“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
“Earlier this week Donald Trump gave an interview with CNN at a winery he owns in Virginia. It turns out Trump's winery makes two different kinds of wine: white wine and not-white wine.” KindTwoDifferentTurnsWhiteWeekTrumpWineInterviewsDifferent KindsVirginiaCnnWhite Wine Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Trump is a little tone-deaf to the average American. He unveiled his slogan this week: 'Are you better off than you were four wives ago?'” LittlesFourWifeWeekTrumpAverageToneBetter OffDeafSlogans Author:Bill Maher
“Donald Trump would be a better president every day of the week and twice on Sunday rather than Hillary Clinton.” Would BePresidentWeekTrumpClintonSundayDays Of The Week Author:Carly Fiorina
“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
“Obviously I don't agree with everything he [Donald Trump] says. There's a lot that we have a difference of opinion on. But we can't ignore that he's touched on some issues that people are concerned about. If you look at the statements he made this week, obviously I think he made them partially to recapture the limelight after having lost it.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksMadeLostDifferencesOpinionIssuesWeekTrumpConcernedAgreeStatementsTouchedLimelightDifferences Of Opinion Author:Marco Rubio
“Ted Cruz has struggled, and Donald Trump, of course, has been the big winner the last two outings. And the polling that we have, some of it is a week old. In fact, I think that's the latest poll suggests that he has a strong lead here. And therefore should be expected to win.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensTwoFactsBigsLastsCoursesWinningStrongWeekTrumpExpectedWinnerPollsCruzPolling Author:Brit Hume
“My preference is that we beat him [Donald Trump] outright in the primary process. And I believe that's exactly what's going to happen here in the next few weeks, especially as we move to winner-take-all states. The terrain begins to change.” BelieveStatesHappensMovingNextI BelieveProcessWeekTrumpBeatsPrimariesWinnerPreferenceTerrainAll State Author:Marco Rubio
“I'm not going to play pundit on Donald Trump and criticize him. I will say the media's treatment of that illustrates a very, very different - I mean, it dominated the news for a week to 10 days once he was the nominee. In the primary, it didn't get, seemingly, even 30 seconds of news.” MeanDifferentPlayWeekMediaTrumpNewsPrimariesTreatmentCriticizeSecondsPundits Author:Ted Cruz
“[Donald Trump] will be the one on offense. He will be the one serving volleys, and it may be some weird stuff about the Russians, but he will be controlling things a little more than he probably did over the last two weeks.” MayLittlesTwoLastsStuffWeekTrumpServingOffenseTwo WeeksWeird StuffVolleyControlling Things Author:David Brooks
“Mr. [Donald] Trump, for five years, you perpetuated a false claim that the nation's first black president was not a natural-born citizen. You questioned his legitimacy. In the last couple of weeks, you acknowledged what most Americans have accepted for years: The president was born in the United States.” YearsFirstsStatesLastsNationsBlackPresidentBornNaturalUnitedUnited StatesFiveWeekTrumpCoupleCitizensClaimsAcceptedFive YearsLegitimacy Author:Lester Holt
“Donald Trump has broken his first promise [to release taxes]. Second he stood on this stage last week and when Hillary said you haven't been paying taxes, he said, that makes me smart. So it's smart not to pay for our military. It's smart not to pay for veterans, it's smart not to pay for teachers and I guess all of us who do pay for those things I guess we're stupid.” FirstsSaidLastsPayTeacherWeekStageMilitaryHavensStupidBrokenTrumpPromiseTaxesSmartReleaseVeteranPaying Taxes Author:Tim Kaine
“The Cook Political Report now predicting senate democrats are poised to pick up five to seven seats, which would give them the majority. Pointing out the history shows that races in the Toss Up column never split down the middle, one party tends to win the lion`s share of them. With two weeks to Election Day, there`s not enough time for republicans to recover toss-up seats in states where Hillary Clinton is currently leading, considering this, early voting is under way, and [Donald]Trump won`t be any help especially since his campaign doesn`t really have a ground game to speak of.” WayGivingTwoStatesEnoughHelpingShowsPoliticalGamesWinningSpeakPartyRaceFiveWeekShareMiddleTrumpRepublicanPicksElectionMajorityClintonDemocratSevenCampaignsCooksSeatsReportsVotingLionsSenateSplitsConsideringPointingTwo WeeksColumnsEnough TimeTossPredictingElection DayNot Enough Time Author:Chris Hayes
“[Donald] Trump has said he will accept the results of the election - if he wins. And he has said the only way he can lose the election is if it's stolen from him. Weeks before any votes were cast, he was predicting widespread voter fraud. So if he loses, what does he do?” IfsWayDoeSaidWinningLosesResultsAcceptingWeekTrumpVoteElectionCastsVotersFraudStolenPredictingVoter Fraud Author:Mara Liasson
“We saw his [Donald Trump] children appointed this week to formal roles in the transition. A lot of ethics experts looking at that and saying that there is not a blind trust.” ChildrenRolesSawsWeekTrumpEthicsBlindExpertsTransitionFormalBlind Trust Author:George Stephanopoulos
“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] has a tremendous opportunity, you know, this week, to come out and say I don't want that.” KnowsWantOpportunityWeekTrump Author:Van Jones
“Even the coverage over the last two weeks since he did win the election, it's been a combination of a few people wanting to cover [Donald's Trump] next 100 days. You know, what he wants to do in office. He's been very clear about 100 day plan is. Your viewers can go pull it off on our Web site right now as 100 day plan for them to see.” PeopleKnowsWantTwoLastsNextWinningClearPlansWeekTrumpRight NowOfficeElectionCombinationSiteViewersTwo WeeksCoverage Author:Kellyanne Conway