“Donald Trump is in office. It's not just another Republican candidate - Donald Trump. And people were so disaffected with the liberal message that they were willing to vote for him.” PeopleWillingTrumpRepublicanOfficeMessagesVoteCandidates Author:Steve Inskeep
“I'm actually cautiously optimistic that Donald Trump will be so bad that he will force America to wake up and realise that forcing America to vote for right wing Republicans is always a terrible idea. It's never been a good idea, but what happened here is you have a president like Obama who gives you eight years of relative stability and prosperity, and people forget that Republicans are just terrible, not just for the country but for the planet. Maybe this is America's equivalent of bottoming out, like a crystal meth addict going on one last big run before they have to get sober.” PeopleGivingYearsIdeasCountryBigsRunningLastsAmericaForcePresidentForgetHappenedPlanetsTrumpTerribleRepublicanVoteWake UpWingsProsperityEightOptimisticRealisingStabilityRelativeGood IdeasSoberAddictCrystalsRight WingCrystal Meth Author:Moby
“[Donald] Trump continues to dismiss those concerns though, even as some Republicans, like Lindsay Graham, are making the case that Trump`s business ties deserve the scrutiny.” CasesTrumpRepublicanDeserveConcernTiesScrutiny Author:Chuck Todd
“Donald Trump has said he wants to keep Medicare and Social Security the way they are. Congressman Price along with most Republicans are on record supporting voucherizing Medicare. So there are going to be some conflicts to resolve there.” WayWantSaidSocialRecordsSecurityTrumpRepublicanConflictResolveSocial SecurityMedicareCongressman Author:Mara Liasson
“Donald Trump's staffing up a pretty traditional, very conservative Republican government, not a populist outsider government, at least not yet.” GovernmentTrumpRepublicanConservativeTraditionalOutsidersPopulistRepublican GovernmentStaffing Author:Mara Liasson
“[The Democrats] can't stop [Donald] Trump. They are in the exact position that the Republicans were in in 2009 and 2010 with [Barack] Obama.” PositionTrumpRepublicanDemocratBarack Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I know the women in the Trump Corporation, have gotten to know them very well recently. Obviously, let the record reflect it was Donald J. Trump who elevated the first female in Republican presidential politics to that role, and then albeit successfully, owing in large part, if not most part, to him, and the campaign that he stewarded.” IfsKnowsFirstsWellsRolesRecordsTrumpRepublicanFemaleCampaignsCorporationsPresidentialOwing Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I remember we [with Donald Trump] were sitting in a meeting and he walked in and he looked at me and he said - maybe five or six of us in there - and he said, "Are you the first woman to ever run a presidential campaign?" And so the guys in the room said, "First Republican woman." And I said - you know, I always think of Susan Estrich and Mary Kay and Donna Brazile, and respect them enormously; know one of them very well. And I said, "Well, I'm the first Republican one."” ThinkingKnowsFirstsWellsSaidRunningRememberGuyRoomsFiveTrumpRepublicanSixSittingMeetingsCampaignsPresidentialMaryPresidential CampaignMary Kay Author:Kellyanne Conway
“[Donald Trump] is going to be tainted by scandal. Congress hangs by just three Republican votes. If he loses three Republicans, you're going to see investigations, subpoenas.” IfsThreeLosesTrumpRepublicanVoteCongressInvestigationScandalTaintedSubpoenas Author:Norman L. Eisen
“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.” Has BeensMadeChoicesTrumpRepublicanOrthodoxCould Have BeenCabinetsCruzSuperbShotgunsUnorthodox Author:Rich Lowry
“I think just focusing on the wealth of these cabinet picks misunderstands [Donald] Trump's economic strategy here, which is going to be equal parts traditional Republican economics.” ThinkingWealthEconomicTrumpRepublicanEqualPicksEconomicsStrategyTraditionalCabinets Author:Rich Lowry
“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.” TryingImportantGoalGrowthPartyFocusCuttingConditionsTrumpRepublicanTaxesLaborImmigrationWagesRepublican PartyDiscouragingOutsourcing Author:Rich Lowry
“I wish we had more [Dwight] Eisenhower Republicans in this [Donald]Trump cabinet.” WishTrumpRepublicanCabinetsDwightDwight Eisenhower Author:E. J. Dionne
“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.” IfsThinkingWantSaidSidesPartyPlansTrumpRepublicanAspectRaisesWingsDemocraticCongressOppositionFascinatingOddsWagesRepublican PartySignalsRight WingCabinets Author:E. J. Dionne
“Trump was the logical outcome of the Republican's irrational, racialized backlash to Obama that had utterly come to dominate the party's thinking.” ThinkingPartyTrumpRepublicanOutcomesLogicalIrrationalBacklash Author:Jonathan Chait
“The Republicans' response to Obama confused a lot of people. I really think there's been a measure of clarity at the end, with Trump's election, that was not present during the Obama presidency.” PeopleThinkingEndsTrumpRepublicanElectionResponseClarityConfusedPresidency Author:Jonathan Chait
“In some ways, Trump is just going to continue the trend: by continuing the norm-smashing behaviour that Republicans used in opposition.” WayUsedTrumpRepublicanOppositionTrendsContinuingBehaviourNormSmashing Author:Jonathan Chait
“I don't think the political class has the slightest idea even yet what is in store for them. And I'll tell you something else, too. I'm not sure, based on a couple things, that even the Republicans in the House and Senate are ready for this. I mean, the breakneck pace with which Trump is going to attempt to get his agenda implemented and the techniques and the methods that he will use to do so.” ThinkingMeanIdeasUsePoliticalHouseClassReadyTrumpCoupleRepublicanMethodStoresTechniqueNot SureAgendasPaceSenateCouple Things Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The minority vote is growing, which is part of the alarm of so many Republicans and why Trump constantly whipped up their alarm with his racist statements.” GrowingTrumpRepublicanVoteStatementsMinoritiesRacistAlarms Author:David Remnick
“Donald Trump needs to understand the Republican establishment - they're not going to be his friend, either.” NeedsTrumpRepublicanEstablishment Author:Sean Hannity
“I still don't feel responsible for what Donald Trump says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the United States to make sure that I facilitate a good transition and I present to him as well, as the American people my best thinking, my best ideas about how you move the country forward. To speak out with respect to areas where I think the Republican party's wrong, but to pledge to work with them on those things that I think will advance the causes of security and prosperity and justice and inclusiveness in America.” PeopleThinkingFeelsWellsDoeStillsIdeasCountryStatesAmericaMovingSpeakCausesPresidentJusticeUnitedPartyResponsibilityUnited StatesSecurityTrumpRepublicanAreasResponsibleProsperityTransitionRepublican PartyPledgeSpeaks OutFacilitateInclusiveness Author:Barack Obama
“Right now what my job is, and I think the job of Democrats and Republicans, is to protect the middle class and working families of this country from some devastating ideas that [Donald] Trump has proposed.” ThinkingIdeasCountryJobsClassMiddleTrumpRepublicanRight NowProtectDemocratMiddle Class Author:John Lewis
“I think [Donald Trump] is going to be inaugurated this week. I have great concerns, and apparently Republicans do as well, and there's going to be an investigation about the role that Russian hacking played in getting him elected.” ThinkingWellsRolesWeekTrumpRepublicanConcernInvestigationHacking Author:John Lewis
“Right now, what my job is - pardon me? Those are just words. Right now, what my - my job is right now going beyond media conflicts and words is to say that Donald Trump, among other things, told the American people he would not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and right now Republicans in the House and Senate are doing just that.” PeopleJobsHouseSocialCuttingSecurityMediaTrumpRepublicanRight NowConflictSenateSocial SecurityPardonMedicareMedicaidPardon MeMedicare And Medicaid Author:John Lewis
“I think that's what's - one of the things that is alarming to me is [Donald] Trump, and I think Trump supporters seem to believe, he won, huge upset, full credit to him, and has got the wind at his back. And Republicans on The Hill do want him to succeed, obviously, and they're deferring to him more than they deep down in private sort of wish - want to, but they are going to defer to him publicly for awhile. But I think that is going to run out faster than people think.” PeopleThinkingWantBelieveSeemsRunningWishWindHugeTrumpRepublicanSucceedCreditHillsFasterUpsetSupporterDeep DownWant Him Author:William Kristol
“I have not met [Donald] Trump and discussed any issues with him. There have been Republican administrations like the [George] Bush administration who initiated this AIDS generosity. So it's not purely a right-left thing.” Has BeensLeftIssuesTrumpRepublicanMetsAidsAdministrationGenerosity Author:Bill Gates
“Progressives are the majority; we won the popular vote by a long shot and Donald Trump and the congressional Republicans representing mainly rich old white men are a minority. If we stand up together and use the effective strategies and tactics the tea party used, we believe we can stop them.” IfsMenBelieveLongUseTogetherUsedWhitePartyRichTrumpRepublicanShotsVoteMajorityStrategyTeaMinoritiesWhite ManTacticsRepresentingTea PartyPopular VoteLong Shots Author:Ezra G. Levin
“The Republicans underestimated and underestimated and underestimated Donald Trump. And look where that got them. They kept saying, no, no, no, that's not going to happen, we don't have to worry about that.” LooksHappensWorryTrumpRepublicanSaying NoUnderestimated Author:Elizabeth Warren
“What do the Republicans say? Donald Trump? They say they're just going to roll back the Dodd-Frank regulations. They want to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.” WantTrumpRepublicanFinancialProtectionConsumersFrankRegulationDodd Frank Author:Elizabeth Warren
“Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him, his Republican adversaries could feel emboldened.” IfsFeelsCountryTurnsTrumpRepublicanBattleOfficeLowsApprovalAdversariesRatingApproval Rating Author:Sam Tanenhaus
“Paul Ryan and his allies, who include Mike Pence, are congressional conservative Republicans, they have a very clear conservative agenda. The question will be who has to bend more to accommodate the other - Mr. Trump accommodate their ideology, or will they have to accommodate his? And if he can rally audiences behind him, we could see a very interesting intra-party war of a kind we haven't seen in a really long time.” IfsKindLongWarInterestingPartyBehindsAudienceClearHavensTrumpRepublicanLong TimeConservativeIdeologyAgendasAlliesVery InterestingMikeAccommodateReally Long Author:Sam Tanenhaus
“Now that Mr. Trump is the President-elect: If he chooses, he can, by executive order, repeal most of what President Barack Obama brought into existence, including the thawing of the relationship between the United States and the people of Cuba. And because there is a Republican Senate, a Republican House of Representatives, a Republican president, it is more than likely that his legislative program will be accepted; his nominations to the Supreme Court may very well be accepted.” PeopleIfsWellsMayStatesOrderHousePresidentUnitedExistenceUnited StatesTrumpRepublicanProgramCourtIncludingAcceptedSupremeBarackExecutivesSenateRepresentativesSupreme CourtCubaPresident Barack ObamaNominationsHouse Of RepresentativesExecutive OrdersThawing Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Donald Trump as the nominee losing was to be the end of the Republican Party. The Democrats were gonna have basically one-party rule for 50 years, and look at what actually has happened. It's practically the reverse.” YearsLooksEndsPartyHappenedTrumpRepublicanLosingDemocratReverseRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.” JobsTrumpRepublicanMajority Author:Charles Schumer
“Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina also criticized Donald Trump during the campaign, but now she was arguing that the new president deserves a chance to prove himself, and that, perhaps, you know, having a march just the day after his inauguration is kind of disrespectful.” KnowsKindPresidentChanceTrumpRepublicanProveDeserveArguingCampaignsFormerPresidentialCandidatesMarchPresidential CandidateDisrespectfulInauguration Author:Michel Martin
“Donald Trump has defined himself very well, not only in the primary election where he was absolutely disrespectful to his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and for [Carly] Fiorina who he basically said who would vote for you? Look at her face. She evidently wants to be a Republican leadership, a part of the Republican Party so bad that she would allow them and him to get away with that.” WantWellsLooksSaidFacesSidesPartyTrumpRepublicanVoteElectionDefinedPrimariesGet AwayColleaguesRepublican PartyAisleDisrespectful Author:Maxine Waters
“You put the republican members of congress who are up for re-election, and quite candidly, the democrats, because every democratic congressperson ought to be writing, tweeting, and you put them on notice. We are the boss of this government, not the [Donald] Trump.” WritingGovernmentOughtTrumpRepublicanMembersElectionDemocraticDemocratCongressBoss Author:Joe Madison
“I think an increasing number of Republicans are perplexed and actually nervous about Donald Trump and Russia, nervous in the sense that he is gratuitously giving Democrats the national security advantage, that they're standing up for the country.” ThinkingGivingCountryNumbersSecurityTrumpRepublicanAdvantageStandingDemocratRussiaNervousNational SecurityPerplexed Author:Mark Shields
“Donald Trump didn't emerge from the orthodoxy of the Republican Party. And so there's going to be bigger differences than normal.” DifferencesPartyTrumpRepublicanNormalBiggerRepublican PartyOrthodoxy Author:David Brooks
“This is a massive crisis for the press, and the degree now that the press revs up its scrutiny and its opposition to Donald Trump, as opposed to being neutral and fair to Donald Trump - they will compound their own problem, because Republicans don't trust them, independents largely don't trust them, and the press risks just being credible to only one party in America.” ProblemAmericaPartyRiskTrumpRepublicanDegreesFairsCrisisPressesOppositionMassiveJust BeingCompoundsDon't TrustScrutinyCredible Author:Ari Fleischer
“The press lost credibility with Republicans and independents during the Obama years, setting itself up for the damage that's going to be done during the Trump years.” YearsDoneLostTrumpRepublicanPressesSettingSettingsDamageCredibility Author:Ari Fleischer
“This is the Republican Party who has run against Russia for 80 years and you know, (Trump) hasn't mentioned (Putin) except in a positive way.” KnowsWayYearsRunningPartyTrumpRepublicanRussiaRepublican PartyPutin Author:Randy Newman
“The thing that should most concern us is a shift in American foreign policy. We have had a bipartisan belief in American foreign policy based on the post-World War II institutions that believed in democratic global world, which Russia and the Soviet Union was often seen as hostile to. And most Republicans and Democrats have always basically believed in this world order. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and maybe Marine Le Pen do not agree with this basic structure of the world.” WorldShouldWarOrderBeliefPolicyThis WorldTrumpRepublicanConcernAgreeInstitutionsStructureUnionsDemocraticDemocratRussiaPostsWar Of The WorldsPensSovietWorld War IiForeign PolicyWorld War ISoviet UnionHostileMarinePutinWorld OrderBipartisanAmerican Foreign Policy Author:David Brooks
“Trump can, like every government, trigger a short boom with borrowed money, just like he has announced. He appears to want to adopt the economic policy approach favored by Republicans of putting lots of money into building roads and cutting taxes. Markets like that. But, at the end of the day, someone always has to foot the bill.” WantEndsGovernmentCuttingFeetEconomicPolicyBuildingTrumpRepublicanTaxesApproachBillsThe End Of The DayLots Of MoneyTriggersBorrowedEconomic PolicyBorrowed MoneyBuilding Roads Author:Nicholas Bloom
“As so often, a political event involving Donald Trump looks like swinging wildly between melodrama and farce. The Republican National Convention in Cleveland has begun with accusations of plagiarism after Mr Trump's wife Melania gave a speech dotted with sentences that appeared to have been lifted from a speech that Michelle Obama gave in 2008.” LooksHas BeensPoliticalWifeEventsTrumpRepublicanSpeechSentencesConventionsInvolvingAccusationPlagiarismClevelandFarceMelodrama Author:Mark Colvin
“The people who are showing up [on the Republican National Convention ], either they are ones who actually believe in Donald Trump, or they think there's enough they care about, sort of keeping the party afloat and avoiding a sweeping loss in the centre of the house, they're going to show up and give him some kind of base.” PeopleThinkingGivingBelieveKindEnoughShowsCareHouseLossPartyTrumpRepublicanConventionsCentreAvoidingSweepingShowing Up Author:Mark Colvin
“The proportion of [Donald's Trump] own direct family members who are speaking [on the Republican National Convention] is high to an unprecedented degree and a proportion of sort of figures of policy substance is unprecedentedly low. But the word unprecedentedly can be applied to simply everything that's happening this year.” YearsFiguresPolicyTrumpRepublicanMembersDegreesLowsHappeningsDirectSubstanceProportionConventionsUnprecedentedFamily Members Author:Mark Colvin
“Think the very fact that somebody like Mike Pence is seen as useful to the [Donald] Trump campaign would be analytically a sign of difficulty for him because, you know, the Republican Party over the last two decades has needed to include his support among women, among Latinos, among blacks, among young people, and among highly educated people.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTwoFactsWould BeLastsYoungPartySupportTrumpNeededRepublicanDifficultyDecadesCampaignsEducatedRepublican PartyMikeLatinoLike Mike Author:Mark Colvin
“Mike Pence is simply shoring up the people the Republicans thought they already had. So he is a way for people who thought [Donald] Trump was not really conservative to say, well, okay, here's a conservative guy.” PeopleWayWellsGuyTrumpRepublicanOkayConservativeMike Author:Mark Colvin
“Actually, I think we all understand just fine why Donald Trump is president: because he ran a racist, boorish, epically mendacious campaign and Republicans all decided to go along with it. And even that wouldn’t have been enough if Trump hadn’t gotten some additional help from his pals James Comey and Vladimir Putin.” IfsThinkingHas BeensEnoughHelpingPresidentFineTrumpRepublicanDecidedCampaignsRanRacistPutinPals Author:Kevin Drum