileaks. But we're like athletes, right? So athletes, they're making them more and more, but athletes, they make them take a drug test, right? I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate, I do. I think we should, why don't we do that? We should take a drug test, prior, because I don't know what's going on with her. But at the beginning of her last debate, she was all pumped up at the beginning, and at the end it was like, "Uh, take me down." She could barely reach her car. So I think we should take a drug test, I'm, er, anyway I'm willing to do it.”

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Al Smith charity dinner speech on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Speaking at the Al Smith Dinner in October 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump joked about the media's perceived bias toward his opponent, Hillary Clinton, foreshadowing future clashes.

“These events give not only the candidates a chance to be with each other in a very social setting; it also allows the candidates the opportunity to meet the other candidate's team — good team. I know Hillary met my campaign manager, and I got the chance to meet the people who are working so hard to get her elected. There they are — the heads of NBC, CNN, CBS, ABC — there's the New York Times, right over there, and the Washington Post. They're working overtime. True. True. Oh, this one’s going to get me in trouble.”

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Before the 2016 election, Donald Trump surprisingly praised FBI Director James Comey's decision to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, commending his "guts."

“And I have to give the FBI credit, that was so bad, what happened, originally, and it took guts for Director Comey to make the move that he made, in light of the kind of opposition he had, with their trying to protect her from criminal prosecution, you know that. It took a lot of guts, I really disagreed with him, I was not his fan, but I'll tell you what, what he did, he brought back his reputation, he brought it back. He's got to hang tough, because there's a lot of, lotta people, want him to do the wrong thing, what he did was the right thing.”

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Closing argument for America on Donald Trump

Then-candidate Donald Trump's 2016 campaign message tapped into anti-establishment sentiment, promising to return power to the American people and combat global special interests.

“Our movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American people. The establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election. For those who control the levers of power in Washington and for the global special interests, they partner with these people that don't have your good in mind. The political establishment that is trying to stop us is the same group responsible for our disastrous trade deals, massive illegal immigration and economic and foreign policies that have bled our country dry. The political establishment has brought about the destruction of our factories and our jobs as they flee to Mexico, China and other countries all around the world. It's a global power structure that is responsible for the economic decisions that have robbed our working class, stripped our country of its wealth and put that money into the pockets of a handful of large corporations and political entities. The only thing that can stop this corrupt machine is you. The only force strong enough to save our country is us. The only people brave enough to vote out this corrupt establishment is you, the American people. I'm doing this for the people and the movement and we will take back this country for you and we will make America great again. I'm Donald Trump and I approve this message.”

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Victory Speech on Donald Trump

Speaking shortly after his 2016 election, President Trump articulated an optimistic vision for America's future, emphasizing limitless potential and striving for excellence.

“No dream is too big, no challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach. America will no longer settle for anything less than the best.”

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While emphasizing his reliance on "the best people" after his 2016 election, Donald Trump also countered perceptions of being a "wild man," asserting his sobriety.

“I think I'm a sober person. I think the press tries to make you into something a little bit different. In my case, a little bit of a wild man, I'm not, I'm actually not. I'm a very sober person.”

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A Message from President-Elect Donald J. Trump on Donald Trump

Days after his election in November 2016, then President-elect Trump outlined his ambitious first 100 days agenda, emphasizing trade, energy, regulation, and national security priorities.

“Today, I would like to provide the American people with an update on the White House transition and our policy plans for the first 100 days. Our transition team is working very smoothly, efficiently, and effectively. Truly great and talented men and women, patriots indeed are being brought in and many will soon be a part of our government, helping us to Make America Great Again. My agenda will be based on a simple core principle: putting America First. Whether it's producing steel, building cars, or curing disease, I want the next generation of production and innovation to happen right here, in our great homeland: America – creating wealth and jobs for American workers. As part of this plan, I've asked my transition team to develop a list of executive actions we can take on day one to restore our laws and bring back our jobs. It's about time. These include the following: On trade, I am going to issue our notification of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a potential disaster for our country. Instead, we will negotiate fair, bilateral trade deals that bring jobs and industry back onto American shores. On energy, I will cancel job-killing restrictions on the production of American energy – including shale energy and clean coal – creating many millions of high-paying jobs. That's what we want, that's what we've been waiting for. On regulation, I will formulate a rule which says that for every one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated, it's so important. On national security, I will ask the Department of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop a comprehensive plan to protect America's vital infrastructure from cyber-attacks, and all other form of attacks. On immigration, I will direct the Department of Labor to investigate all abuses of visa programs that undercut the American worker. On ethics reform, as part of our plan to Drain the Swamp, we will impose a five-year ban on executive officials becoming lobbyists after they leave the Administration – and a lifetime ban on executive officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government. These are just a few of the steps we will take to reform Washington and rebuild our middle class. I will provide more updates in the coming days, as we work together to Make America Great Again for everyone.”

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A Thanksgiving Message from President-Elect Donald J. Trump on Donald Trump

Shortly after his 2016 election, President Trump delivered this Thanksgiving address, striking a unifying tone and calling for national healing after a divisive campaign.

“We are very blessed to call this nation our home. And that is what America is: it is our home. It's where we raise our families, care for our loved ones, look out for our neighbors, and live out our dreams. It is my prayer, that on this Thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by a shared purpose and very, very common resolve. In declaring this national holiday, President Lincoln called upon Americans to speak with "one voice and one heart." That's just what we have to do. We have just finished a long and bruising political campaign. Emotions are raw and tensions just don't heal overnight. It doesn't go quickly, unfortunately, but we have before us the chance now to make history together to bring real change to Washington, real safety to our cities, and real prosperity to our communities, including our inner cities. So important to me, and so important to our country. But to succeed, we must enlist the effort of our entire nation. This historic political campaign is now over. Now begins a great national campaign to rebuild our country and to restore the full promise of America for all of our people. I am asking you to join me in this effort. It is time to restore the bonds of trust between citizens. Because when America is unified, there is nothing beyond our reach, and I mean absolutely nothing. Let us give thanks for all that we have, and let us boldly face the exciting new frontiers that lie ahead. Thank you. God Bless You and God Bless America.”

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During a rally in Des Moines, Iowa on Donald Trump

Speaking in December 2016, then President-elect Trump recounts his initial distaste for the "drain the swamp" slogan, revealing its unexpected popularity led to his eventual embrace.

“Funny how that term caught on, isn't it? I tell everyone, I hated it. Somebody said 'drain the swamp' and I said, 'Oh, that is so hokey. That is so terrible.' I said, all right, I'll try it. So like a month ago I said 'drain the swamp' and the place went crazy. And I said 'Whoa, what's this?' Then I said it again. And then I start saying it like I meant it, right? And then I started to love it, and the place loved it. Drain the swamp. It's true. It's true. Drain the swamp.”

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Amidst concerns of Russian blackmail vulnerability in 2017, Donald Trump detailed his cautious approach to international travel, citing potential surveillance and his own germaphobia.

“Reporter: Would a reasonable observer say that you are potentially vulnerable to blackmail by Russia or by its intelligence agencies? Trump: Lemme just tell you what I do. When I leave our country, I'm a very high-profile person, would you say? I am extremely careful. I'm surrounded by bodyguards. I'm surrounded by people. And I always tell them—anywhere, but I always tell them if I'm leaving this country, "Be very careful, because in your hotel rooms and no matter where you go, you're gonna probably have cameras." I'm not referring just to Russia, but I would certainly put them in that category. And number one, "I hope you're gonna be good anyway. But in those rooms, you have cameras in the strangest places. Cameras that are so small with modern technology, you can't see them and you won't know. You better be careful, or you'll be watching yourself on nightly television." I tell this to people all the time. I was in Russia years ago, with the Miss Universe contest, which did very well—Moscow, the Moscow area did very, very well. And I told many people, "Be careful, because you don't wanna see yourself on television. Cameras all over the place." And again, not just Russia, all over. Does anyone really believe that story? I'm also very much of a germaphobe, by the way, believe me.”

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Speaking in 2017, Donald Trump downplays attendance reports at his inauguration by invoking divine intervention and exaggerating crowd size.

“I looked out, the field was, looked like million, million and a half people. They showed a field where there was practically nobody standing there. And they said, "Donald Trump did not draw well." I said, "It was almost raining!" The rain should've scared them away but God looked down and said we're not going to let it rain on your speech.”

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Speaking in 2017, Donald Trump, amidst what he termed a "sea of love," emphasized the importance of surrounding oneself with the "right people" for success.

“But when you look at this tremendous sea of love — I call it a "sea of love" — it's really something special.”

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"Trump's voter fraud talk has liberals worried" on Donald Trump

Speaking about a perceivedly obsequious journalist in 2017, Donald Trump criticized reporters who "grovel" to write favorable articles, contrasting this with public interest.

“[About David Becker] He's grovelling again. You know, I always talk about the reporters that grovel when they want to write something that you want to hear but not necessarily millions of people want to hear or have to hear.”

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"Trump signs executive order to keep out 'radical Islamic terrorists'" on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2017, President Trump outlined his administration's policy of prioritizing national security in immigration by restricting entry to potential threats fighting U.S. soldiers abroad.

“We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas.”

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Speaking in 2017, while already holding presidential power, Donald Trump acknowledged the immense influence of the office and his reliance on prayer and divine guidance.

“I've always felt the need to pray...I would say that the office is so powerful that you need God even more.”

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Donald Trump's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2017, President Trump praised Frederick Douglass' accomplishments, while also noting Douglass was "getting recognized more and more."

“I am very proud now that we have a museum on the National Mall where people can learn about Reverend King, so many other things, Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice. Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and millions more black Americans who made [[America] what it is today. Big impact”

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2 February 2017 on Donald Trump

Despite the context of Donald Trump's emphasis on "the right people," this statement on Black History Month highlights African American contributions as integral to American society.

“As we celebrate National African American History Month, we recognize the heritage and achievements of African Americans. The contributions African Americans have made and continue to make are an integral part of our society, and the history of African Americans exemplifies the resilience and innovative spirit that continue to make our Nation great”

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Trump's "National Prayer Breakfast" speech on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2017, Donald Trump juxtaposed prayer with boasting about his successes and Arnold Schwarzenegger's failures after Trump left "The Apprentice."

“For us here in Washington, we must never ever stop asking God for the wisdom to serve the public according to His will. But we had tremendous success on The Apprentice and, when I ran for President, I had to leave the show, that's when I knew for sure I was doing it, and they hired a big, big movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to take my place, and we know how that turned out. The ratings went right down the tubes, it's been a total disaster, and Mark [Burnett] will never, ever bet against Trump again, and I want to just pray for Arnold, if we can, for those rating, OK?”

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Speaking aboard Air Force One in 2017, President Trump emphasized the need for a tougher stance against perceived global exploitation of the United States.

“We have to be tough. It's time we're going to be a little bit tough, folks. We're taken advantage by every nation in the world, virtually. It's not going to happen anymore.”

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Speaking in 2017, Donald Trump accuses the press of deliberately underreporting unspecified negative events, attributing it to their inherent dishonesty and ulterior motives.

“It's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported, and in many cases the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. They have their reasons and you understand that.”

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Donald Trump, known for prioritizing "the right people," seemingly threatened a state senator's career in an off-the-cuff remark about destroying it.

“Who is the state senator? Do you want to give me his name? We'll destroy his career.”

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Despite his emphasis on "the best people," Donald Trump, in 2017, articulated a vision of safe childhoods, free from fear, violence, and drug influence.

“Every child in America should be able to play outside without fear, walk home without danger, and attend a school without being worried about drugs or gangs or violence.”

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During a press conference addressing rising anti-Semitism, Trump deflected the question by touting his electoral victory and emphasizing his personal connections to the Jewish community.

“Well I just want to say that we are, you know, very honored by the victory that we had, 306 electoral college votes, we were not supposed to crack 220, you [turning to the Israeli PM] know that right? There was no way to 221, but then they said there's no way to 270 [Netanyahu tries to respond, but Trump continues, so then mouths "I thought he was talking to me"] and there's tremendous enthusiasm out there. I will say that, um, we are going to have peace, in this country, we are going to stop crime, in this country, we are going to do everything within our power to stop long-simmering racism, and every other thing that's going on, because a lot of bad things have been taking place over a long period of time. I think one of the reasons I won the election is we have a very, very divided nation, very divided, and hopefully I'll be able to do something about that, and I, you know, it's something that was very important to me. As far as people, Jewish people, so many friends, a daughter who happens to be here right now, a son-in-law, and three beautiful grandchildren, I think that you're going to see a lot different United States of America over the next three, four, or eight years, er, I think a lot of good things are happening, and you're going to see a lot of love, you're going to see a lot of love.”

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Speaking to an African-American reporter in 2017, President Trump questioned his relationship to the Congressional Black Caucus, raising questions of racial bias.

“Do you want to set up the meeting? Are they friends of yours? [Addressing an African-American reporter and referring to the Congressional Black Caucus]”

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Speaking at a 2017 rally, President Trump referenced a purported incident in Sweden involving immigrants, which was later debunked, highlighting his stance on immigration policies.

“You look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden! Who would believe this, Sweden! They took in large numbers, they're having problems like they never thought possible.”

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During his presidency, Donald Trump often emphasized the importance of having the "right people," extending this philosophy to his perception of global events, as illustrated by his anecdote about Paris.

“I have a friend, he's a very, very substantial guy. He loves the city of lights, he loves Paris. For years, every year during the summer, he would go to Paris, was automatic with his wife and his family. Hadn't seen him in a while and I said, Jim, let me ask you a question, how's Paris doing? "Paris? I don't go there anymore, Paris is no longer Paris."”

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Despite claiming to surround himself with "the best people," Donald Trump confessed the unexpected complexity of healthcare during his early presidency in 2017.

“It's an unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.”

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Speaking in 2017 amidst discussions of immigration reform, then-President Trump highlights his belief in merit-based systems and the importance of controlled borders for national security.

“Nations around the world, like Canada, Australia and many others – have a merit-based immigration system. It is a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to be able to support themselves financially, Yet, in America, we do not enforce this rule, straining the very public resources that our poorest citizens rely upon. .. With the help of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, we have formed a Council with our neighbors in Canada to help ensure that women entrepreneurs have access to the networks, markets and capital they need to start a business and live out their financial dreams .. America respects the right of all nations to chart their own path. My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America .. It is not compassionate, but reckless, to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur, We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America -- we cannot allow our nation to become a sanctuary for extremists.”

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Speaking to Irish friends, Donald Trump shared a proverb he'd long admired about remembering loyal allies and forgetting betrayers, a sentiment he connected to politics.

“As we stand together with our Irish friends, I'm reminded of that proverb – and this is a good one, this is one I like, I've heard it for many many years and I love it – "Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue, but never forget to remember those that have stuck by you." We know that, politically speaking, a lot of us know that, we know it well, it's a great phrase.”

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In Bob Woodward's book about the Trump presidency, President Trump reportedly expressed a desire to assassinate Bashar al-Assad and his allies.

“Let's fucking kill him! Let's go in. Let's kill the fucking lot of them.”

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Statement on the Chemical Weapons Attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria on Donald Trump

In 2017, President Trump condemned Bashar al-Assad's regime for a Syrian chemical attack, blaming Obama's inaction for emboldening the use of chemical weapons.

“Today's chemical attack in Syria against innocent people, including women and children, is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilized world. These heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution. President Obama said in 2012 that he would establish a "red line" against the use of chemical weapons and then did nothing. The United States stands with our allies across the globe to condemn this intolerable attack.”

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While dining with President Xi Jinping, President Trump mistakenly declared the 2017 missile strike targeted Iraq, not Syria, revealing a potential lack of focus.

“So what happens is, I said we've just launched 59 missiles heading to Iraq. [Interviewer interrupts to correct him] Yes, heading toward Syria.”

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Despite staffing Air Force One with "the best people," as he claimed, Donald Trump admitted in 2017 that the presidency proved more challenging than anticipated.

“I thought it would be easier.”

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During his first 100 days in office, President Trump boldly claimed to have surpassed almost all predecessors since Harry Truman in terms of achievement.

“I think we've done more than perhaps any president in the first 100 days.... Not since [President] Harry Truman has anybody done so much.”

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Trump: Why Couldn't the Civil War Have Been Avoided? on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2017, Donald Trump offered a perplexing take on the Civil War, questioning its cause in a way that sparked immediate controversy and debate.

“People don't realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think about it, why?”

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What Trump understands about religious liberty in America? on Donald Trump

While campaigning, Donald Trump emphasized the importance of religious freedom, asserting that individual faith should supersede federal mandates for Americans.

“No American should be forced to choose between the dictates of the federal government and the tenets of their faith.”

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Amidst the controversy surrounding James Comey's firing in 2017, President Trump asserted he was not under investigation, attributing Comey's dismissal to his erratic behavior.

“I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job. .. I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off. .. I'm not under investigation.”

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Speaking in 2017, President Trump claimed originality for a common expression about the importance of people, despite simultaneously emphasizing his belief in having "the best people."

“Have you heard that expression used before? Because I haven't heard it. I mean, I just... I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good. It's what you have to do.”

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Speaking in 2017, President Trump dismissed the Russia investigation as a fabricated narrative created by Democrats to justify their loss in the presidential election.

“And in fact, when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, "You know, this Russia thing, with Trump and Russia, is a made-up story, it's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election."”

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Liberty University commencement speech on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2017, President Trump championed dreamers and those who follow their hearts, contrasting them with "pathetic" critics unable to accomplish tasks.

“Nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic. Because they're people that can't get the job done. But the future belongs to the dreamers, not to the critics. The future belongs to the people who follow their heart no matter what the critics say.”

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Amidst perceived media mistreatment in 2017, President Trump claimed unprecedented unfairness from the press, highlighting a recurring theme of his administration.

“Look at the way I have been treated lately, especially by the media. No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse, or more unfairly.”

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On the appointment of a special counsel on Donald Trump

Upon learning of Mueller's appointment, President Trump reportedly reacted with panic, fearing the investigation would spell the end of his presidency.

“Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked.”

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https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/05/trump-manchester-losers/527745/ on Donald Trump

Amidst reflections on personnel and leadership early in his presidency, Trump addressed the horror of attacks by labeling perpetrators "losers" and predicting future incidents.

“So many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers in life, I won't call them monsters because they would like that term. They would think that's a great name. I will call them from now on losers because that's what they are. They're losers. And we'll have more of them. But they're losers—just remember that.”

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Statement by President Trump on the Paris Climate Accord on Donald Trump

In 2017, amidst boasting about his "best people," President Trump distanced himself from the Paris Agreement, prioritizing his perceived constituents over international cooperation.

“I was elected represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.”

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Speaking in 2017, Donald Trump floated the idea of a solar-powered border wall with Mexico that would generate energy and ultimately pay for itself.

“We're thinking about building the wall as a solar wall, so it creates energy, and pays for itself. And this way Mexico will have to pay much less money, and that's good, right, is that good? You're the first group I've told that to, a solar wall, makes sense, let's see, we're working it out, we'll see, solar wall, panels, beautiful. I mean actually think of it, the higher it goes the more valuable it is, it's like... pretty good imagination [points to his own head], right, good? My idea.”

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In 2017, President Trump defended his controversial tweet about possessing tapes of conversations, asserting the tactic was not foolish, despite its ramifications.

“Well, er, it wasn't, er, it wasn't very stupid, I can tell you that. [In response to the interviewer suggesting that his tweeting that there were tapes was a smart tactic]”

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Amidst assembling his administration in 2017, Trump lashed out at "Morning Joe" hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough in a tweet, attacking their intelligence and Brzezinski's appearance.

“I heard poorly rated*orning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!”

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Speaking with Buzz Aldrin in 2017, President Trump mused on the vastness of space, pondering its potential infinity and hinting at unknown possibilities beyond Earth.

“Space. A lotta room out there, right? [Buzz Aldrin interjects: To infinity and beyond!] This is infinity, it could be infinity, we don't really don't know, but it could be, there's gotta be something, but it could be infinity, right?”

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Remarks by President Trump to the People of Poland on Donald Trump

Delivered in Warsaw, Poland in 2017, this excerpt highlights the foundational question of Western survival, focusing on values, border security, and civilizational preservation.

“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive. Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? Do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders? Do we have the desire and the courage to preserve our civilization in the face of those who would subvert and destroy it?”

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Facing the collapse of the GOP health bill, President Trump declared a strategy to let Obamacare fail, anticipating Democrats would then seek Republican solutions.

“...let Obamacare fail, it will be a lot easier. And I think we're probably in that position where we'll let Obamacare fail. We're not going to own it. I'm not going to own it. I can tell you the Republicans are not going to own it. We'll let Obamacare fail, and then the Democrats are going to come to us.”

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Speaking shortly after his inauguration, President Trump expressed his frustration with Attorney General Jeff Sessions' recusal from the Russia investigation, highlighting the importance of choosing the "right people."

“I am disappointed in the Attorney General, he should not have recused himself, almost immediately after he took office, and if he was going to recuse himself he should have told me prior to taking office, and I would have quite simply picked somebody else, so I think that's a bad thing, not for the President but for the presidency, I think it's unfair to the presidency, and that's the way I feel.”

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Speaking to police officers on Donald Trump

During his presidency, Donald Trump seemingly encouraged rougher treatment of suspects by law enforcement, contrasting with standard protective procedures.

“I said please don't be too nice. Like when you guys put somebody in the car, and you're protecting their head, you know, the way you put the hand over, like, don't hit their head, and they've just killed somebody, don't hit their head? I said, you can take the hand away, OK.”

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Comment on North Korean nuclear tests on Donald Trump

Amidst assembling his administration and weeks before the "fire and fury" warning, Trump stressed the importance of "the right people" in achieving smooth governance.

“North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He has been very threatening beyond a normal state. They will be met with fire, fury, and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before.”

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Amidst the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally fallout in 2017, President Trump drew criticism for equivocating blame "on many sides," sparking controversy.

“We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides [repeat intentional]. This had been going on for a long time in our country. Not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. A long, long time.”

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Subsequent statement regarding the violence at a far-right Charlottesville on Donald Trump

Amidst criticism for his initial response to the Charlottesville protests, President Trump unequivocally condemned racism, white supremacists, and related violence in this 2017 statement.

“Racism is evil -- and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans. Those who spread violence in the name of bigotry strike at the very core of America. As a candidate I promised to restore law and order to our country and our federal law enforcement agencies are following through on that pledge. We will spare no resource in fighting so that every American child can grow up free from violence and fear. We will defend and protect the sacred rights of all Americans and we will work together so that every citizen in this blessed land is free to follow their dreams, in their hearts, and to express the love and joy in our souls.”

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Despite previously emphasizing the importance of "the right people" for success, Trump criticizes Venezuela's socialist policies, arguing their "faithful implementation" is the core problem.

“The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented. It's that socialism has been faithfully implemented.”

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During a 2017 rally, President Trump controversially suggested NFL owners should fire players who kneel during the national anthem, sparking widespread debate about patriotism and free speech.

“The only thing you could do better is if you see it, even if it's one player, leave the stadium, I guarantee things will stop. Things will stop. Just pick up and leave. Pick up and leave. Not the same game anymore anyway. Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, you'd say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out! He's fired. He's fired!”

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Speaking in 2017 about hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico, Trump downplayed criticism by asserting his administration's unprecedented response to the "island surrounded by water."

“All appropriate departments of our government from Homeland Security to Defense are engaged fully in the disaster and the response and recovery effort probably has never been seen for something like this. This is an island surrounded by water, big water, ocean water.”

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Amidst a 2017 photo opportunity with military leaders, President Trump ominously hinted at an approaching "storm," refusing to elaborate on its nature or implications.

“You guys know what this represents? Maybe it's the calm before the storm. [Reporter: What's the storm?] Could be the calm, the calm, before the storm. [Reporter: What storm Mr. President?] We have the world's great military people in this room, I'll tell you that, and we're going to have a great evening. [Reporter: What storm Mr. President?] You'll find out.”

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11 October 2017 on Donald Trump

Speaking about immigration policy, Donald Trump, who emphasized the importance of "the right people," criticized chain migration as a "disaster" that allows exponential family reunification.

“Chain migration is one of the disasters. You allow one person and in that one person brings in 10 or 12 people”

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Remarks by President Trump at the 2017 Values Voter Summit on Donald Trump

Reflecting on the importance of people, Donald Trump lauded the tireless work ethic and sacrifices of parents striving for their children's futures during a 2017 address.

“And we see it in the mothers and the fathers who get up at the crack of dawn; they work two jobs and sometimes three jobs. They sacrifice every day for the furniture and — future of their children.”

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Amidst rising UK crime attributed to "Radical Islamic terror," Donald Trump emphasized the need to safeguard America in a tweet posted sometime before 2017.

“Just out report: "United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror." Not good, we must keep America safe!”

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Interviewed by Lou Dobbs on Fox Business on the subject of Xi Jinping on Donald Trump

During a 2017 barbershop visit, Donald Trump touted the importance of "the right people" while also claiming an unparalleled relationship with China's President Xi Jinping.

“We have a very good relationship. People say we have the best relationship of any President-President, because he's called President also. Now some people might call him the King of China, but he's called President.”

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Amidst cultivating international relationships, Donald Trump responded to Kim Jong-un's perceived insult with a touch of playful defensiveness about his own personal attributes.

“Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and maybe someday that will happen!”

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8 December 2017 on Donald Trump

Speaking about the 2017 New York City truck attack, Donald Trump used the tragedy to advocate ending chain migration policies, claiming the attacker brought in many relatives.

“He killed many people, ran them over. Chain migration. According to chain migration, he may have as many as 22 to 24 people that came in with him. His grandfather, his grandmother, his mother, his father, his brother, his sisters. We have to end chain migration. We have to end chain migration.”

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Speaking to the press in early 2018, Donald Trump expressed climate change skepticism, dismissing the scientific consensus with claims about record-level ice caps.

“[Interviewer: Do you believe in climate change? Do you think it exists?] Er, there is a cooling and there is a heating, and I mean, look, it used to not be climate change, it used to be global warming. [Interviewer: Right.] Right? That wasn't working too well, because it was getting too cold all over the place. The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they're setting records, OK, they're at a record level.”

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Speaking in February 2018, Donald Trump describes a starkly divided reaction to positive news, accusing opponents of "treason" and being "un-American."

“You've got half the room going totally crazy, wild, they loved everything, they wanna do something great for our country, and you have the other side, even on positive news, really positive news, like that, they were like death, and un-American, un-American. Somebody said treasonous, I mean, yeah I guess, why not? Can we call that treason, why not?”

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10 February 2018 on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2018 amidst his focus on securing the border, President Trump advocated for ending chain migration and the visa lottery system, calling them detrimental to the US.

“My administration has identified three major priorities for creating a safe, modern, and lawful immigration system: fully securing the border, ending chain migration, and canceling the visa lottery. Chain migration is a disaster, and very unfair to our country. The visa lottery is something that should have never been allowed in the first place. People enter a lottery to come into our country. What kind of a system is that? It is time for Congress to act and to protect Americans.”

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Speaking in February 2018, Donald Trump advocated arming teachers as a solution to school shootings, arguing it would be more effective and cheaper than guards.

“... immediately fire back if a savage sicko came to a school with bad intentions. Highly trained teachers would also serve as a deterrent to the cowards that do this. Far more assets at much less cost than guards. A "gun free" school is a magnet for bad people. ATTACKS WOULD END!”

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Speaking at a White House Historical Association reception in April 2018, President Trump lauded the Association's upkeep of the White House, a place he considered uniquely "special".

“I want to thank the White House Historical Association and all of the people that work so hard with Melania, with everybody, to keep this incredible house or building, or whatever you want to call it — because there really is no name for it; it is special — and we keep it in tip-top shape. We call it sometimes tippy-top shape. And it's a great, great place.”

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In a 2018 discussion about immigration, President Trump criticized "chain migration," linking it to a deadly attack in Manhattan to justify stricter policies.

“And chain migration -- think of that. So you come in, and now you can bring your family, and then you can bring your mother and your father. You can bring your grandmother. You can bring your this; you can bring -- we had somebody on the West Side Highway, which I know very well -- in Manhattan -- he ran over -- I think he killed about eight people”

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Amidst negotiating with North Korea, Donald Trump criticizes "Fake News" outlets like NBC and CNN for downplaying the potential deal, claiming they were previously more fearful of war.

“So funny to watch the Fake News, especially NBC and CNN. They are fighting hard to downplay the deal with North Korea. 500 days ago they would have “begged” for this deal-looked like war would break out. Our Country’s biggest enemy is the Fake News so easily promulgated by fools!”

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Speaking from a Bronx barbershop in June 2018, President Trump decried what he perceived as a Democrat-enabled "child-smuggling industry" at the southern border.

“In the meantime, people are suffering because of the Democrats. So we've created, and they've created, and they've let it happen — a massive child-smuggling industry. That's exactly what it's become. Traffickers — if you think about this — human traffickers are making a fortune. It's a disgrace. These loopholes force the release of alien families and minors into the country when they illegally cross the border.”

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Amidst boasting about employing "the best people," Donald Trump issued an uncharacteristically bellicose threat to Iranian President Rouhani in July 2018, warning of unprecedented consequences.

“To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!”

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Speaking to supporters, Donald Trump touted the F-35 fighter jet's stealth capabilities in 2018, highlighting its appeal even to potential adversaries who "can't see" it.

“We're ordering 147 new F-35 Lightning fighters. This is an incredible plane. It's stealth; you can't see it. So when I talk to even people from the other side, they're trying to order our plane. They like the fact that you can't see it. I said, 'How would it do in battle with your plane?' They say, 'Well, we have one problem: We can't see your plane.'”

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"Trump claims you need ID to buy groceries. You do not." on Donald Trump

Speaking at a 2018 rally, Donald Trump expressed concerns about voter ID laws, arguing that they should be as stringent as those required for everyday purchases.

“You know, if you go out and you want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card, you need ID. You go out and you want to buy anything, you need ID and you need your picture. The only time you don’t need it in many cases is when you want to vote for a president, when you want to vote for a senator, when you want to vote for a governor or a congressman. It’s crazy.”

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Despite claiming to know "the best people," Trump critiqued Germany's reliance on Russian energy in 2018, contrasting it with Poland's energy independence efforts.

“Reliance on a single foreign supplier can leave nations vulnerable to extortion and intimidation and that is why we congratulate European states such as Poland for leading construction of a Baltic pipeline so that nations are not dependent on Russia to meet their energy needs. Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course.”

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Speaking to service members abroad in December 2018, President Trump praised Vice President Pence and his wife for their perceived love of both their own and the United States.

“I want to thank Vice President Mike Pence, A tremendous supporter, a tremendous supporter of yours. And Karen. And they go there and they love your country. They love your country. And they love this country. That's a good combination, right?”

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27 December 2018 on Donald Trump

Speaking at a US airbase in Iraq, Donald Trump defended reducing America's global policing role despite significant financial aid to allies like Israel.

“Well, I don't see it. I spoke with Bibi, I told Bibi. And, you know, we give Israel $4.5 billion a year. And they're doing very well defending themselves, if you take a look. So that's the way it is. The United States cannot continue to be the policeman of the world, We don't want to do that.”

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2 January 2019 on Donald Trump

Speaking in January 2019, President Trump clarified his stance on withdrawing troops from Syria, emphasizing a powerful but gradual departure "over a period of time."

“we're getting out and we're getting out smart and we're winning, we're winning. OK. But just to answer your question, Over a period of time. I never said I'm getting out tomorrow I said I'm pulling our soldiers out and they will be pulled back in Syria, that we're getting out of Syria. Yeah absolutely. But we're getting out very powerfully.”

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Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in January 2019, President Trump downplayed Iranian influence in Syria and Yemen, claiming the country was focused on self-preservation.

“Iran is no longer the same country Iran is pulling people out of Syria. They can do what they want there, frankly, but they're pulling people out. They're pulling people out of Yemen. Iran wants to survive now.”

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1 February 2019 on Donald Trump

Speaking in February 2019, President Trump outlined his plan to withdraw troops from Syria, citing the need to protect Israel and reduce excessive military spending.

“They're starting to, as we gain the remainder, the final remainder of the caliphate of the area, they'll be going to our base in Iraq, and ultimately some will be coming home. But we're going to be there and we're going to be staying-- We have to protect Israel. We have to protect other things that we have. But we're- yeah, they'll be coming back in a matter of time. Look, we're protecting the world. We're spending more money than anybody's ever spent in history, by a lot. We spent, over the last five years, close to 50 billion dollars a year in Afghanistan. That's more than most countries spend for everything including education, medical, and everything else, other than a few countries.”

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08 February 2019 on Donald Trump

Despite his 2019 assertion that success hinges on "the right people," this statement highlights the historical role of faith-based movements in driving societal progress within the US.

“Since the founding of our nation, many of our greatest strides — from gaining our independence to abolition of civil rights to extending the vote for women — have been led by people of faith”

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3 March 2019 on Donald Trump

Speaking at a rally, President Trump acknowledged a shift in his immigration stance, driven by companies needing workers due to the country's economic success.

“there will be some people in the room that don't like this. We're down to 3.7 percent unemployment — the lowest number in a long time. But think of this: I got all these companies moving in. They need workers. We have to bring people into our country to work these great plants that are opening up all over the place. This was not necessarily what I was saying during the campaign because I never knew we would be as successful as we've been. Companies are roaring back into our country, and now we want people to come in. We need workers to come in, but they've got to come in legally, and they've got to come in through merit, merit, merit.”

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5 April 2019 on Donald Trump

Speaking from Air Force One in Spring 2019, President Trump touted strong economic numbers and predicted a return of companies to the U.S., despite media skepticism.

“Hello, everybody. The economic numbers just came out; they're very, very good. Our country is doing unbelievably well, economically. Most of you don't report that, because it doesn't sound good from your perspective. But the country is doing really, really well. We have a lot of very exciting things going on. A lot of companies will be announcing shortly they're moving back into the United States. They're all coming back. They want to be where the action is.”

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2 June 2019 on Donald Trump

Amidst the backdrop of the Mueller investigation in June 2019, President Trump vehemently denied any grounds for impeachment, accusing Democrats of wrongdoing.

“There is no basis whatsoever for impeachment. None. There was no collusion. There was no obstruction. There was no crime. The crime was by the Democrats. The crime was by the Democrats. There is no legal basis for impeachment. It's a big witch hunt. Everybody knows it, including the Democrats.”

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3 June 2019 on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Speaking in the UK in June 2019, President Trump commemorated the 75th anniversary of D-Day, highlighting British resilience and the royal family's symbolic role during WWII.

“This week, we commemorate a mighty endeavor of righteous nations and one of the greatest undertakings in all of history. Seventy-five years ago, more than 150,000 Allied troops were preparing on this island to parachute into France, storm the beaches of Normandy, and win back our civilization. As Her Majesty remembers, the British people had hoped and prayed and fought for this day for nearly 5 years. When Britain stood alone during the Blitz of 1940 and 1941, the Nazi war machine dropped thousands of bombs on this country and right on this magnificent city. Buckingham Palace alone was bombed on 16 separate occasions. In that dark hour, the people of this nation showed the world what it means to be British. They cleared wreckage from the streets, displayed the Union Jack from their shattered homes, and kept fighting on to victory. They only wanted victory. The courage of the United Kingdom's sons and daughters ensured that your destiny would always remain in your own hands. Through it all, the royal family was the resolute face of the Commonwealth's unwavering solidarity.”

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6 June 2019 on Donald Trump

Amidst trade negotiations with Mexico and China in June 2019, President Trump criticized congressional Democrats for allegedly obstructing immigration reform and prioritizing political gain.

“I think a lot of progress was made yesterday, but we have to make a lot of progress. Mexico has been making, for many, many years, hundreds of billions of dollars. And then, they've been making an absolute fortune on the United States. They have to step up, and they have to step up to the plate, and perhaps they will. We're going to see. They can solve the problem. The Democrats—Congress has been a disaster. They won't change. They won't do anything. They want free immigration—immigration to pour into our country. They don't care who it is. They don't care what kind of a record they have. It doesn't make any difference. They're not going to be changing anything. We go to them, we say, "Let's fix the immigration laws." They just want it to do badly. The worse it does, the happier they are. So that's the way it is, and I guess that's the way it will be until after the election. It's just a disgrace. Because, frankly, we could solve this problem so easy if the Democrats in Congress were willing to make some changes, but they're not. And that's the way it is. They want to just ride it out. They want to have a real bad time. They don't care about crime. They don't care about drugs pouring into our country. They couldn't care less. It's all politics. It's a vicious business. So that's the way it is. But we're having a great talk with Mexico. We'll see what happens. But something pretty dramatic could happen. We've told Mexico the tariffs go on. And I mean it too. And I'm very happy with it. And lot of people, Senators included, they have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to tariffs. They have no—absolutely no idea. When you have the money, when you have the product, when you have the thing that everybody wants, you're in a position to do very well with tariffs, and that's where we are. We're the piggybank. The United States is the piggybank. It has all the money that others want to take from us, but they're not taking it so easy anymore. It's a lot different. Our talks with China—a lot of interesting things are happening. We'll see what happens.”

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Following Greta Thunberg's 2019 Time's Person of the Year award, then-President Trump ridiculed the climate activist, suggesting she had an "Anger Management problem" and needed to relax.

“So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!”

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Turning Point USA on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Turning Point USA conference in 2019, Donald Trump delivered a rambling, factually dubious critique of wind energy, questioning its cost and environmental impact.

“I never understood wind. I know windmills very much, I have studied it better than anybody. I know it is very expensive. They are made in China and Germany mostly, very few made here, almost none, but they are manufactured, tremendous—if you are into this—tremendous fumes and gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything. You talk about the carbon footprint, fumes are spewing into the air, right spewing, whether it is China or Germany, is going into the air. You see all those [windmills]. They’re all different shades of color. They’re like sort of white, but one is like an orange-white. It’s my favorite color, orange.”

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During a February 2020 White House press conference, Trump defended cutting public health positions, claiming business acumen allowed him to quickly reinstate personnel if needed.

“We know all the people. We know all the good people. It's a question I asked the doctors before. Some of the people we cut, they haven't been used for many, many years, and if we ever need them, we can get them very quickly. And rather than spending the money — I'm a businessperson, I don't like having thousands of people around when you don't need 'em, when we need 'em, we can get them back very quickly.”

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Speaking in early 2020 amidst the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump contradicted experts like Luciana Borio, who warned in 2018 that the US was unprepared for a pandemic.

“But you know what this does show you? Things happen. Whoever thought of this two weeks ago? Who would've thought this could be going on four weeks ago? You wouldn't. But things happen in life and you have to be prepared and you have to be flexible and you have to be able to go out and get it. And my guys that we have the best professionals in the world, the best in the world and we are so ready. At the same time that I initiated the first federally mandated quarantine in over 50 years. We had a quarantine some people. They weren't happy, they weren't happy about it. I want to tell you there are a lot of people that not so happy, but after two weeks they got happy. You know who got happy? The people around them got happy. That's who got happy.”

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Speaking about the coronavirus mortality rate in March 2020, President Trump speculated that the official 3.4% was inflated due to unreported mild cases.

“Well, I think the 3.4% is really a false number. Now, and this is just my hunch, and — but based on a lot of conversations with a lot of people that do this. Because a lot people will have this and it's very mild. They'll get better very rapidly. They don't even see a doctor. They don't even call a doctor. You never hear about those people. So you can't put them down in the category of the overall population in terms of this corona flu and/or virus. So you just can't do that. So, if, you know, we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work. Some of them go to work, but they get better.”

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During a CDC tour in March 2020, President Trump likened the coronavirus testing rollout to his "perfect" Ukraine call, downplaying potential issues.

“But as of right now and yesterday, anybody that needs a test — That's the important thing. And the tests are all perfect. Like, the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”

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Regarding coronavirus. Posed question on Donald Trump

Speaking in March 2020, President Trump described his (alleged) briefing on various COVID-19 scenarios, showcasing a characteristic blend of confidence and vagueness.

“I've been briefed on every contingency you can possibly imagine. Many contingencies. A lot of—a lot of positive. Different numbers. All different numbers. Very large numbers. And some small numbers too, by the way.”

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Coronavirus task force press briefing on Donald Trump 9 quotes

Facing the burgeoning COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, President Trump downplayed its severity, emphasizing its novelty and extreme contagiousness, while also highlighting his supposed ability to manage it with the "right people".

“We have an invisible enemy. We have a problem a month ago nobody ever thought about. [...] This is a bad one, this is a very bad one. This is bad in the sense that it's so contagious. It's just so contagious. Sort of record-setting type contagion.”

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Facing rising pressure to reopen the US economy during the early COVID-19 pandemic, then-President Trump expressed his desire to ease restrictions by Easter 2020.

“We're opening up this incredible country. Because we have to do that. I'd love to have it open by Easter. I would love to have it opened by Easter. It's such an important day for other reasons, but I will make it an important day for this, too. I would love to have the country opened up and just rarin' to go by Easter.”

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During a Fox News interview in March 2020, Trump expressed his desire to reopen the US by Easter, envisioning packed churches as a symbol of national recovery despite the escalating pandemic.

“Look, Easter's a very special day for me. And I see it's sort of in that timeline that I'm thinking about. And I say, "Wouldn't it be great to have all of the churches full?" – you know the churches aren't allowed, essentially, to have much of a congregation there. And most of 'em, I watched on Sunday, online. And it was terrific, by the way, but online is never going to be like being there. So I think Easter Sunday, and you'll have packed churches all over our country. I think it would be a beautiful time. And it's just about the timeline that I think is right.”

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During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, President Trump expressed skepticism about the need for ventilators, downplaying potential hospital demands.

“I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be, I don't believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You go into major hospitals sometimes, and they’ll have two ventilators. And now all of a sudden they’re saying, 'Can we order 30,000 ventilators?'”

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Coronavirus Task Force Briefing on Donald Trump 5 quotes

In March 2020, President Trump cited projections of 2.2 million potential deaths from COVID-19 if no action was taken, justifying the $2.2 trillion relief package.

“I just want to reiterate, because a lot of people have been asking, well, what would have happened if we did nothing? Did nothing, we just rode it out, and I’ve been asking that question to Tony and Deborah, and they’ve been talking to me about it for a long time, other people have been asking that question, and I think we got our most accurate study today, or certainly most comprehensive. Think of the number, potentially, 2.2 million people if we did nothing. If we didn’t do the distancing, if we didn’t do all of the things that we’re doing. When you hear those numbers, you start to realize that, with the kind of work we went through last week, with the $2.2 trillion, it no longer sounds like a lot, right? You’re talking about, when I heard the number today, first time I’ve heard that number, because I’ve been asking the same question that some people have been asking, I felt even better about what we did last week with the $2.2 trillion, because you’re talking about a potential of up to 2.2 million, and some people said it could even be higher than that. So you’re talking about 2.2 million deaths. 2.2 million people from this. If we can hold that down as we’re saying, to 100,000, it’s a horrible number. Maybe even less, but to 100,000, so we have between 100 and 200,000, we altogether have done a very good job. 2.2, up to 2.2 million deaths and maybe even beyond that? I’m feeling very good about what we did last week.”

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On using the drug as treatment for coronavirus disease on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Speaking in April 2020, President Trump advocated for unproven COVID-19 treatments like hydroxychloroquine, arguing speed and potential benefit outweighed the risks.

“I want them to try it. It may work, and it may not work. But if it doesn’t work, it’s nothing lost by doing it. Nothing. Because we know long-term what I want. I want to save lives, and I don’t want it to be in a lab for the next year-and-a-half as people are dying all over the place. In France, they had a very good test. They’re continuing. But we don’t have time to go and say, gee, let’s take a couple of years and test it out, and let’s go and test with the test tubes and the laboratories. We don’t have time. I’d love to do that, but we have people dying today. As we speak, there are people dying. If it works, that’d be great. If it doesn’t work, we know for many years malaria, it’s incredible what it’s done for malaria. It’s incredible what it’s done for lupus, but it doesn’t kill people.”

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White House coronavirus task force briefing on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Speaking in April 2020, President Trump criticized the World Health Organization's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, alleging bias towards China and a delayed response.

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Trump interrupting a reporter who started a question with "The first of the month is next week ... " White House coronavirus task force briefing on Donald Trump

During a White House briefing, Trump abruptly attacked a reporter whose question preface about the upcoming month seemingly irked him, criticizing the reporter's network's ratings.

“That’s why your ratings are so bad because you’re pathetic. Go ahead. Let’s go. Your ratings are terrible. You got to get back to real news. Go ahead.”

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Quoted by Jan C. Timm on Donald Trump

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, then-President Trump publicly pondered injecting disinfectants as a potential treatment, disregarding warnings from his own FDA.

“And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? Because, you see, it gets on the lungs, and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it'd be interesting to check that. So that you're going to have to use medical doctors, but it sounds — it sounds interesting to me.”

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As quoted by Alex Woodward on Donald Trump

Amidst handling trade deals and military rebuilding during the early pandemic months, President Trump lamented a New York Times article criticizing his work schedule and eating habits.

“I work from early in the morning until late at night, haven’t left the White House in many months (except to launch Hospital Ship Comfort) in order to take care of Trade Deals, Military Rebuilding etc., and then I read a phony story in the failing*ytimes about my work schedule and eating habits, written by a third rate reporter who knows nothing about me. I will often be in the Oval Office late into the night & read & see that I am angrily eating a hamberger & Diet Coke in my bedroom. People with me are always stunned. Anything to demean!”

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About the lack of tests for the novel coronavirus on Donald Trump

In April 2020, President Trump claimed his administration inherited "empty cupboards" and "bad, broken tests" regarding COVID-19 testing from the Obama administration.

“Donald Trump: And you have to understand: When we took over, the cupboards were bare. And the thing that — frankly, it’s not as tough as the ventilator situation. We’re the king of ventilators. But what we have done is — on testing, we’re doing numbers the likes of which nobody has ever seen before. And I told you, the President of South Korea, President Moon, called me to congratulate me on testing. And we did more tests than any other country anywhere in the world. And I think they told me yesterday a number — if you add up the rest of the world, we’ve done more testing. And it’s a higher quality test. So I think we’ve done a — I think the whole team, federal government — we built hospitals for you and others. Phil Murphy: You bet. Donald Trump: We built medical centers. And I’m talking about thousands and thousands of beds. Many, many medical centers. We had — as you know, we had the governor of Florida and the governor of Louisiana over the last two days. They could not have been — and one was a Democrat, and this gentleman happens to be a proud Democrat. They could not have been more supportive of the effort of the federal government. And I’ll tell you, Jim — James Acosta: But aren’t you seeing massive lines for food? Donald Trump: Let me just tell you, we have — we started off with empty cupboards. The last administration left us nothing. We started off with bad, broken tests and obsolete tests. What we’ve come up with, between the Abbott Laboratories, where you have the five-minute test. Did they test you today? Phil Murphy: They did test me. Donald Trump: Good. Now I feel better. (Laughter.) Phil Murphy: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’m negative. Donald Trump: You did the five-minute — the Abbott test. Phil Murphy: I did the quick turnaround. Donald Trump: It’s so great. Phil Murphy: I feel like a new man. Donald Trump: That’s a brand — you know what? That’s a brand-new test. That didn’t exist eight weeks ago, and now it’s like the rage. Everybody wants that test. No, I think we’ve done — I think we’ve done a really great job.”

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Trump was commenting on a statement from infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Donald Trump

Facing Fauci's warning about premature reopenings causing harm, Trump dismissed the advice, particularly concerning schools, highlighting a growing disregard for scientific expertise.

“To me it's not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools”

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On having had a coronavirus test on Donald Trump

In May 2020, President Trump, speaking about his coronavirus test, confusingly claimed to have "tested positively toward negative," clarifying he meant he tested negative.

“Yeah. I tested positively toward negative, right? So, no, I tested perfectly this morning, meaning—meaning I tested negative... But that’s a way of saying it: positively toward the negative.”

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Twitter (26 May 2020) on Donald Trump

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and months before the 2020 election, Donald Trump voiced unsubstantiated concerns about widespread mail-in ballot fraud, presaging his claims of a rigged election.

“There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed. The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one. That will be followed up with professionals telling all of these people, many of whom have never even thought of voting before, how, and for whom, to vote. This will be a Rigged Election. No way!”

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Trump repeated suggestions on Donald Trump

Lacking evidence, Trump falsely suggested that Martin Gugino, a 75-year-old protester injured by police, was an "ANTIFA provocateur" staging his fall.

“Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment.*ANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?”

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During the George Floyd protests, Trump defended his record with African Americans in a Fox News interview, controversially comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln and questioning Lincoln's legacy.

“I think I’ve done more for the black community than any other President and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln because he did good but although it’s always questionable, you know in other words the end result.”

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Speaking in a June 2020 Oval Office interview, Donald Trump claimed credit for popularizing Juneteenth, despite its historical significance predating his awareness.

“I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous. It’s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it.”

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Facing questions about his second-term priorities, Trump touted experience gained during his first term, contrasting it with the "idiocy" of advisors like John Bolton.

“Well, one of the things that will be really great, you know the word experience is still good. I always say talent is more important than experience. I’ve always said that. But the word experience is a very important word. It’s an — a very important meaning. I never did this before. I never slept over in Washington. I was in Washington, I think, 17 times. All of a sudden, I’m president of the United States. You know the story. I’m riding down Pennsylvania Avenue with our First Lady and I say, ‘This is great. But I didn’t know very many people in Washington. It wasn’t my thing. I was from Manhattan, from New York. Now I know everybody, and I have great people in the administration. You make some mistakes. Like, you know, an idiot like Bolton. All he wanted to do was drop bombs on everybody. You don’t have to drop bombs on everybody. You don’t have to kill people.”

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Trump commented on a news report saying that Russian spies are paying Taliban for killing US soldiers on Donald Trump

Amidst reports of Russian bounties on U.S. troops, Trump denied being briefed on the matter, contradicting intelligence reports as tensions escalated (Balluck, 2020).

“Nobody briefed or told me,*P Pence, or Chief of Staff*arkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians”

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Spoken on a morning news talk show regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on Donald Trump

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and over 120,000 US deaths, then-President Trump optimistically predicted the virus would "just disappear," a statement widely criticized for downplaying the pandemic's severity.

“I think we’re gonna be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point that’s going to, sort of, just disappear—I hope.”

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Trump was describing the situation with Covid-19 on Donald Trump

Amidst a surging pandemic with a significant death rate, Trump declared that 99% of US COVID-19 cases were "totally harmless," despite rising infections and fatalities.

“Now we have tested almost 40m people. By so doing, we show cases, 99% of which are totally harmless.”

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As quoted by Susan Heavey on Donald Trump

Speaking in July 2020, amid criticisms of radical leftist influence in education, then-President Trump threatened to strip tax-exempt status from institutions he deemed indoctrinating students.

“Too many Universities and School Systems are about Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education. Therefore, I am telling the Treasury Department to re-examine their Tax-Exempt Status and/or Funding, which will be taken away if this Propaganda or Act Against Public Policy continues. Our children must be Educated, not Indoctrinated!”

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As quoted by Amanda Holpuch on Donald Trump

Speaking in July 2020 amidst his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised sweeping healthcare and immigration plans within weeks, leveraging a DACA Supreme Court ruling.

“We’re signing a healthcare plan within two weeks, a full and complete healthcare plan that the supreme court decision on DACA gave me the right to do. So we’re going to solve – we’re going to sign an immigration plan, a healthcare plan, and various other plans. And nobody will have done what I’m doing in the next four weeks.”

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Trump was commenting on a U.S. intelligence assessment that Russia was paying a bounty on Donald Trump

Facing accusations he ignored intelligence reports of Russian bounties on American soldiers in Afghanistan, Trump claimed he would have acted if the information had reached him.

“If it reached my desk I would have done something about it.”

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Trump commented on the possibility of Kamala Harris becoming vice president candidate on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in July 2020, Donald Trump, known for emphasizing "the best people," surprisingly deemed Kamala Harris a "fine choice."

“I think she'd be a fine choice, Kamala Harris. She'd be a fine choice.”

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As quoted by Quint Forgey on Donald Trump

Amidst 2020 election turmoil, Donald Trump accused Nevada's governor of a "late night coup" and alleged mail-in voter fraud fueled by COVID-19, foreshadowing legal challenges.

“In an illegal late night coup, Nevada’s clubhouse Governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the state. Post Office could never handle the Traffic of Mail-In Votes without preparation. Using Covid to steal the state. See you in Court!”

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When asked why he called an explosion on Donald Trump

Amidst conflicting reports on the Beirut explosion's cause, President Trump, after consulting with generals, controversially declared it likely an intentional attack.

“It would seem like it based on the explosion. I met with some of our great generals and they just seem to feel that it was. This was not a — some kind of a manufacturing explosion type of a event. … They seem to think it was a attack. It was a bomb of some kind, yes.”

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Quoted by Debbie White on Donald Trump

Despite claiming to "know the best people," Donald Trump worried about inadequate water pressure affecting his hair, showcasing a focus on personal vanity.

“So showerheads — you take a shower, the water doesn’t come out. You want to wash your hands, the water doesn’t come out. So what do you do? You just stand there longer or you take a shower longer? Because my hair — I don’t know about you, but it has to be perfect. Perfect.”

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Quoted by Jeremy B. White on Donald Trump

Speaking in August 2020, President Trump threatened to financially penalize California for failing to manage its forests properly, blaming accumulated debris for devastating wildfires.

“I see again the forest fires are starting. They’re starting again in California. I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests — there are many, many years of leaves and broken trees and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up. Maybe we’re just going to have to make them pay for it because they don’t listen to us.”

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Said about President candidate Joe Biden wearing a face mask for protection against Covid-19 on Donald Trump

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Donald Trump mocked Joe Biden's mask-wearing habits, suggesting they signaled psychological insecurity and hidden issues.

“Did you ever see a man who likes a mask as much as him? He has it hanging down. Because it gives him a feeling of security. If I were a psychiatrist, right, you know I'd say: 'This guy's got some big issues. Hanging down. Hanging down'.”

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Trump suggested voting twice on Donald Trump

Amidst election concerns, Trump controversially suggested voters should cast ballots in person if their mail-in votes weren't counted, raising alarms about potential voter fraud.

“If it has not been counted, vote -- which is every citizen's right to do -- you go and vote. You press the lever and vote. So if it hasn't been counted, if it doesn't show up, go and vote, and then, if your mail-in ballot arrives after you vote, which it shouldn't but possibly it could perhaps, that ballot will not be used or counted in that your vote has already been cast and tabulated, so this way you're guaranteed to have your vote count.”

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Remarks by President Trump at the White House Conference on American History on Donald Trump 4 quotes

Speaking at a September 2020 rally, then-President Trump decried left-wing protests, cancel culture, and perceived attacks on American values and law enforcement.

“Left-wing mobs have torn down statues of our founders, desecrated our memorials, and carried out a campaign of violence and anarchy. Far-left demonstrators have chanted the words “America was never great.” The left has launched a vicious and violent assault on law enforcement — the universal symbol of the rule of law in America. These radicals have been aided and abetted by liberal politicians, establishment media, and even large corporations. Whether it is the mob on the street, or the cancel culture in the boardroom, the goal is the same: to silence dissent, to scare you out of speaking the truth, and to bully Americans into abandoning their values, their heritage, and their very way of life.”

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Following news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death in September 2020, then-President Trump offered these initial remarks, acknowledging her "amazing life" despite political differences.

“She just died? Wow. I didn't know that. You are telling me now for the first time. She led an amazing life. What else can you say? Whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life. I am actually sad to hear that.”

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Speaking in 2020, Donald Trump recounted pressuring Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to establish car factories in Michigan, despite Japan's free enterprise system.

“I said, ‘Shinzo, please do me a favor, we need more car companies. ... We want them built here, not in Japan, please.’ He said, ‘But we cannot do that, this is a free enterprise system.’ I said, ‘... Please, I need some car companies.’ ... I said, ‘Shinzo, you have to do it.’ Next day, it was the story: ‘Five car companies opened up in Michigan.‘”

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While touting COVID-19 therapeutics in October 2020, President Trump described promising treatments as "miracles, coming down from God," despite facing criticism for such pronouncements.

“If you look at the therapeutics, which I’m taking right now, some of them, and others are coming out soon that are looking like, frankly, they’re miracles, if you want to know the truth, they’re miracles. People criticize me when I say that, but we have things happening that look like they’re miracles, coming down from God.”

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While hospitalized with COVID-19, then-President Trump dismissed traditional learning, claiming his personal experience provided unique insights into the virus.

“I learned a lot about COVID. I learned it by really going to school. This is the real school, this isn’t the let’s-read-a-book school. And I get it and I understand it and it’s a very interesting thing and I’m gonna be letting you know about it.”

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Despite downplaying COVID-19 shortly after his own infection in October 2020, Trump emphasized the importance of "the right people" for success in other contexts.

“I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”

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Trump commented on the initiative of having the presidential candidates participating from remote locations for the second presidential debate on Donald Trump

Following his COVID-19 diagnosis, Trump rejected the proposed virtual format for the second presidential debate, dismissing it as a waste of time.

“I'm not going to do a virtual debate. I’m not going to waste my time at a virtual debate.”

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Fresh off Air Force One in October 2020, Donald Trump touted his health, planned rallies in key swing states, and downplayed the need for frequent COVID-19 testing.

“We want to do a rally in Florida, probably in Florida on Saturday night, might come back and do one in Pennsylvania on the following night. I feel so good! Well, what we’re doing is probably, the test will be tomorrow, and the actual test, because there’s no reason to test all the time, but they found very little infection or virus, if any. I don’t know if they found any, I didn’t go into it greatly with the doctors.”

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Speaking at an October 2020 Bronx barbershop, President Trump downplayed the pandemic, touted economic achievements, and repeated false claims about the election and border wall.

“Did you see they found 50,000 ballots in like a river? Even without the vaccine, the pandemic's going to end. It's gonna run its course. It's gonna end. They'll go crazy. He said 'without the vaccine' -- watch, it'll be a headline tomorrow. These people are crazy. No, it's running its course. We're rounding the turn. You see the numbers, and we're rounding the turn. The United States shows more CASES than other countries, which the Lamestream Fake News Media pounces on daily, because it TESTS at such a high (and costly) level. Since the China virus, we have created --- a record in the history of our country -- 11.4 million jobs over just a short period of months. We're now setting records for employment, unemployment. We're setting all sorts of records economically I signed a bill that gives you 10 years in jail if you rip down any federal statue. Mexico is paying for the wall. We gave the greatest -- the biggest tax cut in history.”

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Speaking in October 2020 amidst election fraud claims, Donald Trump questioned ballots omitting his name, alleging they included all other races and positions.

“(About “phony fake ballots":) How about the ones that were printed without my name on it, right? They had everything on it. They had every race, they had everything. You had the Senate, you had everything, they forgot to put me down.”

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Facing criticism for his COVID-19 response during the 2020 election, Donald Trump predicted a post-election decline in COVID-19 discussion, attributing case increases to testing volume.

“COVID COVID COVID.. we are rounding the turn all they want to talk about is COVID by the way on Nov 4 you won't be hearing much more about it..Cases are up because we TEST TEST TEST”

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Speaking at an October 2020 rally, then-President Trump falsely alleged that U.S. doctors inflated COVID-19 death counts for financial gain, contrasting it with Germany's reporting practices.

“You know in Germany, if you have a bad heart and you’re ready to die, or if you have cancer and you’re going to be dying soon and you catch Covid, that happens: we mark it down to Covid. You know, our doctors get more money if somebody dies from Covid. You know that, right? I mean our doctors are very smart people. So what they do is, they say, "I’m sorry, but you know everybody dies of Covid." But in Germany and other places, if you have a heart attack, or if you have cancer, you’re terminally ill, you catch Covid, they say you died of cancer, you died of a heart attack. With us? When in doubt, choose Covid. Now, it’s true. Now, they’ll say ‘oh, it’s terrible what he said’, but that’s true. It’s like $2,000 more.”

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Following the 2020 election, as vote counts shifted, Donald Trump falsely declared victory and alleged widespread fraud, signaling his intent to challenge the results in court.

“We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election. This is a major fraud on our nation. We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So we’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop.”

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14 November 2020 on Donald Trump

During the aftermath of the 2020 election, Trump criticized Fox News and other media outlets for allegedly downplaying the size of his rallies and portraying a false narrative.

“FoxNews and the Fake News Networks aren’t showing these massive gatherings. Instead they have their reporters standing in almost empty streets. We now have SUPPRESSION BY THE PRESS”

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Quoted by Hope Yen on Donald Trump

Speaking in November 2020, while discussing vaccine distribution, President Trump criticized New York's Governor for potentially delaying vaccine rollout for political reasons.

“The vaccine will be available to the entire general population with the exception of places like New York state where for political reasons the governor decided to say — and I don’t think it’s good politically, I think it’s very bad from a health standpoint — but he wants to take his time with a vaccine. We can’t be delivering it to a state that won’t be giving it to its people immediately.”

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Despite claiming to surround himself with "the best people," Donald Trump fired cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs after Krebs refuted election fraud claims in November 2020.

“The recent statement by / Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate... Therefore, effective immediately, Chris Krebs has been terminated as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.”

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Speaking at a Bronx barbershop during his 2020 campaign, Donald Trump voiced his belief that the American press was actively being suppressed, not free.

“We don't have freedom of the press in this country, we have suppression of the press”

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Following the 2020 election, Trump, who claimed to have saved several Republican senators, expressed his frustration at their perceived lack of support against Democrats.

“I saved at least 8 Republican Senators, including Mitch, from losing in the last Rigged (for President) Election. Now they (almost all) sit back and watch me fight against a crooked and vicious foe, the Radical Left Democrats. I will NEVER FORGET!”

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Following the 2020 election, Donald Trump made unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in Georgia, citing various irregularities and Dominion voting machines.

“So dead people voted. And I think the number is close to 5,000 people [in Georgia] .. [There] were thousands and thousands of ballots in a box that was not an official or a sealed box. They ran out because of a water-main break. And there was no water main, there was nothing. There was no break. You had out-of-state voters - they voted in Georgia but they were from out of state - of 4,925 They're shredding ballots. And you should look at that very carefully. Because that's so illegal. We have not gone through your Dominion [voting machines], so we can't give them blessing. I mean, in other states, we think we found tremendous corruption with Dominion machines...”

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Senate report details Trump's efforts to use DOJ to overturn election results on Donald Trump

Amidst the aftermath of the 2020 election, Donald Trump allegedly pressured acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to overturn the results, expressing his disapproval of Rosen's inaction.

“One thing we know is you, Rosen, aren't going to do anything to overturn the election”

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Save America Rally Speech on Donald Trump

Speaking at the January 6th rally preceding the Capitol attack, Donald Trump urged supporters to march on Congress, emphasizing the need for strength and fighting for the country.

“Rudy, you did a great job. He's got guts. You know what? He's got guts, unlike a lot of people in the Republican Party. He's got guts. He fights, he fights. .. Our brightest days are before us, our greatest achievements still wait. I think one of our great achievements will be election security because nobody until I came along, had any idea how corrupt our elections were. And again, most people would stand there at 9:00 in the evening and say, “I want to thank you very much,” and they go off to some other life, but I said, “Something’s wrong here. Something’s really wrong. Can’t have happened.” And we fight. We fight like Hell and if you don’t fight like Hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore. .. After this, we’re going to walk down and I’ll be there with you. We’re going to walk down. We’re going to walk down any one you want, but I think right here. We’re going walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women. We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. Today we will see whether Republicans stand strong for integrity of our elections, but whether or not they stand strong for our country, our country. Our country has been under siege for a long time, far longer than this four-year period. we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we’re going to the Capitol and we’re going to try and give… our Republicans, the weak ones, because the strong ones don’t need any of our help, we’re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country. So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.”

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Speaking in 2021 after leaving office, Donald Trump criticized Mike Pence's actions on January 6th, alleging a lack of courage in overturning the election results.

“Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!”

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Amidst the January 6th Capitol attack, Donald Trump, known for emphasizing the importance of "the right people," urged peace and non-violence while invoking law and order.

“I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of law and order – respect the law and our great men and women in blue. Thank you!”

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Addressing Capitol rioters in a since-deleted tweet, then-President Trump offered the controversial sentiment "We love you. You are very special," amidst calls for them to disperse.

“We love you. You are very special.”

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7:44am tweet on Donald Trump

Speaking just days before leaving office, Donald Trump announced he would break with tradition and skip Joe Biden's inauguration, signaling a final act of defiance.

“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”

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Delivered as a eulogy, this passage praises the character and philanthropic generosity of Sheldon Adelson, a staunch supporter of Israel, attributes that complemented his financial success.

“His ingenuity, genius, and creativity earned him immense wealth, but his character and philanthropic generosity his great name. Sheldon was also a staunch supporter of our great ally the State of Israel”

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Statement by Donald J. Trump, February 16, 2021 on Donald Trump

Amidst a broader reflection on personnel choices, Donald Trump sharply criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, questioning his leadership and ability to secure Republican victories.

“Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again. He will never do what needs to be done, or what is right for our Country.”

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Quoted by Alex Isenstadt on Donald Trump

Amidst his reflections on the importance of "the right people," Donald Trump publicly vowed to campaign against Senator Lisa Murkowski in Alaska, branding her "disloyal."

“I will not be endorsing, under any circumstances, the failed candidate from the great State of Alaska, Lisa Murkowski. She represents her state badly and her country even worse. I do not know where other people will be next year, but I know where I will be — in Alaska campaigning against a disloyal and very bad Senator.”

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Quoted by Michael Warren on Donald Trump

Amidst his ongoing fundraising efforts with the Save America PAC, Donald Trump disparaged moderate Republicans ("RINOs") for harming the party and impeding its progress.

“No more money for RINOS. They do nothing but hurt the Republican Party and our great voting base--they will never lead us to Greatness. Send your donation to Save America PAC at DonaldJTrump.com.”

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On the COVID-19 vaccine. Quoted by Meredith McGraw on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in 2021, former President Trump touted the COVID-19 vaccine, even to those who might not want it, emphasizing personal freedom.

“I would recommend it, and I would recommend it to a lot of people that don't want to get it and a lot of those people voted for me, frankly. But again, we have our freedoms and we have to live by that and I agree with that also. But it is a great vaccine. It is a safe vaccine and it is something that works.”

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Speaking in 2021, amidst reflections on his presidency, Donald Trump downplayed the severity of the January 6th Capitol riot, claiming minimal threat.

“About the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol: It was zero threat, right from the start, it was zero threat. Look, they went in, they shouldn't have done it. Some of them went in, and they are hugging and kissing the police and the guards, you know, they had great relationships. A lot of the people were waved in, and then they walked in and they walked out.”

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Wedding toast on Donald Trump

During a rambling wedding toast at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump digressed from congratulating the couple to deliver an incoherent critique of Biden's border policies and US-China relations.

“And China, the same thing, they never treated us that way, right? You saw what happened a few days ago, was terrible, and uh, the border is not good, the border is the worst anybody’s ever seen it, and what you see now, multiply it times 10, Jim — he’s the only one I know who would handle the border tougher than me. We have to, and the tough is…in the most humanitarian way, because that’s what it is. What’s happening to the kids, they’re living in squalor, they are living like nobody has ever seen anybody, there’s never been anything like what’s, and you’re gonna have hundreds, and you have it now, they have the airplane photos, the shocks, and they call ’em shocks, and these things are showing thousands and thousands of people coming up from South America and it’s gonna be, it’s just uh, look, it’s a disaster. It’s a humanitarian disaster from their standpoint, and it’s gonna destroy the country, and frankly, the country can’t afford it because you’re talking about massive, just incredibly massive amounts. Our school systems, our hospital systems, everything.”

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Quoted by Benjamin Din on Donald Trump

Despite claiming to prioritize "the best people" for optimal governance, Trump later expressed regret over retaining Fauci and Birx, viewing them as ingrained, yet undesirable, habits.

“I only kept Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx on because they worked for the U.S. government for so long — they are like a bad habit!”

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Quoted by Brett Samuels on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2021, Donald Trump diminishes Dr. Birx, a leading member of his own White House Coronavirus Task Force, undermining her pandemic credibility.

“Dr. Birx is a proven liar with very little credibility left.”

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Quoted by Martin Pengelly on Donald Trump

In 2021, Donald Trump, known for emphasizing the importance of "the right people," issued this combative Easter greeting while still contesting the 2020 election results.

“Happy Easter to ALL, including the Radical Left CRAZIES who rigged our Presidential Election, and want to destroy our Country!”

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Speaking in 2021 after leaving office, Donald Trump criticized the FDA's handling of Johnson & Johnson vaccines while claiming insider knowledge of Pfizer's FDA dealings.

“I'll give you a little breaking news, Pfizer is in with the FDA. What the FDA did with Johnson and Johnson is so stupid”

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"Trump says Biden's plan to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan is a 'wonderful and positive thing to do'" on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2021, former President Trump emphasized the importance of adhering to his planned May 1st withdrawal date from Afghanistan, framing it as a positive action.

“Getting out of Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing to do. I planned to withdraw on May 1st, and we should keep as close to that schedule as possible.”

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10 May 2021 on Donald Trump

Donald Trump's analogy comparing the 2020 election to a jewelry store robbery highlights his continued insistence of widespread voter fraud and the need for rectification.

“If a thief robs a jewelry store of all of its diamonds (the 2020 Presidential Election), the diamonds must be returned.”

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15 May 2021 on Donald Trump

Following the 2020 election, Donald Trump amplified unverified claims of election fraud in Maricopa County, Arizona, alleging deleted databases and missing ballots.

“The entire Database of Maricopa County in Arizona has been DELETED! This is illegal and the Arizona State Senate, who is leading the Forensic Audit, is up in arms. Additionally, seals were broken on the boxes that hold the votes, ballots are missing, and worse. Mark Brnovich, the Attorney General of Arizona, will now be forced to look into this unbelievable Election crime.”

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https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-more-countries-should-ban-twitter-facebook-zuckerberg-2021-6 on Donald Trump

Donald Trump, speaking after Nigeria banned Twitter in 2021, advocated for similar actions against social media companies for perceived censorship and recalled Zuckerberg's flattery.

“Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President. More COUNTRIES should ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech — all voices should be heard. Zuckerberg kept calling me and coming to the White House for dinner telling me how great I was.”

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15 July 2021 on DonaldJTrump.com on Donald Trump

Reflecting on past successes, Donald Trump, who values selecting the "right people," ironically acknowledges that some individuals he elevated turned out to be disappointing.

“Many say I am the greatest star-maker of all time. But some of the stars I produced are actually made of garbage.”

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1 August 2021 on Donald Trump

Following his 2020 election loss, Donald Trump amplified claims of widespread fraud, accusing the media and Democrats of covering up "real facts" about the results.

“There is massive and unconditional evidence that the election was shattered with fraud and irregularities at a level that our Country has never seen before. Much of it is already public, and a great deal more is coming out in the very near future. Every time you read a statement that there is “no evidence of election fraud,” about the 2020 election scam, just attribute that statement to a crooked and collusive media (they work closely together with the Radical Left Democrats) that will do anything to hide the real facts of this election fiasco.”

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2 August 2021 on Donald Trump

Amidst concerns about COVID-19, crime, and border security, Donald Trump lamented what he perceived as critical media coverage he would face as president in 2021.

“If I were President right now, with COVID raging back, people being shot and killed in record numbers all over our cities, and the Border totally open with criminals and heavily infected COVID people pouring through our Southern Border and into our communities, the Fake News Media would be having an absolute field day.”

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Following the USWNT's bronze medal win at the Tokyo Olympics, Donald Trump criticized the team's performance and perceived political activism, singling out Megan Rapinoe.

“They should replace the wokesters with Patriots and start winning again. The woman with the purple hair played terribly and spends too much time thinking about Radical Left politics and not doing her job!”

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"Trump booed at Alabama rally after telling supporters to get vaccinated" on Donald Trump

Despite previously emphasizing the importance of "the right people," Donald Trump advocated for COVID-19 vaccination in 2021, urging people to "take the vaccines."

“I recommend: take the vaccines. I did it. It’s good. Take the vaccines.”

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Trump makes surprise visit to New York police and firefighters on 9/11 on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2021, Donald Trump emphasized his affinity for law enforcement, a sentiment he acknowledged might be considered controversial.

“We love the blue. I’ll say it loud. You know, you’re not supposed to say that. We love the blue.”

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"Donald Trump Predicts America Will End Within 3 Years" on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in 2024, Donald Trump warned of national decline, claiming the United States would cease to exist as a country within three years.

“We’re not going to have a country left in three years, I’ll tell you that.”

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Trump celebrates Gonzalez’s exit: ‘1 down, 9 to go!’ on Donald Trump

While facing multiple indictments, Donald Trump reportedly used the phrase "1 down, 9 to go!" during a campaign event, referencing his legal battles.

“1 down, 9 to go!”

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GOP-led Arizona election review closely matches Biden's winning margin on Donald Trump

Amidst the 2021 Arizona election audit, Donald Trump amplified scrutiny on the process, emphasizing its significance in uncovering alleged election irregularities.

“Everybody will be watching Arizona tomorrow to see what the highly respected auditors and Arizona State Senate found out regarding the so-called Election!”

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"Trump says he has 'a mouth that tells the truth' while making false statements at Georgia rally" on Donald Trump

During a 2021 deposition about potential fruit-related attacks, Trump defended his outspokenness, claiming his "mouth that tells the truth" was the real target.

“They want to go after me because I have, they think, a big mouth. I don't have a big mouth, you know what I have, I have a mouth that tells the truth.”

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Trump continues to lie, says 'real insurrection' happened when he lost election on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2021, Donald Trump downplayed the January 6th Capitol riot, instead claiming the "real insurrection" was the November 3rd presidential election.

“the real insurrection happened on November 3rd, the Presidential Election, not on January 6th—which was a day of protesting the Fake Election results”

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Spoken at a Bronx barbershop in 2021, this affirmation, though not directly from Trump, underscores his recurring emphasis on the importance of "the right people" in leadership.
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"Trump Touts Putin Relationship, Rails About Wind Energy's 'Carbon Emissions' In Speech" on Donald Trump

While discussing potential improvements if re-elected, Donald Trump felt compelled to emphatically deny any interest in "golden showers," a detail seemingly unrelated to his focus on hiring the "right people."

“I’m not into golden showers.”

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Trump faces a pile of civil lawsuits as depositions begin on Donald Trump

Facing legal battles and accusations, Donald Trump dismissed them as "baseless harassment" targeting a popular leader, reflecting his focus on personal narrative.

“After years of litigation, I was pleased to have had the opportunity to tell my side of this ridiculous story — Just one more example of baseless harassment of your favorite president”

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Trump announces social media platform launch plan, SPAC deal on Donald Trump

Reflecting on social media censorship in 2021 after being banned from Twitter, Donald Trump lamented the platform's allowance of the Taliban while silencing him.

“We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American president has been silenced”

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19 December 2021 on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2021, former President Trump insisted that COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan lab and that China owes the world reparations for the pandemic's damage.

“I think the origins are so obvious. They came out of the Wuhan lab. And I think if anybody thinks anything differently, they’re just kidding themselves. So, you can ask — China has to pay. They have to do something. They have to pay reparations. And China doesn’t have the money to pay those reparations. I believe that worldwide — I’m not just talking United States — worldwide, $60 trillion of damage, $60 trillion. China doesn’t have $60 trillion. But they have to do something to make up for what they’ve done. What they’ve done to the world is so horrible. It’s been horrible, all over the world. And it doesn’t stop.”

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"Trump met with boos after revealing he received Covid-19 booster" on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in 2021, former President Trump pivoted from boasting about his "best people" to emphasize collective effort in COVID-19 vaccine development.

“About developing vaccines against Covid-19: Look, we did something that was historic, we saved tens of millions of lives worldwide. We, together, all of us, not me.”

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Said about the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Donald Trump

Speaking on the eve of the full-scale invasion, Donald Trump praised Putin's declaration of independence in Ukraine as "genius" and a model for border control.

“I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius.' Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine, of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that's wonderful. So Putin is now saying, 'It's independent,' a large section of Ukraine. I said, 'How smart is that?' And he's going to go in and be a peacekeeper. That's the strongest peace force. We could use that on our southern border. That's the strongest peace force I've ever seen. ... Here's a guy who's very savvy. ... I know him very well. Very, very well.”

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"Why Donald Trump can't stop praising Vladimir Putin" on Donald Trump

Speaking in February 2022, Donald Trump lauded Vladimir Putin's strategy in Ukraine, admiring how little it cost Russia to gain so much territory.

“They say, 'Trump said Putin's smart.' I mean, he's taking over a country for two dollars' worth of sanctions. I'd say that's pretty smart. He's taking over a country — really a vast, vast location, a great piece of land with a lot of people, and just walking right in.”

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Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America 03/11/22 on Donald Trump

Amidst concerns about censorship, Donald Trump lamented the removal of his interview with the NELK Boys from Big Tech platforms, comparing it to Russian media suppression.

“Whatever happened to free speech in our Country? Incredibly, but not surprisingly, the Big Tech lunatics have taken down my interview with the very popular NELK Boys so that nobody can watch it or in any way listen to it....In Russia, the people are not allowed to know that they’re fighting a war with Ukraine, that’s where our media is going, and that’s where our Country is going because it quickly follows—just study history.We need freedom of speech again, we don’t have it and it’s getting worse every day!”

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Speaking at a 2022 rally, Donald Trump dismissed climate change concerns as secondary to perceived immediate threats from geopolitical adversaries like Vladimir Putin.

“Single most dangerous time for our country in history... yet you have people like John Kerry worrying about the climate! The climate! Oh, I heard that the other day. Here we are, [Russian President Vladimir Putin is] threatening us [and] he’s worried about the ocean will rise one-hundredth of one percent over the next 300 fucking’ years.”

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‘Single most dangerous time’: Trump blasts climate change, CRT, and KBJ on Donald Trump

Speaking at CPAC 2022, Donald Trump criticized the left's ideology on gender, targeting a Supreme Court nominee's inability to define "woman" as an example of extremism.

“The Left has become so extreme that we now have a justice being nominated to the Supreme Court who testified under oath that she could not say what a woman is, And a party that's unwilling to admit that men and women are biologically different in defiance of all scientific and human history, is a party that should not be anywhere near the levers of power in the United States of America.”

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While emphasizing the importance of "the right people" in April 2022, Donald Trump issued a combative Easter greeting, targeting his political adversaries with both blessing and condemnation.

“Happy Easter to all including the Radical Left Maniacs who are trying everything to destroy our country May they not succeed, but let them, nevertheless, be happy, healthy, wealthy and well!”

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Trump says he'd rather be 'a dictator' than 'a dumb person' after bragging about the cognitive test he took in 2018 on Donald Trump

While seemingly advocating for authoritarianism to avoid intellectual inferiority, the statement actually deflects a question about violence against protesters with humor and absurdity.

“Which would you rather be, a dumb person or a dictator? Perhaps a dictator would be better. I don't want to be a dumb person.”

Trump says he'd rather be 'a dictator' than 'a dumb person' after bragging about the cognitive test he took in 2018, Business Insider, 22 April 2022

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Dictor: Okay. And you said that, ‘If you see someone getting ready to throw a tomato, just knock the crap out of them would you.’ That was your statement?

Trump: Oh, yeah. It was very dangerous.

Dictor: What was very dangerous?

Trump: We were threatened.

Dictor: With what?

Trump: They were going to throw fruit. We were threatened. We had a threat.

Dictor: How did you become aware that there was a threat that people were going to throw fruit?

Trump: We were told. I thought Secret Service was involved in that, actually. And you get hit with fruit, it’s – no – it’s very violent stuff. We were on alert for that.Trump attorney Jeffrey Goldman: A tomato is a fruit after all, I guess. … It has seeds.

Trump: It’s worse than a tomato, it’s other things also. But tomato, when they start doing that stuff, it’s very dangerous. There was an alert out that day.

Dictor: Who were you speaking to when you said …

Trump: The audience.

Dictor: So you were speaking to the audience when you said if they saw someone getting ready to throw a tomato, just knock the crap out of them, would you?

Trump: That was to the audience. It was said sort of in jest. Buy maybe, you know, a little truth to it. It’s very dangerous stuff. You can get killed with those things. … I wanted to have people be ready because we were put on alert that they were going to do fruit. And some fruit is a lot worse than – tomatoes are bad by the way. But it’s very dangerous … they were going to hit – they were going to hit very hard.

“So I got a little notice, in case you’re seeing these security guys — we have wonderful security guys,” Trump said at the Iowa rally. “They said, ‘Mr. Trump, there may be somebody with tomatoes in the audience.’ So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. Okay?”

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Amidst rising crime rates and business exodus from New York, Donald Trump attributes the state's struggles to a lack of competent individuals in leadership roles.

“With rampant and record setting crime, a 42.8% increase over last year was just announced, and every other unimaginable problem, no wonder everyone is leaving the New York State, including businesses left and right.”

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In May 2022, former President Donald Trump issued a statement criticizing Kathy Barnette's electability while simultaneously offering conditional support for her future within the Republican Party.

“Kathy Barnette will never be able to win the general election against the radical left democrats. She has many things in her past which have not been properly explained or vetted, but if she is able to do so, she will have a wonderful future in the Republican Party — and I will be behind her all the way”

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Said about Republican Congress Member Liz Cheney after she mentioned the possibility of raising criminal charges against Trump for his role on Donald Trump

Facing potential criminal charges for his role in the January 6th attack, Donald Trump lashed out at Liz Cheney, attacking her character and the legitimacy of the House Select Committee.

“Warmongering and despicable human being Liz Cheney, who is hated by the great people of Wyoming (down 35!), keeps saying, over and over again, that HER Fake Unselect Committee may recommend CRIMINAL CHARGES against a President of the United States who got more votes than any sitting President in history,”

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Claimed about Elon Musk on Donald Trump

Speaking in July 2022, Donald Trump criticized Elon Musk's potential Twitter purchase and questioned his political allegiance, labeling him a "bullshit artist."

“Leon’s, I’ll tell you what, Elon, Elon, is not going to buy Twitter. … He’s got himself a mess. He said the other day, ‘Oh, I’ve never voted for a Republican.’ I said, ‘I didn’t know that. He told me he voted for me.’ So, he’s another bullshit artist. But he’s not going to be buying it.”

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"Trump: Presidents can declassify files by 'thinking about it'" on Donald Trump

During a September 2022 Fox News interview, former President Trump defended his handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago by claiming declassification could occur even by thought.

“If you're the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying it's declassified, even by thinking about it, because you're sending it to Mar-a-Lago or to wherever you're sending it. And there doesn't have to be a process. There can be a process, but it doesn't have to be.”

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Pompeo jumps to defend DeSantis after Trump's 'Ron DeSanctimonious' comments on Donald Trump

Speaking in November 2022, Donald Trump touted his substantial lead in the Republican primary race, contrasting his 71% support with his rivals' lagging numbers.

“We're winning big, big, big in the Republican Party for the nomination like nobody's ever seen before There it is, Trump at 71 [percent]. Ron DeSanctimonious at 10 percent. Mike Pence at 7 — oh, Mike Pence doing better than I thought.”

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Adam Carlson on Donald Trump

Amidst speculation about the 2024 election, Trump criticizes Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's evasive response to questions about potentially running against him, questioning DeSantis's loyalty.

“Ron DeSanctimonious is playing games! The Fake News asks him if he's going to run if President Trump runs, and he says, 'I'm only focused on the Governor's race, I'm not looking into the future.' Well, in terms of loyalty and class, that's really not the right answer.”

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"Donald Trump Calls Rihanna's Super Bowl Halftime Performance an 'Epic Fail'" on Donald Trump

Following his assertion that having the "right people" is key to success, Donald Trump criticized Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime performance, citing perceived insults and poor styling.

“Rihanna gave, without question, the single worst Halftime Show in Super Bowl history—This after insulting far more than half of our Nation, which is already in serious DECLINE, with her foul and insulting language. Also, so much for her ‘Stylist!’”

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From a NRA convention speech on Donald Trump

Speaking at the 2023 NRA convention, Donald Trump advocated for arming teachers and repealing legislation hindering school protection, framing it as a deterrent to active shooters.

“I will ask Congress to repeal totally ineffective legislation that makes it harder to protect our schools and easier for criminals to face absolutely no opposition when they go in. I will also create a new tax credit to reimburse any teacher for the full costs of a concealed carry firearm and training from highly qualified experts. Who's better? Who's better? If even 5% of teachers, people that are skilled with arms, we want that. 5% were voluntarily armed and trained to stop active shooters. We would achieve effective deterrence and the problem would cease to exist.”

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Trump told the audience at the Oakland County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner on Donald Trump

Speaking in June 2023, Donald Trump invoked stark battle imagery and promised to vanquish various political enemies if re-elected, outlining his vision for America.

“This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. expel the warmongers from our government. We will drive out the globalists. We will cast out the Communists, Marxists, and Fascists, and we will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. We will rout the fake news media, and we will defeat crooked Joe Biden. We will liberate America from these villains once and for all.”

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Speaking in July 2023, Donald Trump avoids applying the label "crooked" to a perceived adversary, highlighting his focus on personnel and branding political opponents.

“… He’s totally compromised...I don’t like doing the same word for two people. We’re using the word crooked for Joe Biden because Joe Biden is the most crooked president in the history.”

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Speaking to a Bronx barbershop in July 2023, Trump contrasted his vision of "the right people" running things with his dire depiction of the U.S. under current leadership.

“Millions of illegal aliens have stormed across our borders. It is an invasion, like a military invasion. Our rights and liberties are being torn to shreds,Your country is being turned into a third-world hellhole, run by censors, perverts, criminals, and thugs.””

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Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in July 2023, Donald Trump outlined his "America First" vision, emphasizing economic nationalism, military strength, and conservative social values.

“Trumpism or America first is very simple low taxes and regulations , the most powerful military , tariffs on countries taking advantage, protection of section amendment , great healthcare , low energy prices, parental power on school boards, life , strong borders.”

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Facing potential charges related to January 6th, Donald Trump defends himself by citing his Senate impeachment acquittal and accusing the DOJ of election interference.

“I expect nothing from the meeting with my lawyers and the lunatics in the DOJ regarding January 6th. They just want to interfere with the Presidential Election on 2024. It is their new form of cheating, but we will win !!! How can deranged Jack Smith bring a case on January 6th., as ridiculous as it is anyway, when I have already won such a case, and been fully acquitted, in the U.S. Senate? In other words, I was Impeached on this, and won!!!”

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Speaking in August 2023, Donald Trump rails against election integrity efforts and promises to "evict" Joe Biden from the White House in 2024.

“They’re trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election…But only a party that cheats in elections would try to make it illegal, on Election Day 2024, we’re going to evict Crooked Joe Biden from the White House…We’re going to expel the criminals and thugs from the halls of power in Washington, D.C.”

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The National Pulse on Donald Trump

In September 2023, Donald Trump, who has stated "it's all about people," used inflammatory language to describe immigrants, drawing criticism for echoing past rhetoric.

“Nobody has any idea where these people are coming from. And we know they come from prisons. We know they come from mental institutions, insane asylums. We know they're terrorists. Nobody has seen anything like we're witnessing right now. It is a very sad thing for our country. It's poisoning the blood of our country. It's so bad.”

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"The “Is Donald Trump a Fascist?” Debate Has Been Ended—by Donald Trump" on Donald Trump

Speaking at a November 2023 rally, Donald Trump vowed to eradicate "vermin" within the US, echoing rhetoric often criticized as authoritarian and divisive.

“We pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country, lie, steal, and cheat on Elections, and will do anything possible, whether legally or illegally, to destroy America, and the American Dream. The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave, than the threat from within. Despite the hatred and anger of the Radical Left Lunatics who want to destroy our Country, we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

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January 2024 on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in January 2024, Donald Trump invoked his uncle's intellect and likened inherited intelligence to racehorses, emphasizing the importance of "good genes."

“You know, I had an uncle. He's the longest-serving professor, Doctor John Trump, in the history of MIT, with same genes—we have genes, we're smart people, we're smart people... We're like race—Mr. Lieutenant Governor—we're like racehorses, too. You know, the fast ones produce the fast ones, and the slow ones doesn't work out so well, right? But we're no different in that sense.”

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"Trump says Medal of Freedom "equivalent" to and "much better" than Medal of Honor, sparking backlash from veterans" on Donald Trump

Speaking in August 2024, Donald Trump lauded Miriam Adelson's Presidential Medal of Freedom, contrasting it favorably with the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to soldiers.

“I watched Sheldon sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That's the highest award you can get as a civilian. It's the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version. It's actually much better because everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they're soldiers. They're either in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets or they are dead. She gets it and she's a healthy, beautiful woman. And they're rated equal, but she got the Presidential Medal of Freedom.”

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"'What gives her the right to run?' Trump launches overnight tirade at Kamala Harris" on Donald Trump

Speaking in August 2024, Donald Trump sharply criticized Kamala Harris's record on crime and immigration, questioning her qualifications to run for president.

“Kamala Harris is the weakest presidential candidate in history on crime. She’s allowed millions of people to pour through our borders, many from prisons, mental institutions and, indeed, terrorists, coming in at levels never seen before. What gives her the right to run for president? She got no votes to Biden’s fourteen million. She failed in her previous attempt, was the first one out of twenty-two people to quit, never made it to Iowa, and now she’s a presidential candidate? This is a threat to democracy!”

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"Donald Trump falsely claimed that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris manipulated job data" on Donald Trump

Speaking in August 2024, Donald Trump accuses the Biden administration of inflating job statistics, painting a dire picture of the U.S. economy under their leadership.

“The Harris/Biden administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating job statistics to hide the true extent of the economic ruin that they’ve inflicted on America, Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the administration padded the numbers with an extra, listen to this one, 818,000 jobs that don’t exist.”

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Facing ongoing legal battles and accusations of endangering democracy, Donald Trump blames President Biden and Vice President Harris for potentially inciting violence against him.

“I think to a certain extent it’s Biden’s fault and Harris’s fault. And I’m the opponent. Look, they were weaponizing government against me, they brought in the whole DOJ to try and get me, they weren’t too interested in my health and safety,They’re saying I’m a threat to democracy,They would say that, that was standard line, just keep saying it, and you know that can get assassins or potential assassins going. That’s a terrible thing … Maybe that bullet is because of their rhetoric.”

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Speaking about assassination attempt on July on Donald Trump

Following a July 2024 assassination attempt, Trump speculated on Fox News that divine intervention might have spared him to "straighten out" the broken United States.

“I think you believe [in God] more, because when you speak to experts, like my sons who are shooting experts. But when you speak to experts, they said there was no chance that he could have missed from that distance.... I think you think like, if you believe in God, you believe in God more. And somebody said like, why? And I’d like to think that God thinks that I’m going to straighten out our country. Our country is so sick and it’s so broken. Our country is just broken. And maybe that was the reason, I don’t know. I don’t know, a lot of people have said that.”

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"Critics Call Hilarious BS On Donald Trump's New Brag About His Speeches" on Donald Trump

Speaking to a Bronx barbershop in September 2024, Donald Trump defended his speaking style, claiming English professors praised his ability to weave together disparate ideas.

“You know, I do the weave. You know what the weave is? I’ll talk about like nine different things, and they all come back brilliantly together and it’s like, and friends of mine that are, like, English professors, they say, ‘It’s the most brilliant thing I’ve ever seen.’ But the fake news, you know what they say? ‘He rambled.’”

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"Trump says ‘purposefully’ hasn’t read Project 2025 — but everybody would like parts of it" on Donald Trump

Speaking in September 2024, Donald Trump claimed ignorance of Project 2025, stating he purposely avoided reading it despite hearing both positive and negative aspects.

“[About Project 2025:] I know nothing about it, and they know that, too. Democrats know that, and I purposely haven't read it because I want to say to you I don't, I have no idea what it's all about. It's easier than saying I read it and you know, all of the things. No, I purposely haven't read it, and I've heard about it. I've heard about things that are in there that I don't like, and there's some things in there that everybody would like, but there are things that I don't like at all.”

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Facing a gag order for alleged witness intimidation, Trump decries the restrictions as politically motivated, framing the case as a "witch hunt" against a failing nation.

“I am proud to represent our Failing Nation in fighting the GREATEST POLITICAL WITCH HUNT IN HISTORY. REMOVE THE GAG ORDER SO THAT I CAN SHOW HOW CORRUPT OUR COURT SYSTEM IS. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE NOT TO BE GAGGED!”

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"Trump tried to explain how he plans to make childcare more affordable. It was a word salad" on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in September 2024, Donald Trump pivots from a child care question to his broader economic plan, emphasizing foreign tariffs and deficit reduction.

“[Asked about what specific legislation Trump would advance to make child care affordable:] Well, I would do that, and we’re sitting down, and I was, somebody, we had Senator Marco Rubio, and my daughter Ivanka was so impactful on that issue. It’s a very important issue. But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I’m talking about, that, because, look, child care is child care is. It’s, couldn’t, you know, there’s something, you have to have it. In this country you have to have it. But when you talk about those numbers compared to the kind of numbers that I’m talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels that they’re not used to — but they’ll get used to it very quickly – and it’s not gonna stop them from doing business with us, but they’ll have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country. Those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we’re talking about, including child care, that it’s going to take care. We’re gonna have — I, I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time, coupled with the reductions that I told you about on waste and fraud and all of the other things that are going on in our country, because I have to stay with child care. I want to stay with child care, but those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I’m talking about, including growth, but growth also headed up by what the plan is that I just, that I just told you about. We’re gonna be taking in trillions of dollars, and as much as child care is talked about as being expensive, it’s relatively speaking not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we’ll be taking in. We’re going to make this into an incredible country that can afford to take care of its people, and then we’ll worry about the rest of the world. Let’s help other people. But we’re going to take care of our country first. This is about America first. It’s about Make America Great Again. We have to do it because right now we’re a failing nation, so we’ll take care of it.”

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"Trump's Claim That Children Received Gender-Affirming Surgeries at School Is False" on Donald Trump

During a 2024 campaign stop, Donald Trump expressed strong opinions against transgender issues, particularly regarding children and school involvement in gender-affirming care.

“But the transgender thing is incredible. Think of it. Your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what's going to happen with your child. And you know, many of these childs [sic] 15 years later say, 'What the hell happened? Who did this to me?' They say, 'Who did this to me?' It's incredible.”

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Trump threatens long prison sentences for those who ‘cheat’ in the election if he wins on Donald Trump

Speaking at a 2024 rally, Donald Trump vowed harsh legal consequences, including long prison sentences, for those who "cheated" in past elections.

“WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again. Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials. Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country.”

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During an appearance on Fox News’ Gutfeld! on Donald Trump

During a September 2024 barbershop visit, Donald Trump critiqued Kamala Harris' qualifications and surprisingly admitted she's outperforming Joe Biden, while questioning its sustainability.

“She doesn’t like doing interviews. And she’s not knowledgeable about economy and various things, and I think it would be a problem. But you know what? [Biden] was pretty much gone. They said, 'Joe, it’s over. You're getting out.' And they put her in, and she somehow — a woman — somehow she's doing better than he did. But I can't imagine it can last.”

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"Trump suggests Iran tied to assassination attempts, issues blunt warning" on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in September 2024, Donald Trump outlined a severe retaliatory policy against Iran, advocating for devastating force.

“If I were the president, I would inform the threatening country, in this case, Iran, that if you do anything to harm this person, we are going to blow your largest cities and the country itself to smithereens. We're going to blow it to smithereens. There would be no more threats.”

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Amidst 2024 election campaigning, Donald Trump accused Google of manipulating news presentation to favor Kamala Harris and undermine his campaign.

“It has been determined that Google has illegally used a system of only revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J Trump, some made up for this purpose while, at the same time, only revealing good stories about Comrade Kamala Harris. This is an ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, and hopefully the Justice Department will criminally prosecute them for this blatant Interference of Elections. If not, and subject to the Laws of our Country, I will request their prosecution, when I win the Election and become President of the United States.”

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Harris-Trump presidential debate transcript on Donald Trump 34 quotes

During a 2024 debate, Donald Trump distanced himself from Project 2025, claiming ignorance of its content while reiterating his economic platform.

“in response to Kamala Harris bringing up Project 2025:…she knows better than anyone, I have nothing to do with Project 2025. That's out there. I haven't read it. I don't want to read it, purposely. I'm not going to read it. This was a group of people that got together, they came up with some ideas. I guess some good, some bad. But it makes no difference. I have nothing to do -- everybody knows I'm an open book. Everybody knows what I'm going to do. Cut taxes very substantially. And create a great economy like I did before.”

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Fresh off a hypothetical 2024 debate loss to Kamala Harris, Donald Trump defends his performance, citing unfair fact-checking and enthusiastic audience response.

“They didn't correct her [Harris] once and they corrected me. Everything I said, practically, I think 9 times or 11 times. And the audience was absolutely, they went crazy. And the real, I thought, I walked off and I said, 'that was a great debate, I loved it.'”

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Former President Trump calls the 'enemy from within' more dangerous than any foreign entity on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in 2024, Donald Trump argued that domestic political opponents like Adam Schiff pose a greater threat to the US than foreign adversaries.

“We have two enemies: We have the outside enemy, and then we have the enemy from within. And the enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous than China, Russia and all these countries… But the thing that's tougher to handle are these lunatics that we have inside, like Adam Schiff — Adam 'Shifty' Schiff… I call him the enemy from within. When you look at the danger he put our country in potentially with Russia — with a phony, made-up deal that he made up with Hillary and some bad people.”

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Whoops! Trump Tells Supporters to Get Out and Vote on ‘January 5th’ on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in October 2024, Donald Trump discussed election integrity and a hypothetical January 5th deadline amid changes to voting processes.

“So we’re gonna take care of it, you and me. I’ll tell you, if everything works out and everybody gets out on January 5th, or before. You know, it used to be, you’d have a date. Today, you can vote two months before, probably three months after. They don’t know what the hell they’re doing. But we’re gonna straighten it all out. We’re gonna straighten that out, too. We’re gonna straighten out our election process, too. That’s gotta be important also.”

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Speaking at a 2024 comedy event, Donald Trump delivers a scathing, non-comedic critique of Bill de Blasio's performance as New York City mayor.

“We have another former New York City mayor with us. Frankly, easily the worst in our history. And it's not Michael, that I can tell you. I'm surprised that Bill de Blasio was actually able to make it tonight, to be honest. He was a terrible mayor. I don't give a shit if this is comedy or not. He was a terrible mayor. He did a horrible job. That's not comedy, by the way. That's fact.”

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Facing potential defeat in the 2024 election, Donald Trump responded to Kamala Harris's criticisms by accusing her of "warped" rhetoric and comparing her to Adolf Hitler.

“Comrade Kamala Harris sees that she is losing, and losing badly, especially after stealing the Race from Crooked Joe Biden, so now she is increasingly raising her rhetoric, going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler, and anything else that comes to her warped mind. She is a Threat to Democracy”

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Speaking in October 2024, Donald Trump lamented the income tax system, contrasting it unfavorably with a bygone era of perceived American wealth surplus.

“Now we have income taxes, and we have people that are dying. They're paying tax, and they don't have the money to pay the tax. In the old days … we had so much money, they had to set up committees, blue-ribbon committees, [on] how to spend our wealth. We had no idea how to spend it with so much money. Then we went to the income tax system and the rest is sort of history. But no, there is a way”

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Trump Says He Will Protect Women ‘Whether The Women Like It Or Not’ on Donald Trump

Speaking in October 2024, Donald Trump recounted advisors discouraging him from vowing to "protect the women" of the US, despite his intentions.

“And my people told me about four weeks ago, I was saying, ‘No, I want to protect the people. I want to protect the women of our country. I want to protect the women.’ “‘Sir, please don’t say that.’ “They said, ‘We think it’s, it’s very inappropriate for you to say.’ “I pay these guys a lot of money. Can you believe it? Well, I’m going to do it whether the women like it or not. I’m going to protect them.”

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Trump Boasts He Has ‘Beautiful White Skin’ Right After Slamming Kamala Harris on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in November 2024, Donald Trump contrasted his dedication to work with the allure of leisure, highlighting his "beautiful white skin".

“I could’ve been anywhere I wanted to be. I could’ve had those waves smacking me in the face. That white, beautiful white skin that I have would be nice and tan. I got the whitest skin ’cause I never have time to go out in the sun. But I have that beautiful white, and you know what? It could’ve been beautiful, tanned, beautiful.”

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Trump declares Senate majority candidates should allow him to make recess appointments on Donald Trump

Following his assertion that "it's all about people," Donald Trump demands Republican senators prioritize recess appointments to expedite confirmation processes, learned from perceived past delays.

“Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner. Sometimes the votes can take two years, or more. This is what they did four years ago, and we cannot let it happen again. We need positions filled IMMEDIATELY!”

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Second inaugural address on Donald Trump

Delivered hypothetically during a second inauguration in January 2025, this aspirational statement echoes Trump's recurring theme of American exceptionalism and a promising future.

“We will stand bravely, we will live proudly, we will dream boldly, and nothing will stand in our way because we are Americans. The future is ours, and our golden age has just begun.”

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When questioned about Iran on Donald Trump

Facing potential assassination threats from Iran after enacting "maximum pressure," Trump warned of devastating retaliation, claiming to have left specific instructions for Iran's obliteration should such an attempt succeed.

“They haven’t done that [attempted to assassinate Trump] and that would be a terrible thing for them to do. Not because of me— if they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end. I’ve left instructions, if they do it, they get obliterated, there won’t be anything left.”

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Speaking in February 2025, Donald Trump outlined a plan for the US to take ownership of the Gaza Strip, rebuild it, and develop its economy.

“The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is they have no alternative. It's right now a demolition site. This is just a demolition site. Virtually every building is down. They're living under fallen concrete that's very dangerous and very precarious. They instead can occupy all of a beautiful area with homes and safety and they can live out their lives in peace and harmony instead of having to go back and do it again. The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out. Create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area. Do a real job, do something different. ... So, by the United States, with its stability and strength, owning it, especially the strength that we're developing and developed over the last fairly short period of time, I would say really since the election, I think we'll be a great keeper of something that is very, very strong, very powerful and very, very good for the area, not just for Israel, for the entire Middle East. ... I do see a long-term ownership position and I see it bringing great stability to that part of the Middle East, and maybe the entire Middle East. And everybody I've spoken to - this was not a decision made lightly. Everybody I've spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent in a really magnificent area that nobody would know.”

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'Stunning Freudian Slip': Trump's Hot Take On Bullies Leads To Epic 'Self Own' on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx rally in February 2025, Donald Trump defined bullies as weak individuals, drawing a parallel to Hamas while emphasizing the importance of strong leadership.

“You know bullies? You know what a bully is, right? You know the bully, I’ve always ― and I found it throughout my life ― a bully is the weakest person. And they’re bullies. Hamas is bullies. The weakest people are bullies. You know that, right?”

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Trump says Ukraine 'should have never started' war in Ukraine on Donald Trump

Speaking in February 2025, Donald Trump asserted his ability to quickly resolve the Ukraine war, claiming he could have brokered a favorable land deal to avoid casualties.

“I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well. But today I heard, 'Oh, well, we weren't invited.' Well, you've been there for three years. You should have never started it. You could have made a deal…. I could have made a deal for Ukraine that would have given them almost all of the land, everything, almost all of the land, and no people would have been killed, and no city would have been demolished, and not one dome would have been knocked down. But they chose not to do it that way.”

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Trump spars with Maine’s governor at the White House over transgender athletes on Donald Trump

In February 2025, Donald Trump, emphasizing the importance of "the right people," threatened to withhold federal funding from Maine if Governor Mills didn't comply with his executive order on transgender athletes.

“Is Maine here, the governor of Maine? Governor Janet Mills: I’m here. Are you not going to comply with [the executive order signed on transgender athletes]? Mills: I’m complying with state and federal laws. We are the federal law. Well, you better do it, you better do it, because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t. Mills: We’re going to follow the law. You’d better comply. Otherwise, you’re not getting any federal funding. Mills: We’ll see you in court. Good, I’ll see you in court. I look forward to that. That should be a real easy one. And enjoy your life after governor because I don’t think you’ll be in elected politics.”

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Freshly re-elected in 2025, President Trump outlines his vision for a "Golden Age" driven by personnel cuts informed by his cabinet and leveraging DOGEcoin's success.

“The Golden Age of America has just begun! Over the past six weeks, our Administration has delivered on promises like no Administration before it, always putting America First! DOGE has been an incredible success, and now that we have my Cabinet in place, I have instructed the Secretaries and Leadership to work with DOGE on Cost Cutting measures and Staffing. As the Secretaries learn about, and understand, the people working for the various Departments, they can be very precise as to who will remain, and who will go. We say the "scalpel" rather than the "hatchet." The combination of them, Elon, DOGE, and other great people will be able to do things at a historic level.”

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When asked about the story of a reporter from The Atlantic receiving military strike plans against the Houthi rebels prior on Donald Trump

Facing accusations of leaked Houthi attack plans to *The Atlantic*, a target of his disdain, the speaker feigns ignorance and defends the operation's success.

“I don’t know anything about it. I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me, it’s a magazine that’s going out of business. I think it’s not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it. What were they talking about?… It couldn’t have been very effective because the attack was very effective. I can tell you that. I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time.”

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When asked if anyone could be fired after The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was invited on Donald Trump

Following a security breach where war plans were discussed on Signal with an unauthorized journalist present, President Trump downplayed the incident and defended his national security advisor.

“It’s just something that can happen, it can happen. You can even prepare for it, it can happen. Sometimes people are hooked in and you don’t know they’re hooked in. … It’s not a perfect technology, there is no perfect technology. We always want to use the best technology. This was the best technology for the moment. Again, it wasn’t classified so they probably viewed it as being something that wasn’t that important… No, I don’t think (national security adviser Mike Waltz) should apologize. I think he’s doing his best. It’s equipment and technology that’s not perfect and probably he won’t be using it again.”

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Donald Trump speculates a Signal group chat leak involving Houthi attack details originated from someone connected to Mike Walz who illicitly included *The Atlantic*'s Jeffrey Goldberg.

“What it was we believe is somebody that was on the line with permission, somebody that was with Mike Walz – worked for Mike Walz at a lower level, had I guess Goldberg's number, called through the app, and somehow this guy ended up on the call. Now it wasn't classified as I understand it, there was no classified information, there was no problem and the attack was a tremendous success. So I can only go by what I've been told, I wasn't involved in it, but I was told by, and the other people weren't involved at all, but I feel very comfortable actually.”

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Reacting to leaked Signal messages detailing the upcoming Houthi attack published in *The Atlantic*, Trump downplayed the security breach as "really not a big deal."

“There weren’t details, and there was nothing in there that compromised. And it had no impact on the attack, which was very successful. A thing like that — maybe Goldberg found a way. Maybe there’s a staffer, maybe there’s a very innocent staffer, but we’ll get — I think we’ll get to the bottom of it very quickly, and it’s really not a big deal.”

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Speaking on the news coverage of the Houthi attack plans texted over the Signal app on Donald Trump

Facing criticism over leaked Houthi attack plans communicated via Signal, the speaker dismisses the controversy as a "witch hunt" diverting attention from successful strikes.

“I don’t fire people because of fake news and because of witch hunts… I think it’s just a witch hunt and the fake news, like you, talk about it all the time, but it’s just a witch hunt, and it shouldn’t be talked [about]. We had a tremendously successful strike. We struck very hard and very lethal. And nobody wants to talk about that. All they want to talk about is nonsense. It’s fake news. … I have no idea what Signal is. I don’t care what Signal is. All I can tell you is it’s just a witch hunt, and it’s the only thing the press wants to talk about, because you have nothing else to talk about. Because it’s been the greatest 100-day presidency in the history of our country.”

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In a 2025 interview, Trump asserted the U.S. would acquire Greenland, refusing to rule out military force while claiming it was for "world peace" and security.

“We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%. …. No, I never take military force off the table. But I think there's a good possibility that we could do it without military force. We have an obligation to protect the world. This is world peace, this is international security. And I have that obligation while I'm president. No, I don't take anything off the table.”

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Regarding the round of tariffs expected on Donald Trump

Framing the newly implemented tariffs as a national rebirth, then-President Trump justified the protectionist measures as a necessary step to alleviate America's mounting debt.

“I call it a lot of different names, but it's really, in a sense, it's a rebirth of a country because how we could have afforded to do what we did, we helped everybody and they don't help us. The term I like best probably is the liberation of America. It's a liberation of this country because it's incredible. Look, we have 36 trillion in debt for a reason and that accumulates over a long period of time. What you're going to be seeing over the next couple of days will be very inspiring to a lot of people.”

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When asked how things were going after a drop on Donald Trump

Despite an initial stock market dip following his tariff announcement, President Trump confidently predicted an economic boom driven by his trade policies.

“I think it's going very well. It was an operation, like when a patient gets operated on and it's a big thing. I said this would exactly be the way it is.... The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom, and the rest of the world wants to see is there any way they can make a deal. They've taken advantage of us for many, many years. For many years we've been at the wrong side of the ball. And I'll tell you what, I think it's going to be unbelievable.”

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Amidst a stock market plunge sparked by his global tariffs in April 2025, Trump doubled down on his policies, promising wealth to investors undeterred by the trade war.

“TO THE MANY INVESTORS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES AND INVESTING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, MY POLICIES WILL NEVER CHANGE. THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH, RICHER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!”

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Truth Social on Donald Trump 3 quotes

Speaking in April 2025, President Trump's message focuses on his purported economic achievements and future plans for "making America great again," emphasizing investment and resilience.

“...We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before. Already, more than FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, and rising fast! THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN. HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be historic. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”

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Indicating there would be no change of course regarding tariff plan on Donald Trump

Facing criticism over tariff plans, a Trump administration official doubled down on their strategy, claiming it would revitalize the US economy and manufacturing sector.

“It's the only chance we're going to have to reset the table on trade, and when we do, we're going to come out unbelievably well. We're going to have a strong country economically again and we're going to have those factories that are empty all over the United States.”

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Reasons given for pausing his tariff plan for on Donald Trump

Facing economic anxieties from potential tariffs, President Trump justified his temporary reversal as a necessary display of "flexibility" to calm increasingly nervous markets.

“I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting yippy. You know, they were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid…. Over the last few days it looked pretty glum… You have to be flexible. You have to be able to show a little flexibility. And I'm able to do that.”

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Trump Repeats Threat to Use Military Force if Iran Does Not Agree to Nuclear Deal on Donald Trump

Speaking in April 2025 about nuclear proliferation, Donald Trump suggested potential military action led by Israel if diplomatic talks falter.

“I’m not asking for much ... but they can't have a nuclear weapon. If it requires military, we're going to have military. Israel will, obviously, be ... the leader of that. No one leads us. We do what we want. I don't want to be specific. But when you start talks, you know if they're going along well or not. And I would say the conclusion would be when I think they're not going along well.”

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While signing an executive order repealing limits on Donald Trump

Lamenting weak water pressure while rescinding showerhead regulations, former President Trump detailed his struggle to maintain his hair during a 2025 *Al Jazeera* interview.

“In my case, I like to take a nice shower, take care of my beautiful hair.... I have to stand under the shower for 15 minutes until it gets wet. It comes out drip, drip, drip. It’s ridiculous.”

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In a 2025 conversation with Nayib Bukele, Donald Trump suggested sending violent U.S. criminals to Salvadoran prisons, a move Pam Bondi was investigating for legal feasibility.

“Homegrown criminals next. I said homegrowns are next, the homegrowns. You gotta build about five more [prisons]…. [The notorious Salvadoran mega-prison] is not big enough… If it's a homegrown criminal, I have no problem. Now we're studying the laws right now, Pam [Bondi] is studying. If we can do that, that's good…. And I'm talking about violent people. I'm talking about really bad people. Really bad people. Every bit as bad as the ones coming in.”

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"Revoking Harvard’s tax-exempt status will threaten all nonprofits" on Donald Trump

Speaking in April 2025, Donald Trump, who has emphasized the importance of having "the right people," derided Harvard as a purveyor of "Hate and Stupidity" undeserving of federal funding.

“Harvard can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning, and should not be considered on any list of the World’s Great Universities or Colleges. Harvard is a JOKE, teaches Hate and Stupidity, and should no longer receive Federal Funds.”

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"Trump lashes out against "fake polls" as his approval ratings sink" on Donald Trump

Amidst continued claims of election fraud and media bias, Donald Trump defends his popularity and disparages pollsters from *The New York Times*, ABC/Washington Post, and Fox News in April 2025.

“Great Pollster John McLaughlin, one of the most highly respected in the industry, has just stated that The Failing New York Times Poll, and the ABC/Washington Post Poll, about a person named DONALD J. TRUMP, ME, are FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS. The New York Times has only 37% Trump 2024 voters, and the ABC/Washington Post Poll has only 34% Trump Voters, unheard of numbers unless looking for a negative result, which they are. These people should be investigated for ELECTION FRAUD, and add in the FoxNews Pollster while you’re at it. They are Negative Criminals who apologize to their subscribers and readers after I WIN ELECTIONS BIG, much bigger than their polls showed I would win, loose a lot of credibility, and then go on cheating and lying for the next cycle, only worse. They suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, and there is nothing that anyone, or anything, can do about it. THEY ARE SICK, almost only write negative stories about me no matter how well I am doing (99.9% at the Border, BEST NUMBER EVER!), AND ARE TRULY THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE! I wish them well, but will continue to fight to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

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In a 2025 interview, President Trump fiercely defends the authenticity of a photograph showing MS-13 tattoos on a suspected gang member's knuckles, accusing the interviewer of spreading "fake news."

“PRESIDENT TRUMP: (Referring to a photo of what was tattooed on Abrego Garcia's knuckles:) M-S-1-3 -- It says M-S-one-three. INTERVIEWER TERRY MORAN: I -- that was Photoshop…. PRESIDENT TRUMP: That was Photoshop?… Do you want me to show the picture? TERRY MORAN: I saw the picture. We'll agree to disagree -- PRESIDENT TRUMP: Oh, and you think it was Photoshop…. Go look at his hand. He had MS-13 -- TERRY MORAN: Fair enough, he did have tattoos that can be interpreted that way. I'm not an expert on them…. PRESIDENT TRUMP: Terry, no, no. No, no. He had MS as clear as you can be. Not "interpreted." This is why people no longer believe the news, because it's fake news. TERRY MORAN: ...When he was photographed in El Salvador, they aren't there…. Take a look at the photograph — PRESIDENT TRUMP: But they're there now, right?… But they're there now? TERRY MORAN: They're in your picture. PRESIDENT TRUMP: Terry He's got MS-13 on his knuckles…. you do such a disservice — TERRY MORAN: We'll take a look. We'll take a look at that, sir — PRESIDENT TRUMP: Why don't you just say, "Yes, he does," and, you know, go on to something else --”

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In April 2025, while reflecting on his potential second term, Donald Trump defended his economic legacy by attributing stock market performance to Biden's policies.

“This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s… I didn’t take over until January 20th. Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA in record numbers…. Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden 'Overhang. This will take a while, has NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS, only that he left us with bad numbers, but when the boom begins, it will be like no other. BE PATIENT!!!”

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Speaking in April 2025, former President Trump deflected blame for unfavorable economic numbers by attributing them to President Biden's policies inherited upon Trump's return to office in January.

“You probably saw some numbers today, and I have to start off by saying that’s Biden — that’s not Trump — because we came in on January. We came in and I was very against everything that Biden was doing in terms of the economy. … We took over his mess in so many different ways. I’m not taking credit or discredit for the stock market. I’m just saying we inherited a mess…. We came in on Jan. 20, so this is Biden. And you can even say the next quarter is, sort of, Biden, because it doesn’t just happen on a daily or an hourly basis, but we’re turning it around. It’s a big ship to turn around.”

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Star Wars Day message on the Official WhiteHouse X account (4 May 2025) on Donald Trump

On Star Wars Day 2025, the White House X account posted an AI-generated image of Trump as a Sith Lord to troll the "Radical Left Lunatics".

“Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & well known MS-13 Gang Members, back into our Galaxy. You’re not the Rebellion — you’re the Empire. May the 4th be with you.”

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When asked whether he on Donald Trump

Pressed on his constitutional obligations, former President Trump equivocated, deferring to his lawyers and offering a vague interpretation of Supreme Court rulings, as reported by NPR.

“I don't know. I have to respond by saying, again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me, and they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said. What you said is not what I heard the Supreme Court said. They have a different interpretation.”

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"Trump tells Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs’ after retailer warned it will raise prices" on Donald Trump

Amidst trade tensions with China in 2019, President Trump publicly pressured Walmart to absorb tariff costs rather than raise prices for consumers.

“Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain. Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected. Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, “EAT THE TARIFFS,” and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!”

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"Fact Check: Trump's Memorial Day message" on Donald Trump

On Memorial Day 2025, Donald Trump issued a statement mixing patriotic greetings with vitriolic attacks against his political enemies and perceived threats to national security.

“HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS, WHO ALLOWED 21,000,000 MILLION PEOPLE TO ILLEGALLY ENTER OUR COUNTRY, MANY OF THEM BEING CRIMINALS AND THE MENTALLY INSANE,THROUGH AN OPEN BORDER THAT ONLY AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT WOULD APPROVE, AND THROUGH JUDGES WHO ARE ON A MISSION TO KEEP MURDERERS, DRUG DEALERS, RAPISTS, GANG MEMBERS, AND RELEASED PRISONERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN OUR COUNTRY SO THEY CAN ROB, MURDER, AND RAPE AGAIN — ALL PROTECTED BY THESE USA HATING JUDGES WHO SUFFER FROM AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS SICK, AND VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY. HOPEFULLY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, AND OTHER GOOD AND COMPASSIONATE JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE LAND, WILL SAVE US FROM THE DECISIONS OF THE MONSTERS WHO WANT OUR COUNTRY TO GO TO HELL. BUT FEAR NOT, WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS OVER THE LAST 4 MONTHS, AND AMERICA WILL SOON BE SAFE AND GREAT AGAIN! AGAIN, HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

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Regarding the Court of International Trade’s decision stating that tariffs must be approved by Congress according on Donald Trump

Expressing outrage over a Court of International Trade ruling requiring congressional approval for tariffs, Trump claims such oversight would cripple presidential authority and decision-making on trade.

“The horrific decision stated that I would have to get the approval of Congress for these Tariffs. In other words, hundreds of politicians would sit around D.C. for weeks, and even months, trying to come to a conclusion as to what to charge other Countries that are treating us unfairly. If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power — The Presidency would never be the same!”

Regarding the Court of International Trade’s decision stating that tariffs must be approved by Congress according to the Constitution, as quoted in “Truth Social” and reported in On Congress and trade tariffs, Trump gives away the game about his power grab MSNBC (June 2, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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"Trump’s Brag About ‘BOOMING’ Economy Immediately Gets a Humiliating Reality Check" on Donald Trump

Amidst a 2025 Newsweek article detailing advice and optimism, Donald Trump asserted economic success stemmed from tariffs, despite contradictory real-world data.

“Because of Tariffs, our Economy is BOOMING!”

"Trump’s Brag About ‘BOOMING’ Economy Immediately Gets a Humiliating Reality Check", Daily Beast (June 3, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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"How Trump and Musk's relationship exploded in real time over X, Truth Social" on Donald Trump

Despite emphasizing the importance of "the right people," Donald Trump suggested terminating Elon Musk's government subsidies, criticizing President Biden's handling of the situation.

“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!”

"How Trump and Musk's relationship exploded in real time over X, Truth Social", Axios (June 5, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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Trump says his administration wants to "wean" states off FEMA aid after hurricane season on Donald Trump

Speaking in June 2025, Donald Trump outlined a vision to drastically reduce FEMA's role, shifting disaster relief responsibilities to individual states, citing cost and efficiency concerns.

“We want to wean off of FEMA and we want to bring it down to the state level — a little bit like education, we're moving it back to the states. It has not worked out well. It's extremely expensive and, again, when you have a tornado or a hurricane or you have a problem of any kind, in a state, that's what you have governors for. They're supposed to fix those problems, and it's much more local and they'll develop a system, and it will be a great system.”

Trump says his administration wants to "wean" states off FEMA aid after hurricane season CBS News (June 11, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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"Trump says ‘everybody has eggs now’ since prices have dropped a staggering 400%. But is his math scrambled?" on Donald Trump

Speaking to a crowd in June 2025, Donald Trump falsely exaggerated the price decrease of eggs, claiming a 400% reduction following a period of high inflation.

“Remember eggs? We weren’t able to buy another egg for the next 20 years — they were so expensive, right? Eggs have come down 400%.”

"Trump says ‘everybody has eggs now’ since prices have dropped a staggering 400%. But is his math scrambled?" Yahoo Finance / Moneywise (June 12, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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Amidst commencement speeches and barbershop visits in 2025, Donald Trump apparently sought help with a military parade, a request juxtaposed against his emphasis on "the right people."

“Please help me with my military parade.”

Written in a fundraising e-mail, quoted in "Chris Hayes Cackles at Trump Email: ‘Sorry, That’s a Funny Sentence’", Mediaite (June 13, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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"Trump threatens Iran with retaliation ‘at levels never seen before’" on Donald Trump

While sharing career advice in 2025, Donald Trump expressed confidence in his ability to quickly broker peace between Iran and Israel.

“We can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict.”

"Trump threatens Iran with retaliation ‘at levels never seen before’", Politico (June 15, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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Speaking at the G7 Summit concerning the deportation of illegal aliens on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2025, Trump outlined a political strategy targeting sanctuary cities within Democrat-run urban areas, fearing their potential voting power.

“I want them to focus on the cities because the cities are where you really have what's called sanctuary cities, and that's where the people are… Most of those people are in the cities, all blue cities, all Democrat-run cities, and they think they're going to use them to vote. It's not going to happen.”

Speaking at the G7 Summit concerning the deportation of illegal aliens, reported in Trump targets deportations in Democratic cities, sparks outrage in California CBS8 (June 16, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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Trump tries to redefine ‘America First’ in the face of MAGA backlash on Donald Trump

Speaking about his signature policy in June 2025, Donald Trump asserted sole ownership over the "America First" concept, dismissing any prior usage.

“Well, considering that I’m the one that developed ‘America First,’ and considering that the term wasn’t used until I came along, I think I’m the one that decides that.”

Trump tries to redefine ‘America First’ in the face of MAGA backlash MSNBC (June 16, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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Explaining why he chose not on Donald Trump

Following the assassinations of a Minnesota state representative, Trump justified his refusal to contact Governor Walz by criticizing his leadership and deeming a call a "waste of time."

“I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I'm not calling him. Why would I call him? I could call and say, 'Hi, how you doing?' Uh, the guy doesn't have a clue. He's a mess. I could be nice and call, but why waste time?”

Explaining why he chose not to call Minnesota Governor Tim Walz following the political assassinations of state Representative Melissa Hortman (a Democrat) and her husband Trump says calling Walz after Minnesota shootings would be 'waste of time' ABC News (June 17, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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"Donald Trump reveals the real reason he rushed home from the G7 in Canada while bombs fell on Tehran" on Donald Trump

Amidst sharing advice on success and the importance of people, Donald Trump, in 2025, unexpectedly declared, "I don't believe in telephones."

“I don't believe in telephones.”

"Donald Trump reveals the real reason he rushed home from the G7 in Canada while bombs fell on Tehran" Daily Mail (June 17, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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While talking with reporters on the White House lawn on Donald Trump

Facing potential removal from office, Trump alluded to a crude euphemism for erection while discussing planned flagpoles on the White House lawn.

“Let's have a good -- they call it a lifting. They also use another word, but I'm not gonna use that word. It starts with an E. Do you know what the word is? If I ever used it, I would be run out of town by you people.”

While talking with reporters on the White House lawn, where he plans on installing two massive flagpoles, reported in Trump cracks crude genitalia joke at flagpole ceremony amid fears he'll be 'run out of town' Irish Star (June 18, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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Said about the possibility of attacking Iran on Donald Trump

Weighing a potential 2025 Iran attack, this statement encapsulates the "Madman Theory" strategy of unpredictable foreign policy described by BBC News.

“I may do it. I may not do it. Nobody knows what I'm going to do.”

Said about the possibility of attacking Iran, 18 June 2025. Quoted in Allan Little How Trump is using the 'Madman Theory' to try to change the world (and it's working) BBC News (July 6, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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Amidst speeches emphasizing the importance of people and ambition, Donald Trump made the unsubstantiated claim in 2025 that he single-handedly stopped the war between Pakistan and India.

“I stopped the war between Pakistan and India.”

Claimed without providing evidence, quoted in "For the third time, India pushes back against Trump’s dubious boasts" MSNBC (June 19, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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Taken from Truth Social post on Donald Trump

Amidst commentary on his leadership style and commencement speech advice, Donald Trump amplified unsubstantiated claims of election fraud and border control success under his presidency.

“Zero Border crossings for the month for TRUMP, verses 60,000 for Sleepy, Crooked Joe Biden, a man who lost the 2020 Presidential Election by a “LANDSLIDE!” Biden was grossly incompetent, and the 2020 election was a total FRAUD! The evidence is MASSIVE and OVERWHELMING. A Special Prosecutor must be appointed. This cannot be allowed to happen again in the United States of America!”

Taken from Truth Social post in Trump Calls for Special Prosecutor for Alleged Election Fraud in 2020 — Claiming He Won in a ‘LANDSLIDE!’ Mediaite (June 20, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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Truth Social post reported on Donald Trump

In a June 2025 Truth Social post, Donald Trump prematurely declared a complete ceasefire between Israel and Iran, claiming an end to their "12 Day War" within hours.

“CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED! During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL. On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, “THE 12 DAY WAR”.”

Truth Social post reported in Trump announces Israel-Iran ceasefire timeline he says will end the war: Live updates CNBC (June 23, 2025)https://www.salon.com/2025/06/23/the-12-day-war-says-israel-iran-have-reached-tentative-ceasefire-agreement/

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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"Trump lashes out at Israel as his Middle East truce appears to falter" on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2025, Donald Trump criticized Israel's bombing response following a deal, expressing his dissatisfaction and demanding they cease the attacks.

“Israel, as soon as we made the deal they came out and they dropped a load of bombs, the likes of which I’ve never seen before. I’m not happy with Israel. You know, when I say, ‘OK now you have 12 hours,’ you don’t go out to the first hour, just drop everything you have on, so I’m not happy with them. I’m not happy with Iran either. ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!”

"Trump lashes out at Israel as his Middle East truce appears to falter" CNN (June 24, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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"Trump says he expects the Israel-Iran ceasefire will last 'forever'" on Donald Trump

Speaking in June 2025 after leaving office, Donald Trump offered a surprisingly optimistic prediction about the future of relations between Israel and Iran.

“About Israel and Iran: I don’t believe they will ever be shooting at each other again.”

"Trump says he expects the Israel-Iran ceasefire will last 'forever'" NBC News (June 24, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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"'He's a good guy': Trump announces talks with Zelensky, praises Putin as 'very kind'" on Donald Trump

Despite later pronouncements, this 2025 statement reflects a period when Donald Trump publicly characterized his relationship with Vladimir Putin as amicable.

“I've talked to Putin a lot and he's actually been very kind.”

"'He's a good guy': Trump announces talks with Zelensky, praises Putin as 'very kind'" Gazeta Express (June 25, 2025)

Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Quotes: [[File:Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump playing golf.jpg|thumb| That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates.https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-hopes-us-obliterates-iran-if-hes-assassinated-by-the-american-adversary/]

[[File:This was the President Donald Trump's first trip aboard Air Force One (cropped).jpg|thumb|I know the best people. To me, it's all about people. You got to have the right people. When we have the right people, it runs beautifullyhttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-tells-bronx-barbershop-what-he-would-do-differently-elected-second-time-its-all-about-people], 2025, June 2025, Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech Newsweek (1 May 2025):
1. "If you're here today and think that you're too young to do something great, let me tell you that you are wrong. You're not too young. You can have great success at a very young age ... In America, with drive and ambition, young people can do anything."

2. "You have to love what you do. You have to. I rarely see somebody that's successful that doesn't love what he or she does ... If I didn't find it fun, I wouldn't be successful."

3. "The third thing is to think big. If you're going to do something, you might as well think big. I know a lot of people, they've thought small, they were very smart. I know others that weren't nearly as smart, but they had a better picture of the big picture, because it's just as hard to solve a small problem as a big problem and it's just as much energy and everything else, except the result is going to be a smaller one. So love what you do and think big if it's possible."

4. "Work hard. Never, ever stop," Trump said, before mentioning pro golf legend Gary Player. The president said Player "wasn't as big as other men, he was on the small side ... but he worked very, very hard. He made up for it. He never stopped."

5. "Don't lose your momentum. You just want to keep it going. And you have to know, if you are losing it, you have to know when you are losing it, so maybe you stop and maybe it's time to stop. Listen to the feedback, think through your plan very carefully and keep moving fast."

6. "If you want to change the world, you have to have the courage to be an outsider. In other words, you have to take certain risks and do things a little bit differently; otherwise, if that were the case, everybody would be successful. Doesn't work that way. Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system; it comes from those who want to fix the broken system. If you want to go to the top, you're just never going to do it unless you break the system ... You really do, you have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts. But if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision."

7. "Trust your instincts. Common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense and I applied that to politics because some of these things, like, they had open borders. Let everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense."

8. "Everybody should believe in the American dream. It's real, it's there and it's right before you."

9. "Think of yourself as a winner. The power of positive thinking. Don't consider yourself a victim. Consider yourself a winner. In recent years, too many of our young people have really been taught to think of themselves as victims and blame people and be angry. Don't be angry. In America, we reject that idea that anyone is born a victim. Our heroes are the ones who take charge of their own destiny, make their own luck and determine their own fate, despite the odds."

10. "Be an original," Trump said as his penultimate piece of advice for the graduating class. "The all-time greats were people who had the confidence to be a little different ... God only created one of you. Remember that. You're all different, some are close, but nobody is the same. You're one of a kind so don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself."

11. "Never, ever give up. Never give up. Don't stop. Never, ever give up. Victory is right around the corner.")

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After warning against the prospect of Zohran Mamdani winning the New York mayor’s race on Donald Trump

Fearing Zohran Mamdani's potential mayoral win, Donald Trump suggested federal intervention in New York City, promising to restore its proper functioning under his administration.

“If a communist gets elected to run New York, it can never be the same, but we have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to. New York City will run properly. We’re going to bring New York back.”

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When asked how the golf tournament was after winning the Senior Club Championship at his course outside of West Palm Beach on Donald Trump

Fresh off a senior club championship victory in Florida, Donald Trump, ever confident, confirmed his win and expressed his fondness for winning.

“Very good. Because I won. It's good to win. You heard I won, right? Did you hear I won? I like to win.”

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Donald Trump answering a reporter on Donald Trump

Facing renewed scrutiny over Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump baselessly claimed the recently released files were fabricated by political rivals like Obama, Biden, and Comey.

“No, no. She's [Pam Bondi] uh, she's given us just a very quick briefing. And in terms of the credibility of the various things that they've seen. And I would say that, you know, these files [Jeffrey Epstein files] were made up by Comey, they were made up by Obama, they were made up but, the Biden, uh, you know, and we went through years of that.”

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When asked by a reporter if he has evidence on Donald Trump

Facing scrutiny over Jeffrey Epstein's death, Donald Trump deflected blame, bizarrely accusing Democrats of perpetrating a four-year "hoax" against him.

“I know it’s a hoax. It was started by Democrats. It’s been run by the Democrats for four years ... it’s perpetrated by the Democrats and some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net, and so they try and do the Democrats’ work.”

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When asked by a reporter if Pam Bondi told him his name appeared on Donald Trump

Facing questions about his potential appearance in the Epstein files, Trump claimed Pam Bondi provided a "quick briefing" and baselessly alleged political fabrication by his opponents.

“No, no, she's -- she's given us just a very quick briefing. And in terms of the credibility of the different things that they've seen, and I would say that, you know, these files were made up by Comey, they were made up by Obama, they were made up by the Biden -- and you know, we and we went through years of that with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, with all of the different things that we had to go through.”

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Fires the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Donald Trump

Following a disappointing jobs report in August 2025, Donald Trump used Truth Social to announce the immediate firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer, accusing her of election interference.

“I was just informed that our Country’s ‘Jobs Numbers’ are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s [Harris’] chances of Victory... We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified.”

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"Donald Trump Doubles Down on Mathematically Impossible Drug Price Cuts" on Donald Trump

Speaking in August 2025, amidst commentary on his personnel choices, Donald Trump made unsubstantiated claims of drastic drug price reductions, exceeding 1000%.

“One of the things they're going to be talking about pretty soon are the tremendous drop in drug prices. You know, we've cut drug prices by 1,200, 1,300, 1,400, 1,500 percent. I don't mean 50 percent. I mean 14-, 1,500 percent.”

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Regarding the recently proposed congressional state map that on Donald Trump

In 2025, Trump asserted that Texas Republicans deserved five additional congressional seats due to his past electoral success, following a proposed GOP-favored redistricting map.

“We have an opportunity in Texas to pick up five [congressional] seats. We have a really good governor, and we have good people in Texas. And I won Texas. I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know, and we are entitled to five more seats.”

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Trump reignites threat to take over DC after former DOGE worker assaulted in attempted carjacking on Donald Trump

Amidst a promise to surround himself with "the best people," Donald Trump evokes potential federal intervention in Washington D.C. after a DOGE supporter's assault.

“I have to say that somebody from DOGE was very badly hurt… A young man who was beat up by a bunch of thugs in DC, and either they’re gonna straighten their act out in the terms of government and in terms of protection or we’re gonna have to federalize and run it the way it’s supposed to be run.”

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RESTORING LAW AND ORDER IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA on Donald Trump

Despite prioritizing "the right people" for smooth governance, Trump, during an imagined second term in August 2025, envisions mobilizing the National Guard to quell crime in Washington D.C.

“…I direct the Secretary of Defense to mobilize the District of Columbia National Guard and order members to active service, in such numbers as he deems necessary, to address the epidemic of crime in our Nation’s capital. The mobilization and duration of duty shall remain in effect until I determine that conditions of law and order have been restored in the District of Columbia.”

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Trump Places DC Police Under Federal Control: ‘We’re Going to Take Our Capital Back’ on Donald Trump

Amidst his pronouncements on having the "best people," this quote reveals Donald Trump outlining a plan to exert federal control over Washington D.C.'s police force.

“This is liberation day in D.C. and we’re going to take our capital back. We’re taking it back. Under the authorities vested in me as the president of the United States, I’m officially invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act — you know what that is — and placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.”

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Giving police permission on Donald Trump

In August 2025, Donald Trump, in a statement reported by the *Independent*, seemingly encouraged unrestrained police violence against Washington D.C. citizens, advocating for aggressive responses.

“See, they fight back until you knock the hell out of them, because it’s the only language they understand... You spit and we hit. And they’re standing there and people are spitting in their face and they’re not allowed to do anything. But now they are allowed to do whatever the hell they want.”

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"Trump Writes Post About Moscow That's Absurd Even For Him" on Donald Trump

Amidst reflecting on deal-making and media criticism in August 2025, Trump suggested that even securing Moscow from Russia wouldn't satisfy his detractors.

“If I got Russia to give up Moscow as part of the Deal, the Fake News, and their PARTNER, the Radical Left Democrats, would say I made a terrible mistake and a very bad deal. That’s why they are the FAKE NEWS!”

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"Trump blasts 'lightweight' Dem senator who criticized Putin summit in Alaska: 'Stupid'" on Donald Trump

Following a meeting involving Putin, Donald Trump criticized Senator Chris Murphy and others for hindering potential resolutions to the Russia-Ukraine war.

“The very unattractive (both inside and out!) Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, said ‘Putin got everything that he wanted.’ Actually, ‘nobody got anything,’ too soon, but getting close. Murphy is a lightweight who thinks it made the Russian President look good in coming to America. Actually, it was very hard for President Putin to do so. This war can be ended, NOW, but stupid people like Chris Murphy, John Bolton, and others, make it much harder to do so.”

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Claimed about Vladimir Putin on Donald Trump

Amidst criticism for hosting Vladimir Putin in the U.S. despite an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes, Donald Trump defended the summit, dismissing negative media coverage as "fake news."

“The Fake News has been saying for 3 days that I suffered a ‘major defeat’ by allowing President Vladimir Putin of Russia to have a major Summit in the United States. Actually, he would have loved doing the meeting anywhere else but the U.S., and the Fake News knows this.”

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"Trump Claims He Was Asked For His License Plate At The Voting Booth" on Donald Trump

Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in August 2025, Donald Trump recounts a voting experience where he was surprisingly impressed by the ID requirements.

“When you go to a voting booth, and you do it the right way, and you go to a state that runs it properly, you go in -- they even asked me, they asked me for my license plate. I said, 'I don't know if I have it.' They said, 'Sir, you have to have it.' I was very impressed actually."”

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"Trump Rants Against MSNBC After Lawrence O’Donnell Mocks His ‘Cankle’ Issue" on Donald Trump

Amidst discussing the importance of "the right people" in August 2025, Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on MSNBC's ratings and parent company, Comcast, labeling them a "failure."

“MSNBC IS DOING SO POORLY IN THE RATINGS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THEIR NAME IN ORDER TO GET AWAY FROM THE STENCH OF THEIR FAKE NEWS PRODUCT. SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH THEIR WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE OWNER, ‘CONCAST,’ HEADED BY DOPEY BRIAN ROBERTS, HOPELESSLY AND AIMLESSLY FLAILING IN THE WIND IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISASSOCIATE ITSELF FROM THE GARBAGE THAT THEY CREATED! MSNBC IS A FAILURE BY ANY NAME!!!””

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Trump wants to rename Department of Defense as ‘Department of War’: ‘It has a stronger sound’ on Donald Trump

Reflecting on potential changes if re-elected, Donald Trump mused in August 2025 about renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War, citing past victories.

“The Department of Defense… It didn’t sound good — defense. Why are we on defense? So it used to be called the Department of War, and it had a stronger sound. And as you know, we won World War I. We won World War II. We won everything. Now we have a Department of Defense. We’re defenders. I think Department of War, it just sounded better. We want defense, but we want offense too, if that’s OK. So you’ll make a decision. But you know, as Department of War, we won everything.”

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"After Stephen Colbert, Donald Trump now targets Seth Meyers, host of ‘Late Night’: ‘Personality of an insecure child’" on Donald Trump

Fresh off proclaiming the importance of "the right people" in August 2025, Donald Trump publicly attacked Seth Meyers' intelligence and talent after an alleged contract extension by NBC.

“There is a sick rumour going around that Fake News NBC extended the contract of one of the least talented late-night television hosts out there, Seth Meyers. He has no Ratings, Talent, or Intelligence, and the Personality of an insecure child. So, why would Fake News NBC extend this dope’s contract. I don’t know, but I’ll definitely be finding out!!!”

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Most Trump tariffs are illegal, appeals court rules, setting up Supreme Court showdown on Donald Trump

Speaking in August 2025, former President Trump defended his tariff policies, predicting victory despite a partisan court ruling and emphasizing their importance to American strength.

“Today a Highly Partisan Appeals Court incorrectly said that our Tariffs should be removed, but they know the United States of America will win in the end. If these Tariffs ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the Country. It would make us financially weak, and we have to be strong…. For many years, Tariffs were allowed to be used against us by our uncaring and unwise Politicians. Now, with the help of the United States Supreme Court, we will use them to the benefit of our Nation, and Make America Rich, Strong, and Powerful Again!”

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Referencing unfounded claims of voter fraud, Donald Trump attributed the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama to Colorado's mail-in voting system.

“The problem I have with Colorado, one of the big problems, is they do mail-in voting. They went to all mail-in voting, so they have automatically crooked elections and we can’t have that. When a state is for mail-in voting that means they want dishonest elections because that’s what that means.”

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"Trump Caught Whoever Scraped Up the Renovated White House Rose Garden" on Donald Trump

Speaking to a Bronx barbershop in September 2025, former President Trump detailed an incident involving damaged stonework at the White House Rose Garden, emphasizing its beauty and the accountability taken.

“I used, at the White House, the most beautiful marble and stone available anywhere. Surfaces are very important to me as a Builder. As everyone knows, I built many GREAT Buildings, and other things, over the years. At the White House, I am very proud of the beautiful stonework we did in the Rose Garden, in this case, using limestone plus. The Rose Garden is completed, and far more beautiful than anyone ever had in mind when it was conceived of decades ago. Three days ago, while admiring the stonework, I happened to notice a huge gash in the limestone that extended more than 25 yards long. It was deep and nasty! I started yelling, “Who did this, and I want to find out now!” — And I didn’t say this in a nice manner. I wondered, “Was it vandalism or, was it stupidity?” Lo and behold, because of the fact that we’ve installed the finest security equipment anywhere, they brought back the stupid people, with their boss watching (in sunglasses!). It was a subcontractor that was installing heavy landscaping on a steel cart that was broken and tilting badly, with it rubbing hard against the soft, beautiful stone. I love and respect great workers and contractors but something like this should never happen. Now, I’ll replace the stone, charge the contractor, and never let that contractor work at the White House again — But, how great is the video equipment? We caught them, cold. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

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Speaking in September 2025 amidst reflections on personnel choices, Donald Trump expresses a personal aspiration seemingly detached from the immediate political context: "I want to try and get to Heaven."

“I want to try and get to Heaven”

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Expressing frustration that domestic violence incidents are counted as part of city-wide crime totals on Donald Trump

In September 2025, Donald Trump controversially suggested domestic disputes, even "a little fight with the wife," should not be included in Washington DC's official crime statistics.

“Things that take place in the home, they call crime. They’ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime scene.”

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During a press conference featuring RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz, Donald Trump controversially stated that taking Tylenol could significantly increase the risk of autism, a claim lacking scientific consensus.

“Acetaminophen. Is that okay? Which is basically, commonly known as Tylenol. Can be associated with a very increased risk of autism. So taking Tylenol is not good. I’ll say it, it’s not good.”

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Speaking in September 2025, Donald Trump criticizes the United Nations and European immigration policies, highlighting alleged failings and advocating for stricter border controls.

“I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal. All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle. If the First Lady wasn't in great shape, she would've fallen. But she's in great shape. We're both in good shape, we both stood. And then a teleprompter that didn't work. These are the two things I got from the United Nations, a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter. Thank you very much.... According to the Council of Europe, in 2024, almost 50% of inmates in German prisons were foreign nationals or migrants. In Austria, the number was 53% of the people in prisons were from places that weren't from where they are now. In Greece, the number was 54%. And in Switzerland, beautiful Switzerland, 72% of the people in prisons are from outside of Switzerland. When your prisons are filled with so-called asylum seekers who repaid kindness, and that's what they did, they repaid kindness with crime, it's time to end the failed experiment of open borders. You have to end it now. I see it, I can tell you. I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell. In America, we've taken bold action to swiftly shut down uncontrolled migration. Once we started detaining and deporting everyone who crossed the border and removing illegal aliens from the United States, they simply stopped coming. They're not coming anymore.”

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"Jimmy Kimmel says silencing comedians is ‘anti American’, as his show returns to air after suspension" on Donald Trump

In September 2025, former President Trump, known for prioritizing personnel, launched a scathing attack on Jimmy Kimmel and ABC, suggesting a potential legal challenge and financial gain.

“I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled! Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his “talent” was never there. Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE. He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution. I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings.”

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Speaking in October 2025, President Trump, emphasizing his focus on "the right people," announced a breakthrough peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, securing hostage releases and troop withdrawal.

“I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly! This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”

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Scott Adams on Donald Trump

Amidst a listing of letters and links, this excerpt from a 2017 article explores the potential ripple effect of Trump's perceived ability to achieve the "impossible" on global ambition.

“The meta-impact of President Trump routinely doing the "impossible" is that it changes how all of us view our world. If Trump can keep doing the impossible, time and time again, why can't we? [...] [D]on't be surprised if 2018 is the year when people all over the world shed their mental prisons and take on the "impossibles" in ways we have never seen. Thanks to President Trump, people everywhere are beginning to recognize the difference between real impossibilities and simple failures of imagination.”

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Tim Allen on Donald Trump

Within a compendium of quotations, this particular observation wryly compares Donald Trump to an ancient Greek tyrant, highlighting his perceived independence and potential infrastructure focus.

“I think it's funny because Donald Trump is kind of in the spirit of old Greek tyrants where they used to vote in a guy that had no encumbrances. So the smartest thing about him, which is probably most overlooked, to me, is that he doesn't owe anybody anything and if he would just stick to fixing the bridges, roads and infrastructures that's what he knows how to do...just keep him doing that.”

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Bob Altemeyer on Donald Trump

Ruth Ben-Ghiat argues that Donald Trump's failed coup attempt stemmed from his ignorance of government, cognitive disarray, and ultimate lack of resolve.

“I think Trump failed to pull off his coup because of three enduring weaknesses in his character. First, many high school students know more about how the American government works than he does. He particularly does not understand the way the Constitution’s division of powers, even after all the growth in executive power over the decades, still can check an overreaching president. Thus he seems to have assumed that Republican judges would agree the election had been rigged simply because they were Republicans, when actually they were foremost judges in an independent judiciary bound by precedent, by a duty to see that justice is done, and by a demand for evidence. Similarly, Congress has many ties to executive agencies such as the FBI and the Department of Defense, especially the ties that bind with purse strings, that give it considerable influence in these agencies. Second, organizing something as complicated as a coup d’etat takes some serious cognitive chops, and by 2020 Donald Trump had trouble “staying on topic” for even a minute. If he were huddling with a conspirator over, say, control of the U.S. Marshalls during a takeover, he would soon be talking about how windmills kill eagles or the steam catapults on aircraft carriers. His thinking processes were too chaotic to orchestrate a coup. Third, even though Donald Trump convinced millions that he was a self-assured, super-confident, take-charge individualist, he has long lacked resolve. He always had the courage of his convictions, which meant he had almost none. He frequently changed positions on important issues, notoriously being swayed by whoever spoke to him last, and his decision-making could be fairly characterized as “Charge ahead impulsively, then quickly retreat.” For example, two days after the networks declared Joe Biden had won the election, Trump signed an executive order commanding the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and elsewhere by inauguration day. This surprised everyone at the Pentagon, whose officials immediately pointed out the dangers of precipitate withdrawals. Trump almost never went toe-to-toe with advisors who stood up to him. Instead he just sulked and complained about having “too many lawyers.” Like the executive order Trump signed curtailing military aid to South Korea that an aide simply took off his desk and deep-sixed, the order about Afghanistan was ignored. Harry Truman famously said, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” and he had a sign on his desk that read, “The buck stops here.” Trump can’t stand the heat, and accordingly he always makes sure the buck stops somewhere else. Like most bullies, he usually gets another person to do his dirty work and face all the danger. The mob who attacked the Capitol on January 6th were the latest version of the throngs who bought Trump’s junk bonds in earlier days, taking all the risks, for his benefit, while he watched.”

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Mark Ames on Donald Trump

Written amidst escalating wealth inequality, this passage critiques the paradoxical admiration many working-class Americans held for ruthless, wealthy figures like Donald Trump.

“What's more appalling is that huge numbers of those left behind in the wealth transfer genuflected to the new plutocratic class, celebrating the most vicious of the uber- CEOs. This craven CEO-worshipping is still going on today- middle Americans drag themselves home after work in order to gather around the television and watch billionaire assholes like Donald Trump deliver his "You're fired!" line to some desperate, stressed-out Smithers-abee.”

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Michael Anton on Donald Trump

Amidst a broad assessment of political figures, this excerpt argues Trump's unique ability to connect and capitalize on key issues, surpassing traditionally respected politicians.

“Yes, Trump is worse than imperfect. So what? We can lament until we choke the lack of a great statesman to address the fundamental issues of our time—or, more importantly, to connect them. Since Pat Buchanan's three failures, occasionally a candidate arose who saw one piece: Dick Gephardt on trade, Ron Paul on war, Tom Tancredo on immigration. Yet, among recent political figures—great statesmen, dangerous demagogues, and mewling gnats alike—only Trump-the-alleged-buffoon not merely saw all three and their essential connectivity, but was able to win on them. The alleged buffoon is thus more prudent—more practically wise—than all of our wise-and-good who so bitterly oppose him. This should embarrass them. That their failures instead embolden them is only further proof of their foolishness and hubris.”

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Anonymous on Donald Trump 5 quotes

This passage analyzes Donald Trump's shift to the Republican party, contrasting it with Ronald Reagan's ideological transition and suggesting it was driven by political expediency.

“Trump is not the only president in the modern era to have switched sides. Ronald Reagan famously changed from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, but the change was driven by principle, and the change stuck. He didn't sway back and forth, again and again. It would be tough for anyone to claim Donald Trump flipped parties on "principle" like Reagan. Some have sought to dig into Trump's ideological evolution, figuring out what changed or who inspired him to become a Republican. I'll spare them the needless waste of effort. Donald Trump became a conservative when it became politically convenient for him. I have no doubt he would have become the raucous rising star of the Democratic Party, too, if that looked like a shorter path to the Oval Office. Either way, he did with his belief system what he did with any Trump product. He outsourced it for low-cost manufacturing to someone else, then slapped his name on it. A handful of hired minions gave him the bare-bones requirements of a "conservative" platform. And he covered it with gaudy gold plating to make it his own.”

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Julian Assange on Donald Trump

Within a Wikipedia entry featuring a list of topics, this quote reveals a strong belief that the American establishment, save for perhaps evangelicals, conspired to prevent Donald Trump from winning the presidency.

“My analysis is that Trump would not be permitted to win. Why do I say that? Because he has had every establishment off his side. Trump does not have one establishment, maybe with the exception of the Evangelicals, if you can call them an establishment. Banks, intelligence, arms companies, foreign money, etc. are all united behind Hillary Clinton. And the media as well. Media owners, and the journalists themselves.”

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Kelly Ayotte on Donald Trump

Following criticism of Donald Trump's remarks about a Gold Star family, this statement passionately defends Captain Humayun Khan and the Khan family's right to express themselves.

“There is no greater sacrifice than to lay down one's life for their country, and that's the sacrifice that Captain Humayum Khan made fighting to defend our freedom and our constitutional rights. He was a true American hero. The Khan family deserves nothing less than our deepest support, respect, and gratitude, and they have every right to express themselves in any way they choose. I am appalled that Donald Trump would disparage them and that he had the gall to compare his own sacrifices to those of a Gold Star family.”

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Dan Balz on Donald Trump

Published after Donald Trump's improbable 2016 victory, this excerpt analyzes his success as a unique blend of independent candidacy and hostile takeover of the Republican party.

“Viewed through any conventional lens, President-elect Donald Trump's candidacy was improbable from start to finish. Today, two things about his victory seem to be in sharper focus: one, that Trump's victory might best be understood as the success of the country's first independent president, and second, that the Trump coalition may be even more uniquely his than President Obama's has turned out to be. Trump owes his success in part to the fact that he ran for president in an environment that favored change over the status quo. But his luck or genius goes beyond that. It has long been noted that the conditions have existed for an independent candidate to run a serious campaign for president. Trump took the elements of an independent candidacy — the lack of clear ideology, the name recognition of a national celebrity and the personal fortune needed to fund a presidential campaign — and then did what no one seemed to have thought of before. He staged a hostile takeover of an existing major party. He had the best of both worlds, an outsider candidacy with crosscutting ideological appeal and the platform of a major party to wage the general election. By the time he had finished, he had taken down two political dynasties: the Bush dynasty in the primaries and the Clinton dynasty in the general election.”

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Rev William Barber II on Donald Trump 2 quotes

In a 2020 letter, Rev. Barber criticizes the government's pandemic response, arguing that adopting the Poor People's Moral Budget could have preemptively addressed systemic inequalities.

“It should not have taken a pandemic to raise these resources. In June 2019, we presented a Poor People’s Moral Budget to the House Budget Committee, showing that we can meet these needs for this entire country. If you had taken up this Moral Budget, we would have already moved towards infusing more than $1.2 trillion into the economy to invest in health care, good jobs, living wages, housing, water and sanitation services and more.This is not the time for trickle-down solutions. We know that when you lift from the bottom, everybody rises. There are concrete solutions to this immediate crisis and the longer term illnesses we have been battling for months, years and decades before. We will continue to organize and build power until you meet these demands. Many millions of us have been hurting for far too long. We will not be silent anymore. With its broad sweep, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us into an unprecedented national emergency. This emergency, however, results from a deeper and much longer term crisis — that of poverty and inequality, and of a society that ignores the needs of 140 million people who are poor or a $400 emergency away from being poor.”

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Rev. William Barber II on Donald Trump

Speaking at a forum, Reverend William Barber II accuses Trump and Pence of employing "surgical racism" and voter suppression tactics reminiscent of North Carolina, urging them to "let the people go."

“What I saw in North Carolina, what we defeated in North Carolina, what we filed suit against in North Carolina, is now what Trump and Pence are talking about doing on the national level: surgical racism with surgical precision... Pence and Trump don’t believe in the Voting Rights Act... They know they cannot win if everybody votes. They are terribly afraid of poor and low-wealth Black and Brown people voting. And then stop saying Trump won the last time. He was elected by the Electoral College because of 80,000 votes. We have to end this mythology that he had some kind of superpower. The fact of the matter is, 100 million people did not vote. .. I couldn’t help but go to the Book of Exodus, where it talked about where God said, “If you don’t let my people go, I’m going to cause flies to come as a sign of what’s wrong. But I won’t let the flies be on the people, but the fly will be a symbol that you’re just wrong. You’re lying. Let my people go.” And Trump and Pence need to let the people go. They’ve been holding poor and low-wealth people hostage, essential workers hostage. It’s time for a change in this country.”

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Peter Beaumont on Donald Trump

Analyzing Iran's actions, this excerpt argues that Trump's "maximum pressure" policy and JCPOA withdrawal significantly escalated tensions and risks a dangerous game with unclear US stakes.

“Iran's actions can hardly be said to have occurred in a vacuum... it has been the recent policy of "maximum pressure" on Tehran under the incoherent foreign policy of the Trump administration that has exacerbated the current tensions... the Trump administration has withdrawn unilaterally from the internationally agreed – and successful – Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) of 2015... It is not hard, then, to see how these moves might be viewed in Tehran: as part of an escalating offensive from multiple sources threatening its own home front in a campaign of economic warfare designed to weaken the regime....The depth of the US stake in this increasingly dangerous game is far harder to judge, given the usual confusion of Trump's flip-flopping and the machinations of Bolton... All of which leaves us to contemplate the most frightening element of all in a complex crisis: that the current occupant of the White House lacks any of the skills required to successfully defuse it.”

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Glenn Beck on Donald Trump 2 quotes

In a scathing critique, an unnamed conservative voice argues that Donald Trump's policies contradict core conservative principles and would ultimately empower the very government they oppose.

“When conservatives desperately needed allies in the fight against big government, Donald Trump didn't stand on the sidelines. He consistently advocated that your money be spent, that your government grow, and that your Constitution be ignored... Trump's potential primary victory would provide Hillary Clinton with the easiest imaginable path to the White House. But it's far worse than that. If Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination, there will once again be no opposition to an ever-expanding government. This is a crisis for conservatism. And, once again, this crisis will not go to waste.”

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David Boaz on Donald Trump

Writing in 2015, economist Arnold Kling critiques Donald Trump's presidential candidacy, highlighting his nativism and authoritarian tendencies as a departure from American ideals.

“Americans think it would be better to have a businessman than a politician as president, and I sympathize with them. Alas, the only businessmen crazy enough to run for president seem to be, well, crazy. At least Ross Perot kept his craziness confined mostly to private matters, such as the looming disruption of his daughter's wedding. Donald Trump puts it front and center. From a libertarian point of view, and I think serious conservatives and liberals would share this view, Trump's greatest offenses against American tradition and our founding principles are his nativism and his promise of one-man rule. Not since George Wallace has there been a presidential candidate who made racial and religious scapegoating so central to his campaign. Trump launched his campaign talking about Mexican rapists and has gone on to rant about mass deportation, bans on Muslim immigration, shutting down mosques, and building a wall around America. America is an exceptional nation in large part because we've aspired to rise above such prejudices and guarantee life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to everyone.”

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John Bolton on Donald Trump

During a 2019 phone call with Xi Jinping, Trump seemingly pleaded for China's help in securing his re-election, highlighting the importance of agricultural purchases.

“Trump spoke with Xi Jinping by phone on June 18, ahead of 2019's Osaka G20 summit, when they would next meet. Trump began by telling Xi he missed him and then said that the most popular thing he had ever been involved with was making a trade deal with China, which would be a big plus politically. They agreed their economic teams could continue meeting. The G20 bilateral arrived, and during the usual media mayhem at the start, Trump said, "we've become friends. My trip to Beijing with my family was one of the most incredible of my life." With the press gone, Xi said this is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. He said that some (unnamed) political figures in the United States were making erroneous judgments by calling for a new cold war, this time between China and the United States. Whether Xi meant to finger the Democrats, or some of us sitting on the US side of the table, I don't know, but Trump immediately assumed Xi meant the Democrats. Trump said approvingly that there was great hostility among the Democrats. He then, stunningly, turned the conversation to the coming US presidential election, alluding to China's economic capability to affect the ongoing campaigns, pleading with Xi to ensure he'd win. He stressed the importance of farmers, and increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome. I would print Trump's exact words, but the government's prepublication review process has decided otherwise.”

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Peter Bolton of on Donald Trump

Published amidst a broader alphabetical listing, this excerpt suggests Trump's overt self-interest, despite reactionary policies, inadvertently created opportunities to critique US foreign policy.

“Trump... though representing the most reactionary US government in recent memory, paradoxically has also led to an opening to challenge US power. The first reason is that he and his administration are much less disciplined about obscuring their true intentions behind insincere proclamations of benevolent motives. Whereas the George W. Bush administration in the run up to the Iraq War successfully manufactured consent amongst a large swath of the US public by scaring them over false claims about "weapons of mass destruction," the Trump administration doesn't even hide the fact that its foreign policy is motivated by advancing the US economic interests.”

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L. Brent Bozell III on Donald Trump

Within a larger discussion about Donald Trump's rise, this passage analyzes how his anti-establishment persona resonated with disillusioned GOP voters despite potential charlatanism.

“The GOP base is clearly disgusted and looking for new leadership. Enter Donald Trump, not just with policy prescriptions that challenge the cynical GOP leadership but with an attitude of disdain for that leadership—precisely in line with the sentiment of the base. Many conservatives are relishing this, but ah, the rub. Trump might be the greatest charlatan of them all.”

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Richard Brookhiser on Donald Trump

Conservative disillusionment with Donald Trump is dissected in this scathing critique, highlighting the hypocrisy and compromised principles within various intellectual and political factions of the American Right.

“The religious Right is the latest version of an old model of American politics, variously incarnated by Puritans, abolitionists, and William Jennings Bryan. It, like its predecessors, has argued that America and individual Americans need to have a godly or at least moral character to thrive. Now the religious Right adores a thrice-married cad and casual liar. But it is not alone. Historians and psychologists of the martial virtues salute the bone-spurred draft-dodger whose Khe Sanh was not catching the clap. Cultural critics who deplored academic fads and slipshod aesthetics explicate a man who has never read a book, not even the ones he has signed. Followers of Harry Jaffa, the most important Lincoln scholar of the last 60 years, rally round a Republican who does not know why the Civil War happened. Straussians, after leaving the cave, find themselves in Mar-a-Lago. Econocons put their money on a serial bankrupt.”

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Pat Buchanan — on Donald Trump

Within a Wikipedia entry encompassing various aspects of political discourse, this excerpt analyzes Donald Trump's unique appeal, attributing it to his unconventional persona and confrontational style.

“Trump is sui generis, unlike any candidate of recent times. And his success is attributable not only to his stance on issues, but to his persona, his defiance of political correctness, his relish of political combat with all comers, his "damn the torpedos" charging in frontally where others refuse to tread...”

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Brent Budowsky on Donald Trump

Writing in 2015, a libertarian blogger harshly criticizes Donald Trump's economic policies, lack of ideological consistency, and history of crony capitalism, questioning his suitability for the presidency.

“I do not support Trump, and believe he would be a disastrous president and commander in chief. Trump has no coherent organizing economic philosophy, spent decades acting like and supporting traditional liberal Democrats, has repeatedly shifted his positions on major issues and has little more trust from economists than he has earned among the general electorate. Trump is that he is a crony capitalist, who now states that he supported the Clintons and other liberals with donations for so long because he wanted to obtain influence with them while they were in power. He has led several businesses to bankruptcy. He has called himself the "king of debt," a description that Johnson or Paul and other leading libertarians would never use to describe themselves. ... The viewpoints offered by Trump seem to change like the leaves that change their colors when summer gives way to fall. ... Can anyone suggest we know what Trump will believe tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow?”

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Tara Isabella Burton on Donald Trump

Reflecting on the prosperity gospel's impact, this passage argues its underlying cultural currents, rather than direct influence, shaped the American political landscape, culminating in Trump's election.

“It’s difficult to say that the prosperity gospel itself led to Donald Trump’s inauguration. Again, only 17 percent of American Christians identify with it explicitly. It’s far more true, however, to say that the same cultural forces that led to the prosperity gospel’s proliferation in America — individualism, an affinity for ostentatious and charismatic leaders, the Protestant work ethic, and a cultural obsession with the power of “positive thinking” — shape how we, as a nation, approach politics.”

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George W. Bush on Donald Trump

Referencing a section titled "A through Z," this quote critiques a nationalistic shift towards protectionism and nativism, lamenting the abandonment of free markets and immigration.

“We've seen nationalism distorted into nativism – forgotten the dynamism that immigration has always brought to America. We see a fading confidence in the value of free markets and international trade – forgetting that conflict, instability, and poverty follow in the wake of protectionism.”

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Jeb Bush on Donald Trump

This quote criticizes Donald Trump's perceived inconsistency and opportunism, suggesting he is morphing into the very type of politician he once denounced.

“Whatever his views are this morning, they might change this afternoon, and they were different than they were last night, and they'll be different tomorrow. ... They seem to be ever, ever-changing, depending on what crowd he's in front of. Sounds like a typical politician, by the way, where you get in front of one crowd and say one thing, and then say something else to another crowd that may want to hear a different view. All the things that Donald Trump railed against, he seems to be morphing into — it's kind of disturbing. ... He doesn't believe in things, this is all a game.”

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Julian Castro on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Within a section discussing political figures (represented by letters A-Z), this passage highlights Trump's disruptive entrance into US politics marked by controversial and precedent-shattering statements.

“Trump hit the established world of American politics like a rogue wave, obliterating almost all political precedent. He'd begun his campaign by suggesting that most undocumented Mexican immigrants were rapists and murderers, then later accused an American-born federal judge who was presiding over fraud claims against Trump University of being unable to do his job because of his Mexican heritage.”

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Michael Che on on Donald Trump

Amidst Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis in 2020, Michael Che defended finding humor in the situation on *Saturday Night Live*, arguing its comedic potential outweighed moral concerns.

“Okay, look, this is weird. Because a lot of people on both sides are saying there's nothing funny about Trump being hospitalized with coronavirus. And those people are obviously wrong. There's a lot funny about this. Maybe not from a moral standpoint. But mathematically, if you were constructing a joke, this has all the ingredients you need. The problem is, it’s almost too funny. Like, it’s so on the nose. It would be like if I were making fun of people who wear belts and my pants just immediately fell down.”

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Graydon Carter on Donald Trump

Graydon Carter, former editor of *Spy* magazine, recounts his decades-long "short-fingered vulgarian" feud with Donald Trump, revealing Trump's enduring obsession with the jibe.

“The myriad vulgarities of Donald Trump—examples of which are retailed daily on Web sites and front pages these days—are not news to those of us who have been living downwind of him for any period of time. I first encountered Trump more than 30 years ago. Back then he was a flashy go-getter from an outer borough eager to make his name in Manhattan real estate. Which he succeeded in doing in the only way he knew how: by putting his name in oversize type on anything he was associated with—buildings, yes, but also vodka, golf courses, starchy ties, and even a sham of a real-estate school... Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a "short-fingered vulgarian" in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers.”

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Jimmy Carter on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Speaking to the House of Lords in 2016, Jimmy Carter surprisingly stated he'd prefer Trump over Cruz for president, citing Trump's perceived malleability.

“I think I would choose Trump, which may surprise some of you, but the reason is Trump has proven already that he's completely malleable. I don't think he has any fixed opinions that he would really go to the White House and fight for. Ted Cruz is not malleable. He has far right-wing policies, in my opinion, that would be pursued aggressively if and when he would become president.”

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John Cena on Donald Trump

Following an abrasive "C" entry in an alphabetical list, this quote reveals concerns about a controversial individual's potential impact on America's image from the Oval Office.

“At times he is extremely abrasive. I know that's kind of his campaign, but I think time will tell, he's already locked up in some controversial business and it certainly doesn't speak proudly for America that the person who sits in the Oval Office is involved in controversy, so that's never a good thing, but time will tell, a man's legacy is defined by time.”

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Mona Charen on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Following Donald Trump's controversial comments about Mexican immigrants, a commentator criticizes Trump's rhetoric as oafish, divisive, and a stark departure from Reagan-era Republicanism.

“We're all tying ourselves in knots about what Donald Trump said about Mexicans... Just as Dylann Roof doesn't represent white people, Mexican rapists don't represent anyone other than themselves either... While I like a good brawl as much as the next person, it seems that Trump is the answer only if the question is: Why can't we get more oafish egomaniacs into politics? Just when the Republican Party needs finesse and sensitivity when discussing immigration; just when it needs to focus on issues that unite all sectors of the electorate, including Hispanic and Asian voters; it gets a blowhard with all the nuance of a grenade... Trump's smear about Mexican immigrants was about as far away as you can get from Ronald Reagan... He tarred most Mexican immigrants as drug dealers, criminals, and rapists, allowing only as an afterthought that some may be good people. He claimed to have discussed the matter with border guards. Would those officers please step forward? In any case, crude and vulgar people always preen that they are brave truth tellers.”

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Steven Cheung on Donald Trump

Within an online collection of quotations, this inflammatory statement defends Donald Trump by portraying him as a victim overcoming numerous conspiracies to prevent his return to power.

“President Trump has built the most powerful and most professional team in political history and, under his leadership, has overcome every single obstacle in his way. From the illegal witch-hunts to the weaponization of the justice system to an assassination attempt to the political coup of replacing Biden, the enemies of America will stop at nothing to prevent President Trump from returning to the White House.”

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Chris Christie on Donald Trump

Given an alphabetical list, concluding with "See also," and attributed to "C," this endorsement positions Donald Trump as an outsider aligned with the speaker's own direct, reformist stance.

“Donald is a leader. He is a successful person that, like me, isn't afraid to tell it like it is. Our system is broken and it won't be fixed from the inside. I am proud to offer my endorsement of his candidacy for President.”

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Nathan Clark on Donald Trump

Grief-stricken father Nathan Clark rebukes Republican politicians for exploiting his son Aiden's death in a car accident involving a Haitian driver to fuel anti-immigrant sentiment.

“Using Aiden as a political tool is, to say the least, reprehensible for any political purpose. They make it seem as though our wonderful Aiden appreciates your hate that we should follow their hate. Morally bankrupt politicians – Bernie Moreno, Chip Roy, J.D. Vance and Donald Trump – they have spoken my son’s name and used his death for political gain. They can vomit all the hate they want about illegal immigrants, the Border crisis and even untrue claims about fluffy pets being ravaged and eaten by community members. However they are not allowed nor have they ever been allowed to mention Aiden Clark from Springfield Ohio. Please stop the hate.”

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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Donald Trump

This passage reflects on Obama's miscalculation of Trump's appeal, attributing his victory to a surge of white identity politics in reaction to Obama's presidency.

“Obama himself, underestimating Trump and thus underestimating the power of whiteness, believed the Republican nominee too objectionable to actually win. In this Obama was, tragically, wrong. And so the most powerful country in the world has handed over all its affairs—the prosperity of its entire economy; the security of its 300 million citizens; the purity of its water, the viability of its air, the safety of its food; the future of its vast system of education; the soundness of its national highways, airways, and railways; the apocalyptic potential of its nuclear arsenal—to a carnival barker who introduced the phrase "grab 'em by the pussy" into the national lexicon. It is as if the white tribe united in demonstration to say, "If a black man can be president, then any white man—no matter how fallen—can be president."”

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Michael Cohen on the [[Rachel Maddow] Show on on Donald Trump

Political analyst C posits that Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign was initially a branding exercise that unexpectedly resulted in an actual victory.

“Donald Trump never thought he was going to win this election, he actually did not want to win this election, this was supposed to be the greatest infomercial in the history of politics. If you take that line, and you add the to it the Trump a la Moscow project, you'll understand that this was a branding deal, that's all the presidential campaign started out as.. there only one problem, one problem, he won.”

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Michael Cohen on Donald Trump

In a tell-all preview, Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, claims to know Trump intimately and details his alleged misdeeds and untrustworthy nature.

“Apart from his wife and children, I knew Trump better than anyone else did. In some ways, I knew him better than even his family did because I bore witness to the real man, in strip clubs, shady business meetings, and in the unguarded moments when he revealed who he really was: a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man... He has no one he trusts to keep his secrets. For ten years, he certainly had me, and I was always there for him, and look what happened to me. I urge you to really consider that fact: Trump has no true friends. He has lived his entire life avoiding and evading taking responsibility for his actions. He crushed or cheated all who stood in his way, but I know where the skeletons are buried because I was the one who buried them”

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Marjorie Cohn on Donald Trump

Amid escalating tensions, a war crimes complaint was filed in the ICC against Trump, Netanyahu, and Kushner for alleged complicity in actions concerning occupied Palestinian territory.

“A war crimes complaint has been filed against President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump adviser Jared Kushner in the International Criminal Court (ICC).... The complaint, filed by Middlesex University law professor William Schabas on June 30 on behalf of four Palestinians who live in the West Bank, states “there is credible evidence” that Trump, Netanyahu and Kushner “are complicit in acts that may amount to war crimes relating to the transfer of populations into occupied territory and the annexation of the sovereign territory of the State of Palestine.” Under article 15 of the ICC’s Rome Statute, any individual, group or organization can bring a complaint to the Office of the Prosecutor. ... Schabas’ complaint comes on the heels of unusual moves last month from the Trump administration, which declared a “national emergency” in June in an effort to shield U.S. and Israeli officials from ICC accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity.”

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Stephen Colbert on Donald Trump 3 quotes

Found under the letter "C" in an alphabetical index, this quote reveals a perspective on Trump's enduring appeal rooted in a populist mandate challenging party elites.

“There's a populism to Trump that I found very appealing. The party elders would like him to go away, but the people have decided that he is not going to... [T]here is something really hopeful about the fact that, well, 36 percent of the likely voters want him to win, so the people in the machine don't get to say otherwise.”

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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw on Donald Trump

Writing in *The Atlantic*, Ta-Nehisi Coates dissects the stark contrast in treatment between Donald Trump and Barack Obama, highlighting the pervasiveness of white privilege in American society.

“Trump is an unreflective beneficiary of every sort of white privilege on offer, from his inherited fortune to his mass-media celebrity to his ability to lie with utter impunity about his career, his finances, and his easily documented record of public statements. If Barack Obama had committed but one of the transgressions Trump reveled in during his 2016 presidential run—deriding John McCain's war record, to take a comparatively minor instance—he would have suffered a torrent of righteous white moralizing that would have been unprecedented even in a country renowned for its righteous white moralizing. And if he'd been caught on tape bragging about a celebrity-enabled history of sexual assault—well, suffice it to say that it would have been a high-tech lynching on a scale that Clarence Thomas could scarcely begin to imagine.”

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Michael Crowley on Donald Trump 4 quotes

Amidst early COVID-19 anxieties, President Trump controversially advocated for hydroxychloroquine, disregarding medical consensus and scientific evidence to align with his agenda.

“President Trump doubled down Sunday on his push for the use of an anti-malarial drug against the coronavirus, issuing medical advice that goes well beyond scant evidence of the drug’s effectiveness as well as the advice of doctors and public health experts. Mr. Trump’s recommendation of hydroxychloroquine, for the second day in a row at a White House briefing, was a striking example of his brazen willingness to distort and outright defy expert opinion and scientific evidence when it does not suit his agenda.”

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Jon Cryer on Donald Trump

Referencing Charlie Sheen's struggles with addiction, Alec Baldwin compares Donald Trump's ego and self-importance to the actor's behavior, questioning Trump's motivations and impact.

“I have been pointing out, and I have been screaming to the rooftops, that Donald Trump is the Charlie Sheen of politics. [...] I have to tell you, I love Charlie Sheen, I loved working with him when he was sober, but he was, he's full of shit. He has been full of shit, you know, he has serious addiction. You know, his addiction is obviously serious, drugs, and, but, Trump is just addicted to feeling important. You know, and I think if anybody is under the delusion that he cares about, uh, uh, anybody in America besides himself, they are, they are stoned and need to rethink their priorities, 'cause he's, you know, 'cause it's just ridiculous that's he's gotten as far as he has.”

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Peter David on Donald Trump

Written five years before the end of Trump's presidency, "D" (likely a reference work) reflects on how easily his election could signify global societal collapse in fictional narratives.

“Let's say five years ago, someone wanted to tell an end-of-the-world story. Governments have broken down, diplomacy has gone out the window, and lunatic nutbags are running things. If the storyteller wanted to provide a shorthand to establish how things could have possibly gone so wrong, all he would have to do is have a newscaster talking about "President Trump." Because five years ago, the audience would have snorted and said, "Well, sure, I totally believe that if this country was stupid enough to put Trump into office, then it makes sense that the entire world is falling apart."”

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Ben Domenech on Donald Trump

Within a larger critique of Donald Trump found in an alphabetical index, this passage argues Trump's policies betray core constitutional principles, mirroring Obama's authoritarianism and risking self-government.

“The case for constitutional limited government is the case against Donald Trump. To the degree we take him at his word — understanding that Trump is a negotiator whose positions are often purposefully deceptive — what he advocates is a rejection of our Madisonian inheritance and an embrace of Barack Obama's authoritarianism. Trump assures voters that he will use authoritarian power for good, to help those who feel — with good reason — ignored by both parties. But the American experiment in self-government was the work of a generation that risked all to defeat a tyrannical monarch and establish a government of laws, not men. A government of the people, by the people, and for the people is precisely what the Constitution offers, and what is most threatened by "great men" impatient to impose their will on the nation. Conservatives should reject Trump's hollow, Euro-style identity politics.”

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The Media Myth of ‘Once Prosperous’ and Democratic Venezuela Before Chávez, Joe Emersberger and Justin Podur, on Donald Trump

Trump's 2019 State of the Union address blaming Venezuelan poverty solely on socialism sparked controversy, echoing a long-held but contested narrative perpetuated by Western media.

“In his State of the Union address on February 6, 2019, Donald Trump said: ...we condemn the brutality of the Maduro regime, whose socialist policies have turned that nation from being the wealthiest in South America into a state of abject poverty and despair. Trump’s ridiculous comment was not considered controversial, because the Western media, including the anti-Trump outlets like the New York Times, have spent many years conveying a lie: that Venezuela had been very prosperous and democratic until Hugo Chávez, and then his successor Nicolás Maduro, came along and ruined everything. If readers believe that, then they may indeed wonder, “Why shouldn’t the US government help Venezuelans return to that prosperous state?””

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Bradley Edwards on Donald Trump

During a 2024 interview, Rudy Giuliani recounts Donald Trump's surprising cooperation during a 2009 investigation, portraying Trump as helpful and uninvolved in any wrongdoing.

“The only thing that I can say about President Trump is that he is the only person who, in 2009 when I served a lot of subpoenas on a lot of people, or at least gave notice to some pretty connected people, that I want to talk to them, is the only person who picked up the phone and said, let's just talk. I'll give you as much time as you want. I'll tell you what you need to know, and was very helpful, in the information that he gave, and gave no indication whatsoever that he was involved in anything untoward whatsoever, but had good information. That checked out and that helped us and we didn't have to take a deposition of him in 2009.”

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Erick Erickson on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Referencing his conservative values and religious conviction, commentator Erick Erickson explains why he cannot support Donald Trump's presidential bid in a 2015 article.

“I will not be voting for Donald Trump in the primary. I take my conservatism seriously, and I also take Saint Paul seriously. In setting out the qualifications for overseers, or bishops, Saint Paul admonished Timothy... We should not put a new conservative in charge of conservatism or the country, so that he does not become puffed up with conceit and fall into condemnation. Republicans have wandered in the wilderness already by letting leaders define conservatism in their own image. Donald Trump needs more time and more testing of his new conservative convictions.”

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Dr. Anthony Fauci on Donald Trump

Fauci describes the tension between scientific guidance and Trump's reliance on anecdotal information during the pandemic, leading to public corrections and conflict.

“I was trying to let science guide our policy, but he was putting as much stock in anecdotal things that turned out not to be true as he was in what scientists like myself were saying. That caused unnecessary and uncomfortable conflict where I had to essentially correct what he was saying, and put me at great odds with his people.”

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Edmund Fawcett on Donald Trump

F's entry in an alphabetically organized collection of sociopolitical commentary details how Trump's administration strategically utilized distractions to enact significant policy changes domestically and internationally.

“In the United States, Trump’s diversionary theatrics and early failures in Congress kept off the front pages a bonfire of social and environmental regulations as well as a purge of liberal judges from the federal bench that continued in the background with little resistance and that promised to play out for decades. When thwarted by Congress, Trump resorted to executive orders and emergency powers, as had presidents before him, though with a radical, institution-shaking appeal in justification “to the people” rarely heard since the New Deal. Internationally, the unconservative revisionism of the hard right was evident in Trump’s questioning or pulling back from previous American commitments— the Iran nuclear deal, world climate accords, the Western alliance itself. Rather than standing up for liberal democracy and universal values, he praised authoritarians: China’s Xi, Russia’s Putin, Saudi princes, the Philippines’ Duterte. Rather than follow every administration, Democrat or Republic, since 1945 and align Americanism, Westernism, and universalism in an avowedly virtuous trinity, the Trump right detached Americanism as justified and defendable on its own.”

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Allen Frances on Donald Trump

Allen Frances, the lead editor of the DSM-IV, clarifies that despite Donald Trump's narcissistic traits, he does not meet the clinical criteria for narcissistic personality disorder.

“Most amateur diagnosticians have mislabeled President Trump with the diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder. I wrote the criteria that define this disorder, and Mr. Trump doesn't meet them. He may be a world-class narcissist, but this doesn't make him mentally ill, because he does not suffer from the distress and impairment required to diagnose mental disorder. Mr. Trump causes severe distress rather than experiencing it and has been richly rewarded, rather than punished, for his grandiosity, self-absorption and lack of empathy. It is a stigmatizing insult to the mentally ill (who are mostly well behaved and well meaning) to be lumped with Mr. Trump (who is neither).”

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David French on Donald Trump

Initially pledging to support Trump if he won the GOP nomination, conservative commentator George Will reversed course after witnessing what he considered Trump's blatant disregard for truth and morality.

“I was wrong. Weeks ago I said on a number of radio interviews that while I opposed Trump in the primary, I'd back him if he won the GOP nomination. I hadn't yet seen, or had been unwilling to believe, the full extent of his contempt for the truth, his fondness for far-left conspiracy theories, and his sheer malice. When I saw Trump in full, my decision was easy. Never Trump... I cannot abide the notion of voting for a man whose 'war strategy' is a child-killing war crime.”

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Conor Friedersdorf on Donald Trump

Writing in 2015, F points out the unexpected success of Donald Trump, highlighting his stark contrast to typical Republican primary contenders.

“There is an Ivy League grad who has spent most of his life in Manhattan, where he is chauffeured around in limousines. He frequently brags to strangers about his massive personal wealth. In public statements, he has advocated government healthcare, a woman's right to an abortion, an assault weapons ban, and paying off the national debt by forcing rich people to forfeit 14.25 percent of their total wealth. When the man married his third wife, he invited Bill and Hillary Clinton to the wedding, and he has given many thousands to their political campaigns and their foundation. He's donated many thousands more that helped elect Democrats to the Senate and the House. And George W. Bush was "maybe the worst president in the history of this country," the man said in 2008. "He was so incompetent, so bad, so evil." On paper, this is not someone you'd expect to excel in the 2016 Republican Party primary. But Donald Trump is excelling. Thanks to his celebrity, a few epic flip-flops, and his willingness to pander to the most xenophobic element of the GOP's base, the real-estate developer and reality-TV star is polling near the top of the field.”

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Dan Froomkin on Donald Trump

Within a lengthy list seemingly referencing an index, this quote highlights a stark warning against a second Trump presidency, portraying it as a threat to American democracy.

“Trump has made it clear that he would rule as a dictator. His plans include destroying government as we know it, while acting on his desires without guardrails or accountability. He has vowed to use the power of the state to punish political opponents. In short, another Trump presidency would end American democracy as we know it.”

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Pamela Geller on Donald Trump

Within a discussion of Islam, immigration, and Donald Trump's views, the following quote defends Trump's criticism of the Khan family and clarifies his stance on Muslim immigration.

“Donald Trump rightly criticized the Khan parents. Clearly, Trump does not oppose Muslim soldiers serving in the military. Nonsense. Trump opposes Muslim immigration from jihad-hot regions. We know Islamic terror groups are plotting attacks on the West and using the migration to import their soldiers.”

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Henry Giroux on Donald Trump

In a 2019 interview, Henry Giroux warns that fascist ideologies begin with dehumanizing rhetoric, normalizing brutality and enabling violence against marginalized groups, mirroring Trump's rise.

“[W]e have to learn something from history here. Fascism begins with the rhetoric of dehumanization, humiliation, and reification, right? It starts with the language of brutality, which it normalizes. It legitimates hatred and racism and violence. It views certain groups through rhetoric as enemies of the American people. It operates off of the rhetoric of war, anti-intellectualism, and white supremacy. It operates off of the language of disposability. That language doesn’t just simply normalize increasingly the notions of white nationalism, white supremacy, racism, and xenophobia; it also enacts policies and it creates a culture of utter stupidity, a culture of ignorance. And, unfortunately, it functions so as to enable violence against groups labeled as dangerous, other, excess, and a threat to the whitewashed notion of citizenship. With respect to the latter, when people can’t tell the difference between fact and fiction, they can’t tell the difference between good and evil. They can’t recognize a crime when they see one or what lawlessness looks like. All standards of truth go out the window. It’s a very dangerous moment because it means that people become more susceptible to demagogues, to people like Trump, and I think that the media has played an enormous role in creating a formative culture that at its worst legitimates and at its best enables what we see happening in the United States today.”

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Caroline Giuliani on Donald Trump

Speaking in 2024, Caroline Giuliani expresses concern that Trump's divisive influence, particularly his "toxic cruelty," threatens family bonds and national healing, advocating for Kamala Harris as a remedy.

“I can’t really speak to what is in other people’s minds or why they make the decisions that they make. I think power is very alluring, but I think the more important question is why he’s caused such division among so many families in this country. This is so relatable, having this chasm in your family over Trump, and the reason for that is because he spews this toxic cruelty. And when you are a woman or a person of color or a gay person or trans person, and someone that you love supports a man like that, it is really hard to reconcile that support with their love for you. So I want healing for our country, and I do want us to find the common humanity in one another, even when we disagree about politics. But if Trump becomes the president again, that will not be possible. Kamala Harris is our only path to healing. She presents a really beautiful path to healing for us. …I view Trump as a disease, and I think it’s really important to remember that with every disease, prevention is a much more effective strategy than treatment. ... I thought we had cured ourselves of it the first time, but it doesn’t seem like we have. And I think if he becomes the president again, we may have a terminal illness in our country. And that really, really scares me.”

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Amy Goodman on Donald Trump

Amid stalled nuclear negotiations, President Trump's historic 2019 visit to North Korea, crossing the DMZ at Kim Jong-un's invitation, signaled a potential thaw in US-North Korea relations.

“President Trump made history Sunday when he became the first sitting U.S. president to step foot in North Korea. Trump was there to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the military demarcation line at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Kim then invited Trump to cross the line, which has divided North and South Korea since 1953. Trump then took about 20 steps into North Korea. Following the meeting at the DMZ, Trump and Kim held a three-way gathering with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Sunday marked Trump and Kim's first meeting since nuclear talks broke down in February... It appears another round of nuclear talks could begin in the coming weeks.”

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Glenn Greenwald on Donald Trump

In a 2019 article, Glenn Greenwald criticizes the FBI's investigation of Donald Trump, arguing it echoes historical abuses of power targeting political dissent.

“The FBI's counterintelligence investigation of Trump is far from the first time that the FBI has monitored, surveilled and investigated U.S. elected officials.... It is not difficult to understand what is so ominous and even tyrannical about the FBI investigating domestic political figures whose loyalties they regard as "suspicious," and whose political career they regard as a "national security threat," simply because those politicians express policy positions about U.S. adversaries that the FBI dislikes... If a politician adopts policy views... which is unduly accommodating to America's adversaries or "enemies," that's not a crime and the FBI thus has no business using its vast investigative powers against...[them]...the FBI investigation... clearly based, at least in part, on the FBI's disagreements with Trump's foreign policy views and the agency's assessment that such policies fail to safeguard "U.S. interests" as the FBI defines them.”

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Steven F. Hayward on Donald Trump

Writing under the letter "H," this assessment identifies Donald Trump's key deficiency as a conservative leader: his inability to balance necessary boldness with crucial restraint.

“The conservative president we desperately need requires a paradoxical combination of boldness and restraint. The president will need to be bold in challenging the runaway power and reach of his own branch, against the fury of the bureaucracy itself, its client groups, and the media. This boldness is necessary to restore the restraint that a republican executive should have in our constitutional order. Trump exhibits no awareness of this supreme constitutional task.”

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Chris Hedges on Donald Trump

Published under the "H" section of a reference work, this quote argues Donald Trump is a symptom of deeper systemic issues threatening American democracy and potentially leading to tyranny.

“Donald Trump is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay. He is a product of our failed democracy. The longer we perpetuate the fiction that we live in a functioning democracy, that Trump and the political mutations around him are somehow an aberrant deviation that can be vanquished in the next election, the more we will hurtle toward tyranny. The problem is not Trump. It is a political system, dominated by corporate power and the mandarins of the two major political parties, in which we don’t count. We will wrest back political control by dismantling the corporate state, and this means massive and sustained civil disobedience, like that demonstrated by teachers around the country this year... As a foreign correspondent I covered collapsed societies... It is impossible for any doomed population to grasp how fragile the decayed financial, social and political system is on the eve of implosion. All the harbingers of collapse are visible... We suffer the usual pathologies of impending death. I would be happy to be wrong. But I have seen this before. I know the warning signs. All I can say is get ready.”

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responding on Donald Trump

Facing accusations of authoritarianism, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth defended President Trump's actions, arguing they were lawful attempts to restore order by any means necessary.

“The intentions of this president is to establish law and order using legal and lawful and constitutional means, which he completely has, and you know why they don't like him? He's got the guts to do it. He's got the guts to say, I'm gonna federalize the police that don't work. I'm gonna bring in the National Guard. I'm gonna bring in federal marshals.”

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Mark Helprin on Donald Trump

Before the 2016 election, an entry in an alphabetical list of topics on Wikipedia included the letter "H," where this quote criticized Donald Trump's lack of preparedness for the presidency.

“He doesn't know the Constitution, history, law, political philosophy, nuclear strategy, diplomacy, defense, economics beyond real estate, or even, despite his low-level-mafioso comportment, how ordinary people live. But trumping all this is a greater flaw presented as his chief strength. Governing a great nation in parlous times is far more than making "deals." Compared with the weight of the office he seeks, his deals are microscopic in scale, and as he faced far deeper complexities he would lead the country into continual Russian roulette. If despite his poor judgment he could engage talented advisers, as they presented him with contending and fateful options the buck would stop with a man who simply grasps anything that floats by. Following Obama's, a Trump presidency would be yet more adventure tourism for a formerly serious republic.”

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Larry Hogan on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Amidst the January 6th Capitol riot fallout, Republican Governor Larry Hogan publicly called for then-President Trump's resignation or removal from office.

“There’s no question that America would be better off if the president would resign or be removed from office. If that’s going to happen or how that should happen, I don’t know. But we need leadership right now, and we need to stop all of this craziness.”

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Jack Holmes on Donald Trump

Esquire's Jack Holmes critiques Trump's constant lying as a deliberate strategy to dismantle shared truth and democratic norms, aiming to establish himself as the sole authority.

“Trump undermines the free press because he wants to be the only legitimate source of information in society. He lies all the time to break down the processes by which we discern the truth about the world around us, and compile the observations and facts which make up the tapestry of reality. He has exposed the paper-thin vulnerability of our democratic society, which depends mightily on observing social norms—like yielding to shame—and a shared acceptance of some common set of truths.The American president is determined to bulldoze this architecture of social structures, and usher in an era where force, not deliberation and cooperation, determines the path our society will take. If he never acknowledges any truth besides his own, he never has to do anything outside his own direct interests. He does not have to actually respond to any kind of criticism, or ever reconsider his course of action. Relentless lying, after all, is a form of coercion, in which you bend others to your will by forcing them to accept the infrastructure of your false reality—or to give up caring whether anything is true or false in the first place. Don't believe your eyes and ears. Everybody was cheering for me.”

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Note appended on Donald Trump

Cited under "H" in a listing of accusations against Donald Trump, this statement summarizes many criticisms leveled at him during his political career.

“Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.”

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Huffington Post on Donald Trump

Amidst skepticism towards the Trump administration, key allies like Japan and Germany sought "credible" evidence regarding Iran's alleged involvement in Gulf of Oman tanker attacks.

“Casting the Trump administration's credibility gap into sharp relief, allies like Japan and Germany have demanded more "credible" evidence to support the U.S. claim. While President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have been unequivocal in their assertion that Iran was responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week, some of America's closest allies are demanding more proof. Both Japan and Germany have requested more concrete evidence... Jeremy Corbyn, Britain's opposition leader, said more "credible evidence" was needed to support Trump's allegation.... According to The New York Times, other European leaders have also been hesitant to lay the blame on Iran ― a doubt fueled in part by their "distrust of the Trump administration and its hawkish policy toward Tehran," the paper said.”

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Vice-President on Donald Trump

Facing questions about Trump's aggressive Iran policy on *Meet the Press*, Vice-President Vance defended the shift by contrasting Trump's competence with that of "dumb presidents" past.

“I certainly empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then, we had dumb presidents, and now we have a president who actually knows how to accomplish America’s national security objectives.”

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Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America on Donald Trump

Spurred by Donald Trump's criticism of a Gold Star family, "J" (likely referencing Jeb Bush) fiercely defends Captain Khan's sacrifice and condemns Trump's remarks as vile and disrespectful.

“Mr. Trump has crossed the line. More than one line. Captain Khan died in battle trying valiantly to save others. There is no place for criticism, stated or implied, of this brave soldier. He served our country. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery along with those of many ethnic backgrounds and religious denominations. They served our country. Mr. Trump did not. Criticizing Mrs. Khan for not speaking on stage is vile beyond words. No Gold Star Mother should ever be treated like that. Mr. Trump, you owe Mrs. Khan and all Gold Star families a huge apology.”

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Weijia Jiang on Donald Trump

Amidst ongoing tensions between the media and President Trump, a figure (identified as "J" in an index) reflects on the historical and evolving nature of this dynamic.

“Of course, I recognize the president’s unique relationship with the press and how it compares with past presidents. I am curious myself how it will impact the future, if at all. But the tension between the press and the president is nothing new. President Trump expresses it more frequently and more … colorfully than others.”

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Penn Jillette on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Penn Jillette, known for his outspokenness, expresses conflicted feelings about Donald Trump, admiring his unfiltered authenticity while condemning his policies and potential harm to the country.

“The problem is, I know Trump, so my optimism has been squashed like a baby bird ... Everything bad I had to say about him, I said to his face. ... I think he's very good, very compelling on that show [Celebrity Apprentice] ... I really like him because of his absence of filters. I really like the glimpse we get into the human heart we get when someone loses their filters ... "A genius is the one most like himself." In a really weird way, Donald Trump has achieved that. If he weren't running for president, you'd be seeing essays from me about how much I learned from Donald Trump and how much I loved being on the show ... I'm feeling so, so, so guilty, because I feel like, along with millions of other people, I played right into this. The cynicism of the Clintons, the careful, tightrope walk of all politicians, forced me, as an atheist, to get down on my knees and pray that someone would come along with some kind of authenticity. Well, someone called my bluff, goddamn it. ... The stuff [Trump] is saying on immigration, the stuff he saying on torture, the stuff he is saying on war, is absolutely unforgivable ... He is coming out directly against the Statue of Liberty. I'm a pure and utter peacenik. I want a president who sings the praises of people, sings the praises of peace and sings the praises of working together for a great country ... Abraham Lincoln wouldn't have laughed about waterboarding ... I want a president that is kinder, smarter and more measured than me. ... I disagree with Hillary Clinton on just about everything there is to disagree with a person about. If it comes down to Trump and Hillary, I will put a Hillary Clinton sticker on my fucking car. ... Someone who is paying attention can do the same thing that Trump is doing with hate, and do it with love, and become president ... That's kind of beautiful. There's nothing more optimistic than that. ... Donald Trump does, when it comes right down to it, fuck up everything ... He fucks up his casinos. He fucks up his buildings.... Maybe he'll fuck up his campaign before he fucks up the country.”

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Michael Kazin on Donald Trump 3 quotes

K, within a larger discussion examining pathological strains in American history, illustrates Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric as a continuation of historical bigotry against various groups.

“The Trump phenomenon is better understood as an amalgam of three different, largely pathological strains in American history and culture... The first and perhaps most obvious strain is hostility toward immigrants... In the 1850s, the American Party, labeled the 'Know-Nothings' by its opponents, accused Irish and German Catholics of being agents of the pope and a threat... Later in the century, white workers on the Pacific coast led a mass campaign against Chinese newcomers, whom they blamed for undercutting wages... Federal lawmakers affirmed their bigotry by excluding any Chinese laborers... In the 1920s, fears of Slavs, Jews, Italians, and others suspected of being hostile to America's white 'Nordic' heritage persuaded Congress to impose quotas that all but banned immigrants... Trump's attacks on 'rapists and murderers' crossing the southern border and on potential Muslim terrorists jetting across the Atlantic belong to this long and ignominious tradition.”

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Sean Kennedy on Donald Trump

Writing for *National Review* in 2015, Kevin D. Williamson critiques Donald Trump's candidacy, arguing he is an unprincipled opportunist who betrays core conservative values.

“Trump is no true conservative. He's not even a reactionary in the best sense of the word. He's a self-aggrandizing opportunist. His policies go no further than his catchphrase, 'you're fired'. Listening to his first television ad is like a preview for a bad movie; an empty supercut of the highlights, or lowlights, without the plot being revealed because it's so thin. Trump is no everyman. He built his empire with $100 million from his wealthy father. Far from born into working or middle class, Trump never struggled a day in his life except by his own failings in business and the resulting repeated bankruptcies. His privileged background enabled him to make money off money; not exactly high on the hierarchy of middle-class values. As for being incorruptible, Trump gave big to politicians. He admitted that was meant to buy favors. His policy positions are similarly ephemeral; he supported the Big Government policies of Democrats and slippery values of the Clintons when it suited him. Steadfast, he is not.”

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Alan Keyes on Donald Trump

From a section titled "K" within an alphabetical list, this excerpt critiques Donald Trump's political tactics and questions his motives in relation to American ideals.

“Donald Trump is convincingly playing the role of a pandering demagogue. He seeks to stir up a passionate reaction that serves the purposes of his ambition. America's founders repeatedly warned against such demagoguery, because it sets people up for tyranny. Given his background, it's advisable to assume Donald Trump is being used by the enemies of rightful liberty to lead otherwise sincerely conservative people down a blind canyon into the withering fire of their elitist foes... Given this track record, before following Trump's lead, shouldn't people sincerely anxious to restore America's constitutional liberty carefully examine the nature of his purported advocacy? With much fanfare, Trump is being attacked by his erstwhile elitist faction buddies. But has he attacked them for treacherous betrayal of the security and sovereignty of the American people?”

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Glenn Kessler on Donald Trump

In 2020, Washington Post Fact Checker editor Glenn Kessler described Donald Trump's relationship with the truth as unprecedentedly "cavalier" compared to other politicians.

“Every president lies at some point, for diplomatic or national security reasons or to sell a policy. But Trump is not known for one big lie — just a constant stream of exaggerated, invented, inconsistent, dubious and false claims. In the nine years I have run The Fact Checker, I have never encountered a politician so cavalier about the facts, so unconcerned with accuracy, so willing to attack people for made-up reasons and so determined to falsely depict his achievements.”

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Ghazala Khan on Donald Trump

In a poignant response to Donald Trump's criticism, Ghazala Khan defends her silence at the Democratic National Convention and challenges his understanding of Islam and sacrifice.

“Donald Trump said that maybe I wasn't allowed to say anything. That is not true. My husband asked me if I wanted to speak, but I told him I could not. My religion teaches me that all human beings are equal in God's eyes. Husband and wife are part of each other; you should love and respect each other so you can take care of the family. When Donald Trump is talking about Islam, he is ignorant. If he studied the real Islam and Koran, all the ideas he gets from terrorists would change, because terrorism is a different religion. Donald Trump said he has made a lot of sacrifices. He doesn't know what the word sacrifice means.”

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Khizr M. Khan on Donald Trump 5 quotes

Amidst rising Islamophobia, this quote, found under the letter "K", asserts the integral role of Muslims in American society, emphasizing shared values over religious affiliation.

“Muslims are American, Muslims are citizens, Muslims participate in the well-being of this country as American citizens. We are proud American citizens. It's the values of this country that brought us here, not our religion. Trump's position on these issues do not represent those values.”

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Kim Jong-un on Donald Trump

Under the letter "K" on a miscellaneous Wikipedia page, this vitriolic quote expresses extreme disapproval and condemnation of an unnamed US leader, advocating for forceful action against him.

“But, far from making remarks of any persuasive power that can be viewed to be helpful to defusing tension, he made unprecedented rude nonsense one has never heard from any of his predecessors. A frightened dog barks louder. [...] He is unfit to hold the prerogative of supreme command of a country, and he is surely a rogue and a gangster fond of playing with fire, rather than a politician. [...] Action is the best option in treating the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say. [...] I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.”

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Mark Kirk on Donald Trump

Following attacks on minority groups, Senator Kirk's statement articulates his refusal to support Donald Trump's presidential nomination, prioritizing principles over party loyalty.

“I have spent my life building bridges and tearing down barriers — not building walls. That’s why I find Donald Trump’s belief that an American-born judge of Mexican descent is incapable of fairly presiding over his case is not only dead wrong, it is un-American. As the Presidential campaign progressed, I was hoping the rhetoric would tone down and reflect a campaign that was inclusive, thoughtful and principled. While I oppose the Democratic nominee, Donald Trump’s latest statements, in context with past attacks on Hispanics, women and the disabled like me, make it certain that I cannot and will not support my party’s nominee for President regardless of the political impact on my candidacy or the Republican Party. It is absolutely essential that we are guided by a commander-in-chief with a responsible and proper temperament, discretion and judgment. Our President must be fit to command the most powerful military the world has ever seen, including an arsenal of thousands of nuclear weapons. After much consideration, I have concluded that Donald Trump has not demonstrated the temperament necessary to assume the greatest office in the world.”

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Andrew Klavan on Donald Trump

Published in a collection of right-leaning perspectives, this excerpt praises Donald Trump's unexpected achievements despite his controversial personal traits, highlighting a perceived moral improvement in government.

“Donald Trump — a political neophyte, a New York loudmouth who plays fast and loose with the truth, a massive egotist and a not altogether pleasant human being — has delivered conservatives one of the greatest years in living memory and has made our government more moral in the process. The left and many on the right didn't see it coming because they hate the man. And because they didn't see it coming, they won't see that it's come.”

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Naomi Klein on Donald Trump

Greta Thunberg, in this impassioned address, indicts world leaders for climate inaction, highlighting the moral clarity and righteous anger of the youth inheriting a damaged planet.

“these children are ready to deliver their moral verdict on the people and institutions who knew all about the dangerous, depleted world they would inherit and yet chose not to act. They know what they think of Donald Trump in the United States and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Scott Morrison in Australia and all the other leaders who torch the planet with defiant glee while denying science so basic that these kids could grasp it easily at age eight.”

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Claudia Koonz on Donald Trump

Appearing under the letter "K," this entry in an alphabetical list highlights concerns about President Trump's actions and their parallels to historical authoritarianism.

“President Trump has violated many of the norms and laws on which our democracy depends. He circumvents Congress by declaring the “crisis” at the border a national emergency. He orders his staff to ignore subpoenas. He uses his presidential status to enhance his family’s wealth. He demands absolute loyalty from his appointees. He treats truth like a despot and jokes with Vladimir Putin about his “fake news” problem. He boasts about his misogyny and spews racist insults. Trump is not a despot. But neither were Mussolini and Hitler early on. No black or brown shirts march in our streets. President Trump’s enablers wear white shirts and black robes. They are unified. Democrats are not.”

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Oliver Kornetzke on Donald Trump

Located under the letter "K" on an alphabetical list, this scathing invective uses vivid imagery to condemn a figure embodying America's darkest hypocrisies and moral failings.

“Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul—all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn’t but has always been—arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshiped like gospel. It is America’s shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn’t just lose its soul—it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.”

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Jill Lawren on Donald Trump

Within a larger list spanning the alphabet, this excerpt argues that shared opposition previously fostered consensus around core American values now under threat.

“There is nothing like a common adversary to make people recognize what they have in common. Once there was consensus that civility, compassion, immigration, equal opportunity and foreign allies were good; that racism, misogyny, discrimination, voter suppression and foreign autocrats were bad; that respect for the U.S. military, intelligence community, political leaders, science, the Constitution and the rule of law was a given; that the American promise was based on good faith, compromise and checks and balances; and that presidents should be role models.”

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Carol Leonnig on Donald Trump 4 quotes

Published under the letter "L," this passage paints a damning portrait of Donald Trump's presidency, highlighting its self-serving nature and chaotic governance.

“On January 20, 2017, Donald John Trump became president, unskilled in the machinery of government and unmoved morally by the calling of the position, but aglow in his unmatched power. The first three years of Trump's term revealed a presidency of one, in which the universal value was loyalty- not to the country, but to the president himself. Scandal, bluster, and uninhibited chaos reigned. Decisions were driven by a reflexive logic of self-preservation and self-aggrandizement. Delusions born of narcissism and insecurity overtook reality.”

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Jack Levin on Donald Trump

In 2008, Levin and Fox argued that popular television, exemplified by shows like *Fear Factor* and *The Apprentice*, thrives by tapping into audiences' inherent sadistic tendencies.

“Sadism has even found a prominent position in popular culture. Many prime-time television series now owe their staying power to the sadistic impulses they exploit on the tube. Audience members find tremendous enjoyment in viewing horrified contestants who devour worms and insects on NBC's Fear Factor; Donald Trump who exclaims without nuance, "You're fired" on his wildly popular series, The Apprentice...”

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Rich Lowry on Donald Trump 3 quotes

Writing in 2015, conservative intellectual L. Brent Bozell III argued that despite potential appeal, Donald Trump's deficiencies in experience, temperament, and conservative commitment made him a poor Republican champion.

“While Trump's appeal to various groups may be understandable, he makes a terrible champion for Republicans, and especially for conservatives. By the standards we typically use to evaluate candidates — their records, their views, their popularity with the general public, their experience, their temperament, their character — Trump should be dismissed out of hand. No candidate is perfect, but large numbers of conservatives have never before supported any candidate so obviously deficient in all of these respects. That Trump has a long history of liberal positions that extends even into the fairly recent past should not by itself be disqualifying. Conservatism has always welcomed converts. But conservatives have also expected some demonstrated commitment to their principles, some action that advanced their causes, before seeking to elevate a convert to high office. When Mitt Romney ran for the Senate in 1994, for example, he tried to distance himself from Reagan-era conservatism. He later moved right. But even on his least conservative day, Romney was arguing for a smaller government and lower taxes (and for an end to Ted Kennedy's career). Trump, by contrast, has done essentially nothing for any conservative cause prior to deciding to run for the Republican presidential nomination.”

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Barry Lyga on Donald Trump

Facing potential book deals for Trump administration officials, a coalition of literary figures, led by Barry Lyga, denounced profiting from policies they deemed inhumane and anti-democratic.

“No participant in an administration that caged children, performed involuntary surgeries on captive women, and scoffed at science as millions were infected with a deadly virus should be enriched by the almost rote largesse of a big book deal. And no one who incited, suborned, instigated, or otherwise supported the January 6, 2021 coup attempt should have their philosophies remunerated and disseminated through our beloved publishing houses.”

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Drew Magary on Donald Trump

Found within a larger alphabetical listing, this commentary, labelled simply "M," offers a darkly humorous preference for Trump's genuine stupidity over other politicians' calculated intellectual compromises.

“Donald Trump, for all of his bluster, is at least authentically stupid... All these other guys are clown posers. Trump is the genuine article. And, God help me, I think I'd rather have him sitting in the Oval Office, getting stupidly out-maneuvered by the politicians under him, than bringing in a guy like Carson who is willing to shred every last bit of his intellectual credibility in order to lord over a citizenry he doesn't seem to have much respect for.”

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Bill Maher on Donald Trump 3 quotes

In his signature sardonic style, Bill Maher skewers the Tea Party's embrace of Donald Trump in 2011, highlighting the perceived hypocrisy regarding fiscal conservatism.

“New Rule: Whenever you think the Tea Party can't get any dumber, they get dumber. Now they're in love with Donald Trump. Because nothing says "We're serious about fiscal responsibility" quite like a billionaire whose corporations have filed for bankruptcy three times.”

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Frances Martel on Donald Trump

Following the January 6th Capitol riot, Breitbart editor Frances Martel expressed anger and betrayal, accusing Trump of damaging the conservative movement and advocating for his political destruction.

“He set us back like 10 years. We have worked so hard to promote our values, values that made him president when he hawked them, and now he does this, leaving everything in shambles? Nah, destroy him. Let it be a lesson to every other 'populist'.”

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George R. R. Martin on Donald Trump

In a 2018 interview, George R. R. Martin drew parallels between then-President Donald Trump and the cruel boy-king Joffrey Baratheon from his *Game of Thrones* series.

“I think even during the campaign I said that Trump reminded me most of Joffrey. They have the same level of emotional maturity. And Joffrey likes to remind everyone that he's king. And he thinks that gives him the ability to do anything. And we're not an absolute monarchy, like Westeros is. We're a constitutional republic. And yet, Trump doesn't seem to know what that means. He thinks the presidency gives him the power to do anything. And so, yeah, Joffrey is Trump.”

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James Mattis on Donald Trump

Following the January 6th Capitol attack, former Secretary of Defense James Mattis issued this scathing statement, condemning Trump's role and the complicity of other leaders.

“Today's violent assault on our Capitol, an effort to subjugate American democracy by mob rule, was fomented by Mr. Trump. His use of the Presidency to destroy trust in our election and to poison our respect for fellow citizens has been enabled by pseudo political leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice. Our Constitution and our Republic will overcome this stain and We the People will come together again in our never-ending effort to form a more perfect Union, while Mr. Trump will deservedly be left a man without a country.”

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John McCain on Donald Trump 4 quotes

As "M" in a public letter denouncing Donald Trump's comments about a Gold Star family, Mitt Romney articulates his profound disagreement and attempts to distance the Republican party from Trump's views.

“In recent days, Donald Trump disparaged a fallen soldier's parents. He has suggested that the likes of their son should not be allowed in the United States — to say nothing of entering its service. I cannot emphasize enough how deeply I disagree with Mr. Trump's statement. I hope Americans understand that the remarks do not represent the views of our Republican Party, its officers, or candidates.”

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Andrew C. McCarthy on Donald Trump

Writing in a piece indexed alphabetically online, an author criticizes Donald Trump's apparent lack of knowledge regarding key figures in global jihad during his presidential campaign.

“The presidency's most crucial duty is the protection of American national security. Yet, interviewed by Hugh Hewitt months into his campaign, Donald Trump did not know the key leaders of the global jihad. The man who would be commander-in-chief was unfamiliar with Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader who has been murdering Americans for over 30 years; Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's longtime deputy who has quite notoriously commanded al-Qaeda since the network's leader was killed by U.S. forces in 2011; and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State (ISIS) and a jihadist so globally notorious that many teenagers are aware of him. Of course a man who wants to be president should make it his business to know such things.”

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David McCullough on Donald Trump

Under the "M" section of an alphabetical index, this quote reveals a passionate critique of Donald Trump's presidency, lambasting his lack of experience and perceived ego.

“When you think of how far we have come, and at what cost, and with what faith, to just turn it all over to this monstrous clown with a monstrous ego, with no experience, never served his country in any way — it's just crazy. We can't stand by and let it happen. The Republican Party shouldn't stand by and let it happen.”

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Ray McGovern on Donald Trump

Amidst accusations of collusion, this excerpt highlights perceived hypocrisy, criticizing the *New York Times* for alleging Trump's Russian ties despite admitting a lack of evidence.

“Trump had been calling for better relations with Russia during his presidential campaign... Stooping to a new low, Friday's (New York) Times headline screamed: "F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia." For those interested in evidence — or the lack of it— regarding collusion between Russia and the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, we can thank the usual Russia-gate promoters at The New York Times and CNN for inadvertently filling in some gaps in recent days... NYT readers had to get down to paragraph 9 to read: "No evidence has emerged..."”

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David McIntosh on Donald Trump

Writing in *National Review*, Mona Charen argues that despite his populist appeal and anti-establishment rhetoric, Donald Trump is not a true conservative due to his support for big government.

“Donald Trump is no conservative. He's a populist whose theme is: Our government is broken, and I'll fix it. He's right on point one: Both parties have failed to lead. Obama and congressional Democrats manipulate the levers of power to push America farther toward European socialism; Republicans promise free-market alternatives but end up caving in to pressure or carrying water for the GOP's own big-government special interests. The American people have signaled in recent elections that they've had enough of business as usual, and now they want to clean house. Yet Trump is no better than what we already have. He'll say anything to get a vote but give us more of the same if he gets into office. Trump beguiles us, defies the politically correct media, and bullies anyone who points out that the emperor has no clothes. None of that makes him a conservative who cherishes liberty... For decades, Trump has argued for big government.”

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Michael Medved on Donald Trump

Within a larger work indexed alphabetically, this excerpt critiques Trump's embodiment of negative stereotypes often attributed to conservatives, contrasting him unfavorably with Ronald Reagan.

“Trump's brawling, blustery, mean-spirited public persona serves to associate conservatives with all the negative stereotypes that liberals have for decades attached to their opponents on the right. According to conventional caricature, conservatives are selfish, greedy, materialistic, bullying, misogynistic, angry, and intolerant. They are, we're told, privileged and pampered elitists who revel in the advantages of inherited wealth while displaying only cruel contempt for the less fortunate and the less powerful. The Left tried to smear Ronald Reagan in such terms but failed miserably because he displayed none of the stereotypical traits... Trump is the living, breathing, bellowing personification of all the nasty characteristics Democrats routinely ascribe to Republicans.”

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Edwin Meese on Donald Trump

Within a discussion marked by alphabetic navigation, the quote critiques Donald Trump's divisive political strategy in contrast to Ronald Reagan's unifying approach.

“There are two tactical approaches for candidates seeking their party's nomination in election campaigns. One is to strongly debate the issues and firmly advocate your positions, but to avoid personal attacks on your opponents or needless divisiveness. The other is to vigorously attack your fellow candidates, disparaging them personally and seeking to raise yourself up by dragging them down. Ronald Reagan was famous for epitomizing the former path. Donald Trump, unfortunately, has chosen to follow the latter course... At a time when the nation is suffering under one of the most divisive and incompetent presidents in history, our people need positive, unifying leadership, not negative, destructive political rhetoric.”

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Dana Milbank on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Published among resources ranging from A to Z, this passage argues that Donald Trump's political style and policies bear a striking resemblance to those of Benito Mussolini.

“Trump owes less to Willkie's tradition than to Benito Mussolini's, and not only because of the superficial: Trump's chin-out toughness, sweeping right-hand gestures and talk of his "huge" successes and his "stupid" opponents all evoke the Italian dictator's style. Monday's breathtaking announcement that he would block all Muslims from entering the United States has many pointing out the obvious fascist overtones... Trump uses many of the fascist's tools: a contempt for facts, spreading a pervasive sense of fear and overwhelming crisis, portraying his backers as victims, assigning blame to foreign or alien actors and suggesting only his powerful personality can transcend the crisis. He endorsed the violence done to a dissenter at one of his rallies, and he now floats the idea of making entry to the United States contingent on religion.”

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Russell Moore on Donald Trump

In a piece indexed alphabetically, the author argues religious conservatives' key goals – protecting life, marriage, and religious freedom – would be threatened under a Trump presidency.

“The three primary goals of religious conservatives: to protect all human life, including that of the unborn; to reinforce the sanctity of marriage and the family; and to conserve the religious freedom of all persons. All three goals would be in jeopardy under a Trump presidency. Yes, Trump says that he is pro-life now, despite having supported partial-birth abortion in the past. The problem is not whether he can check a box. Pro-life voters expect leaders to have a coherent vision of human dignity and to be able to defend against assaults on human life in the future—some of which may be unimaginable today and will present themselves only as new technologies develop.”

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Michael B. Mukasey on Donald Trump

In a 2015 post, "M" critiques Donald Trump's proposed policies regarding Muslims and military action, arguing they are strategically flawed and violate international law.

“Trump's proposal would assure the enmity of all Muslims, including those whose support we need if we are to prevail. Even assuming an infallible way to identify who is Muslim, the proposal is both under- and over-inclusive. It is under-inclusive because it does not address potential terrorists who have U.S. passports or residence permits, or are already here, or may threaten us abroad; it is over-inclusive because it bars the huge majority of Muslims who are not potential terrorists. Trump says he would order the military to kill the families of terrorists. That would be a direct violation of the most basic laws of armed conflict, which require that deadly force be used only when required by military necessity, under circumstances that allow distinction between military and civilian targets, and when incidental damage to non-military targets is proportional to the military advantage gained. A military that adhered to the laws of armed conflict would necessarily disobey such an order; if it followed the order, both the person who gave it and those who followed it would be subject to prosecution for war crimes.”

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Mike Murphy on Donald Trump 2 quotes

From a broad overview page, titled "M," this quote critiques the normalization of behaviors under Trump that would have previously triggered calls for presidential resignation, especially regarding racial stereotypes.

“Trump has gotten six or seven stories in his presidency so far, that if they happened in 1981, there would have been serious talk about the president needing to resign. And that's gone now, that ray gun of, "We don't do this. You can't get away with that" is pretty much gone... Everything is a racial stereotype with him half the time. We've got to admit that about Trump.”

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Wayne Newton on Donald Trump

Appearing in the alphabetical index of a source (likely a Wikipedia page), "N" follows a list reaching "Z," suggesting this endorsement of Donald Trump comes from a notable figure.

“I love Donald, and he would make a great president. Number one, he tells the truth. Number two, he's been where most of these guys want to be, in terms of riding on his own plane. He doesn't have to worry about what hotels he stays in, he doesn't have to worry about how his family gets to Hawaii, so on and so forth. I could give you so many reasons. But most of all, most important I think for Mr. Trump, is he tells it like it is. Look, we can talk about these radicals all we want, but it's my opinion, and I heard [Trump] say this too: They're only going to be as radical as we let them be.”

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Trevor Noah on Donald Trump

Comedian Michelle Wolf uses the familiar frustration of arguing with a toddler to illustrate and critique Donald Trump's behavior during the 2016 election.

“Have you ever argued with a toddler? Because if you have, you probably lost that argument, or you killed the toddler. Either way, you didn't win the argument, because you can't win an argument against a toddler. Toddlers will say the most outlandish shit. [...] Over the course of this election season, we've come to realize that president-elect Donald Trump might have the mind of a toddler. And if you think about it, it makes sense. He loves the same things that toddlers do. They like building things. They love attention, always grabbing things they're not supposed to. [...] You don't argue with a child if you want to win. Don't amplify the toddler's voice, because you'll just get trapped in the toddler's world. Rather, just keep asking the toddler to elaborate. Because logic is the downfall of every toddler. The point is to gently demoralize the toddler and smother his tantrums. And, as a bonus, stop him from delegitimizing the press.”

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Barack Obama on Donald Trump

In a 1991 paper, a young Barack Obama critiqued the American Dream, suggesting its core aspiration, for many, was to achieve the success of someone like Donald Trump.

“[Americans have] a continuing normative commitment to the ideals of individual freedom and mobility, values that extend far beyond the issue of race in the American mind. The depth of this commitment may be summarily dismissed as the unfounded optimism of the average American—I may not be Donald Trump now, but just you wait; if I don't make it, my children will.”

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Barack Obama on Trump on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Facing Republican outrage over Trump's rhetoric, President Obama critiques the party's own history of divisive and factually dubious messaging that fueled his rise.

“We've got a debate inside the other party that is fantasy and schoolyard taunts and selling stuff like it's the Home Shopping Network. And then you've got the Republican establishment -- they're very exercised: We're shocked that somebody would be saying these things. We're shocked that somebody is fanning anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-Muslim sentiment. We're shocked! We're shocked that somebody could be loose with the facts. Or distort someone's record -- shocked... This is the guy, remember, who was sure that I was born in Kenya. Who just wouldn't let it go. And all this same Republican establishment, they weren't saying nothing. As long as it was directed at me, they were fine with it. They thought it was a hoot. Wanted to get his endorsement... What is happening in this primary is just a distillation of what's been happening inside their party for more than a decade. I mean, the reason that many of their voters are responding is because this is what's been fed through the messages they've been sending for a long time -- that you just make flat assertions that don't comport with the facts. That you just deny the evidence of science. That compromise is a betrayal. That the other side isn't simply wrong, or we just disagree, we want to take a different approach, but the other side is destroying the country, or treasonous. I mean, that's - look it up. That's what they've been saying. So they can't be surprised when somebody suddenly looks and says, you know what, I can do that even better. I can make stuff up better than that. I can be more outrageous than that. I can insult people even better than that. I can be even more uncivil.”

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Dean Obeidallah on Donald Trump

Referenced under the letter "O," this quote employs sharp rhetoric, directly linking support for Donald Trump to endorsement of his perceived bigotry, sexism, and racism, even comparing it to supporting Hitler.

“Let's take a page from Donald Trump's book and ignore political correctness for a moment. If you support Trump, you support his sexist, bigoted and racist views. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, and this is especially true for GOP party leaders, elected officials and even community leaders. Some have said things such as, 'I don't like Trump's history of demeaning women, but I think he will be good for the economy'. Sorry, you don't get a pass because you like one of his policy proposals. It's akin to saying, 'I supported Hitler for his tax plan'. And no, I'm absolutely not comparing Trump to Hitler. But Anne Frank's 86-year-old stepsister, Eva Schloss, who survived Auschwitz, did just that a few weeks ago, telling Newsweek that Trump 'is acting like another Hitler by inciting racism'.”

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Timothy L. O'Brien on Donald Trump

Political analyst Timothy L. O'Brien suggests Donald Trump fears developing dementia and Alzheimer's, mirroring his father's decline, as reported in a 2025 *Latin Times* article.

“He lives in fear of going down the path his father went down, which was dementia, followed by Alzheimer's, into his 90s. And I think he's carried that burden forever. And watching how he answers questions now compared to Donald Trump and Trump 1.0, he slurs his words a little, he looks weary, he is slouched.”

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Jack O’Donnell on Donald Trump

Former Trump Plaza executive Jack O'Donnell recounts witnessing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein bringing underage girls to the casino floor in the 1980s, prompting a warning.

“In my mind, [Epstein] was his best friend, you know, [throughout] the time I was there for four years. …This [state casino commission inspector] happened to be a tennis fan and he said, 'Jack, I know she’s 19 years old'. They had determined that the women that [Epstein and Trump] brought down were underage to be in the casino. I had to call them and say, 'They're giving you a break this time, but if this happens again, the fine is going to be substantial and it's going to be on your head.’ I did tell him in that conversation, 'I don’t think you should be hanging out with this guy, just so you know, and you certainly shouldn’t be doing that in Atlantic City.’”

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John Oliver during a piece on the aftermath of Trump on Donald Trump

Delivered with characteristic bluntness, this commentary uses the analogy of a misbehaving child to critique the inaction of those responsible for holding presidential power in check.

“The Founding Fathers created a system of checks and balances to limit the power of the President, but it only works if someone fucking checks or balances. And if you don't, it's no longer on Trump, it's on you. Because when you've got the presidential equivalent of a five-year-old shitting on the salad bar of a Ruby Tuesdays, at some point you stop blaming the five-year-old, and you start blaming the people who are not stopping him. Stop that boy, that's what I am saying. Stop that boy, now.”

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Amos Oz on Donald Trump

Philosopher and author Umberto Eco, in an entry under the letter "O" in his dictionary, compares Donald Trump to Silvio Berlusconi, characterizing him as immature and attention-seeking rather than a fanatic.

“to me, Trump is more like [former Italian prime minister [Silvio] Berlusconi than like Hitler. Trump is many things. He is pampered, he is an immature man, he is a teenager craving unconditional, endless love from everybody. I don’t think he is fanatic. I’m not sure I would say about his vice president that he is not a fanatic, he probably is, but I don’t think Donald Trump strikes me as a fanatic.”

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Camille Paglia on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Camille Paglia, known for her controversial opinions, praised Donald Trump's disruption of the media landscape despite acknowledging his lack of presidential qualifications.

“I'm happy with what Trump has done, because he's totally blown up the media! All of a sudden, ‘BOOM!' That lack of caution and shooting from the hip. He's not a president, of course. He's not remotely a president. He has no political skills of any kind. He's simply an American citizen who is creating his own bully pulpit.”

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Henry Paulson on Donald Trump

Published amidst the 2016 election cycle, this impassioned plea from a Republican highlights the deep divisions within the party regarding Donald Trump's candidacy and its perceived dangers.

“With Donald Trump as the presumptive presidential nominee, we are witnessing a populist hijacking of one of the United States' great political parties... [R]ooted in ignorance, prejudice, fear and isolationism... This troubles me deeply as a Republican, but it troubles me even more as an American... Enough is enough... It's time to put country before party and say it together: Never Trump.”

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Katie Pavlich on Donald Trump

Published under the letter "P," this excerpt critiques Donald Trump's opportunistic politics and questions the conservative movement's willingness to overlook his past for perceived alignment.

“Trump has made a living out of preying on and bullying society's most vulnerable, with the help of government. He isn't an outsider, but rather an unelected politician of the worst kind. He admits that he's bought off elected officials in order get his way and to openly abuse the system. The rabid defense he gets from some quarters is astonishing. Trump's liberal positions aren't in the distant past—he has openly promoted them on the campaign trail. Trump isn't fighting for anyone but himself, which has been his pattern for decades. Conservatives have a serious decision. Do we truly believe in our long-held principles and insist that politicians have records demonstrating fealty to them? Or are we willing to throw these principles away because an entertainer who has been a liberal Democrat for decades simply says some of the right things?”

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Nancy Pelosi on Donald Trump 2 quotes

In July 2020, Nancy Pelosi likened President Trump's COVID-19 response to a stubborn man refusing to ask for scientific advice, highlighting the perceived failures in pandemic management.

“All of the answers are there. And yet the president continues to go down the wrong path and refuses to ask for directions from scientists who know better than any of us.”

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Mike Pence on Donald Trump 4 quotes

Following criticism surrounding his remarks about Khizr and Ghazala Khan, parents of a deceased Muslim American soldier, Mike Pence attempts to clarify the Trump campaign's position.

“Donald Trump and I believe that Captain Humayun Khan is an American hero and his family, like all Gold Star families, should be cherished by every American. Captain Khan gave his life to defend our country in the global war on terror. Due to the disastrous decisions of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, a once stable Middle East has now been overrun by ISIS. This must not stand. By suspending immigration from countries that have been compromised by terrorism, rebuilding our military, defeating ISIS at its source and projecting strength on the global stage, we will reduce the likelihood that other American families will face the enduring heartbreak of the Khan family.”

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Mike Pence on a on Donald Trump

Amidst early criticism of the CDC's faulty COVID-19 test, Vice President Pence defended the Trump administration's response and touted the expansion of testing capacity through commercial labs.

“I've seen that report in the papers this morning. And I know that HHS is making inquiries. But we believe those issues were resolved on that particular test by early February. But it's important for your viewers to know that that test, the slow lab-based test that is typical for CDC and public health labs would never have been able to meet the needs of testing in this coronavirus epidemic. That's why President Trump was so right when he brought together these commercial labs and formed a consortium. And literally took us from -- at that time in February we had done some 20,000 tests total across the country. Now we've done more than four million and we believe we'll have done more than five million tests before the end of this month. None of that would have been possible without the president's leadership, without the innovation, without the incredible efforts of companies like Roche and Avid Laboratories.”

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Tony Perkins on Donald Trump

Tony Perkins admits to suggesting the Bible verse Trump mispronounced at Liberty University, framing it as a way to connect with evangelicals despite Trump's unfamiliarity.

“I wrote the scripture reference, which is 2 Corinthians 3:17, which is how it's written, I'm guilty as charged. That's exactly what I did. I sent him a couple of suggestions of some things he could talk about as a connection point. It shows that he's not familiar with Bible, Donald Trump's a very interesting guy. There are some things about him that I find fascinating, that I like about him, as well as other evangelicals.”

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Rick Perry on Donald Trump

During a 2015 campaign event, Rick Perry fiercely criticized Donald Trump's presidential run, labeling it a "cancer on conservatism" and a "barking carnival act."

“He offers a barking carnival act that can be best described as Trumpism: a toxic mix of demagoguery, mean-spiritedness and nonsense that will lead the Republican Party to perdition if pursued... Let no one be mistaken: Donald Trump's candidacy is a cancer on conservatism, and it must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded. ... Donald Trump is the modern-day incarnation of the Know Nothing movement.”

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John Pilger on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Writing during the 2016 US presidential campaign, P. argues that Donald Trump's unpopularity with the establishment stemmed from his deviation from America's hawkish foreign policy consensus.

“To most of us, the American presidential campaign is a media freak show, in which Donald Trump is the arch villain. But Trump is loathed by those with power in the United States for reasons that have little to do with his obnoxious behaviour and opinions. To the invisible government in Washington, the unpredictable Trump is an obstacle to America’s design for the 21st century...To the militarists in Washington, the real problem with Trump is that, in his lucid moments, he seems not to want a war with Russia; he wants to talk with the Russian president, not fight him; he says he wants to talk with the president of China. In the first debate with Hillary Clinton, Trump promised not to be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into a conflict. He said, “I would certainly not do first strike. Once the nuclear alternative happens, it’s over.” That was not news... what is clear is that Trump is considered a serious threat to the status quo maintained by the vast national security machine that runs the United States, regardless of who is in the White House. The CIA wants him beaten. The Pentagon wants him beaten. The media wants him beaten. Even his own party wants him beaten. He is a threat to the rulers of the world – unlike Clinton who has left no doubt she is prepared to go to war with nuclear-armed Russia and China... Without a shred of evidence, she has accused Russia of supporting Trump and hacking her emails.”

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William Rivers Pitt on Donald Trump 4 quotes

In a stark indictment, P highlights the political divide worsened by Trump's administration, accusing them of prioritizing partisan warfare over addressing the COVID-19 crisis.

“Donald Trump and his top Republican allies in Congress are fighting a war, and the battle lines have begun to clarify themselves. Their war is not being waged against COVID-19, the pandemic that has killed tens of thousands in this nation alone. Their war is being waged against the nation itself, and specifically against areas of the nation that are heavy on population but light on Trump supporters. In other words, the big-city blue states, whose governors have refused to fawn over Trump's gibberish-flecked "leadership" during this crisis.”

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker addressing reports President Trump is planning on Donald Trump

Amidst reports of Trump's military plans for Chicago, Governor Pritzker accused the former president of seeking to intimidate political rivals and undermine democracy.

“This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city, in a blue state, to try and intimidate his political rivals. This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities and end elections.”

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Megan Ranney on Donald Trump

Reacting to Trump's promotion of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment, Megan Ranney warned against its indiscriminate use, citing potentially serious side effects.

“There are side effects to hydroxychloroquine. It causes psychiatric symptoms, cardiac problems and a host of other bad side effects. [...] There may be a role for it for some people, but to tell Americans ‘you don’t have anything to lose,’ that’s not true. People certainly have something to lose by taking it indiscriminately.”

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R.R. Reno on Donald Trump

Within an alphabetical list of topics, "R" introduces a passage criticizing Donald Trump's populist appeal and warning against the risks his leadership poses to American solidarity.

“He presents himself as a Strong Man who promises to knock heads and make things right again. In this, he has a lot more in common with South American populist demagogues than with our tradition of political leaders... The middle-class consensus in America has collapsed. This is the most important political and social earthquake since World War II. The conservative movement's leadership isn't up to the challenge, and a good number of voters are willing to gamble on Trump's bluster. Bad bet. Our nation's solidarity is being tested. It will only make things worse if we go Trumpster diving.”

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Paul Rieckoff on Donald Trump

Following Trump's controversial claim of equivalent sacrifice to a Gold Star father, Iraq War veteran Paul Rieckhoff sharply criticized the comparison as insulting and ignorant.

“For anyone to compare their 'sacrifice' to a Gold Star family member is insulting, foolish and ignorant. Especially someone who has never served himself and has no children serving, our county has been at war for a decade and a half and the truth is most Americans have sacrificed nothing. Most of them are smart and grounded enough to admit it.”

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Melissa Rivers on Donald Trump

From the Wikipedia entry for "R," this quote highlights the speaker's assessment of Donald Trump's success as rooted in his ability to ignite dialogue and engagement, regardless of political alignment.

“He is a successful man for a reason. He's actually created a dialogue [and] forced conversations. He has gotten more people engaged in the political process and current events and what's going on in the world than anyone else has for a long time. More people are engaged than ever before. I think whether you agree with Donald or you don't agree with Donald, he starts conversations. That's what democracy is — you've got to get people engaged to make this country run.”

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Pat Robertson on Donald Trump

Televangelist Pat Robertson, a longtime supporter, surprisingly rebuked President Trump in December 2020, claiming he lived in an "alternate reality" regarding the election.

“With all his talent, and the ability to raise money and draw large crowds, the President still lives in an alternate reality. He really does. People say, 'Well he lies about this, that and the other.' But he isn't lying. To him, that's the truth.”

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Mitt Romney on Donald Trump 3 quotes

Economist Robert Reich critiques Donald Trump's economic proposals, arguing that despite some potentially positive aims, they lack substance and would likely harm the American economy.

“If Donald Trump's plans were ever implemented, the country would sink into prolonged recession. A few examples: His proposed 35 percent tariff-like penalties would instigate a trade war and that would raise prices for consumers, kill export jobs, and lead entrepreneurs and businesses to flee America…. So even though Donald Trump has offered very few specific economic plans, what little he has said is enough to know that he would be very bad for American workers and American families. But wait, you say, isn't he a huge business success? Doesn't he know what he's talking about? No he isn't. And no he doesn’t…. Now not every policy that Donald Trump has floated is bad. He wants to repeal and replace Obamacare. He wants to bring jobs home from China and Japan. But his prescriptions to do those things are flimsy at best. …Successfully bringing jobs home requires serious policy and reforms that make America the place businesses want to come, want to plant and want to grow. You can't punish business into doing what you want.”

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Noah Rothman on Donald Trump

Published under the letter "R," this quote highlights a perceived pattern of Donald Trump using inflammatory comments to deflect press attention from Democratic scandals.

“It's impossible to ignore the conspicuous regularity with which Donald Trump issues intentionally provocative, news-cycle-dominating comments. It's equally difficult to look past their timing, which tends to often coincide with scandalous revelations that reflect poorly on Democratic politicians... This is far from an isolated event; it's a pattern. First, a Democrat becomes embroiled in a controversy or an external event reflects negatively on the party. Donald Trump then makes an outrageous comment calculated for maximum political impact. Like clockwork, the press abandons their critical examination of Democratic policies, and Republicans are back at each other's throats. This is a measurable phenomenon. In just the last six months, there are almost too many examples to count.”

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David Rothkopf on Donald Trump

Within a broader alphabetical listing, "R" marks a scathing critique of Donald Trump's appeal, attributing his rise to a rejection of facts and embracing of shallowness among his supporters.

“Donald Trump, champion and avatar of the shallow state, has won power because his supporters are threatened by what they don't understand, and what they don't understand is almost everything. Indeed, from evolution to data about our economy to the science of vaccines to the threats we face in the world, they reject vast subjects rooted in fact in order to have reality conform to their worldviews. They don't dig for truth; they skim the media for anything that makes them feel better about themselves. To many of them, knowledge is not a useful tool but a cunning barrier elites have created to keep power from the average man and woman. The same is true for experience, skills, and know-how. These things require time and work and study and often challenge our systems of belief. Truth is hard; shallowness is easy.”

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Wayne Allyn Root on Donald Trump

During a discussion of presidential qualities, an individual expressed fervent support for Donald Trump, believing him divinely appointed and uniquely suited to lead a nation requiring a "war president."

“I think it's time for a war president. Republicans, conservatives and Christians, and capitalist, any who love capitalism, any who loves America, patriots, I think we need a war president and I think God sent us someone named Donald Trump, I think he's perfect for this election. We needed someone who is a bit coarse and foul-mouthed and vicious and fights with a gun in a gunfight, not with a knife in a gun fight.”

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Bernie Sanders on Donald Trump 3 quotes

Amidst rising tensions in the Gulf of Oman in 2019, Bernie Sanders cautioned against using the attacks on oil tankers as justification for an unauthorized war with Iran.

“Attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman are unacceptable and must be fully investigated... but this incident must not be used as a pretext for a war with Iran, a war which would be an unmitigated disaster for the United States, Iran, the region, and the world... The time is now for the United States to exert international leadership,... and bring the countries in the region together to forge a diplomatic solution to the growing tensions...I would also remind President Trump that there is no congressional authorization for a war with Iran... A unilateral U.S. attack on Iran would be illegal and unconstitutional.”

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Dan Savage on Donald Trump

Amidst political turmoil and threats against marginalized groups, this powerful message urges resistance through action and the defiant embrace of joy, community, and self-expression.

“Yes, we must donate and volunteer and protest and vote, all while reminding ourselves daily that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. And we must commit to defending our friends, neighbors, and coworkers who are immigrants (documented or not), Muslims (American born, immigrants, or refugees), people of color, women seeking reproductive health care, trans men and women seeking safety, lesbian and gay men seeking to protect their families, and everyone and everything else Trump has threatened to harm, up to and including the planet we all live on. But we must make time for joy and pleasure and laughter and friends and food and art and music and sex. During the darkest days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when Republicans and religious conservatives controlled the federal government and were doing everything in their power to harm the sick and dying, queers organized and protested and volunteered and mourned. We also made music and theater and art. We took care of each other, and we danced and loved and fucked. Embracing joy and art and sex in the face of fear and uncertainty made us feel better—it kept us sane—and it had the added benefit of driving our enemies crazy. They couldn't understand how we could be anything but miserable, given the challenges we faced—their greed, their indifference, their bigotry—but we created and experienced joy despite their hatred and despite this awful disease. We turned to each other—we turned to our lovers and friends and sometimes strangers—and said, "Fuck them. Now fuck me." [...] We may never eradicate racism and sexism and hatred. But fight it we will. And don't listen to anyone who tells you that music and dance and art and sex and joy are a distraction from the fight. They are a part of the fight.”

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Phyllis Schlafly on Donald Trump

Amidst a broader discussion about potential saviors and the yearning for American renewal, this excerpt reflects a sentiment of hope vested in an individual offering a fresh, resonant message.

“He does look like he's the last hope [for America]. We don't hear anybody saying what he's saying. In fact, most of the people who ought to be lining up with him are attacking him. They're probably jealous of the amount of press coverage he gets. But the reason he gets so much press coverage is the grassroots are fed up with people who are running things, and they do want a change. They do want people to stand up for America. It really resonates when he says he wants to 'Make America Great Again.'”

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Tony Schwartz on Donald Trump 3 quotes

Following his work as a Republican strategist, Stuart Stevens expresses regret for humanizing Donald Trump, fearing dire consequences if Trump gains presidential power.

“I put lipstick on a pig. I feel a deep sense of remorse that I contributed to presenting Trump in a way that brought him wider attention and made him more appealing than he is. I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes, there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”

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Khosrow Semnani on Donald Trump

Within an alphabetical collection of topics, "S" houses a commentary on Donald Trump's proposed Muslim ban, criticizing its unconstitutionality and opportunistic nature despite his popularity.

“Trump wants to institute a ban that will keep all Muslims out of America... Of course such a ban will not come to pass. The Constitution forbids it. Republicans and Democrats oppose it. Even Israeli politicians, who have a far longer history of confronting terrorism, have chided him for equating Islam with terrorism... Republicans support Trump because he appears to be authentic, isn't afraid to tell it like it is and is not worried about being politically correct. I see the opposite. He isn't authentic, he is cynically opportunistic.”

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Adam Serwer on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Sociologist Sammy Roter argues that shared cruelty and Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric act as a binding force among some people.

“Their cruelty made them feel good, it made them feel proud, it made them feel happy. And it made them feel closer to one another…Their shared laughter at the suffering of others is an adhesive that binds them to one another, and to Trump. Donald Trump, whose uncritical support for Israel and belief that America is fundamentally a nation for white Christians exacerbates a divide between the two largest Jewish populations in the world.”

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Ben Shapiro on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Within a list of topics ranging from A to Z, an unnamed speaker derides Donald Trump's perceived hypocrisy in using the Bible for political posturing despite his personal history.

“And [then] you end up in idiocies like Donald Trump on stage waiving around a Bible, pretending he gives a damn what's in it. Right, after two marriages, and several adulterous affairs, and all that and bragging about having his experiences with married women; standing up there with a Bible and going 'this is an even better book than the odd of the deals'."”

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Mark Shields on Donald Trump

Amidst widespread criticism, this quote reveals former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's unsettling perspective on Donald Trump's behavior towards women, calling it "creepy" and "stalker"-like.

“We have predicted nine of his last eight stumbles, and they have yet to all materialize... I think it's more than childish and juvenile and adolescent. There is something creepy about this, his attitude toward women. Take Megyn Kelly of FOX News, who he just has an absolute obsession about, and he's constantly writing about, you know, how awful she is and no talent and this and that. It's an obsession. And I don't know if he's just never had women — strong, independent women in his life who have spoken to him. It doesn't seem that way. His daughter... But there is something really creepy about this that's beyond locker room. It's almost like a stalker, and I just — I thought this was — it actually did the impossible. It made Ted Cruz look like an honorable, tough guy on the right side of an issue.”

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Jack Smith on Donald Trump

Referencing a larger context about legal topics, S. argues a former president's claim for absolute immunity from criminal prosecution is invalid following election-related charges.

“For the first time in our Nation’s history, a grand jury has charged a former President with committing crimes while in office to overturn an election that he lost. In response, the defendant claims that to protect the institution of the Presidency, he must be cloaked with absolute immunity from criminal prosecution unless the House impeached and the Senate convicted him for the same conduct. He is wrong.”

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Rick Snyder on Donald Trump

From an entry under the letter "S" in an alphabetical list of quotes, this passage reveals a strong anti-bullying stance and critiques President Trump's leadership style and perceived lack of morality.

“A great leader treats people with respect even when they present different opinions. Without a variety of views and opinions, we would have no innovation or creativity in our nation. Being a bully and being strong are not the same thing. Being strong is standing up for your convictions. Being a bully is trying to intimidate those who are perceived to be weaker or a threat. As a proud nerd, I had to deal with bullies over many years; it is tragedy watching our world suffer from one. In addition, President Trump lacks a moral compass. He ignores the truth.”

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Jen Sorensen on Donald Trump

Within a larger alphabetical listing, the quote challenges the frequent label of "populist" applied to Trump and similar figures, arguing it often masks elitist policies and racism.

“Trump (and Bannon and other right-wing authoritarian leaders around the world) is often referred to as a "populist" because he displays faux concern for the working class and a resentment of science and education, but his policies are in fact grotesquely elitist. If by "populist" we mean whipping up resentment against immigrants and people of color, then we should say that. Otherwise, "populism" is just a lazy euphemism for racism.”

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Justice Sotomayor on Donald Trump

Justice Sotomayor's dissent in a case concerning presidential immunity condemns the Supreme Court's decision as undermining the fundamental principle of equal justice under law.

“Today’s decision to grant former Presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the Presidency. It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law. Relying on little more than its own misguided wisdom about the need for “bold and unhesitating action” by the President, ante, at 3, 13, the Court gives former President Trump all the immunity he asked for and more. Because our Constitution does not shield a former President from answering for criminal and treasonous acts, I dissent.”

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Howard Stern — as quoted on Donald Trump

Spanning a comprehensive index, this S-section entry highlights a prescient observation about Donald Trump's appeal, made before his nomination was assured.

“I had some friends over for dinner and we were of course talking about Trump. People are saying, we don't think Trump's going to be the nominee. I said, I'll tell you what: I think he is. I'll tell you why I think he's going to be the nominee: he's proven that no matter what he says, people dig him. ... I think more or less, people are super tired of politicians, meaning that they like the idea of a successful businessman running the country who might actually be able to get shit done.”

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Timothy Stanley on Donald Trump 2 quotes

Writing for the conservative magazine *National Review*, columnist Ramesh Ponnuru critiques Donald Trump's deviation from traditional conservative values during the 2016 election cycle.

“His stance on Muslim immigration, which he would cease until the terror threat is brought under control, is racist. Trump does not care about the things that regular conservatives have dedicated their lives to fighting for: controls on abortion, protection of marriage, reform of the healthcare market. His inclination towards expanding the government and putting it on the side of his people isn't terribly constitutional. And his claim in a debate that the purpose of conservatism is to conserve wealth is spiritually impoverished. The Republican Party needs to stop him; and sooner rather than later.”

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Andrew Sullivan on Donald Trump 3 quotes

Published with a link to a massive alphabetical list on the subject, this quote argues that Donald Trump represents an existential threat to American democracy.

“Trump is not just a wacky politician of the far right, or a riveting television spectacle, or a Twitter phenom and bizarre working-class hero. He is not just another candidate to be parsed and analyzed by TV pundits in the same breath as all the others. In terms of our liberal democracy and constitutional order, Trump is an extinction-level event. It's long past time we started treating him as such.”

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Taylor Swift on Donald Trump

Amidst AI misinformation concerns regarding the 2024 election, Taylor Swift clarifies her support for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, urging voters to research candidates and register.

“Like many of you, I watched the [September 9, 2024 presidential candidate] debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country. Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth. I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for*amalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate*imwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades. I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice. Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered! I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story. With love and hope, Taylor Swiftz Childless Cat Lady”

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Charlie Sykes on Donald Trump

Speaking critically of party loyalty overriding moral concerns, a conservative voices apprehension about the lasting impact of supporting Donald Trump and his behavior.

“But at some point—if you understand, and this is not just ideological, it's not just the fact that he's abandoned one position after another or that he has the penchant for internet hoaxes or conspiracy theories. I mean a week ago tonight, remember, he was peddling the notion that Ted Cruz's dad had something do with the JFK assassination. So there are people who say that just because of party loyalty we're supposed to forget all of that. I just don't buy that. Because I've cautioned my fellow conservatives, you embrace Donald Trump, you embrace it all. You embrace every slur, every insult, every outrage, every falsehood. You're going to spend the next six months defending, rationalizing, evading all that. And afterwards, you come back to women, to minorities, to young people and say, that wasn't us. That's not what we're about. The reality is, if you support him to be president of the United States, that is who you are, and you own it.”

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Ahmed al-Sharaa on Donald Trump

Published under an alphabetical list of individuals, this quote reveals a surprising endorsement of Donald Trump's diplomatic abilities from an undisclosed speaker familiar with conflict and international relations.

“However the media portrays him. I see him as a man of peace. We’ve both been shot at by the same enemy. Trump understands leverage, strength, and outcomes. Syria needs an honest broker who can reset the conversation. If there is a possibility of alignment that helps bring stability to the region — and security to the U.S. and its allies — I am ready to have that conversation. He is the only man capable of fixing this region, bringing us together, one brick at a time.”

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Matt Taibbi on Donald Trump

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a former basketball star and pundit, critiques the appeal of Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan, framing it as a fantasy for a perceived "castrated white America."

“All of Trump's constant bragging about his money and his poll numbers and his virility speak directly to this surprisingly vibrant middle American fantasy about a castrated white America struggling to re-grow its mojo... as basketball star turned pundit Kareem Abdul-Jabbar pointed out earlier this week, PC isn’t a new thing, or even a thing at all. It’s just an “emotional challenge every generation has had to go through.” We get older, our kids correct our bad habits, it happens. Not to Trump’s supporters. They’ve turned some minor cultural changes into a vast conspiracy of white victimhood. They're eating up Trump's Make America Great Again theme, which one supporter hilariously explained must be his true goal, because 'it's on his hat', because it's a fantasy tale of a once-great culture ruined by an invasion of mongrel criminals.”

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Marc A. Thiessen on Donald Trump

Before his presidential run, Donald Trump, a registered Democrat from 2001-2009, financially supported Democratic campaigns, even expressing support for Pelosi and Reid.

“Trump has given more than $100,000 to the Democratic House and Senate campaign committees. In 2006, the year Democrats took back Congress, he gave $25,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee... Trump wanted Nancy Pelosi to be speaker of the House and Harry Reid the Senate majority leader. Which is not surprising. At the time he made those contributions, from August 2001 to September 2009, Trump was a registered Democrat... Trump continued to support Reid as majority leader in the election immediately after the passage of Obamacare... With all his past support for Democrats, Trump ought to be asked: Will he commit to supporting whoever is the eventual Republican nominee? After all, why should he be welcomed into the Republican fold if he is going to end up throwing his support to Clinton? The fact is, Trump isn't a Democrat or a Republican; he is an opportunist... He's less a candidate than a brand. And running for president is great for the Trump brand, an opportunity for Donald Trump to take the national stage and tell us all how great he is. He pretty much admitted as much during his announcement speech, when he pointed out that some questioned whether he was really as successful as he claimed.”

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Cal Thomas on Donald Trump

Published alongside an alphabetical index, this quote reveals the author's conflicted feelings toward Donald Trump, comparing him unfavorably to Ben Carson and Spiro Agnew.

“I wanted to like Donald Trump, much as I wanted to like Richard Nixon's vice president, Spiro Agnew. Both men have said many things with which I agree. Agnew attacked media bias, and Trump attacks the establishment's failure to "make America great," as he nonspecifically puts it. But a proper diagnosis does not equal competence in administering a cure. If I developed a brain tumor, I would want Ben Carson to operate on me, but do I want Donald Trump "operating" on America? Everyone has a temperament. The dictionary defines it as "the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person." Would Trump's "combination" make him a good president? I think not.”

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Adam Tooze on Donald Trump

Following the decline of left-wing movements during the 2020 pandemic, this passage analyzes how centrist governments unexpectedly adopted elements of the Green New Deal in their crisis responses.

“There was a strange aftertaste to many of the calls for grand social reform in 2020. As the coronavirus crisis overtook us, the left wing on both sides of the Atlantic, at least that part that had been fired up Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders, was going down to defeat. The promise of a radicalized and reenergized left, organized around the idea of the Green New Deal, seemed to dissipate amidst the pandemic. It fell to governments mainly of the center and the right to meet the crisis. They were a strange assortment. Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Donald Trump in the United States experimented with denial. For them climate skepticism and virus skepticism went hand in hand. In Mexico, the notionally left-wing government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador also pursued a maverick path, refusing to take drastic action. Nationalist strongmen like Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, Narendra Modi in India, Vladimir Putin in Russia, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey did not deny the virus, but relied on their patriotic appeal and bullying tactics to see them through. It was the managerial centrist types who were under most pressure. Figures like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in the United States, or Sebastián Piñera in Chile, or Cyril Ramaphosa in South Africa, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Ursula von der Leyen, and their ilk in Europe. They accepted the science. Denial was not an option. They were desperate to demonstrate that they were better than the 'populists.' To meet the crisis, very middle-of-the-road politicians ended up doing very radical things. Most of it was improvisation and compromise, but insofar as they managed to put a programmatic gloss on their responses—whether in the form of the EU's Next Generation program or Biden's Build Back Better program in 2020—it came from the repertoire of green modernization, sustainable development, and the Green New Deal.”

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Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International on Donald Trump

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, T, potentially discussing the U.S. response, analyzes the political implications of Trump's actions and potential ineptitude on his re-election chances against Biden.

“The governments that have been negligent from the beginning [...] are afraid of demonstrating their ineptitude in the face of such a health crisis. At the last minute, Trump declared a "national emergency" and agreed with the Democrats in Congress on a special package for sick leave and rapid testing. If he appears incompetent in the face of a crisis and thousands of people die, he could lose the U.S. presidency, even to Biden.”

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Mary L. Trump on Donald Trump 6 quotes

From Mary L. Trump's book, *Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man*, this passage explores the psychological roots of Donald Trump's behavior, tracing them back to his grandfather's influence.

“In order to understand what brought Donald- and all of us- to this point, we need to start with my grandfather and his own need for recognition, a need that propelled him to encourage Donald's reckless hyperbole and unearned confidence that hid Donald's pathological weaknesses and insecurities. As Donald grew up, he was forced to become his own cheerleader, first, because he needed his father to believe he was a better and more confident son than Freddy was; then because Fred required it of him; and finally because he began to believe his own hype, even as he paradoxically suspected on a very deep level that nobody else did. By the time of the election, Donald met any challenges to his sense of superiority with anger, his fear and vulnerabilities so effectively buried that he didn't even have to acknowledge they existed. And he never would.”

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Ian Tuttle on Donald Trump

Published amongst a broader list of terms on a webpage, this quote criticizes Donald Trump's perceived propensity for dishonesty and its potential impact on voters.

“Trump's entire personal and professional history is Obama-esque. When it serves his interests, Trump lies. He has lied to business associates, employees, friends, spouses, and now to millions of prospective voters. Anyone who thinks that Trump will not lie to them, or that he will at least tell the truth about 'important things', immigration or ISIS or whatever, is deluding himself. When it becomes expedient for Trump to lie, he will.”

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Mike Tyson on Donald Trump

Amidst an alphabetical list of topics and associated links, this quote reveals the raw, personal motivation behind one man's unexpected political endorsement.

“That shit is the real deal. Listen: I'm a black motherfucker from the poorest town in the country. I've been through a lot in life. And I know him. When I see him, he shakes my hand and respects my family. None of them—Barack, whoever—nobody else does that. They're gonna be who they are and disregard me, my family. So I'm voting for him. If I can get 20,000 people or more to vote for him, I'm gonna do it.”

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United States House of Representatives on Donald Trump

The House impeachment resolution against Donald Trump in January 2021 concluded by arguing he posed a continued threat to national security and democracy.

“President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government. He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a coequal branch of Government. He thereby betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore, Donald John Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. Donald John Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.”

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Eli Valley about Donald Trump on Donald Trump

In a 2018 interview, Tony Kushner reflects on his early misjudgment of Donald Trump's presidential potential, highlighting Trump's disturbing parallels with Benjamin Netanyahu.

“I wrote about him as a buffoon, a dangerous buffoon, someone who wouldn’t actually become president. And so I spoke about him in terms of what it revealed about Jewish leaders who were supporting him despite his being a hero of American naziism — this was clear long before Charlottesville...I call Trump Netanyahu with smaller hands in the introduction. Netanyahu shares a lot in common with Trump. Including demagoguery, bigotry, attacks on the press, attacks on institutions of democracy, attacks on human rights organizations. I don’t know if Trump has gone that far yet, but he will. It’s a similar method of autocrats.”

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Jesse Ventura on CNN with Don Lemon on Donald Trump

Speaking on CNN in 2015, Jesse Ventura expressed his support for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders as potential disruptors of the established two-party political system.

“People no longer trust the career politicians, no longer trust the status-quo because they screwed it up so bad. I loved listening to you talk to those other talking heads about 'Donald Trump could be the destruction of the whole Republican party.' I throw my hands up in the air and cheer. I hope it happens! And I hope Bernie Sanders is the destruction of the Democratic Party. It's time to break up the two party dictatorship.”

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Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity on Donald Trump 3 quotes

Referencing the "fog of war" and past intelligence failures, this excerpt criticizes calls for war with Iran, highlighting Tucker Carlson's view of the decision-maker as "skeptical."

“We believe your final decision yesterday was the right one — given the so-called "fog of war" and against the background of a long list of intelligence mistakes, not to mention "cooking" shenanigans. We... think Tucker Carlson had it right yesterday evening: "The very people — in some cases, literally the same people who lured us into the Iraq quagmire 16 years ago — are demanding a new war — this one with Iran. Carlson described you as "skeptical." We believe ample skepticism is warranted.”

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VoteVets on Donald Trump

From an open letter signed by veterans, this quote rebukes Donald Trump's controversial remarks about Khizr and Ghazala Khan, parents of a fallen Muslim American soldier.

“Your recent comments regarding the Khan family were repugnant, and personally offensive to us. When you question a mother's pain, by implying that her religion, not her grief, kept her from addressing an arena of people, you are attacking us. When you say your job building buildings is akin to our sacrifice, you are attacking our sacrifice. You are not just attacking us, you are cheapening the sacrifice made by those we lost. You are minimizing the risk our service members make for all of us. This goes beyond politics. It is about a sense of decency. That kind decency you mock as "political correctness."”

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Paul Waldman on Donald Trump

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson skewers Donald Trump's unprecedented disregard for conflicts of interest and Congressional acquiescence in his use of the presidency for personal enrichment.

“We've never had a president whose business created as many potential conflicts of interest as Donald Trump, and at the same time we've never had a president who cared less about conflicts of interest as Donald Trump. Indeed, he and his children are making it quite clear that they will use the presidency as a tool to make as much money as they can. And Republicans, particularly Congress, have apparently decided that if Trump does it, it's okay.”

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Hunter Walker on Donald Trump

Despite courting Black voters, Donald Trump's past racially charged rhetoric, housing discrimination lawsuit, and stance on Muslims may hinder his appeal to a significant portion of the Black community.

“Trump actually faces unique obstacles as he courts black voters. The mogul has a long history of using racially charged rhetoric and his real estate company was sued for allegedly discriminating against black renters in the 1970s. His stance on Muslims, which has drawn praise from white supremacists, could also prove problematic, since over 25 percent of American Muslims are black.”

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Mark Weisbrot on Donald Trump

Ahead of Labor Day during the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert Kuttner critiques Republican policies for widespread job losses, healthcare insecurity, and diminished unemployment benefits.

“America has lost more than 12 million jobs in the last six months. An estimated 12 million people have lost their employer-sponsored health insurance during the worst pandemic in a century. Tens of millions report not having enough to eat. But one month ago, tens of millions of unemployed Americans lost... a $600 weekly federal unemployment insurance benefit that Congress failed to renew... How can this happen in a democracy? This is a question that everyone who works for a living... might want to consider on this Labor Day... If the facts of this political disaster were more widely known and understood, Republicans could lose not only the presidency but also the Senate in November. After all, millions of unemployed Republicans lost most of their income as a result of what their political party...did... Who would want to be forcing layoffs — potentially totaling millions at the state and local level — during a depression and pandemic? Ask Sen. McConnell and Donald Trump.”

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George Will on Donald Trump 3 quotes

George Will, a conservative columnist, critiques Donald Trump's immigration policies, arguing they contradict core Republican principles of limited government and individual liberty.

“It has come to this. The GOP, formerly the party of Lincoln and ostensibly the party of liberty and limited government, is being defined by clamors for a mass roundup and deportation of millions of human beings. To will an end is to will the means for the end, so the Republican clamors are also for the requisite expansion of government's size and coercive powers... Trump evidently plans to deport almost 10 percent of California's workers, and 13 percent of that state's K–12 students. He is, however, at his most Republican when he honors family values: He proposes to deport intact families, including children who are citizens... Trump proposes seizing money that illegal immigrants from Mexico try to send home. This might involve sacrificing mail privacy, but desperate times require desperate measures. He would vastly enlarge the federal government's enforcement apparatus, but he who praises single-payer health care systems and favors vast eminent domain powers has never made a fetish of small government.”

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Stacey Williams on Donald Trump

Stacey Williams, an ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, claims in a 2025 *Mediaite* interview that Epstein frequently mentioned Donald Trump as his "best friend" and hinted at illicit activities.

“They were best friends. I dated Jeffrey for a period of more or less, I think, about four or five months. And the only friend that he would mention every time we saw each other or had a phone conversation was Donald. And he would share a lot of anecdotes. I have plenty of anecdotes. And yeah, they were very close and they were up to no good.”

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Richard Wolffe on Donald Trump

From a resource likely related to immigration or economics, this excerpt criticizes the disproportionate focus on immigrants as a distraction from more significant economic issues.

“...he spent more time... demonizing immigrants than on any other topic.... the United States is an economy of three hundred and twenty five million people; the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States is estimated between 10 and 12 million [~3.4]% ...Focusing on immigrants is pure scapegoating; it's focusing people on something that doesn't matter because you don't want them to focus on what does matter.”

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John C. Wright on Donald Trump

Writing under the letter "W" in an alphabetical compendium, this quote reveals the author's conflicted conservative identity, criticizing fellow conservatives for ideological purity over practical gains under Trump.

“I still call myself a conservative, but only in full knowledge that there is a blot on the escutcheon, and many a writer who claims that title is an open traitor to all I in truth uphold and he in word only. Because, honestly, a conservative who opposes Trump on the grounds of ideals, despite what this administration has already done in deregulating and defanging the bureaucracy, reversing foreign policy mistakes, and appointing originalist judges, falls into the same error of being a cultist and not a political thinker.”

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Who Will Hold Trump Accountable for Violating the Constitution? on Donald Trump

Published alongside a list of alphabetical links, this passage critiques Donald Trump's presidential actions, accusing him of unconstitutional overreach and threatening U.S. democracy.

“The president of the United States has no authority to freeze funds allocated by Congress. Yet Donald Trump has done just that. He has also begun rolling back congressionally mandated government agencies such as the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, USAID, and even the Department of Education. He has created an entire agency—the Department of Government Efficiency—out of thin air, something presidents have no authority to do, and empowered it with wide-ranging authority to dig into the public’s private data and slash whole sections of the federal government workforce. Trump has even tried to revoke birthright citizenship, which is constitutionally protected. Ultimately, he is doing what he promised he would: undermining the U.S. Constitution to expand his own power. The question is, what recourse do we have? And is it too late to save U.S. democracy?”

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Mark Zuckerberg on Donald Trump

Following the January 6th Capitol attack, Facebook announced an indefinite ban on Donald Trump's accounts, citing the potential for further incitement of violence during the transition period.

“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great. Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”

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Anthony Zurcher on Donald Trump

Jeb Bush, seemingly suggesting a far-fetched theory, speculates whether Donald Trump is a Democratic plant sabotaging the Republican party's chances in the upcoming election.

“Could Donald Trump be a secret double-agent, sent by Democrats to destroy their party from within? Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who has borne the brunt of more than a few Trump barbs, seems to think there's a possibility... He's belittling his Republican colleagues. He's pulling the party to the nativist right in direct conflict with the goal set by strategists in 2013 to appeal to a more ethnically diverse nation. And he's generally sucking up all the political oxygen, making it harder for other candidates to get their message out. All in all, many experts say he's making it much more difficult for a Republican to win the general election next fall. Maybe he's doing it on purpose... But as the saying goes, even paranoids have enemies. And, at least for the moment, there are some Republicans who see Donald Trump much more of an enemy than a friend.”

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Disputed Quotes

Quotes attributed to Donald Trump that are questionable.

“We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.”

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“Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?”

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“A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

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“These people should be executed. They are scumbags.”

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“Do you still like having sex with your wife? How often? You must have had a better fuck than your wife? Tell me about it. I have girls coming in from Los Angeles at three o'clock. We can go upstairs and have a great time. I promise.”

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“I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.”

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“Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers .. suckers .. Who were the good guys in this war?”

• Saturday 10 November 2018 two hours before a scheduled 30-minute helicopter ride from Paris to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, the visit was cancelled with White House stating a rainy forecast made it too dangerous
• 3 September 2020 TheAtlantic.com writer Jeffrey Goldberg stated that "four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day" (Goldberg did not provide any names) that "Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead", and described the two-sentence quote above as part of "a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit".
• Goldberg also stated that during the trip (in a separate conversation) that Trump used the term "suckers" to collectively describe the 1800+ marines who died at Belleau Wood, but did not provide any surrounding words (the purported quote was the only word in quotation marks)
• the sentence about "good guys" Goldberg says was stated towards aides (not senior staff members)
• Goldberg did state a number regarding witness count of the other two statements, only for the "losers" one
• 4 September 2020 Trump responded to Goldberg's piece "It’s a total lie. It’s fake news".
• Trump also tweeted that day: "The Atlantic Magazine is dying, like most magazines, so they make up a fake story in order to gain some relevance. Story already refuted, but this is what we are up against."
• press secretary Kayleigh McEnany also on September 4th stated "The story in the Atlantic has been categorically debunked by eyewitnesses and contemporaneous documents", quoting two service members:
• ""I was with the president the morning after the scheduled visit. He was extremely disappointed that arrangements could not be made to get him to the site and that the trip had been cancelled. I have worked with the president for his entire administration .. I have never heard him utter a disparaging remark of any kind about our troops." - Derek Lyons
• "there was a bad weather called in France and that the helicopters were unable to safely make the flight. Overall, the president's support and respect for our American troops past and present is unquestionable" - Dan Walsh
• following Goldberg's piece that same day, James LaPorta wrote on AP "A senior Defense Department official with firsthand knowledge of events and a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who was told about Trump’s comments confirmed some of the remarks to The Associated Press, including the 2018 cemetery comments."
• Wikiquote: "Donald Trump" (Disputed)

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Misattributed Quotes

Quotes mistakenly credited to Donald Trump

“I have a really high IQ, Phil. I mean, c'mon. It's impossible for me to not be atheist.”

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“This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever.”

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“If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific.”

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“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”

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“Life is what you do while you're waiting to die.”

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