“I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed, you play your trump card.” WayTryingPlayTrumpCards Author:Billy Porter
“Do a good job. You don't have to worry about the money; it will take care of itself. Just do your best work - then try to trump it.” TryingDreamCareJobsWorryGreatnessTrumpTake CareGood JobBest Work Author:Walt Disney
“He [Donald Trump] is a tough boss. I've known him for decades. He hasn't changed very much. He's a driven person, highly intelligent, and he's very motivated, very charismatic, and he is tough as nails in the sense there's no slack there. You can't put anything over on Donald. Donald can see right through someone trying to dissemble or spin stuff.” TryingPersonsStuffKnownChangedTrumpToughIntelligentDrivenDecadesBossMotivatedNailsCharismaticHighly Intelligent Author:Geraldo Rivera
“In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them.” WorldTryingPlayUseRolesDestinyInfluenceObjectsTrumpInvolvedActiveCardsHelplessNegotiationOur DestinyWorld Power Author:Alija Izetbegovic
“Republicans are now trying to stop Donald Trump. And there was much more ferocious and widespread criticism from Republicans of Trump this time around.” TryingTrumpRepublicanCriticism Author:Steve Inskeep
“I think Steve King is absolutely wrong and I just hope that we can try to reach higher ground, because when you are spewing this kind of nonsense, things that Donald Trump says, Ben Carson says, but also [Marco] Rubio and [Ted] Cruz and even Jeb Bush have said.” ThinkingTryingKindSaidTrumpKingsHigherNonsenseCruzMarcosHigher GroundBen Carson Author:Steve King
“Fifty four percent of Republican voters believe President [Barack] Obama is Muslim. And 66 percent of Trump voters believe President Obama is Muslim. If you hear anyone trying to explain the rise of Donald Trump without including that fact, then you`re hearing someone who doesn`t know what they`re talking about.” IfsKnowsTryingBelieveFactsPresidentTalkingFourTrumpRepublicanPercentIncludingHearingBarackFiftyVotersPresident ObamaPresident Barack Obama Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“I am also going to go with somebody who is the opposite of Donald Trump and her name is Johari Osayi Idusuyi. I think she represented millions and millions of Americans who look at the message that Donald Trump is using his fame and the power he has accumulated to,you know, to send out into the world and it`s horrified. And I think her quiet resistance represented so many people because I`ll tell you, people of color have been trying to warn this country about Donald Trump for a really long time and I think she reminded us.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldTryingLooksLongHas BeensCountryNamesMillionsColorTrumpFameQuietMessagesLong TimeOppositesResistanceReally Long Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“I`ve heard this theory that this is basically Jeb`s [Bush] people trying to get their supporters to basically put the stake in Marco Rubio because if people are talking about accepting [Donald] Trump over [Ted] Cruz, what they`re really saying is Marco Rubio`s no longer viable.” PeopleIfsTryingTalkingAcceptingHeardTheoryTrumpStakesSupporterCruzMarcos Author:Chris Hayes
“When people floated this idea that this was a conspiracy by the [Jeb] Bush campaign to undermine [Marco] Rubio, at first, it was like it`s too complicated, wheels within wheels but as I thought about it more I did buy that, that this is part of a campaign by Jeb to make it look like there`s no backup plan to Donald Trump, try to blow everything up and then all that will be left is Donald Trump and Jeb who nobody really likes but who has a ton of money and then he`s the only option left.” PeopleTryingFirstsLooksIdeasLeftPlansTrumpBlowComplicatedCampaignsLikesWheelsConspiracyMarcosBackupBackup Plan Author:Josh Barro
“Ted Cruz is trying to have a one-on-one debate with Donald Trump.” TryingTrumpDebateCruzOne On One Author:Michel Martin
“The Catholic Church spends a lot of time in very poor countries trying to recruit and spread the Gospel. Let me put it that way: The pope is simply saying...? Has he ever said that Mao Tse-tung, that Fidel Castro, that Raul Castro, any other communist is not a Christian? Why Donald Trump? 'Cause Trump wants to build a wall?” WayWantTryingSaidCountryChristianCausesChurchPoorWallTrumpLet MeCatholicSpreadCommunistPopeCatholic ChurchCastroRecruitMaoPoor Countries Author:Rush Limbaugh
“What [Donald] Trump is saying is the pope will pray for Trump as president because Trump is gonna be the only guy trying to stop ISIS, which wants to take out the Vatican. It is. It is quite a curious thing.” WantTryingGuyPresidentTrumpPrayingCuriousPopeIsis Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump's views on Vladimir Putin, I think, are troubling. And I don't think he fundamentally understands exactly who Vladimir Putin is or exactly what he's trying to do. So, these are the kinds of things that I think in detail you need to begin to understand.” ThinkingNeedsTryingKindViewsTrumpDetailsPutin Author:Marco Rubio
“Donald [Trump] has had a long career of using great wealth and power trying to bully others.” TryingLongWealthCareersTrumpBullyLong Careers Author:Ted Cruz
“I think the establishment donor class has begun to crumble. They`re searching for [Marco] Rubio, trying to get some momentum there. But the establishment in terms of the official elected leadership of the Republican Party, when you look at [Kevin] McCarthy, they`re starting to wrap theirselves around the idea of [Donald] Trump, holding back on an endorsement.” ThinkingTryingLooksIdeasTermPartyClassTrumpRepublicanStartingOfficialsEstablishmentRepublican PartyWrapsMomentumKevinDonorsMarcosEndorsementsHolding Back Author:Ted Cruz
“Donald Trump is not a Republican. Donald Trump is not a conservative. Donald Trump is trying to pull off the biggest scam in American political history, basically a con job, where he's trying to take over the Republican Party by telling people he's someone who he is not.” PeopleTryingJobsPoliticalPartyTrumpRepublicanConservativeRepublican PartyScamsPolitical History Author:Marco Rubio
“Donald Trump is a world-class con artist. He conned all these people that signed up for Trump University. Now he's trying to do the same thing to Republican voters. He's trying to convince them that somehow he's the guy that is going to stand up to illegal immigration, but he hires illegal immigrants, that he's fighting for American workers, but he's hiring foreign workers for his hotels, that he's going to bring back jobs from China and from Mexico, but, in fact, he's creating jobs in China and Mexico, because that's where all of his suits and ties that he sells are made.” PeopleWorldTryingMadeFactsJobsArtistGuyFightingClassTrumpRepublicanCreatingSellsWorkersUniversityChinaImmigrationSuitsTiesConvinceHotelImmigrantsIllegalVotersMexicoHiringIllegal ImmigrantsIllegal ImmigrationWorld ClassAmerican WorkersCreating JobsCon ArtistSuits And Ties Author:Marco Rubio
“We got the clearest picture of Donald Trump`s weaknesses and liabilities in a general election. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz finally gave up on trying to convince Republican primary voters that Trump is not a real conservative, attacks that have failed to resonate.” TryingRealTrumpRepublicanWeaknessElectionConservativePrimariesConvinceVotersGave UpLiabilityCruzMarcosGeneral Elections Author:Chris Hayes
“Donald Trump trying to do to the American voter what he did to the people that signed up for this course: He's making promises he has no intention of keeping.” PeopleTryingCoursesTrumpPromiseIntentionVotersAmerican Voters Author:Mitt Romney
“The future of the United States and the most important election in a generation, and he [Donald Trump] is trying to con people into giving them their vote, just like he conned these people into giving them their money.” PeopleGivingTryingImportantStatesUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsTrumpVoteElection Author:Mitt Romney
“Donald Trump has put together a coalition, whether he knows it or not, whether he intended to or not, he's put together a coalition that's exactly what the Republican Party says that it needs to win and, yet, look like what they're doing. They're trying to get Trump out of the race, because they're not in charge of it. They're not in control of it. And it's the most amazing thing to watch this happen.” KnowsNeedsTryingLooksHappensTogetherWinningPartyRaceWatchesTrumpRepublicanRepublican PartyAmazing ThingsCoalitionsMost Amazing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm not trying to say stop Donald Trump from being elected as his party's nominee. I'm saying that we have a responsibility to raise our voices, to say what he does as an American citizen is pretty destructive to the practice of goodhearted and conscientious politics.” TryingDoeVoicePartyResponsibilityPracticeTrumpCitizensRaisesDestructiveAmerican Citizens Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Donald Trump is a different ball of wax. I've been trying to say for I don't know how many months now that the traditional political playbook in destroying and attacking a political opponent is not gonna work on Trump, because Trump's connection with his supporters or his audience is far deeper and far greater than most voters' connection with a candidate that's very popular. Reagan had the connection.” KnowsTryingDifferentPoliticalAudienceKnow HowGreaterMonthsTrumpConnectionsBallsDeeperTraditionalOpponentsCandidatesVotersDestroyingSupporterAttackingVery PopularPlaybooksPolitical Opponents Author:Rush Limbaugh
“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 more outlandish things he said, the deeper the connection. Well, [Donald] Trump has that. That's why I don't think they can destroy Trump the way that they're trying to destroy Trump over this thing in Scotland today. This is a perfect example.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsSaidTodayPerfectExampleTrumpConnectionsDeeperScotlandOutlandish Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The media cannot come separate [Donald] Trump from his supporters. Only Trump can do that. They're trying, they're gonna keep trying because they think they can. They did it with [George W.]Bush. They did it with [Mitt] Romney. They did it with [John] McCain. They did it with Bob Dole.” ThinkingTryingCan DoMediaTrumpBobSupporterRomneyKeep TryingMccain Author:Rush Limbaugh
“For many people, the mortgages they took out before 2008 are so high that they would be better off walking away from their houses. That is called "jingle mail," returning the keys to the bank and saying, "You can have the house. I can buy the house next door that's just like this for 20% less, so I'm going to save money and switch." That's what someone like Donald Trump or a real estate investor would do. But the banks are trying to convince the mortgage debtors, the homeowners, not to act in their own self-interest.” PeopleTryingI CanRealSelfWould BeNextHouseInterestDoorsKeysTrumpWalkingConvinceInvestorsMailEstatesBetter OffSelf InterestMortgageSaving MoneyWalking AwayDebtorsJinglesHomeowners Author:Michael Hudson
“There's been this attempt to block Donald Trump, in primary candidates and Democrats, that - to try to make everything he says some sort of extreme overstatement.” TryingTrumpDemocratExtremesBlockPrimariesCandidatesOverstatement Author:Jeff Sessions
“It was outrageous that [Donald Trump] would be advocating [that] women who exercise their constitutional right and have autonomy over their healthcare decisions would be criminals, along with the doctors that served them. He did try to walk it back - I think pretty unconvincingly.” ThinkingTryingWould BeDecisionWalksTrumpExerciseDoctorsCriminalsHealthcareAutonomyOutrageousAdvocating Author:Hillary Clinton
“[Donald Trump] would give wealthy families 30 cents or 40 cents on the dollar for their nannies, and little or nothing for millions of hardworking families trying to afford child care.” GivingTryingChildrenLittlesCareMillionsTrumpDollarsWealthyCentsHardworkingNanniesChild Care Author:Hillary Clinton
“With Donald Trump, "what you see is just what you get." He is not trying to be politically correct - he doesn't care.” TryingCareTrumpPolitically CorrectHe Doesn't Care Author:Louis Farrakhan
“In the end, the country is going the say, You know, whatever [Donald] Trump's weaknesses may be, he's a sincere guy trying very hard to get this country back on the right track.” KnowsTryingMayEndsCountryHardGuyTrumpWeaknessTrackSincereRight Track Author:Newt Gingrich
“The active Trump supporter is the Trumpster who can tell you exactly why. And if you tell the active Trump supporter that you don't, he will try to convince you to change your mind. That's an active Trump voter or supporter.” IfsTryingMindTrumpActiveConvinceVotersSupporterChanging Your Mind Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The message [of Donald Trump ] is that if anybody lives in those circumstances in this country, that's something that the government should be working to try to change.” IfsShouldTryingCountryGovernmentTrumpCircumstancesMessages Author:Chris Christie
“Donald Trump, I guess one idea here if he`s flip flopping, has he bought himself cover with his base by all the inflammatory thing he`s said over the last year? But the flip side is, all of those inflammatory things, the voters he`s trying to reach by flip flopping, are they tuned out to him because of that?” IfsTryingYearsSaidIdeasLastsSidesTrumpVotersLast YearFlipFlip FlopsFlopping Author:Steve Kornacki
“And, clearly, part of what he`s trying to do now, Donald Trump knows that he`s getting killed with college educated white women. If he loses, that`s going to be why. So he`s trying to appeal to some of them, with the softening of his position on immigration.” IfsKnowsTryingLosesWhitePositionCollegeTrumpImmigrationEducatedAppeals Author:Michelle Goldberg
“Although, my guess is that what Donald Trump will do tonight is to try to thread that needle by kind of softening his policy position or maybe just the questions about what you do with those 11 million, while getting tough on criminal migrants.” TryingKindMillionsPolicyPositionTrumpToughCriminalsTonightThreadNeedlesMigrants Author:Michelle Goldberg
“Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton is focusing on a different part of the voters trying to influence them in her own way as well; so they attack each other [with Donald Trump].” WayTryingWellsDifferentInfluenceTrumpClintonVoters Author:Vladimir Putin
“Monica Langley has a great piece in The Wall Street Journal about how they're trying to create different kinds of moments for Donald Trump, as opposed to just him shouting at rallies. They're trying to get him in classrooms, and in churches, and in diners and places where he can make a more personal connection.” TryingKindDifferentMomentsChurchPiecesStreetsWallTrumpConnectionsDifferent KindsClassroomJournalShoutingDinersMonicaWall Street JournalPersonal Connection Author:Bill Burton
“They have to earn our vote. Neither Hillary [Clinton] or Donald [Trump] have earned our votes, yet the media is kind of closing ranks around them to try to prevent before people find out that there is actually - you know, that we actually have other choices. We are not limited to two corporate candidates.” PeopleKnowsTryingKindTwoChoicesMediaTrumpVoteClintonCorporateCandidatesClosing Author:Jill Stein
“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
“There was a whole set of issues that the other Republican candidates couldn`t go after Trump that hard on. They had this difficult position where they were trying to knock Trump down while appealing to the voters who liked a lot of the outrageous things about Donald Trump.[Hillary] Clinton is giong to have no such restrictions. She`s going to attack him on a wide variety of fronts and I don`t think Trump is going to deal very well with being attacked in that way.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsHardWholeDifficultDealsIssuesFrontsPositionTrumpRepublicanClintonWideVarietyCandidatesVotersRestrictionOutrageous Author:Josh Barro
“The only years [of Donald Trump's] that anybody's ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didn't pay any federal income tax.” TryingYearsStatesTurnsPayTrumpCoupleTaxesAuthorityIncomeLicenseIncome TaxCasinos Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think probably [Donald Trump] is not all that enthusiastic about having the rest of our country see what the real reasons are, because it must be something really important, even terrible, that he's trying to hide.” ThinkingTryingImportantRealCountryReasonTrumpTerribleOur CountryEnthusiastic Author:Hillary Clinton
“You [Donald Trump] call yourself the King of Debt. You talk about leverage. You even at one time suggested that you would try to negotiate down the national debt of the United States.” TryingStatesUnitedUnited StatesTrumpKingsDebtOne TimeNational Debt Author:Hillary Clinton
“[Donald Trump] has really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen. There was absolutely no evidence for it, but he persisted, he persisted year after year, because some of his supporters, people that he was trying to bring into his fold, apparently believed it or wanted to believe it.” PeopleTryingYearsFirstsBelieveWantedPoliticalLyingBlackPresidentTrumpCitizensActivityEvidenceRacistSupporterFoldsAmerican Citizens Author:Hillary Clinton
“I know Donald's [Trump] very praiseworthy of Vladimir Putin, but Putin is playing a really tough, long game here. And one of the things he's done is to let loose cyber attackers to hack into government files, to hack into personal files, hack into the Democratic National Committee. And we recently have learned that, you know, that this is one of their preferred methods of trying to wreak havoc and collect information.” KnowsTryingLongDoneGovernmentGamesInformationTrumpToughMethodDemocraticCommitteesFilesPutinHacksCyberHavocPraiseworthy Author:Hillary Clinton
“I know Donald's [Trump] trying very hard to plant doubts about it, but I hope the people out there understand: This election's really up to you. It's not about us so much as it is about you and your families and the kind of country and future you want. So I sure hope you will get out and vote as though your future depended on it, because I think it does.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingKindDoeCountryHardDoubtTrumpVoteElectionPlantOur FamilyOur FutureYour FutureUp To You Author:Hillary Clinton
“While Donald Trump was busy with his accountants trying to figure out how to keep living like a billionaire, and all the while he was using his political connections to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in government subsidies and extra tax breaks for his companies. In other words, Trump was taking from America with both hands, and leaving the rest of us with the bill.” TryingHandsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalCompanyBreakMillionsFiguresTrumpTaxesConnectionsBillsDollarsLeavingBusyExtrasBillionaireAccountantsSubsidiesTax Breaks Author:Hillary Clinton