“The real problem with Donald Trump is, if you engage him, it will only make things worse. It's like - it's a little bit what you were taught as a kid to not engage the bully, because they will continue to pick on you.” IfsLittlesRealProblemKidsBitsTaughtTrumpLittle BitPicksBullyReal Problems Author:Amy Walter
“Trump appeals to the disaffected by loudly trumpet-ing what they want to hear: other people are always the problem, and the solution is to either put them in their proper place or get rid of them.” PeopleWantProblemTrumpSolutionsAppealsTrumpets Author:Michael R. Burch
“I think you still have a problem here when you're going and you're looking not just that Trump is winning, but he's winning in a broad swath of voters. It's not just that he's got this one lane, oh, he only wins when there's low turnout, he only wins when conservatives, he only wins in these kinds of states. He wins enough across a broad array.” ThinkingKindStillsStatesEnoughProblemWinningTrumpLowsBroadsVotersLanes Author:Amy Walter
“On domestic policy, Donald Trump agreed with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the Wall Street bailout, the TARP bailout of big bank. I think the government ought to be standing with mainstream, with working men and women. And then you put on top of that the ethical issues, whether it is refusing to release his taxes. And that's a real problem.” ThinkingMenRealProblemBigsGovernmentIssuesStreetsPolicyWallOughtTrumpTaxesMen And WomenStandingClintonReleaseBarackEthicalMainstreamReal ProblemsWorking ManBailoutsDomestic PolicyEthical IssuesTarp Author:Ted Cruz
“He [Donald Trump] said in the debate - he said, gosh, I'm being audited for two years. Then he said three years. Then he said maybe five years. Listen, if there's a problem in his taxes, the voters have a right to know, because come September, October, the general election, folks in the media are going to make a heyday about any problems in his taxes.” IfsKnowsYearsSaidTwoProblemThreeFiveMediaTrumpTaxesElectionFolksDebateFive YearsTwo YearsVotersThree YearsSeptemberOctoberGeneral ElectionsHeyday Author:Ted Cruz
“[Donald Trump twitts] "Lightweight Marco Rubio was working hard last night." This is true. "The problem is he's chalker and once a chalker, always a choker," I guess that's what he meant to say. He spelled choker, c-h-o-k-e-r.” HardProblemLastsNightTrumpLast NightMarcosChokers Author:Marco Rubio
“Donald Trump is not stupid. He knows exactly what he's saying. And he's just saying out there - I mean, forget about Muslims. He said I could go down on Fifth Avenue in New York and shoot someone in the face and people - and the voters will have no problem with it. This transcends any kind of religion and any kind of belief. This is actually an offense and attack on human values. He's just saying out there I will shoot people in the face and people wouldn't care.” PeopleKnowsHumansKindMeanSaidProblemCareFacesValuesBeliefForgetStupidNew YorkTrumpVotersOffenseNo ProblemFifthAvenuesJust SayingHuman ValuesNot StupidFifth Avenue Author:Bassem Youssef
“In general, I think what Donald Trump's message is, is: I'm a very practical, execution-oriented entrepreneur who built a successful business. I've demonstrated an ability to go global with my business. I can get along with a lot of different people. There are certain problems in the United States right now born from faulty policy. So what is happening right now is the lower and middle class are being left behind by the globalization and by the global elite. I think that's basically his message, and Bernie Sanders' is similar.” PeopleThinkingI CanDifferentStatesProblemCertainLeftBornAbilityUnitedBehindsClassUnited StatesSuccessfulMiddlePolicyTrumpRight NowMessagesHappeningsBuiltEntrepreneurPracticalsMiddle ClassElitesExecutionGlobalizationLeft BehindDifferent PeoplesSuccessful Business Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“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
“One of the problems, frankly, the Republicans seem to have had is they don't like his [Donald Trump] personality, his tactics, but they basically agree with him on so many of the issues.” ProblemSeemsIssuesPersonalityTrumpRepublicanAgreeTactics Author:Hillary Clinton
“I just came back from - with Trump when I endorsed him in Iowa, in Marshalltown, a little town - 27,000 - have a lot of Hispanics working there from Mexico in a private business, so they're still here. I'm not saying they're here illegally but they still come and they work, make money for their families, send the money back to Mexico or whatever, so it's a big problem.” LittlesStillsProblemBigsTrumpTownsMaking MoneyMexicoBig ProblemsIowaLittle Towns Author:Joe Arpaio
“It plays right into the hands of ISIS. And that's why Americans need to know that Donald Trump's words are being used in recruitment videos that ISIS is putting out. I think that is a very serious problem.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsPlayProblemHandsUsedSeriousTrumpVideoIsisRecruitment Author:Hillary Clinton
“And Donald Trump is not going to give in to the special interests in this country, like the teachers' union, who say that substandard education in our urban areas can only be fixed by giving it more money and that that's all they're going to do about it and not change the underlying problems that we have on violence.” GivingCountryProblemInterestTeacherViolenceSpecialTrumpAreasUnionsFixedMore MoneyUrbanSpecial InterestsUrban AreasTeachers Unions Author:Chris Christie
“There have been candidates who've been right on trade but wrong on the other two, right on war but wrong on the other two, right on immigration but not interested in the other two. It is this writer's belief that [Donald] Trump is the first one to come along, despite what a big buffoon everybody says he is. He is the only guy that's put his finger on the problems and the comprises and the areas that need to be addressed in order to owe direct the route which our country is traveling.” NeedsFirstsHas BeensTwoWarCountryProblemBigsGuyOrderBeliefTrumpAreasDirectTradeFingersImmigrationDespiteOur CountryCandidatesNot InterestedRoutesBuffoons Author:Rush Limbaugh
“What [Donald] Trump is essentially saying is what has always been the case: America is the solution to the problems of the world. But to [Barack] Obama and Hillary [Clinton] and many on the left, America's the problem. America and its superpower status is the problem in the world.” WorldProblemAmericaLeftCasesTrumpSolutionsClintonBarackSuperpower Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You look at the states [Barack] Obama won and wonder, well, where would Hillary Clinton have a problem and where does Donald Trump have problems? And the truth is, Donald Trump is not showing strength in any of the big states that he would need in order to actually get to 270. And Hillary Clinton is showing herself to be remarkably stable in all the states that she needs.” NeedsWellsLooksDoeStatesProblemBigsOrderWonderTrumpTruth IsClintonBarackStable Author:Bill Burton
“Here's the biggest problem I think Donald Trump has. He's not getting enough votes today of the people who already say they don't like Hillary Clinton.” PeopleThinkingEnoughProblemTodayTrumpVoteClinton Author:John Brabender
“It's hard to look at [Donald] Trump as a hopeful sign because, in his own way, he is offering false solutions to many problems.” WayLooksHardProblemTrumpSolutionsHopefulOffering Author:Jane Mayer
“Donald Trump is not just a problem for the EU, but for the whole world.” WorldWholeProblemTrumpWhole World Author:Martin Schulz
“Today, suddenly, after, what, five years, suddenly he [Donald Trump] became convinced that it's not an issue. Yesterday it was an issue. It will probably become an issue again for him. You know, the guy may have a memory problem.” KnowsYearsMayProblemTodayGuyMemoriesIssuesFiveTrumpConvincedYesterdayFive Years Author:Jill Stein
“I don't pretend to be able to do TV diagnosis, but I think the guy [Donald Trump] has a problem.” ThinkingProblemAbleGuyTvsTrumpDiagnosis Author:Jill Stein
“The guy [Donald Trump] has a lot of problems - physical, mental, emotional, cognitive. You know, he comes with a whole lot of baggage, and I think it's pretty obvious.” ThinkingKnowsWholeProblemGuyEmotionalTrumpObviousCognitiveBaggage Author:Jill Stein
“The problem is that, you know, the corporate press loves [Donald Trump].” KnowsProblemTrumpPressesCorporate Author:Jill Stein
“You see the kind of approach, because he [Doanld Trump] is a businessman. He's like, I'm going to pick up the phone, I'm gonna call that CEO and we're going to talk about this directly, instead of getting mired in a lot of the way down, you know, bureaucracy and red tape and having 25 assistants or deputies talk to somebody instead of going directly to the root of the problem.” KnowsWayKindProblemTrumpApproachPicksRedRootsPhonesTapeCeoBusinessmanBureaucracyAssistantsDeputiesRed Tape Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“I think [Donald] Trump is going to try to be fairly low key, but the problem is that I don`t think he is going to very well with [Hillary] Clinton attacking him fairly relentlessly for 90 minutes.” ThinkingTryingWellsProblemMinutesKeysTrumpLowsClintonAttackingLow Key Author:Josh Barro
“I think we are only going to get it by standing up and voting our values, understanding that the lesser evil doesn't solve the problem. It just prolongs the problem and it paves the way to the greater evil. That the policies of the Clintons, the Wall Street deregulation and NAFTA, created the economic misery that becomes very fertile territory for demagogues like Donald Trump.” ThinkingWayProblemValuesEvilUnderstandingGreaterEconomicStreetsPolicyWallTrumpStandingMiseryClintonSolveVotingTerritoryFertileLesser EvilDeregulationNafta Author:Jill Stein
“Ronald Reagan said something really interesting about nuclear proliferation back in the 1980s. He said the problem with nuclear proliferation is some fool or maniac could trigger a catastrophic event and I think that Donald Trump is exactly who governor Reagan warned about.” ThinkingSaidProblemInterestingEventsFoolTrumpNuclearGovernorsTriggersReally InterestingProliferationManiacsNuclear Proliferation Author:Tim Kaine
“If President [Barack] Obama - President [Donald] Trump shows up with a, you know, cleaver and just says, I can get rid of all these regulations, I can get rid of ObamaCare, no problem at all, then that would be a mistake.” IfsKnowsI CanShowsProblemWould BePresidentMistakeTrumpBarackRegulationNo ProblemObamacarePresident Barack ObamaCleaver Author:William Kristol
“Donald Trump didn't go to Vietnam. He said he had a medical problem. He got a medical deferment. Now his doctor says he's the healthiest man alive.” MenSaidProblemAliveTrumpDoctorsMedicalVietnamMedical Problems Author:Cenk Uygur
“The way Donald Trump talks about the problems of black Americans as a kind of separate group who are not part of his audience but he's kind of reaching over his audience or behind his audience to black Americans, saying what have you got to lose? As in you might as well join me because the Democrats haven't done anything for you. But joining me means joining this group that already supports me.” WayWellsKindMeanDoneProblemMightBlackLosesBehindsSupportAudienceGroupsHavensTrumpDemocratReachingJoiningSupport Me Author:George Packer
“The problem is that what Donald Trump said, if you take it literally now, is cause for anxiety and nervousness.” IfsSaidProblemCausesTrumpAnxietyNervousness Author:Mark Shields