“With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding customer service representatives. However, even if the level of customer service is exceptional, the extent to which poorly-understood accents trump quality of service speaks to English-speaking customers' growing intolerance of non-native speech, more so than in other countries.” IfsCountryJobsMovingSpeakUnderstandingLevelsQualitySupportGrowingTrumpSpeechUnderstoodIndiaDifficultyChinaCustomersNativeFrustrationSurprisingIntoleranceRepresentativesOther CountriesAccentsExceptionalEnglish SpeakingChina And India Author:Bob Hayes
“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
“In a speech in South Carolina, Donald Trump responded to criticisms from Senator Lindsey Graham by giving out Graham's personal cellphone number. Graham knew something was up when he saw he had more than one missed call.” GivingNumbersSawsTrumpSpeechCriticismSouthSenatorsCarolinaSouth CarolinaCellphone Author:Jimmy Fallon
“In several speeches and interviews, Donald Trump has brought up his book 'The Art of the Deal,' and said that Obama would have negotiated a better deal with Iran if he had read it. It got even more awkward for Obama when Iran was like, 'It worked for us - you guys got screwed!'” IfsArtSaidBookGuyDealsTrumpSpeechInterviewsIranAwkward Author:Jimmy Fallon
“In a speech in Texas, Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton 'easily the worst Secretary of State in the history of our country.' When asked what he based that on, Trump said, 'I heard ME say it just now. So it's gotta be true.'” SaidCountryStatesHeardWorstTrumpSpeechClintonBeing TrueOur CountryTexasSecretary Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Michael Rubio said Trump's plan was impulsive and not well thought out. The other thing that's really annoying Republicans is that this was supposed to be their great week. The president gave a speech on terrorism that was not well received. They were working hard to tie Hillary Clinton to the president. Then along comes Donald Trump, and the story changes dramatically.” WellsSaidHardStoriesPresidentPlansWeekTrumpRepublicanSpeechClintonTerrorismSupposed To BeTiesAnnoyingImpulsive Author:Mara Liasson
“It's no surprise to say I oppose the ban [of Donald Trump].If we only allow free speech for those we already agree with, is that free speech at all?” IfsTrumpSpeechAgreeSurpriseFree SpeechBans Author:Edward Leigh
“The Clinton Foundation does nothing but donate to charities." They can't find any evidence that what Schweizer has written about the Clintons and their foundation and the fund-raising and the getting paid for speeches is wrong. They can't find anything where he's wrong. The book has not been "discredited." So [Donald] Trump delivers this massive speech. It hit home run after home run after home run.” DoeBookHomeRunningWrittenTrumpSpeechEvidencePaidFoundationClintonCharityFundMassiveHome RunDonate Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump foreign policy speech got good reviews, and it says we're going to defeat the people who are direct threats to us, but we're going to be a lot more cautious about getting involved in long-term, Wilsonian adventures.” PeopleLongTermPolicyAdventureTrumpInvolvedSpeechDirectThreatDefeatLong TermReviewsForeign PolicyCautious Author:Jeff Sessions
“I liked Donald's Trump speech on foreign policy. What he's showing is that his fundamental views are solid, and that there's an intellectual basis for this, an economic basis for what he's saying, and that can lead him to victory.” ViewsEconomicPolicyTrumpVictorySpeechIntellectualBasesFundamentalsForeign Policy Author:Jeff Sessions
“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
“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
“This rhetoric that Donald Trump is used is very consistent with rhetoric he's used on the campaign trail for a long time now. He'll always say - and you look - you can look at the past transcripts of his old speeches. He'll always say, I'm in favor of trade; trade is great, but these deals - NAFTA, TPP, the South Korean Free Trade Agreement - are all terrible.” LooksLongPastUsedDealsTrumpTerribleSpeechLong TimeTradeSouthFavorsCampaignsConsistentAgreementRhetoricTrailsKoreanFree TradeTrade AgreementsNafta Author:Avik Roy
“What was really interesting in his speech, which, by the way, had (inaudible) footnotes - the written version of it - which might be a personal record for Donald Trump - the source of a lot of his numbers on the free trade section of the speech came from an organization called the Economic Policy Institute, which was a think tank or is a think tank that was founded by labor unions to promote the labor unions' point of view on free trade agreements.” ThinkingWayMightInterestingViewsNumbersRecordsWrittenEconomicPolicySourceTrumpSpeechLaborOrganizationTradeUnionsPoint Of ViewVersionsAgreementSectionsTanksReally InterestingInstituteFree TradeEconomic PolicyLabor UnionFootnotesTrade Agreements Author:Avik Roy
“I think, again, the overall intellectual structure of the speech is very much consistent with what Donald Trump has been saying on the campaign trail. He's against free trade. He's against immigration. But he has been in favor of tax reform, and he has been afraid of - in favor of developing American energy sources like through fracking or hydraulic fracturing.” ThinkingHas BeensEnergySourceTrumpTaxesSpeechIntellectualTradeStructureFavorsCampaignsImmigrationReformDevelopingConsistentTrailsFree TradeEnergy SourcesTax ReformFrackingHydraulic Fracturing Author:Avik Roy
“For the Republican Convention, I think of Trump's speech and sort of the darkness, the fear of crime, the need for a strong arm really, and so that one core theme.” ThinkingNeedsStrongDarknessCrimeArmsTrumpRepublicanSpeechCoreThemeConventionsStrong Arms Author:David Brooks
“We are waiting for Donald Trump`s big immigration speech. There are lots of unanswered questions that remain about where exactly Trump stands on deportation forces, on what to do with the millions of immigrants who are here illegally now, and where he stands on the question of birthright citizenship.” BigsForceWaitingMillionsTrumpSpeechImmigrationImmigrantsCitizenshipBirthrightUnanswered QuestionsUnansweredDeportation Author:Steve Kornacki
“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
“We will hear more details on [Donald] Trump`s plans on addressing illegal immigration in the speech tonight, including what Trump plans to do about those 11 million illegal immigrants already in the U.S.” MillionsPlansTrumpSpeechIncludingDetailsImmigrationTonightImmigrantsIllegalIllegal ImmigrantsIllegal Immigration Author:Kellyanne Conway
“You are going to hear many things from Mr. Trump today in his speech on immigration. One, no amnesty. He is absolutely going to build that wall. That`s been the center piece of his campaign from day one.” TodayPiecesWallTrumpSpeechCampaignsImmigrationAmnesty Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I bet we`ll see a lot of demagoguery [in Donald Trump speech] about the 10,000 Syrians that [Barack] Obama has allowed to be resettled here.” TrumpSpeechBarackDemagoguery Author:Michelle Goldberg
“Getting a lot of applause, announcing military reforms and upgrades. It's a really good speech [of Donald Trump].” MilitaryTrumpSpeechReformApplauseAnnouncing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump in Philadelphia, and he's delivering a very substantive speech on military preparedness, the status of the current military. He detailed the deterioration of the U.S. military in the past eight years and explained how he's going to rebuild it and why we need to, and it's a very tough audience. It's an expressly military audience, and they are of course listening for any sign that he's not really genuine here. I think, knocking this out of the park as far as that audience is concerned.” ThinkingNeedsYearsPastCoursesAudienceMilitaryListeningTrumpSpeechToughConcernedCurrentsEightGenuineParksKnockingPhiladelphiaDeliveringPreparednessDeterioration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In fact, anybody else who hears this [speech of Donald Trump in Philadelphia] is probably gonna be dutifully impressed with Trump's comportment, his presentation, his knowledge of this, and his temperament here. It's all a great package and looks good.” LooksFactsTrumpSpeechImpressedTemperamentPackagesPresentationPhiladelphia Author:Rush Limbaugh
“So [Donald ] Trump gave a speech on national security and military affairs to a military-themed audience in Philadelphia, and there was no vulgarity in it. There was no bombast. There wasn't any of the usual Trump braggadocio. It was a teleprompter speech, but it was serious, studious, and it represented a solid understanding of issues and of the status quo.” UnderstandingAudienceIssuesSecurityMilitarySeriousTrumpSpeechAffairUsualNational SecurityStatus QuoPhiladelphiaVulgarityStudious Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Many [most] of Ivanka's [Trump] ideals are the platform of the democratic party. Her father [Donald Trump] has never mentioned anything she spoke about in her RNC speech. He doesn't talk about childcare, equal pay, women's rights.” FatherPartyPayRightsTrumpEqualSpeechIdealsDemocraticSpokesPlatformsWomens RightsDemocratic PartyEqual PayChildcare Author:Chrissy Teigen
“I see a comparison between the two [Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump]. Peace through strength. What Chris Matthews don't grasp is that day Donald Trump gave a speech in which he said he's going to build the U.S. military up to Ronald Reagan levels.” SaidTwoLevelsMilitaryTrumpSpeechComparisonMatthewPeace Through Strength Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I like to remember what Michelle Obama said in her amazing speech at our Democratic National Convention: When they go low, we go high. And Barack Obama went high, despite Donald Trump's best efforts to bring him down.” SaidRememberEffortTrumpSpeechLowsDemocraticDespiteBarackConventionsBest Effort Author:Hillary Clinton
“There are a number of things that came out of Donald Trump so-called policy speech at Gettysburg that most of the reporters were saying were real positive things.” RealNumbersPolicyTrumpSpeechReportersPositive ThingsGettysburg Author:Star Jones
“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
“When Donald Trump in one speech said I love the poorly educated - which was a remarkable thing to say - he was saying those are my people.” PeopleSaidTrumpSpeechEducatedRemarkable Author:George Packer