“His [Donald Trump] name is on everything. He is a celebrity. But he is not a governor. He has never run government. He is a business executive.” GovernmentRunningNamesTrumpExecutivesGovernors Author:Marc Thiessen
“Donald Trump is talking about running for president. He hasn't made an announcement, but I want to tell you something. The fake suspense is killing me.” WantMadeRunningPresidentTalkingTrumpKillingSuspenseFakeAnnouncements Author:David Letterman
“Donald Trump may be running for president. He said he is sick and tired of the rest of the world laughing at the United States. Well, President Trump will certainly put an end to that.” WorldWellsMaySaidEndsStatesRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesLaughingTrumpSickTired Author:David Letterman
“Mitt Romney is not going to be running for president. So you know what that means. We are getting closer and closer to 'President Trump.'” KnowsMeanRunningPresidentTrumpRomney Author:David Letterman
“The drug lord is on the run. His name is El Chapo. Donald Trump is in a Twitter feud with this Mexican drug lord. It's historic - the first time Americans have ever sided with a Mexican drug lord.” FirstsRunningNamesLordTrumpDrugFirst TimeHistoricMexicanFeuds Author:Conan O'Brien
“Donald Trump announced that he's running for president. During his speech he told the crowd that if elected he would be 'the greatest jobs president that God ever created.' Then God said, 'Hey, don't drag me into this publicity stunt.'” IfsSaidWould BeRunningJobsPresidentTrumpSpeechCrowdsHeyDragPublicity Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Donald Trump told ABC news that if he had Oprah as a running mate, they could easily win. Although you know who'd definitely win? Oprah WITHOUT Donald Trump.” IfsKnowsRunningWinningTrumpNewsMates Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Trump is running for president and he's wasting no time getting down to business. In fact, just after his announcement he demanded to see Jeb Bush's birth certificate.” FactsRunningPresidentTrumpBirthCertificatesAnnouncementsBirth Certificate Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Donald Trump announced today he is running for president of the United States. Traditionally that means six more weeks of comedy.” MeanStatesRunningTodayPresidentUnitedUnited StatesComedyWeekTrumpSix Author:Conan O'Brien
“Donald Trump's not backing down. Yesterday he said he doesn't need to be lectured by the other Republican candidates, who he says have no business running for president. Not to be confused with Donald Trump, who ran for president and now has no business.” NeedsSaidRunningPresidentTrumpRepublicanYesterdayRanConfusedCandidatesBacking Down Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Donald Trump refuses to give details about his policy plans. Trump apologized by saying, 'When I announced I was running for president, I had no idea people would take me seriously.'” PeopleGivingIdeasRunningPresidentPlansPolicyTrumpDetailsRefuseNo IdeaTake Me Author:Conan O'Brien
“Donald Trump just announced that if Republicans don't treat him fairly, he will resurrect the Whig party and run as its hair apparent.” IfsRunningPartyHairTrumpRepublicanTreats Author:Michael R. Burch
“Donald Trump's hairpiece has reportedly narrowed its list of running partners down to Don King, Kramer, William Shatner, Dolly Parton and Phil Spector, and has no worries about being upstaged.” RunningWorryTrumpKingsListsPartnersNo WorriesKramer Author:Michael R. Burch
“Donald Trump isn't really running for president, come on! This is obviously a new reality show, Celebrity Presidential Apprentice. It ends with the incompetent celebrity being berated, humiliated, then unceremoniously fired.” EndsShowsRealityRunningPresidentTrumpPresidentialIncompetentHumiliatedApprenticeReality Shows Author:Michael R. Burch
“Donald Trump said he will not decide about a possible run for the presidency until after the current season of Celebrity Apprentice wraps up. Say what you want about Trump, at least this guy has his priorities in order. He doesn't want to let actual reality get in the way of his reality show.” WayWantSaidShowsRealityRunningGuyOrderTrumpSeasonsCurrentsWhat You WantPrioritiesPresidencyThis GuyWrapsApprenticeReality Shows Author:Jay Leno
“What do you call a comedian who runs for president? A trump card.” RunningPresidentTrumpCardsComedian Author:Michael R. Burch
“Donald Trump insisted yesterday that he is not racist, because one time an African-American won Apprentice. Because nothing says 'not racist' like making a black man run your errands.” MenRunningBlackTrumpYesterdayAfrican AmericanRacistOne TimeApprenticeErrands Author:Conan O'Brien
“Donald Trump is not running for president. This is devastating news for Trump's supporters - all of whom are late night comedians.” RunningNightPresidentTrumpLateNewsComedianSupporterLate Night Author:Conan O'Brien
“Donald Trump says that he will not run for president. You know why? He can't find his birth certificate.” KnowsRunningPresidentTrumpBirthCertificatesBirth Certificate Author:Jay Leno
“Donald Trump said that if President Obama releases his birth certificate, Trump will release his tax return. Obama said he won't run for a second term if Trump releases that thing on his head.” IfsSaidRunningPresidentTermReturnTrumpBirthTaxesReleasePresident ObamaCertificatesBirth CertificateTax Returns Author:Conan O'Brien
“NBC executives say that if Donald Trump does run for president, they will not renew The Apprentice. So some good may come out of this.” IfsMayDoeRunningPresidentTrumpExecutivesApprenticeNbc Author:Conan O'Brien
“Donald Trump is going to make an announcement about running for President on the season finale of Celebrity Apprentice. Not to be outdone, the same night the Cake Boss will reveal his plan for overhauling Medicare.” RunningNightPresidentPlansTrumpSeasonsBossCakeMedicareApprenticeAnnouncementsFinale Author:Conan O'Brien
“Insiders say that Trump is running for president as a publicity stunt. That's not the Donald Trump I know.” KnowsRunningPresidentTrumpPublicityInsiders Author:David Letterman
“Critics say it's illegal for Donald Trump to run for president while hosting a TV show. It's also illegal to run for president if your hair wasn't born in this country.” IfsCountryShowsRunningPresidentBornTvsHairTrumpCriticsIllegalTv Shows Author:Conan O'Brien
“It's starting to look like Donald Trump may be a serious presidential candidate. If you're in my line of work, Trump running for president for real is the greatest thing that has ever happened.” IfsLooksMayRealRunningPresidentLinesHappenedSeriousTrumpStartingPresidentialCandidatesPresidential CandidateUs President Author:Conan O'Brien
“Trump says he wants to run for president. Why not? It wouldn't be the first time he pushed a black family out of their home.” WantFirstsHomeRunningBlackPresidentTrumpFirst TimeWhy NotBlack Family Author:Snoop Dogg
“Donald Trump announces this morning that he will run for president. His hair will announce on Friday.” RunningPresidentMorningHairTrumpFriday Author:Albert Brooks
“Republicans are taking the possibility of [Donald] Trump as nominee seriously enough that the committee that oversees next year's Senate races laid out a confidential seven-page blueprint for candidates on how to run with Trump at the top of the ticket.” YearsEnoughRunningNextRacePossibilityTrumpRepublicanPagesSevenCandidatesSenateTicketsCommitteesNext YearBlueprintsConfidential Author:Dalia Mogahed
“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
“Donald Trump removed all doubt. He is running for president as a fascist demagogue.” RunningPresidentDoubtTrumpFascists Author:Rachel Maddow
“I have this belief that Donald Trump keeps floating the idea that he will quit the party and run as an independent if the Republican Party does not treat him fairly.” IfsDoeIdeasRunningBeliefPartyTrumpRepublicanTreatsIndependentQuittingRepublican PartyFloating Author:Rachel Maddow
“Donald Trump announced that he is not running for president. He would rather spend his time making Gary Busey sell Snapple on the street.” RunningPresidentStreetsTrumpSellsGary Author:David Letterman
“My pick for Best Political Move of the Year, which is the decisive (ph) and this means it is actually the best political movement is Bill Clinton getting on the phone and encouraging Donald Trump to run for the president.” YearsMeanRunningMovingPoliticalPresidentMovementTrumpPicksBillsClintonPhonesPolitical MovementsBest Political Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Donald Trump was, you know, obviously a very important businessman, billionaire, he was a reality show star and I think that he has had more success running for president than probably even he imagined.” ThinkingKnowsImportantShowsRealityRunningStarsPresidentTrumpBusinessmanBillionaireReality Shows Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“[Mike] Bloomberg aides says he's more likely to run if it's [Donald]Trump or [Ted] Cruz versus Sanders, then there would, presumably, be space in the middle for him. But he's less likely to go if Hillary Clinton is the nominee.” IfsRunningSpaceMiddleTrumpClintonVersusMikeCruz Author:Mara Liasson
“We`re saying the Washington establishment run behind Donald Trump.” RunningBehindsTrumpEstablishment Author:Ted Cruz
“Donald Trump got himself very far to the left. When he was considering running for president in 2000, he was for a 13 percent wealth tax on wealthy people to retire the national debt.” PeopleRunningLeftPresidentWealthTrumpTaxesPercentDebtWealthyRetiringConsideringNational Debt Author:Chris Hayes
“Donald Trump is a big Christmas gift wrapped under the tree for Hillary Clinton. She desperately hopes she runs against Donald Trump. I, however, am the lump of coal in Mrs. Clinton's stocking, and she desperately hopes she does not run against me.” DoeBigsRunningTreeTrumpClintonCoalLumpsStockingsChristmas Gift Author:Carly Fiorina
“Donald Trump can't beat Hillary Clinton, I think it's very clear, and she doesn't want to run against me, because I can beat her, because I will fight her and force her to fight on ground that she will lose on.” ThinkingWantI CanRunningFightingForceLosesClearTrumpBeatsClintonBecause I Can Author:Carly Fiorina
“I will sing their praises, I'll sing Donald's [Trump] praises and Marco's [Rubio] praises and everybody else's praises. But I'm going to keep the focus on substance and records. And there's a reason why they scream "Liar." Because when you point to their own records, their own voting records, their own words, they don't like their records because their records are inconsistent with what they're running on.” ReasonRunningRecordsFocusTrumpPraiseSubstanceReason WhyVotingLiarsScreamInconsistentMarcos Author:Ted Cruz
“Donald Trump threatened to file a defamation suit against me for running a TV ad that consisted only entirely of his own words on national television. Now, that's really a remarkable theory, that it is defamation to show people what he said on national TV. I think the voters are smarter than that.” PeopleThinkingSaidShowsRunningTelevisionTvsTheoryTrumpSuitsRemarkableVotersAdsSmarterThreatenedFilesDefamation Author:Ted Cruz
“I think the fact that Donald Trump is running now is the greatest to perhaps myself, and, again, Ivanka's [Trump] and Eric's[Trump] abilities to be able to run this company because he's not the kind of guy that would leave or jeopardize those people's families, their livelihoods to go do something where he wouldn't be in charge.” PeopleThinkingKindFactsRunningAbleGuyAbilityCompanyTrumpEricLivelihoodJeopardize Author:Sean Hannity
“We are the only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump. And we're the only candidate that can beat Donald Trump. If you look at the Super Tuesday states, we're running neck and neck with Donald in states all across Super Tuesday.” IfsLooksStatesRunningTrumpBeatsCampaignsCandidatesNecksBeatenTuesday Author:Ted Cruz
“I think he [Donald Trump] is generally a good person, but you know what? He had no business being president of the United States. If I thought he did, I wouldn`t be running. I`d be helping him.” IfsThinkingKnowsPersonsStatesHelpingRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpGood Person Author:Chris Christie
“Donald Trump talks about how he's not going to be controlled by the moneyed interests. Do people understand that he's not giving money to his campaign, he's loaning it because he expects to get money back from those same big donors he decries right now? He's planning on running a general election based upon raising money from those very people.” PeopleGivingBigsRunningInterestTrumpRight NowElectionCampaignsPlanningControlledGet MoneyDonorsGeneral ElectionsGiving MoneyRaising Money Author:Mitt Romney
“I never endorsed Donald Trump or any of the candidates who are running for the nomination that would make them the leader of their party. I said of Mr. Trump that I give him credit as the only one who stood in front of "some" members of the Jewish community and told them he did not need or want their money. This was very big because any man who is able to stand on his own is free enough to do what is in the best interest of the country. That is what I said and that is what I meant.” MenWantNeedsGivingSaidCountryEnoughBigsRunningAbleInterestCommunityPartyLeaderFrontsTrumpMembersCreditCandidatesNominationsJewish Community Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Obviously in a work capacity I've been tremendously busy running The Trump Organization now that my father's on the campaign trail and my own company and the growth of that. So it's been an amazing time, a wild experience, and an incredible one.” RunningFatherGrowthMy OwnCompanyTrumpCapacityOrganizationIncrediblesBusyCampaignsTrails Author:Ivanka Trump
“Hillary [Clinton] had started running a million-dollar ad campaign trying to define [Donald] Trump as temperamentally unfit for the office and intellectually unfit. No experience. It's dangerous to let Trump anywhere near the nuclear codes and the push button and so forth.” TryingRunningMillionsDangerousTrumpOfficeDollarsClintonNuclearCampaignsCodeAdsButtonsMillion Dollars Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The media theme was, "June is when you win the presidency," because that's what they thought Hillary [Clinton] was doing. Hillary was running ads condemning [Donald] Trump, characterizing Trump, marginalizing Trump.” RunningWinningMediaTrumpClintonThemeAdsPresidencyJuneCondemning Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I still maintain that you cannot treat [Donald] Trump, analyze Trump, destroy Trump the way politics says you destroy people that are running for office. I don't think the standard, ordinary operating procedures work.” PeopleThinkingWayStillsRunningTrumpOfficeStandardsOrdinaryTreatsProceduresRunning For Office Author:Rush Limbaugh