Donald J. Trump: Trending quotes (page 28)

“Many people are saying it was wonderful that Mrs. Obama refused to wear a scarf in Saudi Arabia, but they were insulted. We have enuf enemies”

Donald J. Trump

Tweet by @realDonaldTrump https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/560839957426999297 (29 January 2015)
2010s, 2015

People

“This senseless and totally preventable act of violence committed by an illegal immigrant is yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately.”

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2010s, 2015

“Let's make a deal; if you promise not to get "personal" with me, I will promise not to show you as the crude, fat and obnoxious slob which everyone knows you are. Sincerely, Donald J. Trump.”

Donald J. Trump

Letter to journalist Shannon Donnelly http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/lifestyles/before-twitter-name-calling-letter-from-donald-trump/KaGSV40cQnefESyXhe5CuN/, 1996
1990s

Personality , Sincerity

“They shouldn't be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody's name. Let their name be put out there. Let their name be put out.”

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2010s, 2017, February

“Wolf Blitzer: Donald, you're beginning to sound a little ridiculous, I have to tell you.
Donald Trump: No I think you are, Wolf. Now let me tell you something, I think you sound ridiculous, and if you'd ask me a question and let me answer it —
Blitzer: Here's the question, did the conspiracy start in 1961 where the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Honolulu Advertiser contemporaneously published announcements that he was born in Hawaii?
Trump: That's right. That's right. And many people put those announcements in because they wanted to get the benefit because of getting so-called born in this country. Many people did it. It was something that was done by many people even though they weren't born in the country. You know and so do I… And so do a lot of your viewers. Although you don't have too many viewers.”

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2010s, 2012

People , Star , Question , Thinking

“This administration is running like a fine-tuned machine.”

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2010s, 2017, February

“France isn't France anymore. We're not going. And so many people are saying that. Look at what's going on with Germany. Look at what's happening with Germany. Look at the crime; look at the problems. We have enough problems in our country right now. We don't need additional problems, folks. We don't need additional problems. And for all we know, this could be the great Trojan Horse. This could be. We don't know who these people are. … We have to get smart, folks. We don't need the problems — and we've already got those problems, just so you understand. Because they're coming into the country, they're being put where nobody even knows where they are. It's like, if I were the enemy, I would say, I can't believe they're that stupid. They're taking my people and they're putting them all over the place, because you have great military right here.”

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2010s, 2016, August, Speech at rally in Wilmington, North Carolina (August 9, 2016)

People , Stupidity , Understanding , Problem

“Allowing the immigration to take place in Europe is a shame. I think it changed the fabric of Europe and, unless you act very quickly, it's never going to be what it was and I don't mean that in a positive way. So I think allowing millions and millions of people to come into Europe is very, very sad. I think you are losing your culture.”

Donald J. Trump

Interview with The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6766531/trump-may-brexit-us-deal-off/ (13 July 2018)
2010s, 2018, July

People , Sadness , Way , Thinking

“They had a person who was extremely proud that a number of the women had become doctors. And I wasn't interested.”

Donald J. Trump

Comments about his ownership of Miss Universe on the Howard Stern Show https://soundcloud.com/user-735086019/101g1 (11 April 2005)
2000s

Women , Personality

“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.”

Donald J. Trump

At a rally in New Hampshire. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/18/priorities-usa-action/priorities-usa-donald-trump-women-ad/ (4 February 2016)
2010s, 2016, February

Love , People , World , Business

“I dealt with Gaddafi. I rented him a piece of land. He paid me more for one night than the land was worth for two years, and then I didn't let him use the land. That's what we should be doing. I don't want to use the word 'screwed,' but I screwed him. That's what we should be doing.”

Donald J. Trump

As quoted in Donald Trump: In his own colourful words http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33619045
2010s, 2011

Night

“Bush is totally in favor of Common Core. I don't see how he can possibly get the nomination. He's weak on immigration. He's in favor of Common Core. How the hell can you vote for this guy? You just can't do it. We have to end — education has to be local.”

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2010s, 2015, Presidential Bid Announcement (June 16, 2015)

Education , Guy , Hell

“I believe an easing of tensions, and improved relations with Russia from a position of strength only is possible.”

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2010s, 2016, April, Foreign Policy Speech (27 April 2016)

“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.”

Donald J. Trump

During a campaign stop in Pawley's Island, South Carolina (February 19, 2016) http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/450574/donald-trump-tweet-fake-history-libel-war-crime. Referring to a false story about John J. Pershing which has circulated on the Internet.
2010s, 2016, February

Men , People , Problem , Personality

“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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Trump speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference http://time.com/4682023/cpac-donald-trump-speech-transcript/ (24 February 2017)
2010s, 2017, February

Love , Family , Guy , Question

“America first. We get a little tired of these deals where they actually put, and you know why, because of lobbyists and special interests and people representing and people wanting it to happen. It's just not that they want other countries to benefit over us. There are reasons for it and you know, when I raise money, and I'm putting up a lot of money for my own campaign, I'm funding me. And I'm raising for the Republican party. And we're getting a lot of money from the small donors.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, August, Speech at rally in Wilmington, North Carolina (August 9, 2016)

Money , People , Country

“I guess it was the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2017, February

“Howard Stern: Are you for the invasion of Iraq?”

Donald J. Trump

2000s

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”

Donald J. Trump

Reportedly said in a meeting with lawmakers on immigration, as quoted in "Trump criticized immigration from 's---hole' countries: report" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/368576-trump-rips-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in (11 January 2018), by Avery Anapol, The Hill. Variant: "Why do we want all these people from shithole countries coming here?" As quoted in Trump's 'shithole' comment is his new rock bottom http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/trump-rock-bottom/index.html, CNN, 12 January 2018. Trump denied making this comment.
"The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used." Tweet by @realDonaldTrump https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/951793123985973248 (12 January 2018)
Disputed

People , Country

“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It's an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.”

Donald J. Trump

Source: 1980s, Trump: The Art of the Deal (1987), p. 58

People , Truth , Way , Thinking