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← Back to Donald Trump ProfileFacing pressure to detail his policy proposals, Donald Trump sidestepped specifics by demanding trust from the public and reporters, highlighting a faith-based approach to his campaign.
“I think there has to be a trust. There actually has to be a trust. If you don't trust, you're not going to do very well.”
Speaking at a Bronx barbershop in October 2024, Donald Trump defended the January 6th Capitol riot, characterizing it as a "day of love" and a protest against a "rigged election."
“Very importantly, you had hundreds of thousands of people come to Washington [on January 6th]. They didn’t come because of me. They came because of the election. They thought the election was a rigged election and that’s why they came. Some of those people went down to the Capitol, I said, peacefully and patriotically, nothing done wrong at all. Nothing done wrong. And action was taken, strong action. Ashli Babbitt was killed. Nobody was killed. There were no guns down there. We didn’t have guns. The others had guns, but we didn’t have guns. And when I say “we” these are people that walk down, this was a tiny percentage of the overall, which nobody sees and nobody shows. But that was a day of love from the standpoint of the millions, it’s like hundreds of thousands. It could have been the largest group I’ve ever spoken before. They asked me to speak. I went and I spoke and I used the term peacefully and patriotically. If you look at the Democrats, what they say, you look at Maxine Waters, and you look at Hillary Clinton and you look at what they say and they don’t put that on. They only put Republicans on, but they couldn’t get me because of the fact that I said, everything’s got to be peaceful and patriotic and we’ll see how it all works out.”
Facing a court order preventing his administration's investigation, Trump condemned the ruling as a hindrance to uncovering widespread fraud within the Treasury Department.
“We’re very disappointed with the judges that would make such a ruling. But we have a long way to go. We have to look, we have to find all of the fraud that’s going on. We have tremendous fraud, tremendous waste, and tremendous abuse, and theft, by the way. And the day you’re not allowed to look for theft and fraud, et cetera, then we don’t have much of a country. So, no judge should frankly be allowed to make that kind of a decision. It’s a disgrace.”
Reflecting on his contrasting presidencies, Donald Trump, in 2025, boasted of expanding his influence beyond domestic affairs to encompass global dominance during his second term.
“The first time, I had two things to do—run the country and survive; I had all these crooked guys. And the second time, I run the country and the world.””
During an ABC News interview marking his first 100 days, President Trump defended his controversial tariffs, claiming they averted economic collapse and curbed record-high inflation.
“Everybody's gonna be just fine. It wouldn't have been if I didn't do this. I had a choice. I could leave it, have a nice, easy time. But I think ultimately you would've had an implosion. Our country had inflation that was worse than they've ever had it before. You don't mention that. Why don't you mention that? We had the worst inflation probably in the history of our country. People say 48 years, probably in the history of our country we had the worst inflation. And people were dying over the inflation. You know that. Now the grocery prices are coming down. The energy prices are coming down. Gasoline's coming down. It's all heading in the right direction.”
Facing scrutiny about economic ownership, Trump, only three months into his term, deflects blame for shortcomings while claiming credit for positive indicators like the rising stock market.
“I think the good parts are the ‘Trump economy’ and the bad parts are the ‘Biden economy’ because he’s done a terrible job…. I was able to get down the costs. But even that, it takes a while to get them down. But we got them down good.... I’ve only just been here for a little more than three months. But the stock market, look at what’s happened in the last short period of time. Didn’t it have nine or 10 days in a row, or 11 days, where it’s gone up? And the tariffs have just started kicking in. And we’re doing really well.”
Facing scrutiny over his visibly declining health and infrequent appearances in late summer 2025, Trump dismissed concerns with an emphatic declaration of robust well-being.
“NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE”
Following Charlie Kirk's shooting in 2025, Trump eschewed calls for unity, instead blaming the left for societal ills like open borders and transgender acceptance.
“I tell you something that is going to get me in trouble, but I couldn’t care less. The radicals on the right are radical because they don’t want to see crime … The radicals on the left are the problem – and they are vicious and horrible and politically savvy. They want men in women’s sports, they want transgender for everyone, they want open borders. The worst thing that happened to this country.”