“It is hard to get mad at Donald Trump for saying stupid things, in the same way you don't get mad at a monkey when he throws poop at you at the zoo... What does get me angry is the ridiculous, disingenuous defending of the poop-throwing monkey.” WayDoeHardStupidTrumpPoliticianAngryMadRidiculousComedianThrowingMonkeysZoosHumoristsStupid ThingsPoopDisingenuous Author:Jon Stewart
“Trump is the candidate giving voice to untold millions of fed-up Americans witnessing a purposeful destruction of our economy and the equal opportunity for success that made America exceptional, we're watching career politicians throw away our kids' future through bankrupting public budgets and ripping open our porous borders which, obvious to all us non-politicians, puts us at great risk.” GivingMadeKidsAmericaSuccessOpportunityVoiceCareersMillionsEconomyRiskTrumpPoliticianEqualDestructionObviousBudgetsBordersCandidatesFedsExceptionalFed UpEqual OpportunityGreat RiskOpportunity For SuccessCareer PoliticiansGiving Voice Author:Sarah Palin
“[Donald Trump] hedging his bets because he's used to buying politicians.” UsedTrumpPoliticianBuyingHedging Author:Marco Rubio
“Because people were attracted to him because he was not elected to an office. He was not a politician. And like you said before, he was a person that people say "Wow! He has the idea!" But the more and more you listen to Donald Trump, the more you have the sense that he is not the person that's going to run the country. And I have strong views.” PeoplePersonsSaidIdeasCountryRunningStrongViewsLike YouTrumpPoliticianOfficeWow Author:Dalia Mogahed
“If you`re a Republican politician and you`re seeing this guy [Donald Trump] saying crazy stuff and going up in the polls, what are you going to say, you`re going to say equally crazy or maybe a little less crazy stuff.” IfsLittlesGuyStuffSeeingCrazyTrumpPoliticianRepublicanThis GuyPolls Author:Bernie Sanders
“Donald Trump is succeeding right now for sure. He is a gifted politician. But, he is just a gifted politician. He`s just a gifted politician that is appealing to people`s anger and frustration that is quite legitimate.” PeopleTrumpPoliticianRight NowSucceedFrustrationGiftedAnger And Frustration Author:Jeb Bush
“[Donald] Trump is still Trump, and that means he says things that politicians just don't say.” MeanStillsTrumpPolitician Author:Don Gonyea
“I believe you [Donald Trump] know politicians better than I do because for 40 years you've been funding liberal Democratic politicians.” KnowsYearsBelieveI BelieveTrumpPoliticianDemocraticFunding Author:Ted Cruz
“Don't listen to me. I'm not a politician. I know nothing about politics. But people are cheering when something very bad happens to him [Donald Trump]. So that's got to make you think before voting for him.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHappensTrumpPoliticianVotingCheerMake You ThinkListen To Me Author:Sacha Baron Cohen
“Let's say Donald Trump loses but it's close. That could change the whole way the job of being a politician shifts - that to succeed in politics, you have to be a caricature of what a politician is supposed to be like.” WayWholeJobsLosesTrumpPoliticianSucceedSupposed To BeCaricatures Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Donald Trump has built a super successful business. He's an effective organizer. He's an effective execution-oriented executive. He has the right political personality to get on with people in a way that'll surprise people. He will cut deals in a way that are more favorable for America than what establishment politicians have done.” PeopleWayDoneAmericaPoliticalDealsSuccessfulCuttingPersonalityTrumpPoliticianBuiltSurpriseExecutivesEstablishmentExecutionSuccessful BusinessOrganizer Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“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
“I thought Donald Trump approach on Brexit was a fascinating window into how he thinks. His basic point was that [David] Cameron should resign because he didn't read the public mood on the issue right. And that Boris Johnson should be the next prime minister because he did. That's a very different definition of leadership than many politicians have. Or at least say they have.” ThinkingShouldDifferentNextIssuesTrumpPoliticianApproachWindowDefinitionsMoodMinistersFascinatingPrimePrime MinisterJohnsonCameronDefinition Of Leadership Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“What's four years in our long American history? Remember when I asked that wheelchair-bound politician to "stand up." It turns me off when people say Donald Trump is authentic. Just because he says "Mexican rapists." What about me? I am the real deal.” PeopleYearsLongRealRememberTurnsDealsFourTrumpPoliticianBoundsFour YearsAmerican HistoryRemember WhenMexicanWheelchairsTurn Me Author:Joe Biden
“You need to pray. Donald Trump is who he is - and that's one thing that politicians are not. It's all "game playing."” NeedsGamesOne ThingTrumpPrayingPolitician Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Both [Donald] Trump and Bernie [Sanders] got to this idea of the vanishing middle class sooner and with more passion than more mainstream politicians, and benefited from it. The difference, of course, is that Bernie understood this in a more compassionate framework, and talked about it in conjunction with a revitalization of another part of the American project, which is the notion that we are all created equal, and that our laws and culture and action ought to reflect that.” IdeasActionLawCulturePassionCoursesDifferencesClassMiddleOughtTrumpPoliticianEqualProjectsUnderstoodNotionMiddle ClassCompassionateMainstreamFrameworkVanishingConjunctionsRevitalization Author:George Saunders
“One of the oddities of this election is the man that [Donald] Trump chose as his vice-president, Mike Pence, is one of the Kochs' favourite politicians.” MenPresidentHe ManTrumpPoliticianElectionVicesFavouriteMikeVice PresidentOddities Author:Jane Mayer
“[Ted Cruz] is changed his mind, decided it`s in his best interest to be for [Donald] Trump, which what that says to me is Ted Cruz is a totally craven politician and will say anything to win, but isn`t even good at it.” MindWinningInterestChangedTrumpPoliticianDecidedSay AnythingCruz Author:Josh Barro
“This is the difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Sen. Kaine. They are career public servants. Donald Trump is a businessman, not a career politician. He built a business.” DifferencesCareersTrumpPoliticianBuiltClintonServantBusinessmanPublic ServantsCareer Politicians Author:Mike Pence
“Donald Trump's not a polished politician like Hillary Clinton.” TrumpPoliticianClintonPolished Author:Mike Pence
“Republican politicians are contributed to heavily by climate change, global warming, environmentalist wackos. That's how they're brought on board with this, and that's why an outsider like Trump is so appealing to so many people.” PeopleTrumpPoliticianRepublicanClimateClimate ChangeBoardsGlobal WarmingOutsidersEnvironmentalist Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think Donald Trump is new. He's a business guy running for president. So, you're not going to see a conventional campaign because he is not a conventional politician. He's not even a politician.” ThinkingRunningGuyPresidentTrumpPoliticianCampaignsConventional Author:Paul Ryan
“There are no winners in this election [2016]. I paid attention to it for about two months and then it just started to depress me. At least Hillary's [Clinton] a politician, but the fact that you've got a guy from a reality TV show! I have to say, out of everything I've ever watched in sports - the greatest comebacks ever - watching [Donald Trump] get the nomination for the Republican Party is the most astounding thing I've ever seen.” TwoFactsShowsRealityGuySportsPartyAttentionTvsMonthsTrumpPoliticianRepublicanPaidElectionClintonWinnerDepressingTv ShowsRepublican PartyComebackTwo MonthsNominationsReality TvNo Winners Author:Bill Burr
“People with long memories and a vivid sense of the past have an immediate understanding of politicians like Donald Trump. They are not surprised by the behavior of Google, a corporation that notionally (until recently anyway) espoused the slogan "don't be evil" and then runs over individual people and even entire nations in the pursuit of profit.” PeopleLongRunningPastEvilIndividualNationsUnderstandingMemoriesTrumpPoliticianBehaviorProfitPursuitCorporationsGoogleVividSlogans Author:Dale Jamieson
“I think we've created a system here where only the lifelong politicians, who are used to this kind of life in the spotlight and don't care, or people who have egos along the lines of Donald Trump - who just don't care what people say about them - they're the only people who are ever going to run because nobody wants their life dissected as meanly and as randomly as our media has come to do with anybody who runs for office.” PeopleThinkingWantKindCareRunningUsedLinesMediaTrumpPoliticianEgoOfficeDon't CareLifelongSpotlight Author:Mitch Albom
“The reason why Donald Trump does have a very strong base of popularity is he's an authentic person and not necessarily a politician.” PersonsDoeReasonStrongTrumpPoliticianReason WhyVery StrongPopularity Author:Anthony Scaramucci