“If that were a winning argument, Donald Trump could get anybody off the bench on his cases by just something deeply offensive based on their background.” IfsWinningCasesTrumpArgumentBackgroundsOffensiveBenches Author:Deborah Rhode
“If there's one thing that Trump does, he never quits.” IfsDoeOne ThingTrumpQuittingNever Quit Author:Bob Woodward
“Trump's - has great negatives, enormous negatives, a lot of people say they simply won't vote for him. So if he's gotten media, maybe it hasn't done him so much good.” PeopleIfsDoneMediaTrumpVoteEnormous Author:David Folkenflik
“Well, in fact if you look at the Trump voters, you take a look at their attitudes it's not all that different. In some respects they're similar. They're an older version of the Sanders people. So a lot of it is racist and you have that sort of thing, but if you look at their views on say health, education, and so on, it's kind of the same as Sanders.” PeopleIfsWellsLooksKindDifferentFactsViewsAttitudeTrumpVersionsRacistVotersHealth Education Author:Noam Chomsky
“Well, part of the trick of getting elected president, if you look at George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is convincing the other side, at least temporarily, not to hate and fear. And that, Trump is not going to able to do that” IfsWellsLooksAbleHateSidesPresidentTrumpTricksBarackConvincingHate And Fear Author:Rich Lowry
“Some Trumpsters asked me if it was really a problem that Trump doesn't have money to run commercials now. And I said he doesn't have the money, just doesn't have the money. "That's not good. He needs to be running commercials."” IfsNeedsSaidProblemRunningTrump Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Nothing exceptional [would happen to the world under a Hillary Clinton's presidency] - things would stay the same: sponsorship of "Color" or "Umbrella" or whatever "revolutions", some more coups, "regime changes", direct invasions, bombing, propaganda warfare against China, Russia, Iran, South Africa and what is left of the Latin American revolutions. There would be plenty of torture in "secret centers", but it would not be as advertised and glorified as it would be if [Donald] Trump were elected.” IfsWorldHappensWould BeLeftSecretColorRevolutionTrumpDirectClintonSouthChinaRussiaPlentyPropagandaTortureIranLatinRegimesSouth AfricaWarfarePresidencyExceptionalInvasionLatin AmericaBombingAmerican RevolutionUmbrellaCoupsLatin AmericanSponsorshipRegime Change Author:Andre Vltchek
“[Donald] Trump: he'd probably declare in Hiroshima that he'd nuke half of Asia if it would help the West to retain its control over the world. At least one would not harbor any false hopes.” IfsWorldHelpingHalfTrumpWestAsiaHarborsHiroshimaFalse HopeNukes Author:Andre Vltchek
“Everybody is telling me Donald Trump is going to destroy the stock market if he's elected.” IfsTrump Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We've got people in the Republican Party that just believe that if you just cut taxes for corporations, and that you have more trade, and we just bring in more people from abroad, that this is going to help the average guy. Well, it's not. I mean, this is an honest dispute. We're going to have a dispute about it. The American people agree with [Donald] Trump and I agree with Trump on those things.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsMeanHelpingGuyPartyCuttingHonestTrumpRepublicanTaxesAgreeTradeAverageCorporationsRepublican PartyDisputesJust Believe Author:Jeff Sessions
“[Donald] Trump is where the Republicans are, and if you're going to be a Republican leader you should be supportive of that.” IfsShouldLeaderTrumpRepublicanSupportive Author:Jeff Sessions
“[Donald] Trump and all the Republicans believe in the theory of trickle down economics which is a theory discredited even by the author himself David Stockton. The theory suggests that if we take care of the people at the top, if we cut taxes for the wealthy, if we make sure they are doing really well, then the investments that they make in the economy and the jobs that will create, will make everything grow and it will have a trickle down effect on the rest of us.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsCareJobsGrowsEconomyCuttingEffectsTheoryTrumpRepublicanTaxesEconomicsInvestmentTake CareWealthyTrickle DownTrickle Down Economics Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“Donald Trump is appealing to, that whole expression, everybody who asked me, why is Trump able to win in those 16 people? There's a whole expression. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. I'm not very good at prognosticating but I would not be surprised if he's the nominee.” PeopleIfsMenWholeAbleWinningLandExpressionTrumpKingsBlindVery Good Author:Joe Biden
“I think it would be a disaster if Donald Trump is elected. It will also be a disaster if Hillary Clinton is elected.” IfsThinkingWould BeTrumpClintonDisaster Author:Jill Stein
“I will not sleep fine if Donald Trump wins and I will not sleep fine is Hillary Clinton wins. Whether you are looking at nuclear weapons, whether you are looking at expanding wars and their blowback, which will not stop as long as those wars continue to expand, or whether you're looking at the climate, in my view, we have no choice. This is an existential moment. We are deciding not only what kind of world we will have, but whether we will have a world or not. I think it's very important to get outside this box that tells us we are powerless, when in fact, we are powerful.” IfsThinkingWorldKindLongImportantWarMomentsFactsChoicesWinningSleepViewsPowerfulFineTrumpWeaponsClintonClimateBoxesNuclearNuclear WeaponsExistentialPowerlessExpanding Author:Jill Stein
“For me the most important issue is climate change because it in some ways trumps every other issue. Everything else we care about falls by the wayside if the Greenland ice shelf falls into the sea. And if suddenly sea levels rise 21 feet, everything we hold near and dear ceases to exist.” IfsWayImportantCareFallLevelsIssuesSeaFeetTrumpClimateClimate ChangeDearCeaseIceShelvesImportant IssuesGreenlandSea Level Rise Author:Moby
“I don't think Donald Trump is afraid of journalists. If he was, he wouldn't be on the TV every hour on the hour.” IfsThinkingHoursTvsTrumpJournalist Author:Joe Arpaio
“If you mention what he said about rapists from Mexico, there are some that come over - I can prove that with how many I have in the jail system - but I don't think Donald Trump meant that everybody coming over are rapists. Come on, he knows that and I know that.” IfsThinkingKnowsSaidI CanTrumpProveJailMexico Author:Joe Arpaio
“I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to be the Republican major figure in four, six or even within two years.” IfsThinkingYearsWellsTwoFourFiguresTrumpRepublicanSixMajorsTwo YearsConventionsCruz Author:David Brooks
“If there is a series of attacks like that or, God forbid, if ISIS is really sending soldiers across Europe and maybe across the world for a barrage of these things, then the political climate is revolutionized here. And maybe the [Donald] Trump speech will look like a precursor to a climate that we're all about to walk into.” IfsWorldLooksPoliticalWalksTrumpSpeechEuropeSeriesClimateSoldierIsisPrecursor Author:David Brooks
“Democrats, if they're smart and they're not brain-dead, are doing two things right now.They're having self-deprecating humor written for them. There was no humor in Cleveland. And they are not making this a Donald Trump.” IfsTwoSelfBrainWrittenTrumpRight NowSmartDemocratTwo ThingsClevelandSelf DeprecatingSelf Deprecating HumorBrain Dead Author:Mark Shields
“If Donald Trump does lose, being revealed as this bizarre personality, Ted Cruz is not going to be what Republicans are looking for in 2020.” IfsDoeLosesPersonalityTrumpRepublicanBizarreCruz Author:Mark Shields
“We know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up [Vladimir] Putin, to support Putin, whether it's saying that NATO wouldn't come to the rescue of allies if they were invaded, talking about removing sanctions from Russian officials after they were imposed by the United States and Europe together, because of Russia's aggressiveness in Crimea and Ukraine, his praise for Putin which is I think quite remarkable.” IfsThinkingKnowsStatesTogetherUnitedTalkingUnited StatesSupportTrumpEuropePraiseRussiaOfficialsRemarkableWillingnessAlliesRescuePutinUkraineSanctionsNatoAggressivenessCrimea Author:Hillary Clinton
“My father was a Muslim immigrant; when Donald Trump started talking about banning Muslim immigrants from this country, I grew my beard out. My mother hated it. She never wanted me to look particularly "Muslim." She thought if I grew my beard out that people would know, right? "Don't make it hard for yourself. Don't let people know."” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksCountryHardWantedMotherFatherTalkingGrewTrumpHatedImmigrantsBeard Author:Andrew Aydin
“For me, it was a mission on the hill to sensitize people, because they don't know Muslim immigrants. And for the most part, a lot of us just keep our heads down. But if I can engage someone in conversation, someone who maybe does support Donald Trump, or at least isn't speaking out against him, and I can show him the fear that I have, then maybe I can turn that tide.” PeopleIfsKnowsDoeI CanShowsTurnsSupportTrumpConversationMissionsHillsImmigrantsTidesSpeaking Out Author:Andrew Aydin
“If Donald Trump had said something like I'm going to raise taxes on the middle class, it would be all over the news. You would be questioning his sanity.” IfsSaidWould BeClassMiddleTrumpTaxesNewsRaisesMiddle ClassSanityQuestioning Author:Rudy Giuliani
“If Mr. [Donald] Trump is up 10 or 15 points on Election Day and ends up losing, then, you know, maybe he can raise some questions. That doesn't seem to be the case at that moment.” IfsKnowsEndsMomentsSeemsCasesTrumpLosingRaisesElectionThat MomentElection Day Author:Barack Obama
“That's what Donald Trump said when he starts talking about, "The Second Amendment people might have..." "You're not taking my guns. No matter who you appoint to the court, you're not taking my guns," is all it means, pure and simple. If everybody could just take a breath here and let's get back to who's really doing damage to our country.” PeopleIfsMeanSaidCountryMatterMightSimpleTalkingTrumpPureGunBreathsCourtOur CountryDamageGet BackAmendmentsSecond Amendment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If that's the kind of person you want, vote for Hillary [Clinton], vote for [Donald] Trump - and you go to hell with both of them.” IfsWantKindPersonsHellTrumpVoteClintonGo To Hell Author:Louis Farrakhan
“There was an analyst who came out the other day who's had a long track record of projecting presidential campaigns based on the economy and other kind of factors. And he said if [Donald] Trump stays about where he is right now, he'll win at about 51 or 52 percent. If Trump actually gets his act together in a disciplined way, he could win by as much as 66 percent.” IfsWayKindLongSaidTogetherWinningEconomyRecordsTrumpRight NowPercentTrackCampaignsFactorsPresidentialAnalystsTrack RecordPresidential Campaign Author:Newt Gingrich
“Go back and read Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here or Babbitt. For a guy or girl who's going to do an hour of political comedy, it might be a little rough, sure. But I think if you're spending 10 minutes or less, and you're talking about - not necessarily [Donald Trump] but his supporters and the media coverage, there's all kinds of angles to explore. It doesn't just have to be simply, "This guy is crazy!" It's more about the idea of that kind of guy rising to the prominence he has, to actually become the Republican candidate.” IfsThinkingKindLittlesIdeasMightHappensPoliticalGuyGirlHoursTalkingComedyCrazyMinutesMediaTrumpRepublicanSpendingAll KindsCandidatesRisingRoughSupporterAngleThis GuyCoverageProminenceMedia Coverage Author:David Cross
“[If Donald Trump does get elected, I will be] probably Secretary Of Reeducation. Or I don't know. I'll probably end up working in the cafeteria.” IfsKnowsDoeEndsTrumpSecretaryCafeteria Author:David Cross
“Meg Whitman wants to be close to power. She doesn't care if it's Hillary Clinton, she doesn't care if it's Barack Obama. All she knows is that if Trump is president, he's not gonna be crony with her. Trump is not gonna do any special favors for her.” IfsKnowsWantCarePresidentSpecialTrumpClintonFavorsBarackMegCronies Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Politically, Donald Trump doesn't seem to care much about what he says. He gauges the effect. Sometimes, in the middle of a speech, he will change his direction if the audience doesn't like him.” IfsSometimesSeemsCareAudienceMiddleEffectsTrumpSpeechGauges Author:E. J. Dionne
“The Donald Trump phenomenon in the U.S. is mirrored completely by the Brexit phenomenon in the U.K. It's very similar forces. And what is interesting to me is there are two different groups that come together, who don't really agree with each other, but have come together in unity against, if you like, what is perceived as the status quo, or - and certainly what is a more center-right or center-left type of politics.” IfsTwoDifferentTogetherLeftForceInterestingGroupsTypeTrumpAgreeUnityPhenomenonStatus Quo Author:Tony Blair
“The active Trump supporter is the Trumpster who can tell you exactly why. And if you tell the active Trump supporter that you don't, he will try to convince you to change your mind. That's an active Trump voter or supporter.” IfsTryingMindTrumpActiveConvinceVotersSupporterChanging Your Mind Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You have Hillary Clinton who has called black teens or black kids super predators, you have Donald Trump who's openly racist. We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn't make sense to me because if that was any other person you'd be in prison.” IfsPersonsDoneKidsBlackTrumpPrisonClintonMake SensePresidentialCandidatesRacistTeensEmailPredatorPresidential Candidate Author:Colin Kaepernick
“But take the Russia issue. You open up the convention, and you have got a report that the Democratic Party has been hacked by the Russians, e-mails, the e-mails of the Democratic Party, which is a headline and words that you don't want, if you're Hillary Clinton's campaign.And Donald Trump immediately takes the story and basically steps on the advantage he has and say, well, the Russians, who am I to tell [Vladimir] Putin? You know, the Russians ought to come in and continue to hack our - and find out where the e-mails are.” IfsKnowsWantWellsHas BeensStoriesPartyStepsIssuesOughtTrumpAdvantageDemocraticClintonCampaignsRussiaReportsConventionsMailDemocratic PartyPutinHeadlinesHacksHacked Author:Mark Shields
“Donald Trump tried to set up this debate where it was going to be globalists vs. nationalists, and the Republicans were going to be the nationalists. But, if anything, the Democrats looked more patriotic and more nationalist at the end of these two.” IfsTwoEndsTrumpRepublicanDemocratDebatePatriotic Author:David Brooks
“If we're in some sort of Hobbesian state of nature, where you just want a strong man who has no compassion Donald Trump is going to do a little better. So, we will figure out what game we're playing.” IfsMenWantLittlesStatesGamesStrongCompassionFiguresTrumpStrong ManNo Compassion Author:David Brooks
“I ran for president. I ran for governor twice. And I've been the governor now for nearly seven years. I find that the people who are my best advisors are the people who are smart enough to give me really good advice and smart enough to keep their mouths shut about what advice they give me. And so if I want advisors that way, that's the kind of advisor I'm going to be for Donald Trump.” PeopleIfsWayWantGivingYearsKindEnoughPresidentAdviceTrumpSmartMouthsGive MeSevenRanGovernorsSeven YearsGood AdviceAdvisors Author:Chris Christie
“The message [of Donald Trump ] is that if anybody lives in those circumstances in this country, that's something that the government should be working to try to change.” IfsShouldTryingCountryGovernmentTrumpCircumstancesMessages Author:Chris Christie
“If people want safer streets, they want police supported, then they should vote for Donald Trump because that's what he'll do.” PeopleIfsWantShouldStreetsTrumpVotePolice Author:Chris Christie
“If [Donald ] Trump wins, they [ white supremacists] could be running the country.” IfsCountryRunningWinningWhiteTrump Author:Hillary Clinton
“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
“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
“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