Donald J. Trump Quotes (904 quotes, page 14)

“We had finished dinner. We're now having dessert. And we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen and President Xi was enjoying it.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2017, April

Beauty

“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.”

Donald J. Trump

Speaking about himself under the pseudonym of John Miller in a 1991 interview with a People reporter https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/13/transcript-the-full-text-of-john-miller-interview-about-donald-trump-with-people-reporter/?tid=a_inl, Donald Trump masqueraded as publicist to brag about himself https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/13/transcript-the-full-text-of-john-miller-interview-about-donald-trump-with-people-reporter/?tid=a_inl, Washington Post
1990s

People , Guy , Decision , Hurt

“I'd never withdraw. I've never withdrawn in my life.”

Donald J. Trump

phone call to the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-growing-calls-to-drop-out-trump-vows-to-never-withdraw/2016/10/08/8c0b5b7a-8d68-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html?postshare=8561475940907652&tid=ss_tw (8 October 2016)
2010s, 2016, October

Life

“The generals aren't doing so well right now. Now, I have a feeling it may be Obama's fault. But if you look at ISIS… General MacArthur and General Patton, they're spinning in their graves. The generals certainly aren't doing very well right now.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, July, This Week Interview (July 30, 2016)

Feeling

“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…”

Donald J. Trump

On his then-one year old daughter Tiffany http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/04/06/video_donald_trump_on_his_one_year_old_daughter_s_brests.html, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, 1994
1990s

Beauty , Thinking , Time , Parting

“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."”

Donald J. Trump

On an interview on why he hates Rosie O'Donnell (28 August 2011)
2010s, 2011

Business

“We have, just, no intelligence gathering information. We need this information so badly. … We need an intelligence gathering system second to none. Second to none. That includes better cooperation between state, local and federal officials, and with our allies, very importantly. I will have an Attorney General, a Director of National Intelligence and a Secretary of Defense who'll know how to fight a war on radical Islamic terrorism.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, June, Speech about the Orlando Shooting (June 13, 2016)

War , Intelligence , Fight

“Remember, “you’re going to keep your doctor, you’re going to keep your plan, over and over again, you’re going to keep your doctor.” It was a lie. And in fact, if he didn’t make the lie, he would have never gotten it approved because most Democrats, many of the Democrats didn’t want to do it. It was only that, that got them to sign it and to approve it. And it was a lie.”

Donald J. Trump

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

Lie

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

Donald J. Trump

Trump describing a framed photograph of his inauguration crowd during an interview with David Muir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDvoBoxv028, ABC (25 January 2017)
2010s, 2017, January

Love , Sea

“Donald Trump: Now, he's supposed to look like Donald Trump, but he's actually much too good looking. [to toddler] You are really handsome… Do you want to go back to [your parents] or do you want to stay with Donald Trump?
Toddler: Trump.”

Donald J. Trump

Little Trump Look-Alike Comes on Stage with Donald in Wilkes-Barre 10/10/16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snou8qrElnM, Right Side Broadcasting, YouTube. Quoted in "Donald Trump Meets His Mini-Me at Pennsylvania Rally" http://people.com/politics/donald-trump-meets-his-mini-me-at-pennsylvania-rally/ by Dave Quinn, People.com (October 11, 2016).
2010s, 2016, October

Parent

“I think the best person in her [Clinton's] campaign is mainstream media.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, September, First presidential debate (September 26, 2016)

Thinking , Personality

“As far as the, you know, potential conflict of interests, though, I mean I know that from the standpoint, the law is totally on my side, meaning, the president can't have a conflict of interest. That's been reported very widely. Despite that, I don't want there to be a conflict of interest anyway. And the laws, the president can't. And I understand why the president can't have a conflict of interest now because everything a president does in some ways is like a conflict of interest.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, November, New York Times Interview (November 23, 2016)

Law , Way , Understanding

“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?”

Donald J. Trump

Trump's "National Prayer Breakfast" speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyxacu5AslI (2 February 2017)
2010s, 2017, February

Star , Success

“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.”

Donald J. Trump

In an interview with Fox & Friends. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/trump-kill-isil-families-216343 (December 2, 2015)
2010s, 2015

People , Hell , Time , Fight

“I want to see a woman president soon, but not [Hillary Clinton]. She's a disaster. She's a disaster. She's a disaster. I mean, just think of the corruption and the scandal… We don't want to go through it. We want to see winning. We want to see win, win, win – constant winning. And you'll say – if I'm president… 'Please, Mr. President, we're winning too much. We can't stand it anymore. Can't we have a loss?' And I'll say no, we're going to keep winning, winning, winning… because we're going to make America great again. And you'll say, 'Okay, Mr. President. Okay.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, January, Speech at Liberty University (18 January 2016)

Thinking , Loss

“History is written by the dreamers, not the doubters.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2017, June

History

“Hillary wants to surrender America to globalism. She wants a country without borders. She wants trade deals written for the benefit of foreign corporations. She wants a government that ignores the will of the people. She wants to sell out American security to the Clinton Foundation for a pile of cash. It is hard to tell where the Clinton Foundation ends and the State Department begins. … Hillary Clinton has betrayed her duty to the people.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, August, Speech in Jackson, Mississippi (August 24, 2016)

People , Country

“Every launch into the skies is another step forward toward a future where our differences seem small against the vast expanse of our common humanity. Sometimes you have to view things from a distance in order to see the real truth. It is America's destiny to be at the forefront of humanity's eternal quest for knowledge and to be the leader amongst nations on our adventure into the great unknown.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2017, June

Truth , Knowledge , Future

“I would like to thank Reince Priebus for his service and dedication to his country. We accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him!”

Donald J. Trump

Tweet by @realDonaldTrump https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/891040645581873152 after the resignation of the White House Chief of Staff (28 July 2017)
2010s, 2017, July

Country

“I have great respect for women. Nobody has more respect for women than I do.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, October, Second presidential debate (October 9, 2016)

Women

“Of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more deeply than the time I have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our border.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, July, (21 July 2016)

Children , Travel , Time , Country

“We're not a competitive nation with other nations anymore. We have to make ourselves competitive. We're not competitive for a lot of reasons. That's becoming more and more of the reason. Because a lot of these countries that we do business with, they make deals with our president, or whoever, and then they don't adhere to the deals, you know that. And it's much less expensive for their companies to produce products. So I'm going to be studying that very hard, and I think I have a very big voice in it. And I think my voice is listened to, especially by people that don't believe in it. And we'll let you know.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, November, New York Times Interview (November 23, 2016)

People , Business , Thinking , Study

“We spent 5 trillion dollars in the Middle East and our country is going to hell. We gotta bring it back. We gotta knock the hell out of ISIS.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, January, Speech at (18 January 2016)

Hell , Country

“I don't care about my company. … Because it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters to me is running our country.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, November, New York Times Interview (November 23, 2016)

Country

“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.”

Donald J. Trump

First statement regarding White Nationalist Rally terrorism in Charlottesville, VA. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/12/charlottesville-protest-trump-condemns-violence-many-sides. The Guardian. (12 August 2017)
2010s, 2017, August

Time , Country

“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.”

Donald J. Trump

Speech (9 January 2016), as quoted in "El Chapo on Donald Trump: 'Mi Amigo!" http://www.cbsnews.com/news/el-chapo-on-donald-trump-mi-amigo/, by Rebecca Kaplan, CBS News (10 January 2016).
2010s, 2016, January

Idea , Thinking , Time

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

Donald J. Trump

Criticizing Jeb Bush for speaking Spanish on the campaign trail during a Republican Presidential Debate on CNN (16 September 2015)
2010s, 2015

Country

“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.”

Donald J. Trump

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/802972944532209664, quoted in * 2019-03-19 The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President Bandy X. Lee Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin's Press) New York 1250212863
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2010s, 2016, November

People

“We have great people. We have the most loyal people. We have the smartest people. You know, so many of my people, they're so smart. They like to say, well, Trump, I don't know if he's got this right — let me tell you, we have the smartest people. We have the people that are the smartest, and the strongest, and the best and the hardest working. We have the smartest people. We'll put I. Q. s among — some of us, we couldn't say all of us, right — against any I. Q. s that we — we have to deal with, that I can tell you. I would love to do that.”

Donald J. Trump

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

Love , People

“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.”

Donald J. Trump

A Message from President-Elect Donald J. Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xX_KaStFT8 (21 November 2016)
2010s, 2016, November

Women , Men , People , Disease

“It's the Harvard of Terrorists.”

Donald J. Trump

Interview with Charlie Rose http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/watch-as-charlie-rose-forces-trump-to-admit-he-agrees-with-obama-on-syria/ (17 February 2016)
2010s, 2016, February

“My own mother was a housewife all her life. And yet it's turned out that I've hired a lot of women for top jobs, and they've been among my best people. Often, in fact, they are far more effective than the men around them.”

Donald J. Trump

Source: 1980s, Trump: The Art of the Deal (1987), p. 173

Life , Women , Men , People

“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.”

Donald J. Trump

When asked how he would deal with civilian casualties. In an interview with Fox & Friends. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/trump-kill-isil-families-216343 (December 2, 2015)
2010s, 2015

War , Family , Fight

“You know, I go to Washington and I see all these politicians, and I see the swamp, and it's not a good place, in fact, today I said we ought to change it from the word 'swamp' to the word 'cesspool' or perhaps to the word 'sewer.”

Donald J. Trump

But it's not good, not good.
2010s, 2017, July, 2017 National Scout Jamboree (July 24, 2017)

Change

“You know what uranium is, right? It's a thing called nuclear weapons and other things like lots of things are done with uranium including some bad things.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2017, February

“We look at politicians and think: This one's owned by this millionaire. That one's owned by that millionaire, or lobbyist, or special interest group. Me? I speak for the people. So the establishment attacks me. They can't own me, they can't dictate to me, so they search for ways to dismiss me.”

Donald J. Trump

Source: 2010s, 2015, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again (2015), p. 97

People , Way , Search , Thinking

“I thought it would be easier.”

Donald J. Trump

Trump discussing his first 100 days in interview with Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-100days-idUSKBN17U0CA (April 27, 2017)
2010s, 2017, April

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

Donald J. Trump

What Trump understands about religious liberty in America? http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/05/04/what-trump-understands-about-religious-liberty-in-america.html (May 4, 2017)
2010s, 2017, May

Faith

“We'll walk away if we don't get the deal that we want.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, July, 2016 Republican National Convention (21 July 2016)

“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”

Donald J. Trump

Donald Trump, Holding All The Cards The Tower! The Team! The Money! The Future!
Washington Post
1984-11-15
Lois
Romano
https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/archive/lifestyle/1984/11/15/donald-trump-holding-all-the-cards-the-tower-the-team-the-money-the-future/8be79254-7793-4812-a153-f2b88e81fa54/?resType=accessibility, talking about his desire to be involved in negotiations with the then Soviet Union
1980s

Thinking , Learning

“Peace will be restored.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2016, July, (21 July 2016)

Peace

“That makes me smart.”

Donald J. Trump

About that Trump didn't pay federal income taxes.
2010s, 2016, September, First presidential debate (September 26, 2016)

“Great move on delay [by V. Putin] — I always knew he was very smart!”

Donald J. Trump

“Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He is weak and he is ineffective. So the only way he figures he is going to be reelected and as sure as you are sitting there, is to start a war with Iran.”

Donald J. Trump

A now-deleted video on his YouTube video blog. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/03/politics/kfile-trump-obama-2012-iran-war-reelection/index.html
2010s, 2011

Way , War

“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?”

Donald J. Trump

Turning Point USA conference, , quoted in * Connor Mannion
Trump Attacks Windmills in Speech to Conservative Group: ‘I Never Understood Wind’
Mediaite
2019-12-22
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-attacks-windmills-in-speech-to-conservative-group-i-never-understood-wind/
2010s, 2019, December

World , Study

“I WANT NOTHING I WANT NOTHING I WANT NO QUID PRO QUO. TELL ZELLINSKY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THIS IS THE FINAL WORD FROM THE PRES. OF THE U. S.”

Donald J. Trump

Remarks on a notepad, White House lawn, November 20 https://www.vox.com/2019/11/20/20974383/trump-big-sharpie-notes-on-impeachment-testimony, after Ambassador Gordon Sondland's testimony.
2010s, 2019, November

“Last night was a great night for the United States and for the World. A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, was violently eliminated – he will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2019, October, Statement on the Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

World , Dogs , Death , Night

“When will the Radical Left Congresswomen apologize to our Country, the people of Israel and even to the Office of the President, for the foul language they have used, and the terrible things they have said. So many people are angry at them & their horrible & disgusting actions!”

Donald J. Trump

15 July 2019 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150720283654938625
2010s, 2019, July

People , Country

“The kidney has a very special place in the heart.”

Donald J. Trump

11 July 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/jul/11/the-kidney-has-a-very-special-place-in-the-heart-says-donald-trump-video
2010s, 2019, July

Heart

“Seven decades ago, the warriors of D-day fought a sinister enemy who spoke of a thousand-year empire. In defeating that evil, they left a legacy that will last not only for a thousand years, but for all time—for as long as the soul knows of duty and honor; for as long as freedom keeps its hold on the human heart. To the men who sit behind me, and to the boys who rest in the field before me, your example will never, ever grow old. Your legend will never tire. Your spirit—brave, unyielding, and true—will never die. The blood that they spilled, the tears that they shed, the lives that they gave, the sacrifice that they made, did not just win a battle. It did not just win a war. Those who fought here won a future for our Nation. They won the survival of our civilization. And they showed us the way to love, cherish, and defend our way of life for many centuries to come. Today, as we stand together upon this sacred Earth, we pledge that our nations will forever be strong and united. We will forever be together. Our people will forever be bold. Our hearts will forever be loyal. And our children, and their children, will forever and always be free. May God bless our great veterans, may God bless our Allies, may God bless the heroes of D-day, and may God bless America. Thank you. Thank you very much.”

Donald J. Trump

2010s, 2019, June, Remarks on the 75th Anniversary of D-Day in Colleville-sur-Mer, France

God , Soul , Time , Freedom