Trump Quotes - Page 39

• With the new Russia allegations coming to the fore once again, the conclusion of the intelligence agencies, we've got to have those [Donald Trump's] taxes to evaluate whether these conflicts go to the heart of our most pressing national security interests.

  Norman L. Eisen

  Heart, Russia, Agency

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• From where I sit, it's a superb cabinet [for Donald Trump] so far. A lot of these choices could have been made by Ted Cruz. So you're going to have this shotgun marriage between a very orthodox Republican cabinet and a very unorthodox.

  Rich Lowry

  Choices, Cabinets, Unorthodox

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• Ultimately Rex Tillerson will reflect [Donald] Trump's policy towards Russia, which will be friendly up right up to the point of time it isn't.

  Rich Lowry

  Russia, Friendly, Policy

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• We're going to cut taxes, deregulate to try to create general pro-growth conditions, at the same time, much more than any other Republican ever before, [Donald Trump] is going to focus on trying to tighten the labor market directly through discouraging outsourcing and tightening up on immigration, all towards the goal of actually increasing wages, that's a new focus for the Republican Party and a very important one.

  Rich Lowry

  Party, Cutting, Goal

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• [Donald Trump] campaigned on repealing Obamacare.

  Rich Lowry

  Obamacare, Repealing

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• I wish we had more [Dwight] Eisenhower Republicans in this [Donald]Trump cabinet.

  E. J. Dionne

  Wish, Dwight Eisenhower, Cabinets

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• What's really striking here is that a candidate who ran as the Paladin of the working class who'd deliver them picks a guy who heads a fast-food company, [Donald] Trump says he wants to bring back manufacturing.

  E. J. Dionne

  Class, Guy, Want

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• On the question of opposition, I think there are - when you want to send a signal if you're on the Democratic side that this is a very right wing cabinet at odds with so much of what [Donald] Trump said. And it's also going to be fascinating to see if your Republican Party in the congress actually goes along with those aspects of the Trump plan that are designed to raise wages.

  E. J. Dionne

  Party, Thinking, Wings

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• [ Donald Trump is] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin's strength than in Barack Obama's strength. His closeness to Putin is a very scary thing for the country and the fact that the news was dominated for 33 days I think it was by WikiLeaks stories, that had an impact on states that were decided by a knife-edge.

  E. J. Dionne

  Country, Thinking, Knives

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• About the state of black America, I've been working on that for many, many years. And [Donald Trump] said certain things in his early days about wanting to do something about it. We have a lot of violence in our neighborhoods now. We need education. And we need jobs. Is what I'm trying to say.

  Jim Brown

  Jobs, America, Years

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• Donald Trump was very receptive. Funny. Cracked some jokes. And understand it very well. And said he was in that he would work with us.

  Jim Brown

  Said, Wells, Receptive

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• During the campaign [Donald Trump] talked about reaching out to African- American voters in particular. He talked about inner cities in a way that did offend some people. Lot of Democrats. Some African- Americans of saying what have you got to lose.

  Anderson Cooper

  Cities, People, African American

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• In terms of the people that President [Donald] Trump is going to have around him, the cabinet. Predominantly white, predominantly male.

  Anderson Cooper

  White, People, President

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• I don't think I, myself, am personally afraid. I do worry for the press, though, because Donald Trump has shown himself to be extremely thin-skinned. He does not take criticism well, nor does he appreciate reporting on his life.

  Trevor Noah

  Thinking, Appreciate, Worry

  "Trevor Noah Says He Grew Up 'In The Shadow Of A Giant' (His Mom)". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 16, 2016.

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• If he says that, if he wins, he's going to, you know, dismantle the libel laws and come after the newspapers, I feel like we should take him at his word. This is the same man who has been writing letters to people who he's, you know, bared a grudge against for 20 years. So if Donald Trump says that, I don't know why you wouldn't want to believe him.

  Trevor Noah

  Believe, Writing, Winning

  "Trevor Noah Says He Grew Up 'In The Shadow Of A Giant' (His Mom)". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 16, 2016.

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• If you look at this election, I feel like Donald Trump was speaking a different language to Hillary Clinton.

  Trevor Noah

  Different, Looks, Election

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• When Donald Trump won the election because when I came into the show, I said, I think this guy can win. This was when he first came down that escalator. He gave his first speech.

  Trevor Noah

  Thinking, Winning, Guy

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• I was like, wow, this guy's [Donald Trump ] going to do well. And I remember people laughed at me. People were like, oh, you silly ignorant person who's just come to this world. You clearly shouldn't be at "The Daily Show" 'cause you don't know what you're talking about. And I was like, but I don't know. He seems like he connects with people. I can relate to him as a performer. I can see what tools he's using. He's good at riffing. He's good at taking the crowd on a journey. I can see what he's doing.

  Trevor Noah

  Silly, Journey, Talking

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• [Donald] Trump ditched his press pool. That's just stupid and funny. Get over it. You know, [Bill] Clinton ditched his press pool. This is something presidents do sometimes. Don't make everything that Trump does a scandal because what'll happen is you'll diminish the real scandals, you know? You've got to get over the fact that you hate the person and rather focus on what you're trying to do.

  Trevor Noah

  Hate, Real, Stupid

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• That's not an accident that Donald Trump didn't begin with, say, trade or jobs or anything, that he actually began by otherizing the first African-American president of the United States.

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

  Jobs, African American, President

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• [Donald Trump] went on to, you know, otherize Muslims, otherize Latinos, otherize women, that he built out from that. And it can be true that a unique, you know, individual like Barack Obama can succeed in spite of that and still be the case that that force is quite, quite strong.

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

  Strong, Unique, Succeed

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• It was a week after Donald Trump had won. And initially he was still optimistic. He felt that things would be OK ultimately. And I have to tell you, this is the area where, you know, I see, you know, some degree of contradiction. I mean, the president, you know, at one point when he was campaigning said I believe that Donald Trump was not qualified to run a 7-Eleven.

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

  Running, Believe, Optimistic

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• Although Mr. Trump talks an interesting and entertaining game, rarely do I hear him lay out specifics.

  Rick Perry

  Games, Interesting, Entertaining

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• It's as though Trump has the charisma, the pied-piper effect, and could lead the whole nation off the cliff, and they would think they were on the way to Disney World.

  James Robison

  Thinking, World, Way

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• I only had a telephone conversation with [Donald Trump], whereas [Shinzō ] Abe met with him in person.

  Vladimir Putin

  Telephones, Mets, Conversation

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