“We are living in a world where access trumps knowledge every time. Those who know how to search, find and make the connections will succeed. Those who rely on static knowledge and skills alone will fail.” KnowsWorldKnow HowFailingTrumpSucceedSkillsConnectionsAccessRelyStatic Author:Charles Jennings
“Donald Trump is a different ball of wax. I've been trying to say for I don't know how many months now that the traditional political playbook in destroying and attacking a political opponent is not gonna work on Trump, because Trump's connection with his supporters or his audience is far deeper and far greater than most voters' connection with a candidate that's very popular. Reagan had the connection.” KnowsTryingDifferentPoliticalAudienceKnow HowGreaterMonthsTrumpConnectionsBallsDeeperTraditionalOpponentsCandidatesVotersDestroyingSupporterAttackingVery PopularPlaybooksPolitical Opponents Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The more outlandish things he said, the deeper the connection. Well, [Donald] Trump has that. That's why I don't think they can destroy Trump the way that they're trying to destroy Trump over this thing in Scotland today. This is a perfect example.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsSaidTodayPerfectExampleTrumpConnectionsDeeperScotlandOutlandish Author:Rush Limbaugh
“This not a criticism of [Mitt] Romney; please don't anybody call him up and say I'm ripping him. I'm not. I'm simply telling you that the connection [Donald] Trump has with his supporters, slash, audience, is unique. Not everybody politician has it, and certainly not every public figure has such a connection with their audience.” AudienceFiguresTrumpPoliticianPleaseUniqueCriticismConnectionsSupporterRomneyPublic Figures Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Hillary Clinton does not have a connection with her voters like Donald Trump has with his. She's got people who like her, and she's got support because she's a woman, and she has support because she's Mrs. Clinton. She has support because she's a Democrat.” PeopleDoeSupportTrumpConnectionsClintonDemocratVotersLike Her Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There are a series of connections between Donald Trump and his closest advisers and Russia that at least raise significant questions. Some of those questions could be answered if Donald Trump was willing to release his tax returns, but he's unwilling to do that.” IfsWillingReturnTrumpTaxesConnectionsRaisesSeriesSignificantRussiaReleaseClosestUnwillingAdviserTax Returns Author:Tim Kaine
“Monica Langley has a great piece in The Wall Street Journal about how they're trying to create different kinds of moments for Donald Trump, as opposed to just him shouting at rallies. They're trying to get him in classrooms, and in churches, and in diners and places where he can make a more personal connection.” TryingKindDifferentMomentsChurchPiecesStreetsWallTrumpConnectionsDifferent KindsClassroomJournalShoutingDinersMonicaWall Street JournalPersonal Connection Author:Bill Burton
“Donald Trump business connections, which are really horrifying. I mean, they make Hillary Clinton look like small change when it comes to influence peddlin and really engaging the most nefarious forces around the world.” WorldLooksMeanForceInfluenceTrumpConnectionsClintonAround The WorldEngagingSmall Changes Author:Jill Stein
“[Donald Trump] spreading preposterous rumors that [Ted] Cruz`s father had connections to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of JFK. That put a bit of a damper on the bromance ultimately culminating in Cruz`s epic non-endorsement at the Republican convention.” FatherBitsTrumpRepublicanConnectionsConventionsEpicRumorAssassinationCruzEndorsementsHarveyBromance Author:Chris Hayes
“While Donald Trump was busy with his accountants trying to figure out how to keep living like a billionaire, and all the while he was using his political connections to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in government subsidies and extra tax breaks for his companies. In other words, Trump was taking from America with both hands, and leaving the rest of us with the bill.” TryingHandsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalCompanyBreakMillionsFiguresTrumpTaxesConnectionsBillsDollarsLeavingBusyExtrasBillionaireAccountantsSubsidiesTax Breaks Author:Hillary Clinton
“For everyone that doesn't want to endorse Donald Trump or doesn't even want to support him, they should realize he actually has a connection to his voters.” WantShouldRealizingSupportTrumpConnectionsVoters Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Barack Obama believes he has the same kind of connection to the American people that Trump has.” PeopleBelieveKindTrumpConnectionsBarack Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think as we interpret him and frankly as the world learns to interpret Donald Trump, are these just words that are enigmatic things floating on air or are they actually shifts in policy and will they change moment by moment, day by day without any underlying connection to the actual stuff of governance? I don't know.” ThinkingKnowsWorldMomentsStuffAirPolicyTrumpConnectionsFloatingGovernanceEnigmatic Author:David Brooks
“I think that [Donald Trump] clearly was able to tap into a lot of grievances. And he has a talent for making a connection with his supporters that overrode some of the traditional benchmarks of how you'd run a campaign or conduct yourself as a presidential candidate. What will be interesting to see is how that plays out during the course of his presidency.” ThinkingPlayRunningAbleCoursesInterestingTalentTrumpConnectionsCampaignsTraditionalPresidentialCandidatesSupporterPresidencyGrievancePresidential Candidate Author:Barack Obama
“Trump has a connection with his voters that most politicians don't have. I understand it perhaps better than anybody in media, and that connection that he has is not anything that anybody else can break. Only he can break it.” BreakMediaTrumpPoliticianConnectionsVoters Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I am deeply worried about Donald Trump on matters of national security. He doesn't know anything himself about it, and he has appointed a national security adviser, Mike Flynn, who is a pro-Russia conspiracy theorist, and he's just put Steve Bannon, a guy with connections to white supremacy and antisemitism, onto the National Security Council.” KnowsMatterGuyWhiteSecurityTrumpConnectionsRussiaWorriedConspiracyNational SecurityWhite SupremacyCouncilMikeSupremacyAdviserTheoristsSecurity Council Author:Tim Kaine
“I have had the advantage of the opportunity to meet with Mr. Trump on several occasions. And my experience is that he's very intelligent. He's thirsty for information. He wants to hear what you have to say. He listens to his advisers. He digests the information very quickly, and he's got a good memory, because I remember one time I was talking to him about something, and then he pulled some information out of his memory banks that was a great connection that I hadn't even thought to mention to him.” WantRememberOpportunityMemoriesTalkingInformationTrumpAdvantageConnectionsIntelligentOccasionsOne TimeThirstyGood MemoriesAdviserTalking To Him Author:Kris Kobach
“Given how we know Russia feels about the State Department, seeing what`s happening to the State Department under this current [Donald Trump] administration is worrying and raises all sorts of questions about the connections between this current administration and Russia.” KnowsFeelsStatesGivenWorrySeeingTrumpHappeningsConnectionsRaisesCurrentsRussiaAdministrationDepartment Author:Rachel Maddow
“News about the Russia connections to the [Donald Trump] administration and what we are continuing to learn about those connections. What`s getting to be, I think, particularly unsettling is that simultaneously we are right now what`s going on, I think, is that we are number one nailing down more direct connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian government at the time the Russian government was influencing our election.” ThinkingGovernmentNumbersInfluenceTrumpRight NowNewsDirectConnectionsElectionCampaignsRussiaAdministrationContinuingRussian GovernmentContinuing To Learn Author:Rachel Maddow
“We`ve got [evidence] of direct Russian government connections with the [Donald] Trump campaign, during the campaign, while the Russian government was interfering in our election to try to elect Trump.” TryingGovernmentTrumpEvidenceDirectConnectionsElectionCampaignsInterfereRussian Government Author:Rachel Maddow
“Donald Trump has made an incredible connection with everyday Americans.” MadeTrumpConnectionsEverydayIncredibles Author:Mike Pence
“On the one hand information is moving quick or the way in which people consume information is changing so fast. Clearly this worked for [Donald Trump], and it gives him a direct connection to a lot of the people that voted for him.” PeopleWayGivingHandsMovingInformationTrumpDirectConnections Author:Barack Obama