“The cost of appearing with a bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me. Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.” IfsStillsEnoughSeemsTrumpCostLowsEvidenceObviousAmerican PoliticsAppearingRedundantNet Worth Author:George Will
“In such systems, there is unquestioning respect for authority. Faith trumps evidence. But if indeed this is broadly the explanation for how co-operative behaviour has evolved and been maintained in human societies, it could be very bad news. Because although such authoritarian systems seem to be good at preserving social coherence and an orderly society, they are, by the same token, not good at adapting to change.” IfsHumansSeemsSocialTrumpAuthorityNewsEvidenceBe GoodExplanationBehaviourBad NewsHuman SocietyOrderlyTokensAdaptingCoherenceAdapting To Change Author:Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
“It seems like everybody's weighing in on Trumps campaign - even Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. He said that Trump is 'probably the best thing to happen to politics in a long, long time.' Then Trump was like, 'Well, at least one Cuban loves me.'” WellsLongSaidSeemsHappensTrumpLong TimeMarkCampaignsBest ThingsOwnersCubanDallasWeighingMaverick Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I saw that Donald Trump is selling his penthouse suite at the Trump Park Avenue building here in New York City for $21 million. When asked why he's selling it now, Trump said 'Hey, Americans seem to be buying everything else I'm selling, so why not strike while the iron's hot.'” SaidSeemsCitiesMillionsSawsNew YorkBuildingTrumpHotStrikesSellingHeyParksBuyingIronWhy NotNew York CityAvenuesPenthouses Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Trump's last name is an omen that he'll win the Republican nomination, since "trump" means "triumph." One might suggest that this will constitute the triumph of insanity over reason, except that none of the other Republican candidates make any sense either. Trump just makes them seem less crazy by comparison.” MeanReasonSeemsMightLastsWinningNamesCrazyTrumpRepublicanTriumphInsanityCandidatesComparisonNominationsOmen Author:Michael R. Burch
“I do feel like there`s this Republican Party establishment is in disarray. That`s the story that the Donald Trump surge seems to tell.” FeelsStoriesSeemsPartyTrumpRepublicanEstablishmentRepublican PartyDisarray Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“What I`m starting to think of as the mythical beast of the Republican establishment, which is the sort of inchoate idea that we keep talking about what they`re going to do and it never seems to have much impact or be manifest in very visible ways, obviously, it is one thing for Donald Trump to have taken a shot like he did early in his campaign at John McCain, calling him not a war hero.” ThinkingWayIdeasWarSeemsTalkingTakenOne ThingTrumpHeroCallingRepublicanShotsImpactStartingCampaignsBeastVisibleManifestEstablishmentMccainKeep TalkingWar HeroMythical Beasts Author:Rachel Maddow
“The man [Donald Trump] seems to out-trump himself - no pun intended - every time he speaks in his bid to win the Republican nomination.” MenSeemsWinningSpeakHe ManTrumpRepublicanNominationsPun Author:Corri Wilson
“Another wing of the party seems to be putting its hands up. They're not all resisting and accepting the [Donald] Trump - the fact that he could very well win the nomination.” WellsFactsHandsSeemsWinningPartyAcceptingTrumpWingsResistingNominationsHands Up Author:Chris Matthews
“After starting a blood feud with Fox News, something no Republican presidential candidate has dared to do before, [Donald] Trump seems to have successfully undermine the network in the eyes of its core audience with perception of the Fox News brand among Republican adults hitting its lowest point in three years according to a new YouGov survey.” YearsSeemsEyeThreeAudienceBloodTrumpRepublicanPerceptionNewsAdultsStartingCoreBrandsPresidentialCandidatesThree YearsHittingFoxesLowestSurveysFox NewsPresidential CandidateFeudsLowest Point Author:Chris Hayes
“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
“There's a lot of other [than Donald Trump] people that say things you may call insulting, but no one seems to care about that.” PeopleMaySeemsCareTrumpInsulting Author:Joe Arpaio
“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
“He may be a lot of things, but Donald Trump has not done one thing that detracts from the character or the reputation of the USA, for crying out loud. I can give you a list of Democrats who you seem to want to sidle up to who are doing their level best to destroy this country as it was founded, who are doing their level best to transform this country away from its intentions as founded. For crying out loud.” WantGivingMayI CanCountryDoneCharacterSeemsLevelsOne ThingCryTrumpIntentionDemocratListsReputationLoudUsa 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
“Donald Trump seems to be unconcerned about the Russian aggression in Ukraine. By doing this he tells them that they can go ahead and do what they are doing. That is dangerous.” SeemsDangerousTrumpAggressionUkraineUnconcerned Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“We are already seeing a degree of instability in the world because Obama seems to have consciously wanted to step back. Donald Trump is going to be "Obama squared," a more extreme version of the same thing.” WorldSeemsWantedStepsSeeingTrumpDegreesExtremesVersionsInstability Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“I think Hillary Clinton is more suspicious, clearly tougher on Russian policy in Ukraine, Georgia, Syria; more willing to support sanctions; not against negotiating with Putin, but I would say tougher and more skeptical. And Donald Trump has talked about revisiting policy towards Ukraine, revisiting policy about sanctions towards Russia, not as quick to criticize Putin for what he might be up to in Syria and propping up the regime there - so just seems to be more open to the possibilities of working out some kind of a - I guess you'd call a modus vivendi with Putin.” ThinkingKindSeemsMightSupportPolicyPossibilityWillingTrumpClintonWork OutRussiaCriticizeRegimesSyriaSuspiciousSkepticalPutinUkraineSanctionsGeorgiaNegotiating Author:Richard N. Haass
“It just seems to me that this is something that the American people deserve to see. And I have no reason to believe that [Donald Trump] is ever going to release his tax returns, because there's something he's hiding.” PeopleBelieveReasonSeemsReturnTrumpTaxesDeserveReleaseNo ReasonHidingTax Returns Author:Hillary Clinton
“While millions of American families, including mine and yours, were working hard paying our fair share, it seems Donald Trump was contributing nothing to our nation. Imagine that. Not fair. Nothing for Pell grants to help kids go to college. Nothing for veterans. Nothing for our military.” HardHelpingSeemsKidsNationsMillionsImagineShareMilitaryMinesCollegeTrumpFairsIncludingGrantsImagine ThatVeteranContributingNot FairFair ShareAmerican FamilyPell Grants Author:Hillary Clinton
“As regards Hillary C;inton's foreign policy actions and the powerful vested interests she seems gleefully beholden to, including all the biggest players in the military-industrial complex, I feel that she would be no better an actor on the world stage than Trump and whatever coalition of managers he might cobble together.” WorldFeelsSeemsMightWould BeActionTogetherActorsInterestPowerfulPlayerStageMilitaryPolicyTrumpRegardComplexesIncludingManagersForeign PolicyCoalitionsVested InterestsMilitary Industrial Complex Author:Viggo Mortensen
“Even though a definite article is supposed to bring something into focus, Donald Trump uses it in a very general way. It's seen by many observers as a kind of racial distancing. Often using that article seems unnecessary. [But] it is serving some function, which is to represent a group collectively rather than as individuals.” WayKindUseSeemsIndividualFocusGroupsTrumpFunctionServingArticlesUnnecessaryDefiniteObservers Author:Ben Zimmer
“Donald Trump speaks extemporaneously, often through stream of consciousness, where it doesn't seem to follow a trajectory.” SeemsSpeakConsciousnessTrumpStreamsTrajectoryStream Of Consciousness Author:Ben Zimmer
“It seems to be the case that for the people who actually are all in with Donald Trump - which is who knows: 35, 38, 40 per cent of the electorate - apparently nothing can dissuade them.” PeopleKnowsSeemsCasesTrumpCentsElectorate Author:James Fallows
“I wonder if at this point, I mean, given [Donald's Trump] noted inability to deal with shame, humiliation and loss, and what seem like epically deep psychic wounds that he carries around, that he just wants to go and be in a place that he feels like he created.” IfsWantFeelsMeanSeemsGivenLossDealsWonderTrumpShameWoundsCarriePsychicsHumiliationInability Author:Michelle Goldberg
“It seems like there'd be no Donald Trump without the internet, first of all. He's a tweeter, which is basically just a bullhorn.” FirstsSeemsTrumpInternet Author:John Cameron Mitchell
“Being part of the campaign, we put up front in all of Donald Trump's speeches for the last two or three weeks not the FBI but ObamaCare. That seems to me to be the thing that moved the votes in Michigan, that moved the votes in places where we otherwise Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.” TwoSeemsLastsThreeWeekFrontsTrumpSpeechVoteMovedCampaignsFbiObamacareMichiganPennsylvaniaWisconsin Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Donald Trump seems to do a good job mentioning his own name.” SeemsJobsNamesTrumpGood Job Author:Barack Obama
“[Donald Trump] is trying to stop immigration into the country from countries where there are major terrorist issues until we can figure out what is going on, but this seems like something else.” TryingCountrySeemsIssuesFiguresTrumpMajorsTerroristImmigrationLike Something Author:Megyn Kelly
“[Donald] Trump's narcissism seems to be reflected in his need to be liked and treated positively.” NeedsSeemsTrumpTreatedNarcissismPositively Author:David Krieger
“At one point, for example, [Donald Trump] argued that he knew much more than military leaders about the pursuit and defeat of ISIS. His assuredness of his own correctness seems also rooted in arrogance reflecting his fundamental insecurity. This insecurity and his belief in his own rightness, when combined with his success at making money, leads him to be self-reliant in his decision-making, which could result in his taking risks with threatening or using nuclear weapons.” SelfSeemsBeliefDecisionResultsLeaderRiskMilitaryExampleTrumpWeaponsFundamentalsDefeatNuclearPursuitMaking MoneyArroganceInsecurityDecision MakingRootedNuclear WeaponsThreateningReflectingIsisCorrectnessTaking RisksSelf ReliantMilitary Leader Author:David Krieger
“I read Nicholas Kristof columns. I think it was in September [2016] had he this piece look who is endorsing [Donald] Trump, who is behind him. It was the North Korean government, it was Islamic terrorists. It's the Klan. It's the American Nazi party. It seems very uncharitable to me. There was no room for people who are decent but economically beleaguered to maybe want to support him.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksSeemsGovernmentRoomsPartyBehindsSupportPiecesTrumpTerroristDecentIslamicSeptemberNaziNorth KoreaColumnsKoreanNorth KoreanNazi PartyEndorsingNicholas Kristof Author:Tucker Carlson
“This is someone [Michael Flynn] who is considered a loyalist and as we have watched this transition process unfold, again roiled by reports of turmoil, Donald Trump seems to be really focusing right now in this initial phase on loyalists.” SeemsProcessTrumpRight NowReportsTransitionPhasesInitialsTurmoilLoyalists Author:Lawrence O'Donnell