“When Donald Trump had all of his opponents, when he had critics in his party saying what you`re calling for in terms of deportation of all 11 million is not practical, it`s not plausible, some were saying it is not moral, why wouldn`t he make argument then?” TermPartyMoralMillionsTrumpCallingArgumentCriticsPracticalsOpponentsPlausibleDeportation Author:Steve Kornacki
“Donald Trump`s meeting with the president of Mexico comes after months of bashing that country and its political leadership. Trump has called the Mexican government corrupt and dishonest.” CountryGovernmentPoliticalPresidentMonthsTrumpMeetingsMexicoMexicanPolitical Leadership Author:Steve Kornacki
“On the campaign trail, [Donald] Trump has threatened a trade war and repeatedly said that Mexico will pay for a wall on the Southern border.” SaidWarPayWallTrumpTradeCampaignsBordersSouthernMexicoThreatenedTrails Author:Steve Kornacki
“Probably not a surprise that, among the people of Mexico, just 4 percent say that they have a positive opinion of [Donald] Trump. Seventy-five percent say they have a negative opinion.” PeopleOpinionFiveTrumpPercentNegativeSurpriseMexicoSeventies Author:Steve Kornacki
“Here`s what I`m curious about. For the president of Mexico, this man, Donald Trump, is, it`s probably not an understatement to say, despised by many Mexicans.” MenPresidentTrumpCuriousMexicoDespisedUnderstatement Author:Steve Kornacki
“I`m not sure that Enrique Pena expected Donald Trump to take him up on his offer to come to Mexico and meet with him in the short period of time that there is between now and the elections.” TrumpPeriodsOffersElectionExpectedNot SureMexico Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“I think that, when Enrique Pena Nieto invited Hillary Clinton and invited Donald Trump to meet with him here in Mexico City, it was a thought that maybe, in the future, whoever won the presidency, during that transition period, or right after, would decide to come and visit Mexico.” ThinkingCitiesTrumpPeriodsClintonTransitionMexicoPresidencyInvitedMexico City Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“I don`t think Enrique Pena Nieto expected [visit]. I don`t think anybody expected it to be so quick, the response [like Donald Trump].” ThinkingTrumpResponseExpected Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“Donald Trump says, we talked about the wall, but we didn`t talk about who was going to pay for it, not in this meeting. President Pena Nieto doesn`t say or do anything.” PresidentPayWallTrumpMeetings Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“Beginning of our conversation with Donald Trump, I made it very clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall.” MadePayClearWallTrumpConversationMade ItMexico Author:Enrique Pena Nieto
“There is a lot of people just shaking their heads and wondering, what was really behind this meeting [of Donald Trump and Enrique Pena] as far as from the president of Mexico.” PeoplePresidentBehindsWonderTrumpMeetingsMexicoShaking Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“I think the best explanation is that he [Enrique Pena] threw the offer out there, and just like Hillary Clinton didn`t answer it immediately, still hasn`t, he didn`t expect [Donald]Trump to do it either.” ThinkingStillsAnswersTrumpOffersClintonExplanation Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“The Donald Trump who showed up at this press conference, though he did extend his hand to President Pena Nieto, say, I consider you a friend, he said he talked about first-generation, second- generation, third-generation Mexican-American, he said - his words here - he considers them beyond reproach.” FirstsSaidHandsPresidentGenerationsTrumpThirdsPressesConferencesMexicanReproachPress ConferencesMexican American Author:Steve Kornacki
“There was a change in tone in terms of the [Donald] Trump who showed up in Mexico City for this press conference.” TermCitiesTrumpPressesToneMexicoConferencesPress ConferencesMexico City Author:Steve Kornacki
“If you closed your eyes during that [Donald Trump] conference and you didn`t pay attention to who was saying those words, it could have been Jeb Bush saying those words last year, Jeb Bush. It could have been Marco Rubio saying those words last year during the primaries, because that`s the position of, well, those two Floridians, you know, no pathway to citizenship according to Jeb Bush, pathway to citizenship in the long term, according to Marco Rubio, but talking about the need to brush up on the border.” IfsKnowsNeedsYearsWellsLongHas BeensTwoEyeLastsTermPayAttentionTalkingPositionTrumpPrimariesPay AttentionBordersLong TermLast YearCitizenshipBrushesConferencesCould Have BeenPathwaysMarcos Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“As a matter of fact if you think about [Donald Trump press conference after visit to Mexico], that could have been may be one of the Gang of Eight, the bipartisan group that in the Senate some years ago passed a bill that said border security. It said thousands of new border guards to deal with the porous border. It talked about a pathway to legalization for the 11 or 12 million undocumented that live in this country.” IfsThinkingYearsMayHas BeensSaidCountryMatterFactsDealsMillionsGroupsSecurityTrumpYears AgoBillsPressesEightBordersSenateMexicoConferencesGangCould Have BeenPathwaysMatter Of FactBipartisanPress ConferencesBorder Security Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“Looking to Donald Trump`s immigration speech can he hang onto his base if he softens his stance on the issue that got him this far?” IfsIssuesTrumpSpeechImmigrationStance Author:Steve Kornacki
“The perception that Donald Trump has softened on immigration or is about to soften on immigration has some on the right concerned that he could lose support among his most loyal base of supporters, though he`d been drawn to his hard-line positions on immigration early in the campaign.” HardLosesLinesSupportPositionTrumpPerceptionConcernedCampaignsImmigrationLoyalSupporter Author:Steve Kornacki
“Rush Limbaugh is saying he never took Trump seriously in the first place.” FirstsTrump Author:Steve Kornacki
“In the first place, I don`t think [Donald] Trump has changed that much from what em. I never took him serious highway this [immigration policy].” ThinkingFirstsPolicyChangedSeriousTrumpImmigrationEmsHighwaysImmigration Policy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My point, they [Trump's followers] still don't care. They're going to stick with him no matter what.” StillsMatterCareTrumpNo Matter WhatSticksDon't CareFollowers Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We will hear more details on [Donald] Trump`s plans on addressing illegal immigration in the speech tonight, including what Trump plans to do about those 11 million illegal immigrants already in the U.S.” MillionsPlansTrumpSpeechIncludingDetailsImmigrationTonightImmigrantsIllegalIllegal ImmigrantsIllegal Immigration Author:Kellyanne Conway
“You are going to hear many things from Mr. Trump today in his speech on immigration. One, no amnesty. He is absolutely going to build that wall. That`s been the center piece of his campaign from day one.” TodayPiecesWallTrumpSpeechCampaignsImmigrationAmnesty Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Donald Trump also will repeal all these executive amnesty orders that President Obama has put into place.” OrderPresidentTrumpExecutivesPresident ObamaAmnesty Author:Kellyanne Conway
“You are going to hear how he [Donald Trump] is going to address the 11 million, and some other issues as well, including sanctuary cities.” WellsCitiesMillionsIssuesTrumpIncludingAddressesSanctuary Author:Kellyanne Conway
“There is another part of his policy that we`re unclear about, which is how - whether he`s going to stick to this proposal to ban Muslim immigrants. It is amazing that we`re less than 70 days away from the election and we`re all waiting with kind of baited breath to find out what is [Donald] Trump`s immigration policy, right?” KindWaitingPolicyTrumpBreathsElectionSticksImmigrationImmigrantsProposalBansUnclearImmigration Policy Author:Michelle Goldberg
“That`s an astonishment that we`re waiting to find out what the [Donald Trump] policy is, that was the central plank, the central rationale for his candidacy.” WaitingPolicyTrumpAstonishmentRationaleCandidacy Author:Michelle Goldberg
“He [Donald Trump] hasn`t shifted on a lot of the things that he had in common with his Republican opponents.” CommonTrumpRepublicanOpponents Author:Michelle Goldberg
“He [Donald Trump] found that sweet spot in the Republican Party, just politically, where you had the rest of the party saying it`s just impractical. You can`t deport 11 million people. You can`t round them up and deport them, and his position was basically, hey, Republican voters. Don`t listen them, you can and I will.” PeopleFoundPartyMillionsPositionSweetTrumpRepublicanRoundsSpotsHeyVotersRepublican Party Author:Steve Kornacki
“Has anyone asked Donald Trump recently like how exactly does his current position differ from [Marco] Rubio`s or even Jeb Bush`s?” DoePositionTrumpCurrentsMarcos Author:Michelle Goldberg
“We played all that rhetoric, all of the thing - the provocative inflammatory things [Donald Trump] said over the last year, does that all add up to buying him enough wiggle room with his base that he can get out and change his position like that?” YearsDoeSaidEnoughLastsRoomsPositionTrumpAddBuyingLast YearRhetoricProvocative Author:Steve Kornacki
“Donald Trump, I guess one idea here if he`s flip flopping, has he bought himself cover with his base by all the inflammatory thing he`s said over the last year? But the flip side is, all of those inflammatory things, the voters he`s trying to reach by flip flopping, are they tuned out to him because of that?” IfsTryingYearsSaidIdeasLastsSidesTrumpVotersLast YearFlipFlip FlopsFlopping Author:Steve Kornacki
“My suspicion is that his hard-core supporters, you know, when I interviewed some of them, they almost take kind of vicarious pride in Donald Trump`s ability to maneuver.” KnowsKindHardAbilityPrideTrumpCoreSuspicionSupporterHard CoreVicarious Author:Michelle Goldberg
“He [Donald Trump] can do almost anything as long as they feel like he`s kind of effectively with him, that he kind of channels their emotions in some sense. A lot of the people that I`ve interviewed, at least, are not going to be really hung up on the details of policy.” PeopleFeelsKindLongCan DoEmotionPolicyTrumpDetailsHung Author:Michelle Goldberg
“And, clearly, part of what he`s trying to do now, Donald Trump knows that he`s getting killed with college educated white women. If he loses, that`s going to be why. So he`s trying to appeal to some of them, with the softening of his position on immigration.” IfsKnowsTryingLosesWhitePositionCollegeTrumpImmigrationEducatedAppeals Author:Michelle Goldberg
“Although, my guess is that what Donald Trump will do tonight is to try to thread that needle by kind of softening his policy position or maybe just the questions about what you do with those 11 million, while getting tough on criminal migrants.” TryingKindMillionsPolicyPositionTrumpToughCriminalsTonightThreadNeedlesMigrants Author:Michelle Goldberg
“I bet we`ll see a lot of demagoguery [in Donald Trump speech] about the 10,000 Syrians that [Barack] Obama has allowed to be resettled here.” TrumpSpeechBarackDemagoguery Author:Michelle Goldberg
“The idea will be to find of focus on crime and issues where there`s not a lot of - where Donald Trump can kind of get people`s emotions.” PeopleKindIdeasEmotionIssuesFocusCrimeTrump Author:Michelle Goldberg
“Like the kind of voter who has been turned off to [Donald] Trump, who would normally vote Republican in an election like this, that`s who we`re talking about, can they get past - even if he comes to a position that`s more agreeable for them, a tone that`s more agreeable, can they get past the last year?” IfsYearsKindHas BeensLastsPastTalkingPositionTrumpRepublicanVoteElectionToneVotersLast YearTurned Off Author:Steve Kornacki
“I would like to deal with a person who is able to take responsible decisions and implement the agreements reached. The name [Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton] does not matter.” PersonsDoeMatterAbleNamesDecisionDealsTrumpResponsibleClintonAgreement Author:Vladimir Putin
“As for the criticism we receive, you know, even Mr. [Donald] Trump's team criticize us. For instance, one of the participants or members of his team claimed that Russia was giving money to the Clintons through some funds and that in fact Russia is controlling the Clinton family. This is nonsense.” KnowsGivingFactsTeamTrumpMembersCriticismClintonRussiaInstanceNonsenseFundCriticizeParticipantsGiving Money Author:Vladimir Putin
“After all, despite the scandalous behavior of one and, by the way, the other candidate [they are both , Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, scandalous in their own ways], they are smart, they are really smart and they are aware of the leverages they should use to make the voters in the United States understand them, feel them and hear them.” WayFeelsShouldStatesUseUnitedUnited StatesTrumpBehaviorSmartClintonDespiteCandidatesVotersReally SmartScandalous Author:Vladimir Putin
“Donald Trump is targeting the traditional Republican voters, the average person with an average income, the working class, a certain group of entrepreneurs and those people who embrace traditional values.” PeoplePersonsCertainValuesClassGroupsTrumpRepublicanEmbraceEntrepreneurAverageIncomeTraditionalVotersWorking ClassAverage PersonTraditional Values Author:Vladimir Putin
“Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton is focusing on a different part of the voters trying to influence them in her own way as well; so they attack each other [with Donald Trump].” WayTryingWellsDifferentInfluenceTrumpClintonVoters Author:Vladimir Putin
“In some cases, I would not want us to follow their [Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton] pattern. I do not believe they are setting the best example.” WantBelieveCasesExampleTrumpClintonPatternsSettingSettingsWant U Author:Vladimir Putin
“Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump basically share a policy of brute military strength. And both, I think, make a lot of Americans uneasy about our foreign policy going forward, which needs a frank discussion. Likewise on the issue of student debt and the future of our younger generation.” ThinkingNeedsIssuesGenerationsShareMilitaryPolicyStudentsTrumpClintonDebtDiscussionForeign PolicyFrankBrutesUneasyYounger Generation Author:Jill Stein
“Donald Trump is finding out what I found out: when you run for office, you are not allowed to tell a joke.” RunningFoundTrumpOfficeFindingsJokes Author:Jesse Ventura
“Donald Trump is not a Republican, he's an Independent.” TrumpRepublicanIndependent Author:Jesse Ventura
“[Donald] Trump is speaking in Philadelphia on military matters. He's doing quite well. I want to join a little bit of this in progress just to give you a flavor for how Trump is sounding.” WantGivingWellsLittlesMatterBitsProgressMilitaryTrumpLittle BitFlavorPhiladelphia Author:Rush Limbaugh