Quotes/comments from and about Trump and his gang for Trump 2.0

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Trump regarding the leaders of Jordon and Egypt accepting his proposal of all Palestinians moving to their countries: “They say they’re not going to accept. I say they will.” [Two weeks ago] “I’ll tell you, the way to do it is my plan. I think that’s the plan that really works. But I’m not forcing it. I’m just going to sit back and recommend it.” [This week]

Elon Musk regarding the email sent to federal employees entitled "What did you do last week?': “Failure to respond will be taken as resignation.”

Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, regarding the hiring of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: “Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill” We’ll never know, but always doubt which on its face value seems unfair to CQ. But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn’t really much matter." [Note: replacement Dan Caine does not meet the traditional prerequisites for role of Joint Chiefs Chairman, having typically required experience as a combatant commander or service chief. A 1986 law allows the president to waive these requirements.]

Trump regarding Ukraine’s president Zelensky place in peace negotiations: “I don’t think he’s very important to be in meetings.” [Trump hosting French President Macron and UK Prime Minister Starmer next week.]

Trump on pardoning the Jan 6 insurrectionists: “I pardoned J6 people who were assulted by our government. They didn’t assault. They were assaulted, and what I did was a great thing for humanity.”

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“Peaceful people, these were great people. The love in the air, I haven’t seen anything like it”. World class gaslighting from Trump.

This mob of animals certainly assaulted police, and now they are free. Another example that Trump is a lawless thug. The videos below speak for themselves.

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Trump regarding the above…trying to imply the email is a way to find out who is working for the government: “Well, it’s somewhat voluntary, but it’s also if you don’t answer I guess you get fired. If they’re there and they’re working, they’re able to say they did five things during work, and that means they’re working and they’re with us, and they have no further obligation. If they’re not, it could be there’s no such person. It could be that the person’s no longer working.”

Email send to USAID staff regarding their firing: “This Thursday and Friday ONLY—on February 27 and 28, 2025 USAID staff will have one opportunity to retrieve their personal belongings. Staff will be given approximately 15 minutes to complete their retrieval and must be finished removing items within their time slot only.”

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene (assigned to House Committee on Oversight and Accountability) regarding firing of federal workers: “The bureaucracy is not a business. Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue, by the way. They’re consuming taxpayer dollars. Those jobs are paid for by the American tax people, who work real jobs, earn real income, pay federal taxes, and then pay these federal employees. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paychecks. And these are jobs that can be fired at will.” [Note: Taylor is a federal employee]

Trump implying French President Macron was lying about their funding for Ukraine to fight against Russian invasion: “If you believe that, it’s OK with me. But they get their money back, and we don’t.”

Nikolai Patrushev (Putin aide): “It can’t be ruled out that Ukraine will cease to exist at all in the coming year.”

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51st state? :wink:

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Trump speaking of Elon Musk’s examination of Social Security records: “We have millions and millions of people over 100 years old. Everybody knows that’s not so. We have a very corrupt country, very corrupt country, and it’s a sad thing to say, but we’re figuring it out…If you take all of those numbers off, because they’re obviously fraudulent or incompetent, but if you take all of those millions of people off of Social Security, all of a sudden we have a very powerful Social Security with people that are 80 and 70 and 90 but not 200.”

Putin discussing Trump’s discussions with European leaders: “But I assure you, Trump, with his character and his determination, will restore order there pretty quickly. And all of them – mark my words, this will happen soon – will stand at their master’s feet and wag their tails obediently. Everything will fall into place.”

Trump regarding the USMCA (Mexico/US trade agreement): “I look at some of these agreements, I’d read them at night, and I’d say, ‘Who would ever sign a thing like this?’ So the tariffs will go forward, yes, and we’re gonna make up a lot of territory. All we want is reciprocal. We want reciprocity.” [Note: The USMCA is Trump’s negotiated, modified version of the North American Free Trade Agreement]

Musk after 230,000 signatures were garnered to request Canadian government to revoke his citizenship: “Canada is not a real country.”

Edward R. Martin, Jr. (currently serving as the interim head in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia): “As President Trumps’ lawyers, we are proud to fight to protect his leadership as our President and we are vigilant in standing against entities like the AP that refuse to put America first." [Note: “The United States Attorneys serve as the nation’s principal litigators and appear in court of behalf of the U.S., not on behalf of the president.

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When Trump eventually croaks down his last Big Mac, remember that soon to be President J.D. has always been an ass-kissing opportunist with no principles.

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Lindsey Graham (U.S. Senator): "When I die God isn’t going to ask ‘Why didn’t you convict Trump?’

Fox News host Charlie Hurt: “But you know, one of my favorite conspiracy theories, and I kind of believe it, is that the reason Democrats don’t want people to learn how to write cursive is so they can’t read the actual Constitution.”

Real America’s Voice network’s Brian Glenn during the Trump meeting with President Zelensky: “Why don’t you wear a suit? You’re at the highest level in this country’s office and you refuse to wear a suit. Just want to see if – do you own a suit? A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.” [Note: Glenn provided no background information on the Americans complaining about Zelensky not wearing a suit.]

Mike Waltz (former member of the House representing Florida) regarding whyTrump cancelled agreement to be signed with Ukraine’s President Zelensky: “Coming to the Oval Office, you know, with the body language, the shaking of his head, the, you know, the kind of the arms crossed, we just found it incredibly disrespectful. We were ready to sign that deal.”

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He’s going to ask”How did you keep getting reelected and not get caught cheating?”

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House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson when asked “Are you expecting the Democrats to put on some kind of a resistance show on Tuesday night?” Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Johnson: “Boy, I hope not. I hope they respect the decorum of the institution. It’s really important. We should respect the president. Everyone should stand and give him an ovation for what he’s been able to accomplish in the first few weeks.” [Perhaps a double standard considering actions by insurrectionists on January 6]

House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson discussing protests at GOP town hall meetings: “The videos you saw of the town halls were for paid protesters in many of those places. These are Democrats who went to the events early and filled up the seats.”

Trump discussing imposing tariffs on other countries: “To the great farmers of the United States: get ready to start making a lot of agricultural product to be sold inside of the United States. Tariffs will go on external products on April 2nd. Have fun!”

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The decorum of a mental institution.

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Alina Habba (counselor to President Donald Trump) discussing fired federal workers who attended Trump’s speech to Congress at the invitation of Democrats: “Yeah, you get fired. You get fired when you don’t show up to work. You get fired when you are taking taxpayer dollars, and you’re not working for the federal government, and you are double dipping. That is this administration. I really don’t feel sorry for them. They should get back to work for the American people like President Trump in this administration.”

FBI director Kash Patel attempting to downplay the affect of Russian forces in Ukraine: “They’re going into the Ukraine, they’re not going throughout the Ukraine. I know people that are going to Kyiv and partying like it’s Miami, going out to nightclubs and I’m not saying that peace and Ukraine aren’t crumbling but the whole country’s not.”

Trump speaking to Congress: “The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over." [Note: I believe he is not referring to firing Musk]

Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: “Tariffs do not, do not, do not create inflation! Printing money creates inflation. You have a balanced budget, there can’t be inflation. This doesn’t mean one product can’t be more expensive and one product can’t be less expensive. But China, I’ll give you an example, China has the highest tariffs in the world. In the world. Everything gets tariffed in China. And they don’t have inflation, in fact they have deflation. India, the second highest tariffs in the world, they don’t have inflation. So this concept is just people whining and complaining and not being truthful. The fact is, we need to protect America.” [Note: May be inaccurate to claim no inflation in India and China]

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggesting backyard chickens as part of her plan to reduce egg prices: “We also want to make it easier for families to raise backyard chickens. People are sort of looking around thinking, ‘Wow, well maybe I can get a chicken in my backyard,’ and it’s awesome.”

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick working State Senate resolution that would officially rebrand the New York Strip Steak cut, instead calling it the Texas Strip: “Liberal New York shouldn’t get the credit for our hard-working ranchers.”

Vice President JD Vance regarding obtaining peace in Ukraine: “If you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine. That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years.” [Note: Britain and France have offered troops for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. Britain and France have various military actions in recent past, including direction support of America.]

Fox News host Harris Faulkner discussing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau referring to the U.S. president as “Donald”: "He has just made this personal with President Trump! He didn’t acknowledge his title as President of the United States. He called him Donald more than once!

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House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson urging GOP members to stop having town hall meetings due to protests: “Democrat activists who don’t live in the district, very often, will show up for these town hall events and they’ll go in an hour early and they’ll fill all the seats. Now I’m not saying everyone in these town halls that you’ve seen on television were not from the local area, but look, there are people who do this as a profession. They’re professional protesters. So why would we give them a forum to do that right now?”

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon message to her staff hinting at the direction of Trump to close Department of Education: “This is our opportunity to perform one final, unforgettable public service to future generations of students. I hope you will join me in ensuring that when our final mission is complete we will all be able to say that we left American education freer, stronger and with more hope for the future. We must start thinking about our final mission at the department as an overhaul — a last chance to restore the culture of liberty and excellence that made American education great.”

House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson talking about Trump’s speech to Congress: “I would like to frame it in gilded gold, but I’m not sure how to do that from the podium. Happy Mardi Gras. And if I had forethought, I would have brought beads to throw at you.”

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Trump regarding tariffs on autos: “We are going to have growth in the auto industry like nobody has ever seen. Plants are opening up all over the place. Deals are being made — never seen. That’s a combination of the election win and tariffs. It’s a beautiful word, isn’t it? That along with our other policies will allow our auto industry to absolutely boom. It’s going to boom. Spoke to the majors today, all three, the top people, and they’re so excited. In fact, already numerous car companies have announced that they will be building massive automobile plants in America, with Honda just announcing a new plant in Indiana, one of the largest anywhere in the world. And this has taken place since our great victory on Nov. 5, a date which will hopefully go down as one of the most important in the history of our country.” [Note: these tariffs are being delayed for 30 days]

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Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) email sent to fired employees which agency wants to rehire: “Read this email immediately….You should return to duty under your previous work schedule…We apologize for any disruption this may have caused.”

Followup email from the General Services Administration after publishing a list of more than 440 federal properties for potential sale, including the FBI headquarters and the main Department of Justice building: “To be clear, just because an asset is on the list doesn’t mean it’s immediately for sale."

Tommy Tubervile (U.S. Senator) on reviewing the action of Musk and DOGE: “I don’t want to get in their way….They know what the’re doing a hell of a lot more than I do.”

Poem from Randy Weber (Texas Representative) posted on X to praise Musk: “Elon works from dawn to dusk, and then it dawns on all of us…He’s figured out what is crazy wrong. We should have known it all along.” [Note: this is only part of the poem]

Randy Weber (Texas Representative) regarding Canada’s concerns about the Trump tariffs: “When he makes them our 51st state, that won’t be a problem.”

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Seemingly in retribution for Maine’s Governor fighting with Trump a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said that the Social Security Administration canceled contracts with Maine’s vital statistics program that support Social Security’s electronic “enumeration at birth” program: THURSDAY – “As a result of SSA’s contract termination, effective immediately, Maine hospitals are no longer able to enroll newborns into Social Security at the time of birth so parents will now need to visit their local Social Security office to apply in-person for their child’s Social Security Number.” FRIDAY – Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek: “In retrospect, I realize that ending these contracts created an undue burden on the people of Maine, which was not the intent. For that, I apologize and have directed that both contracts be immediately reinstated.”

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Representative Richard Hudson of North Carolina (leads the House Republicans’ campaign arm) discussing who is doing firing of federal employees: “Elon doesn’t fire people. He doesn’t have hiring and firing authority. The president’s empowered him to go uncover this information, that’s it.”

Trump discussing Musk’s role in cutting budgets with cabinet heads: “If they can cut, it’s better. And if they don’t cut, then Elon will do the cutting.”

Representative Andy Barr of Kentucky trying to explain that DOGE is not recommending mass firings of federal employees…problems are caused by agencies’ actions trying to hinder DOGE’s efforts: “The point that he was making is that DOGE had not made recommendations for across-the-board cuts of all probationary employees at every agency. But the agencies had implemented it improperly through either incompetence or in a handful of cases actual malicious efforts to sabotage and create a public relations problem for DOGE.”

Florida Govenor Ron DeSantis talking about Canadians boycotting travel to America: “That’s not much of a boycott in my book. Maybe they wanted to get a glimpse of what a Stanley Cup-winning hockey team actually looks like.” [Note: Canadians are largest number of foreign visitors to Florida, at 3.2 million last year…the U.K. is closest with 1.1 million] [Note: The Florida Panthers hockey team had 12 Canadians on the squad]

Trump discussing retaliatory tariffs by Canada: “Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts on a Retaliatory Tariff on the U.S., our Reciprocal Tariff will immediately increase by a like amount!” [Fox News complains about Trudeau calling Trump, “Donald”]

Trump discussing NATO: “If the United States was in trouble, and we called them, we said we got a problem…you think they’re going to come and protect us? They’re supposed to, but I’m not so sure.” [Note: the alliance has only come to the assistance of an attacked signatory once: to fight in Afghanistan alongside U.S. troops against al Qaeda and the Taliban.]

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Fox News hosts and White house Presss Secretary talking about Trump not taking any time off of work: Karoline Leavitt “I haven’t had a day off in probably a year since we’ve been on the campaign trail.” Charlie Hurt – “You took one day off to give birth, and then you were back at it the next day.” Lara Trump – “We all take notes from President Trump, and you and I both know, he does not take any days off, so nobody takes any days off.” [Note: Conversation on same day Trump was on golf course for 13th time since inauguration]

Representative. Tim Burchett of Tennessee responding to question…“If he says the things that DOGE has found and the savings they found, how do you verify that other than the fact that it’s the word of Elon Musk?”: “They document it.” There is a, um, paper trail and a computer. It’s computer-generated. I have a 17-year-old daughter that shows me how stupid I am with my computer every day. But he had another gentleman there with him who verified everything that he said. And we are actually delving into all that, and I don’t want to disclose too much of it because that means that most of the time that those folks will try to close up that paper trail. But it’s very well documented, and I’m very confident in what’s going on. You have to wonder, is that just a computer glitch? So there’s quite a lot there, and I think my biggest fear is that we can stay focused. There’s just so much corruption, and it goes so deep."

Musk discussing Starlink role in Ukraine and his criticism of Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski saying Poland pays for Starlink and would change suppliers if service is turned off: Starlink was the “backbone of the Ukrainian army” and “their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off. Be quiet, small man. You pay a tiny fraction of the cost. And there is no substitute for Starlink.” Marco Rubio: “And say thank you because without Starlink Ukraine would have lost this war long ago and Russians would be on the border with Poland right now.”

Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, on his Truth Social platform: “Shut Up About Egg Prices ― Trump Is Saving Consumers Millions. “Reversing four years of economic malpractice will take time to reverse, but the building blocks of America’s next great low-inflation, high-wage growth boom have already been laid — and soon enough, so too will the eggs,” [Trump shared this post and previously said “Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down.”]

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Musk discussing social security as a federal entitlement program: “Most of the federal spending is entitlements. That’s the big one to eliminate….a mechanism by which the Democrats attract and retain illegal immigrants by essentially paying them to come here and then turning them into voters.”

Musk’s comment about Senator Mark Kelly while visiting Ukraine saying any agreement must protect Ukraine’s security and not serve as a concession to Russian: “Traitor”

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Trump regarding Ontario’s threat to stop sending electricity to the U.S.: “Can you imagine Canada stooping so low as to use electricity, that so affects the life of innocent people, as a bargaining chip and threat? They will pay a financial price for this so big that it will be read about in History Books for many years to come!”

Musk regarding war in Ukraine: “Place sanctions on the top 10 Ukrainian oligarchs, especially the ones with mansions in Monaco and this will stop immediately, that is the key to the puzzle.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt: “Tariffs are a tax hike on foreign countries that again have been ripping us off. Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people, and the president is a staunch advocate of tax cuts.”

Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump regarding Musk and Trump’s efforts to cut government spending: “People ought to be kissing the feet of Elon Musk and Donald Trump for being the two people to actually do this.”

E.P.A. administrator Lee Zeldin regarding the elimination of regulations and the agency’s mission: “…lower the cost of buying a car, heating a home and running a business. From the campaign trail to Day 1 and beyond, President Trump as delivered on his promise to unleash energy dominance and lower the cost of living. We at E.P.A. will do our part to power the great American comeback. …the largest deregulatory announcement in U.S. history. Today the green new scam end as the E.P.A. does is part to usher in a golden age of American success.”

Trump regarding Canada: “The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First Stat. This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear. Canadians’ taxes will be very substantially reduced, they will be more secure, militarily and otherwise, than ever before, there would no longer be a Northern Border problem. The artificial line of separation drawn many years ago will finally disappear. O Canada, the national anthem, will continue to play, but now representing a GREAT and POWERFUL STATE within the greatest Nation the World has ever seen!”