Trump Famous Quotes

01-06-2021 Trump tweet prompting Twitter's removal with the following statement: "As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy.:This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked. Future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account."

"These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long,"

Note definition of treason: "the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government."

01-06-2021 Trump claiming voting fraud after:

"After the 2020 United States presidential election, the campaign for incumbent President Donald Trump and others filed 60 lawsuits contesting election processes, vote counting, and the vote certification process in multiple states, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Nearly all the suits were dismissed or dropped due to lack of evidence; judges, lawyers, and other observers described the suits as 'frivolous' and 'without merit'".
Counts tallied three times in Georgia.
Trump paid Wisconsin $3 million for a recount that resulted in 87 more votes for Biden.
His attempted coup on the nations capital incited by him and his allies on 1/6/2020 fails.

"These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long,"

Note definition of treason: "the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government."

01-06-2021 Trump comment to his mob supporters committing insurrection at the Nation's Capital:

"we love you, you're very special..."

Note definition of treason: "the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government."

01-06-2021 Trump inciting his mob of supporters to commit insurrection at our Nations Capital:

"But we’re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones, because the strong ones don’t need any of our help, we’re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country,"

Note definition of treason: "the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government."

01-02-2021 Trump's latest effort to overturn the will of the American people:

"I just want to find 11,780 votes"

Note definition of treason: "the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government."

12-11-2020: This site is NOT attempting to log all of Trump's false statements regarding 2020 election fraud (including Twitter flagging them). (One of his quotes is included below for reference.)
After losing over four dozen law suits, here are some of the rulings regarding Trump's attack on our democracy:

Dec 11, US Supreme Court: "Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections,"
Dec 8, US Supreme Court: "The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice [Samuel] Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied,"
Dec 8, Michigan: "Plaintiffs ask this court to ignore the orderly statutory scheme established to challenge elections and to ignore the will of millions of voters. This, the court cannot, and will not, do,” ...“The people have spoken"
Dec 4, Wisconsin: "We are invited to invalidate the entire presidential election in Wisconsin by declaring it ‘null’— yes, the whole thing. ...falls far short of the kind of compelling evidence and legal support” a court would need to “disenfranchise every Wisconsin voter... At stake, in some measure, is faith in our system of free and fair elections, …central to the enduring strength of our constitutional republic."
Nov 27, Pennsylvania: "Tossing out millions of mail-in ballots would be drastic and unprecedented, disenfranchising a huge swath of the electorate and upsetting all down-ballot races too," Bibas wrote on behalf of a panel of three judges, all of whom were appointed by Republican presidents. Voters, not lawyers, choose the President," the court wrote. "Ballots, not briefs, decide elections.
Nov 22, Pennsylvania: "This claim, like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together… This Court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations, unpled in the operative complaint and unsupported by evidence. In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. Our people, laws, and institutions demand more."
Nov 19, Georgia: "To halt the certification at literally the 11th hour would breed confusion and disenfranchisement that I find have no basis in fact and law."
Nov 6, Michigan: "This ‘supplemental evidence’ is inadmissible as hearsay. The assertion that Connarn was informed by an unknown individual what ‘other hired poll workers at her table’ had been told is inadmissible hearsay within hearsay, and plaintiffs have provided no hearsay exception for either level of hearsay that would warrant consideration of the evidence.
Nov 2, Texas: "Here, the court finds the plaintiffs did not act with alacrity. There has been an increasing amount of conversation and action around the subject of implementing drive-through voting since earlier this summer"

“The Supreme Court really let us down. No Wisdom, No Courage!”

01-02-2021 Trump's latest effort to overturn the will of the American people:

"I just want to find 11,780 votes"

12-11-2020 Trump silent on over 3000 Covid deaths in one day (three days in a row):

Active cases: 6,485,476; Number of deaths: 302,762 (Worldometer)

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Note: A total of over 300,000 US deaths.

11-22-2020 Trump commenting on election results (which is flagged by Twitter)

"In certain swing states, there were more votes than people who voted, and in big numbers. Does that not really matter? Stopping Poll Watchers, voting for unsuspecting people, fake ballots and so much more. Such egregious conduct. We will win!"

11-19-2020 Trump silent on over 2000 Covid deaths in one day:

Active cases: 4,571,828; Number of deaths: 258,332 (Worldometer)

“”

Note: A total of over a 250,000 US deaths.

11-16-2020: New York Times reporting on Trump's false election claims:
"Trump has amplified voting falsehoods in over 300 tweets since election night."

“surprise ballot dumps,” “finding Biden votes” and “miraculously” disappearing leads.

11-13-2020: Trump explaining his confidence in election results (or not)(which is flagged by Twitter)?

“For years the Dems have been preaching how unsafe and rigged our elections have been. Now they are saying what a wonderful job the Trump Administration did in making 2020 the most secure election ever. Actually this is true, except for what the Democrats did. Rigged Election! This claim about election fraud is disputed”

11-07-2020 Trump commenting on election results (which is flagged by Twitter)

"I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!"

11-05-2020 Trump delivering his most dishonest speech yet as votes are still being counted leaving Anderson Cooper to comment: "That is the president of the United States. That is the most powerful person in the world, and we see him like an obese turtle on his back flailing in the hot sun, realizing his time is over,"... just a sampling of his lies:

Active cases: 3,338,196; Number of deaths: 240,955 (Worldometer)

“If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.”
“A lot of votes came too late. I’ve already decisively won many critical states, including massive victories in Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, to name just a few. We won these and many other victories.”
“Democrat officials never believe they could win this election. Honestly, I really believe that. That’s why they did the mail-in ballots where there’s tremendous corruption and fraud going on.”
“We were winning in all the key locations by a lot, actually, and then our numbers started miraculously getting whittled away in secret.”
“There are now only a few states yet to be decided in the presidential race. The voting apparatus of those states are run in all cases by Democrats.”

Note: "U.S. hits highest daily number of cases since pandemic began, 118,319, #4."

10-30-2020 Trump now blaming doctors for the growing COVID-19 numbers:
(Trump's comment prompted a response from the AMA :
“The suggestion that doctors — in the midst of a public health crisis — are overcounting Covid-19 patients or lying to line their pockets is a malicious, outrageous and completely misguided charge,"):

Active cases: 3,056,626; Number of deaths: 235,159 (Worldometer)

“You know our doctors get more money if somebody dies from Covid,”

Note: "U.S. hits highest daily number of cases since pandemic began, 101,461, #3."

10-29-2020 Trump repeating comment on COVID-19 progress on the day that the "U.S. hits yet a new highest daily number of cases since pandemic began":

Active cases: 2,995,245; Number of deaths: 234,177 (Worldometer)

“... We’re rounding the corner...”

Note: "U.S. hits highest daily number of cases since pandemic began, 91,530, #2."

10-28-2020 Trump calling up Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) who is fighting to retain her Senate seat (Mitch: are you watching?):

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— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) October 28, 2020

"Martha, come up fast. Fast. Fast. Come on. Quick. You got one minute! One minute, Martha! They don't want to hear this, Martha. Come on. Let's go. Quick, quick, quick. Come on."

Note: "Trump gave more speaking time to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), and controversial British politician and key Brexit leader Nigel Farage instead of McSally who served in the United States Air Force from 1988 to 2010, achieving the rank of Colonel. She is the first U.S. woman to fly in combat and the first to command a fighter squadron."

10-27-2020 Trump complains about Fox "News" reporting on Obama's speaches. Some of Obama's comments:

"What's Trump's closing argument?" Obama asked rally-goers. "That people are too focused on COVID. He said this, 'COVID, COVID COVID.' He's jealous of COVID's media coverage!"
"The White House, let me say this, I lived in the White House for a while, it's a controlled environment. You can take some preventive measures to keep from getting sick. Except this guy can't seem to do it," Obama said. "He's turned the White House into a hot zone. Some of the places he holds rallies have seen spikes right after he leaves town."
"He likes to act tough and talk tough. He thinks scowling and being mean is tough," Obama said at a drive-in rally in South Florida. "But when '60 Minutes' and Lesley Stahl are too tough for you, you ain't all that tough."
"Eight months into this pandemic, new cases are breaking records. Donald Trump isn't going to suddenly protect all of us. He can't even take the basic steps to protect himself,"

"Fox puts [Obama] on all the time," ... "Fox is very disappointing, that Fox puts on this—this would not have happened with Roger Ailes, I can tell you that."..."Now Fox News is playing Obama's no crowd, fake speech for Biden, a man he could barely endorse because he couldn't believe he won."

10-27-2020 Not the first time Trump has walked out of an interview when he didn't want to answer the questions (see this 1990 Déjà vu), for the same reasons:

10-23-2020 Trump's comment on COVID-19 progress on the day that the "U.S. hits highest daily number of cases since pandemic began":

Active cases: 2,819,508; Number of deaths: 229,284 (Worldometer)

“And we’re rounding the turn, we’re rounding the corner. We’re rounding the corner beautifully.”

Note: "U.S. hits highest daily number of cases since pandemic began, 81,427, #1."

10-19-2020 Trump commenting on Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:

Active cases: 2,728,163; Number of deaths: 225,222 (Worldometer)

Referring to Fauci: "Disaster", he continued: “People are tired of hearing Fauci and these idiots, all these idiots who got it wrong.”

Context: NYT: "More than 70,450 new coronavirus cases were reported in the United States on Friday, the highest figure since July 24, according to a New York Times database. More than 900 new deaths were recorded. And over the past week, there has been an average of 56,615 cases per day, an increase of 30 percent from the average two weeks earlier...

10-15-2020: Trump's response to debate host Savannah Guthrie's asking about his crazy conspiracy theory regarding Obama, Biden, and Navy SEALS:

“I know nothing about it. That was a retweet. That was an opinion from somebody. I’ll put it out there — people can decide,”

To which, Guthrie replied: "I don’t get that. You’re the president. You’re not like someone’s crazy uncle.”

10-11-2020 Twitter flags Trump tweet below: "We placed a public interest notice on [President Trump's] Tweet for violating our Covid-19 Misleading Information Policy by making misleading health claims about Covid-19," "As is standard with this public interest notice, engagements with the Tweet will be significantly limited.":

Active cases: 2,644,141; Number of deaths: 219,695 (Worldometer)

"A total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday. That means I can't get it (immune), and can't give it. Very nice to know!!!"

Note: In the nine days since Trump announced having COVID-19, 6,171 more American's have died.

10-02-2020 Trump announces that he has COVID-19:

Active cases: 2,558,975; Number of deaths: 213,524 (Worldometer)

"Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!"

Note: 51 hours after making fun of Biden for wearing a mask Trump announces he has COVID-19. By the end of the day, 2739 additional Americans died from COVID-19 since Trump made fun of Biden for wearing a mask.

09-29-2020 Trump making fun of Biden for wearing a mask at their first debate:

Active cases: 2,550,023; Number of deaths: 210,785 (Worldometer)

"I don't wear masks like him. Every time you see him, he's got a mask," Mr. Trump said, adding that Biden "could be speaking 200 feet away" and then "shows up with the biggest mask I've ever seen."

Note: Trump's family attending the debate did not wear masks.

09-21-2020 Trump contradicting what he told Bob Woodward back in March: “Now it’s turning out it’s not just old people, Bob,” Trump told Woodward. “But just today, and yesterday, some startling facts came out. It’s not just old, older.”:

Active cases: 2,542,185; Number of deaths: 204,506 (Worldometer)

“It affects elderly people, elderly people with heart problems and other problems. That’s what it really affects,” ... “In some states, thousands of people — nobody young. Below the age of 18, like, nobody. They have a strong immune system, who knows? Take your hat off to the young, because they have a hell of an immune system. But it affects virtually nobody. It’s an amazing thing.”

Note: Trump NOT mentioning exceeding the milestone of 200,000 coronavirus deaths.

09-16-2020 Trump responding to Dr. Robert R. Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying that a vaccine would not be widely available until the middle of next year and that masks were so vital in fighting the disease caused by the coronavirus, Covid-19, that they may even more important than a vaccine:

Active cases: 2,507,795; Number of deaths: 201,348 (Worldometer)

“I think he made a mistake when he said that,... it’s just incorrect information.” A vaccine would go “to the general public immediately,” the president insisted, and “under no circumstance will it be as late as the doctor said.” As for Dr. Redfield’s conclusion that masks may be more useful than a vaccine, Mr. Trump said that “he made a mistake,” maintaining that a “vaccine is much more effective than the masks.” (NYT)

Note: Trump NOT mentioning exceeding the milestone of 200,000 coronavirus deaths.

09-15-2020 Trump says to George Stephanopoulos that a lot of people don't want to wear a mask. George asks who:

Active cases: 2,519,864; Number of deaths: 200,197 (Worldometer)

“Waiters. They come over and they serve you, and they have a mask, and I saw it the other day where they were serving me. And they’re playing with the mask— I’m not blaming them. I’m just saying what happens. They’re playing with the mask. So the mask is over, and they’re touching it, and then they’re touching the plate. That can’t be good.”

Note: Trump NOT mentioning exceeding the milestone of 200,000 coronavirus deaths.

08-22-2020 Twitter on Sunday flagged a tweet in which President Trump suggested voters could contract the coronavirus by placing their mail-in ballots in drop boxes: “We placed a public interest notice on this Tweet for violating our Civic Integrity Policy for making misleading health claims that could potentially dissuade people from participation in voting,”

Active cases: 2,513,174; Number of deaths: 180,174 (Worldometer)

“So now the Democrats are using Mail Drop Boxes, which are a voter security disaster. Among other things, they make it possible for a person to vote multiple times,” “Also, who controls them, are they placed in Republican or Democrat areas? They are not Covid sanitized. A big fraud!"

Note: Trump NOT mentioning hitting the milestone of 170,000 coronavirus deaths.

08-13-2020 Trump resurrecting his birther campaign against Sen. Kamala Harris during his coronavirus briefing:

Active cases: 2,402,047; Number of deaths: 170,415 (Worldometer)

“I heard it today that she doesn’t meet the requirements,"

Note: Trump NOT mentioning hitting the milestone of 170,000 coronavirus deaths.

08-11-2020 Trump's insulting Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Native Americans:

“...probably nastier even than Pocahontas”

08-05-2020 Trump disagreeing with US Defense Department regarding the explosion in Lebanon:

“It would seem like it based on the explosion," ... "I've met with some of our great generals and they just seem to feel that it was not a -- some kind of manufacturing explosion type of event. This was a -- seems to be according to them, they would know better than I would, but they seem to think it was an attack. It was a bomb of some kind.”

08-05-2020 Trump's false comment regarding covid and children that is removed by both Facebook and Twitter:

Active cases: 2,271,830; Number of deaths: 161,601 (Worldometer)

“If you look at children, children are almost — and I would almost say definitely — but almost immune from this disease,” and that they have stronger immune systems.

NYT: "With only 4 percent of the world’s population, the United States has accounted for 22 percent of coronavirus deaths. Canada, a rich country that neighbors the United States, has a per capita death rate about half as large."

07-28-2020 Trump complaining about Fauci's approval rating being higher than his:

Active cases: 2,162,578; Number of deaths: 152,355 (Worldometer)

“He’s got this high approval rating,” Trump said Tuesday at the White House coronavirus task force briefing, “so why don’t I have a high approval rating?”

Over two million cases and one hundred fifty thousand deaths and he talks about ratings!!!!"

07-21-2020 Trump acknowledges the true state of the coronavirus (maybe it is the 2 million active cases):

Active cases: 1,997,033; Number of deaths: 144,953 (Worldometer)

“will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better.”

07-19-2020 Trump's making yet another false claim about coronavirus, this time to Fox's Chris Wallace about the US mortality rate. Wallace corrected Trump during the enterview pointing out: "But, sir, we have the seventh highest mortality rate in the world. Our mortality rate is higher than Brazil, it's higher than Russia and the European Union has us on a travel ban.":

Active cases: 1,953,184; Number of deaths: 143,289 (Worldometer)

“Number, number one low mortality rate.”

07-06-2020 Trump's latest tweet supporting the Confederate Flag (Lindsey Graham, who is running against a black candidate, felt compelled to explain to his friend what is really going on: “They’re trying to grow the sport,” ...“And I’ve lived in South Carolina all my life and if you’re in business, the Confederate flag is not a good way to grow your business.”:

“Has @BubbaWallace apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, & were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX? That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!”

07-04-2020 Trump's making yet another false claim about coronavirus:

Active cases: 1,560,795; Number of deaths: 132,569 (Worldometer)

“99 percent” of them were “totally harmless.”

07-02-2020 Trump's seeing "great news" on the coronavirus front (while the US has the highest number of cases in the world, the highest number of deaths and is experiencing the highest number of new cases since the beginning):

Active cases: 1,491,434; Number of deaths: 131,448 (Worldometer)

"There is a rise in Coronavirus cases because our testing is so massive and so good, far bigger and better than any other country,".. "This is great news, but even better news is that death, and the death rate, is DOWN. Also, younger people, who get better much easier and faster!"

Note: The US testing rate is 8th in the world behind countries like Russia, United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium....

07-01-2020 Trump's latest thoughts on coronavirus:

Active cases: 1,484,475; Number of deaths: 130,798 (Worldometer)

“I think we’re gonna be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point that’s going to, sort of, just disappear — I hope,”

Note: His comment is made on highest daily increase of cases (51,097) in the US.

06-28-2020 Trump's tweet with the video he shared where one of the "great people" supporting him proclaims "white power":

“Thank you to the great people of The Villages. The Radical Left Do Nothing Democrats will Fall in the Fall. Corrupt Joe is shot. See you soon!!!"

06-23-2020 The day before the US has its highest daily incidents of new Covid-19 (over 36,000 new cases)...

Trump admits that he doesn't know what the '19' means in Covid-19 (2019)
Trump admits that he doesn't know that coronavirus is not a 'flu'
and finally, Trump uses a racist term for coronavirus:

Active cases: 1,280,314; Number of deaths: 123,473 (Worldometer)

"Kung Flu"

(Newsweek): "Months earlier, White House counselor and former Press Secretary Kellyanne Conway condemned 'Kung Flu' as 'very hurtful and unhelpful,' demanding to learn the identity of an anonymous White House staff member who had reportedly used the term. 'I'd like to know who they are... you can't just say that and not name them. Tell us who it was," Conway told PBS's Yamiche Alcindor on March 18. 'That's highly offensive, so you should tell us all who it is. I'd like to know who it is.'

Well now we know who used that "highly offensive" expression, her boss, Donald Trump!

06-20-2020 Trump commenting on his request to slow down coronavirus testing:

Active cases: 1,235,657; Number of deaths: 121,980 (Worldometer)

“Here’s the bad part, When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases. So I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down, please!’”

Note: Meanwhile, Texas, Arizona and Florida are still experiencing a spike in Covid cases.

6-18-2020: Trump lashes out after Bolton's claims below:

"I don't think he's fit for office. I don't think he has the competence to carry out the job."
"There really isn't any guiding principle that I was able to discern other than what's good for Donald Trump's re-election,"
"In exchange (for concessions on tariff rates), Trump asked merely for some increases in Chinese farm-product purchases, to help with the crucial farm-state vote," Bolton writes of the Argentina meeting. "If that could be agreed, all the U.S. tariffs would be reduced. It was breathtaking."
"... turned the conversation to the coming U.S. presidential election, alluding to China’s economic capability and pleading with Xi to ensure he’d win,"
"According to our interpreter," regarding China building concentration camps... "Trump said that Xi should go ahead with building the camps, which Trump thought was exactly the right thing to do."
Trump asked his chief of staff John Kelly whether Finland is part of Russia.
Trump asked if the U.K. was a nuclear power
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo handed Bolton a note saying of Trump, “He is so full of sh--."
"The pattern looked like obstruction of justice as a way of life, which we couldn’t accept,”
Trump offered "personal favours to dictators"

'Wacko John Bolton’s “exceedingly tedious”(New York Times) book is made up of lies & fake stories. Said all good about me, in print, until the day I fired him. A disgruntled boring fool who only wanted to go to war. Never had a clue, was ostracized & happily dumped. What a dope!'

Note: It does beg Paula Reid's question: "why do you keep hiring people that you believe are wackos and liars?"

06-16-2020 In commenting on the likelyhood of a Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the year, he mentions a vaccine that does NOT exist:

Active cases: 1,186,227; Number of deaths: 119,132 (Worldometer)

“They’ve come up with the AIDS vaccine.”

Note: Meanwhile, Texas, Arizona and Florida are experiencing a spike in Covid cases.

06-16-2020 Trump, commenting on Obama's and Biden's work on police reform after Trump unraveled their following efforts (NBC News):

"In August 2017, Trump reversed an Obama policy that banned the military from selling surplus equipment to police, a measure that had been put in place amid criticism over the armored vehicles, tear gas and assault rifles used to control protests after the police killing of Michael Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014."
"In addition, in September 2017, the Justice Department said it would stop the Obama-era practice of investigating police departments and issuing public reports about their failings. For example, the Justice Department had investigated the Ferguson Police Department and found unconstitutional, unlawful and racist behavior and policing within the department."
"When he served as Trump's attorney general, Jeff Sessions made it clear early on that he opposed consent decrees like the one struck in Ferguson, and he ordered a review of the Justice Department's more than a dozen consent decrees. Sessions said they 'reduced morale' of police."

"President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period. The reason they didn't try is they had no idea how to do it,"

06-10-2020 On the day the Washington Post notes: “Montana, Arkansas, Utah, Arizona and Texas have all seen coronavirus hospitalizations rise by at least 35 percent in the weeks since Memorial Day,”

Trump announces a resumption of his rallies:

Active cases: 1,142,777; Number of deaths: 115,130 (Worldometer)

“We're going to start our rallies back up now,”...“We've had a tremendous run at rallies.”

Note: They must agree not to sue the campaign if they contract the virus after the event.

Note: 14,558 new deaths in the last 16 days.

06-09-2020 Trump, again without offering any evidence, fabricates boogeyman excuses for police assaulting a Mr. Gugino, 75, who is still in the hospital, recovering from the serious head wound they caused:

“Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?"

Again, what kind of person does this?

05-29-2020 Twitter flags the following Trump post for violating rules about glorifying violence:

“These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen,” Trump tweeted shortly before 1 a.m. Friday, adding, “Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts."

Why did Trump call these protestors "THUGS" but said that there were Neo-Nazi's in Charlottesville that were "very fine people"?

05-26-2020 24 days ago Trump said we could see "75, 80 to 100,000" deaths.

Active cases: 1,144,734; Number of deaths: 100,572 (Worldometer)

His comment about today's grim milestone: ""

Note: 100,572 deaths as of today.

05-26-2020 Someone help me explain this Trump tweet...

Active cases: 1,144,734; Number of deaths: 100,572 (Worldometer)

"Joe Biden’s handling of the H1N1 Swine Flu was a complete and total disaster. Even polls on the matter were terrible!"

Note: According to the CDC: "12,469 deaths (range: 8868-18,306) in the United States due to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus."

05-26-2020 For the first time, Twitter is now slapping fact checks on Trump lies, starting with the one below designed to affect voter suppression during a pandemic:

Active cases: 1,144,734; Number of deaths: 100,572 (Worldometer)

"There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed. The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone....."

Note: This follows another tweet where he promotes a conspiracy theory about Joe Scarborough.

05-25-2020 Trump's non-response to this WHO (World Health Organization) warning about a second peak: “We need to be also cognizant of the fact that the disease can jump up at any time. We cannot make assumptions that just because the disease is on the way down now that it's going to keep going down, and the way to get a number of months to get ready for a second wave – we may get a second peak in this way,”:

Active cases: 1,141,751; Number of deaths: 99,805 (Worldometer)

Trump response: ""

Note: Recently Trump tried to blame WHO for not warning the US about the Covid-19 threat.

05-24-2020 Trump retweets John K. Stahl's racist, sexist, hateful comments during Memorical Day weekend:

Active cases: 1,135,434; Number of deaths: 99,300 (Worldometer)

Calling Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee, “HRC the Skank.”

Mocking Ms. Abrams’s appearance by saying that she “visited every buffet restaurant in the State”

05-24-2020 Trump responding Joe Biden's ad condemning his playing golf on the eve of 100,000 coronavirus deaths:

Active cases: 1,135,434; Number of deaths: 99,300 (Worldometer)

"Sleepy Joe’s representatives have just put out an ad saying that I went to play golf (exercise) today. They think I should stay in the White House at all times. What they didn’t say is that it’s the first time I’ve played golf in almost 3 months, that Biden was constantly..."

Note: Here is what Trump tweeted back in 2014 when there was two cases of ebola in the United States: "President Obama has a major meeting on the N.Y.C. Ebola outbreak, with people flying in from all over the country, but decided to play golf!".

05-21-2020 Trump explaining that his war on free speech is more important than respecting the health of those around him:

Active cases: 1,142,379; Number of deaths: 96,354 (Worldometer)

“Didn’t want to give the press the pleasure" of seeing him wearing a mask.

Note: Trump is saying that it is more important to war with the press than to follow state law designed to protect those around him.

05-21-2020 Trump commenting on his Covid-19 test:

Active cases: 1,142,379; Number of deaths: 96,354 (Worldometer)

“tested positively toward negative”

05-19-2020 Trump commenting on the high number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. as a good thing because of the success of our testing:

Active cases: 1,115,870; Number of deaths: 93,533 (Worldometer)

“badge of honor”

Note, the problem: We are testing tenth in the world (1/2 the rate of Spain), just behind Belarus. Which is to say, even though we are testing far less than other countries we are seeing far more cases.

05-18-2020 Trump commenting on his use of hydroxychloroquine:

Active cases: 1,101,930; Number of deaths: 91,981 (Worldometer)

“I think it’s good. I’ve heard a lot of good stories. And if it’s not good, I’ll tell you right. I’m not going to get hurt by it,”

Note: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi voiced concerns about his use of the unproven hydroxychloroquine: “He’s our president, and I would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists,” Pelosi said, adding that Trump should be especially careful given his “age group” and his “weight group,” which she described as “morbidly obese.”

05-17-2020 Trump responding to a 60-Minutes piece on Dr. Bright the latest whistle blower complaint of over 300 pages on our slow and chaotic response to Covid-19:

Active cases: 1,090,297; Number of deaths: 90,978 (Worldometer)

".@60Minutes & third place anchor, @NorahODonnell, are doing everything in their power to demean our Country, much to the benefit of the Radical Left Democrats. Tonight they put on yet another Fake “Whistleblower”, a disgruntled employee who supports Dems, fabricates stories, &..."

Note: Again, Trump not responding to specific claims in the 60-Minutes segment, relying on his strategy of character attacks and ignoring the US now having over 90,000 Covid-19 deaths.

05-15-2020 Trump commenting on his firing Steve Linick, 'the quasi-independent watchdog whose job it was to expose waste and malfeasance within the agency'. (This is the fifth inspector general (internal watchdog) fired since March.) Linick was investigating allegations that Pompeo used staff for personal chores and errands:

“It is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as Inspectors General. That is no longer the case with regard to this Inspector General.”

05-14-2020 Trump making an observation on Covid-19 testing:

Active cases: 1,052,654; Number of deaths: 86,912 (Worldometer)

“When you test, you have a case. When you test, you find something is wrong with people. If we didn’t do any testing, we would have very few cases.”

05-10-2020 Trump responding to a 60-Minutes piece that exposes Covid-19 conspiracy theory that he supports:

Active cases: 1,030,515; Number of deaths: 80,787 (Worldometer)

".@CBS and their show, @60Minutes, are doing everything within their power, which is far less today than it was in the past, to defend China and the horrible Virus pandemic that was inflicted on the USA and the rest of the World. I guess they want to do business in China!"

Note: Trump does not respond to the specific claims in the 60-Minutes segment.

05-09-2020 Trump responding again to the Lincoln Project's “Mourning in America” video below, completely ignoring the accuracy of the video:

Active cases: 1,029,194; Number of deaths: 80,037 (Worldometer)

“Why is it that all of the political pundits & consultants that I beat so easily & badly, people that charged their clients far more than their services were worth, have become so totally 'unhinged' when it come to your favorite President, me,"..." These people are stone cold crazy!”

Note: The Lincoln Project

Note: Less than three weeks ago Trump predicted we could see up to 60,000 deaths Today we exceeded his upper estimate by 30%, over 80,000 deaths and over 1,000,000 active cases.

05-08-2020 Trump's comment regarding Nancy Pelosi on “Fox & Friends" as she conducts an interview from her location in Washington, D.C.:

“She’s highly overrated, a bad woman,” ... “She doesn’t even want to go to work. She’s in California sitting in her expensive house.”

Note: Washington Post headline today: Jobless rate soars to 14.7%, worst level since Great Depression.

05-08-2020 Trump breaking with his health advisors regarding the coronavirus:

Active cases: 1,019,567; Number of deaths: 78,615 (Worldometer)

“go away without a vaccine...”

Note: Washington Post headline today: Jobless rate soars to 14.7%, worst level since Great Depression.

05-06-2020 Trump acknowledging his desire to kill the healthcare protections of the ACA during a pandemic:

Active cases: 934,109; Number of deaths: 74,799 (Worldometer)

“We want to terminate health care under Obamacare,”

Note: 2,528 new deaths in the last 24 hours.

05-06-2020 Bob Woodward to Trump: 'Your new national security adviser, O’Brien, said to you January 28, “Mr. President, this is going- this virus is going to be the biggest national security threat to your presidency.” Do you remember that?"':

Active cases: 934,109; Number of deaths: 74,799 (Worldometer)

"No, no. No, I don’t. No, I don’t. I’m sure if he said it – you know, I’m sure he said it. Nice guy."

Note: A great time to kill healthcare to Americans.

05-05-2020 Trump responding to the Lincoln Project's “Mourning in America” video below:

Active cases: 916,941; Number of deaths: 72,271 (Worldometer)

“I don’t know what Kellyanne did to her deranged loser of a husband, Moonface, but it must have been really bad.”

Note: The Lincoln Project

05-05-2020 Trump acknowledges more people may die as a result of reopening:

Active cases: 916,941; Number of deaths: 72,271 (Worldometer)

“possible” more Americans will die as governors lift stay-at-home orders implemented to slow the spread of the virus, “but we have to get our country open.”

Note: Trump applauds the states that are reopening even though they are not following federal guidelines.

05-03-2020 Trump's latest estimate on coronavirus deaths (roughly doubling his estimate of two weeks ago):

Active cases: 878,256; Number of deaths: 68,597 (Worldometer)

"Look, we're going to lose anywhere from 75, 80 to 100,000 people. That's a horrible thing. We shouldn't lose one person out of this,"

04-29-2020 Trump commenting on his success with the Coronavirus:

Active cases: 855,128; Number of deaths: 61,655 (Worldometer)

“We did all the right moves,”

Some context for Trump's comments:

Ten days ago Trump commented that we could see 50,000 to 60,000 deaths.
His prediction on total death count is met in 10 days (50,000 was met in 4 days).
In two months, we have lost more lives than in the entire Vietnam War.
We have had over one million (1,064,194) cases of coronavirus.
See all of the coronavirus entries on this page.

04-28-2020 Trump's claim about our testing:

Active cases: 834,261; Number of deaths: 59,266 (Worldometer)

"The United States has done far more 'testing' than any other nation, by far!"

Note: Based on the only metric matters, tests/1,000, the US ranks tenth in the world on testing.

04-27-2020 "When asked Monday about reports of an increase in people misusing disinfectants, Trump answered:":

Active cases: 814,750; Number of deaths: 56,796 (Worldometer)

"I can't imagine why." When pressed about whether he takes any responsibility, Trump said, "No, I don't."

Note: See his comments regarding the possible use of disinfectants for the virus.

04-25-2020 As Lysol issues press release against ingesting disinfectant and states setup hotlines based on his comments, Trump decides his press conferences may not be a good idea:

Active cases: 788,233; Number of deaths: 54,256 (Worldometer)

“What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately,” ... “They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!”

Note: Health care professionals agree.

04-23-2020 Trump pondering the injection of disinfectant into humans:

Active cases: 750,284; Number of deaths: 50,236 (Worldometer)

"I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning? As you see, it gets in the lungs, it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that."

Note: Health care professionals disagree.

04-21-2020 Trump bragging about his ratings on the day 2,804 Americans died from the virus:

Active cases: 690,503; Number of deaths: 45,318 (Worldometer)

"I’ve had great “ratings” my whole life, there’s nothing unusual about that for me. The White House News Conference ratings are “through the roof”(Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale , @nytimes) but I don’t care about that. I care about going around the Fake News to the PEOPLE!"

Note: Again I ponder the values of people who can support a man like this.

04-20-2020 Trump commenting that we may end up with 50,000 to 60,000 coronavirus deaths:

Active cases: 677,856; Number of deaths: 42,514 (Worldometer)

"Now we’re going toward 50, I’m hearing, or 60,000 people,"

Note: Yes, at a rate of about 2000 deaths a day, over 42,000 total deaths, yes, we may hit 50,000 deaths (in four days!!!, 60,000 in two weeks).

04-20-2020 After ceding the Governors' Tenth Amendment right to management their coronavirus outbreaks, he tries to undermine their efforts.:

Active cases: 677,856; Number of deaths: 42,514 (Worldometer)

"Some governors have gone too far,"

04-19-2020 After claiming to be a "Wartime President", Trump tells his generals (governors) they are responsible for getting their own weapons to fight this world war:

Active cases: 652,874; Number of deaths: 40,575 (Worldometer)

“Testing is a local thing,”

Fortunately, under pressure from the governors, Trump: “We also are going to be using, and we’re preparing to use the Defense Production Act to increase swab production in one U.S. facility by over 20 million additional swabs per month,”

04-17-2020 Trump commenting on his supporters violating Federal guidelines on social distancing:

Active cases: 612,071; Number of deaths: 37,154 (Worldometer)

“They seem to be very responsible people to me, ”

Note: One day advising governors to “call your own shots” on reopening... on a day of 2,537 new deaths in the last 24 hours.

04-17-2020 Trump condemning Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

Active cases: 612,071; Number of deaths: 37,154 (Worldometer)

“should spend more time ‘doing’ and less time ‘complaining.’”

Some of Cuomo's responses:

Trump should get up from watching TV and get to work.
“If you want to point fingers — we built more beds than we needed — our only mistake was believing your numbers, believing your projections,”
"Whose projections were wrong? Head of the CDC, Peter Navarro and head of the White House coronavirus task force. Fire them all. That's what I say. Fire them," Cuomo said. "You know that show the president did?"
Regarding the governors' powers to reopen their states: “By the way, it was always up to the states, what are you going to grant me what the Constitution gave me before you were born?” he said. “I don’t need the president of the United States to tell me that I’m governor and I don't need the president of the United States to tell me the powers of a state. “
“All he’s doing is walking in front of the parade, but he has nothing to do with the timing of the parade,” he said. “Governors are going to open when they need to open. “

04-17-2020 Trump attacking three states with Democratic governors imposing recommended coronavirus guidelines, encouraging his supporters to violate his own restrictions:

Active cases: 612,071; Number of deaths: 37,154 (Worldometer)

“LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” and “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!”

“LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!”

Note: One day advising governors to “call your own shots” on reopening... on a day of 2,537 new deaths in the last 24 hours.

04-16-2020 Trump apparently changed what he said three days ago, “The president of the United States calls the shots." was in fact false. Now he says to the governors:

Active cases: 585,455; Number of deaths: 34,617 (Worldometer)

“Call Your Own Shots,”

Note: Fortunately he is now acknowledging that our nations well-being is better left in the hands of the governors.

Note: In three days time, Trump performs a 180 degree flipflop regarding a fundamental concept for the correct coronavirus management for our country.

04-14-2020 Trump trying to shift blame for his poor coronavirus response to the World Health Organization (WHO):

Active cases: 549,019; Number of deaths: 26,047 (Worldometer)

“So much death has been caused by their mistakes, ”

Note: Part of this shifting of blame is to cut funding to the WHO (about $500 million). For perspective, we are spending at least $100 million for Trump's golf (see top of page).

Bill Gates response: “Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds,”

Note: This is the day of the largest US daily death toll: 2407.

04-13-2020 After showing a Trump propaganda video during a coronavirus briefing, CBS’s Paula Reid asked Trump why so little was done during Feburary in preparation for the virus (as dipicted in his video). Specifically she said: "“You didn’t use it to prepare hospitals, you didn’t use it to ramp up testing,”. Trump responded:

Active cases: 526,353; Number of deaths: 23,640 (Worldometer)

“..disgraceful.”... “You know you’re a fake,”

Note: Trump is upset that someone would challenge his lack of response instead of the additional dead people caused by his inaction.

Note: This is the response of the president of the United States to any press that covers his failures.

04-13-2020 Having relinquished control of shutdowns to the governors, now Trump suggests he will assume control to reopen:

Active cases: 526,353; Number of deaths: 23,640 (Worldometer)

“The authority of the president of the United States, having to do with the subject we’re talking about, is total,” ... “The president of the United States calls the shots."
Trump continued with a threat: “If some states refuse to open, I would like to see that person run for election,”

Note: The governors who have assuming responsibility in during the federal vacuum have thoughts regarding Trump's new claim:

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D): “Seeing as how we had the responsibility to close the state down, I think we probably have the primary responsibility for opening it up.”

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo: “We don’t have a king, we have an elected president,”

Related: Governors from New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island and Massachusetts formed a pact to coordinate on an eventual end to their states’ restrictions.

Related: Tenth Amendment - "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

04-12-2020 Fauci made the following comment on CNN on Sunday:
“Obviously, it would have been nice if we had a better head start, but I don’t think you could say that we are where we are right now because of one factor,” ... “It’s very complicated.”
Trump's response was to retweet a call to fire Fauci:

Active cases: 505,561; Number of deaths: 22,105 (Worldometer)

"Sorry Fake News, it’s all on tape. I banned China long before people spoke up. Thank you"... DeAnna Lorraine @DeAnna4Congress
Trump retweeting: "Time to #FireFauci..."

Note: Regarding Trump's comment about banning China, it now appears that the infection in Boston came from Europe.

04-12-2020 WaPo: 'Fox News’s Chris Wallace, Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, also said the U.S. would “be in a much better position” if the Trump administration had acted more quickly.' Trump's response:

Active cases: 505,561; Number of deaths: 22,105 (Worldometer)

"Just watched Mike Wallace wannabe, Chris Wallace, on @FoxNews. I am now convinced that he is even worse than Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of Meet the Press(please!), or the people over at Deface the Nation. What the hell is happening to @FoxNews. It’s a whole new ballgame over there!"

Note: A fascinating response from one of the Fox & Friends people, Jedediah Bila:
"Enough with the 3rd grade name-calling. Chris is doing his job. The news should not be any president’s friend, ally, or buddy. If it bothered you when Obama complained about Fox News, but you’re silent on this complete nonsense, then just stop. Seriously. Enough."

Note: Can you imagine having a president engaging in this behavior with over 22,000 deaths from the virus!!!

04-09-2020 Trump commenting on our coronavirus testing (which is about 1/2 the rate of Italy):

Active cases: 425,947; Number of deaths: 16,691 (Worldometer)

“...we have a great testing system … the best testing system in the world.” Regarding mass testing: “It’s not necessary, but it would be a good thing to have,”

Note: Bold point of view given 1903 new deaths in the last 24 hours.

04-08-2020 Trump lying about voter fraud (extremely low in this country) in order to effect voter suppression:

Active cases: 397,248; Number of deaths: 14,788 (Worldometer)

“Mail ballots, they cheat. Okay, people cheat,” ... “Mail ballots are a very dangerous thing for this country because they are cheaters. They go and collect them, they’re fraudulent in many cases. You’ve got to vote. They should have voter I.D., by the way, you really want to do it right, voter I.D.”

Note: New York now has more coronavirus cases than any other country in the world.

04-07-2020 Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, “President Trump is abusing the coronavirus pandemic to eliminate honest and independent public servants because they are willing to speak truth to power and because he is so clearly afraid of strong oversight.”

Active cases: 365,820; Number of deaths: 12,841 (Worldometer)

"We have a lot of IGs in from the Obama era,” he said Tuesday. “And as you know, it’s a presidential decision. And I left them, largely. I mean, changed some, but I left them. . . . But when we have, you know, reports of bias and when we have different things coming in. I don’t know Fine. I don’t think I ever met Fine.”

Note: If you must commit crimes, you must attack crime fighters.

04-07-2020 Trump missing the fact that his handling of his virus has now exceeded the actual number of H1N1 deaths: 12,469:

Active cases: 365,820; Number of deaths: 12,841 (Worldometer)

"Why didn’t the I.G., who spent 8 years with the Obama Administration (Did she Report on the failed H1N1 Swine Flu debacle where 17,000 people died?), want to talk to the Admirals, Generals, V.P. & others in charge, before doing her report. Another Fake Dossier!"

Note: And his death count is just started...

04-06-2020 Trump, responding to questions about his administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, specifically the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general's report warning of severe supplies shortages for hospitals in the US, including testing kits and safety gear for physicians. Trump:

Active cases: 336,462; Number of deaths: 10,871 (Worldometer)

“States are supposed to be doing testing. Hospitals are supposed to be doing testing," ... "We're the federal government. We're not supposed to be standing on street corners doing testing. They go to doctors. They go to hospitals."

Note: Trump following his attack the messenger.

04-05-2020 Trump singles out the New York Times and The Washington Post from all of the publications suffering a reduction in advertising:

Active cases: 309,080; Number of deaths: 9616 (Worldometer)

“Advertising in the Failing New York Times is WAY down. Washington Post is not much better. I can’t say whether this is because they are Fake News sources of information, to a level that few can understand, or the Virus is just plain beating them up,” “Fake News is bad for America!”

Note: Who thinks this way as Easter approaches and the deaths mount up?

04-05-2020 Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was asked about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine: “What is the medical evidence?” Trump interrupts:

Active cases: 309,080; Number of deaths: 9616 (Worldometer)

“Do you know how many times he’s answered that question?” ...“Maybe 15.”
Reporter responds “The question is for the doctor. … He’s your medical expert, correct?”
Trump interrupts the medical director, again: “You don’t have to ask the question,”

04-03-2020 "Ending a week of speculation, the Centers for Disease Control Friday evening issued voluntary guidance for Americans to cover their mouth and nose when going outside." Trump following his policy of looking directly at a solar eclipse offered the following response:

Active cases: 257,486; Number of deaths: 7392 (Worldometer)

“I don’t think that I’m going to be doing it,”

Note: 1322 US deaths in the last 24 hours.

04-03-2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci explaining the need for a national stay-at-home order: "The tension between federally-mandated versus states rights to do what they want is something I don't want to get into, but if you look at what's going on in this country I just don't understand why we're not doing that -- we really should be."
Trump following his better-late-to-the table playbook:

Active cases: 257,486; Number of deaths: 7392 (Worldometer)

“There are some states that are different,”

Note: How else can you insure that some states will reinfect others down the road.

04-02-2020 Trump offering conspiracies to explain why hospitals need a lot of supplies to combat a pandemic:

Active cases: 228,204; Number of deaths: 6070 (Worldometer)

“Massive amounts of medical supplies, even hospitals and medical centers, are being delivered directly to states and hospitals by the Federal Government. Some have insatiable appetites & are never satisfied (politics?). Remember, we are a backup for them. The complainers should...”

Note: When has a "wartime president" ever questioned his generals about the need for supplies?

04-01-2020 Trump now observing what the leading scientists have been saying for the last two months:

Active cases: 201,203; Number of deaths: 5102 (Worldometer)

“I think also in looking at the way that the contagion is so contagious, nobody’s ever seen anything like this where large groups of people all of a sudden have it just by being in the presence of somebody who has it. The flu has never been like that. . . . Also the violence of it if it hits the right person.”

Note: Now more than 5000 deaths.

03-31-2020 Advice from Bill Gates (who has considerable understanding of pandemics:
"First, we need a consistent nationwide approach to shutting down. Despite urging from public health experts, some states and counties haven’t shut down completely. In some states, beaches are still open; in others, restaurants still serve sit-down meals." Trump's response below:

Active cases: 177,226; Number of deaths: 4053 (Worldometer)

””

Note: Now more deaths than on 9/11.

03-31-2020 Trump slowly discovering what the governors have been saying for the last month:

Active cases: 177,226; Number of deaths: 4053 (Worldometer)

”They’re very sobering, when you see 100,000 people — and that’s a minimum number,”... “This could be a hell of a bad two weeks and maybe even three weeks. This is going to be three weeks like we haven’t seen before.”

Note: Now more deaths than on 9/11.

03-30-2020 Trump responding to the Democrats efforts to make sure people can vote during coronavirus (acknowledging more voter turnout hurts Republicans):

Active cases: 155,182; Number of deaths: 3156 (Worldometer)

"The things they had in there were crazy. They had levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it you'd never have a Republican elected in this country again."

03-30-2020 Trump responding to governors pleas for testing capability:

Active cases: 155,182; Number of deaths: 3156 (Worldometer)

”...hasn’t heard about testing in weeks,”

03-30-2020 Trump revising his dead body estimate:

Active cases: 155,182; Number of deaths: 3156 (Worldometer)

”And so if we could hold that down, as we’re saying, to 100,000 — it’s a horrible number, maybe even less — but to 100,000. So we have between 100 and 200,000, and we altogether have done a very good job.”

03-30-2020 Trump's latest prediction that the number of people who test positive to peak around Easter:

Active cases: 135,417; Number of deaths: 2484 (Worldometer)

”That’s going to be the highest point, we think, and then it’s going to start coming down from there,” ... “That will be a day of celebration, and we just want to do it right so we picked the end of April.”

03-29-2020 Trump demonstrating that he still doesn't understand the exponential growth intrinsic with a pandemic:

Active cases: 135,417; Number of deaths: 2484 (Worldometer)

"It’s a New York hospital, very — it’s packed all the time,” he said. “How do you go from 10 to 20 [thousand masks per week] to 300,000? Ten [thousand] to 20,000 masks, to 300,000 — even though this is different? Something is going on, and you ought to look into it as reporters. Are they going out the back door?"

03-29-2020 Trump acknowledging that Easter back-to-work is not going to happen afterall.

Active cases: 135,417; Number of deaths: 2484 (Worldometer)

"I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom. It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!"

03-29-2020 ???

Active cases: 135,417; Number of deaths: 2484 (Worldometer)

“Nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won,”... “That would be the greatest loss of all. … Therefore, we will be extending our guidelines to April 30 to slow the spread.”

03-29-2020 Trump bragging obout his ratings in the face of a doubling of deaths in a little over two days.

Active cases: 135,417; Number of deaths: 2484 (Worldometer)

“President Trump is a ratings hit. Since reviving the daily White House briefing Mr. Trump and his coronavirus updates have attracted an average audience of 8.5 million on cable news, roughly the viewership of the season finale of ‘The Bachelor.’ Numbers are continuing to rise...

Note: The number of deaths basically doubled in two days; well over 100,000 active cases.

03-29-2020 Trump backs off his idea of a QUARANTINE of developing ‘hot spots’, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut...

Active cases: 135,417; Number of deaths: 2484 (Worldometer)

Trump backs off his idea of a QUARANTINE of developing ‘hot spots’, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut...

Note: The number of deaths basically doubled in two days; well over 100,000 active cases.

Bill Gates two days earlier: “It’s exponential growth if you’re not stopping it," he said. "The sooner you engage in the shutdown, the easier it is to get to that peak. We have not peaked. The parts of the country that aren’t shut down, in late April we should see the numbers peak there.”

03-28-2020 Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D): “I look forward to speaking to the President directly about his comments and any further enforcement actions, because confusion leads to panic,"
New York Gov Cuom (D): 'I don't think it's legal' and it would be a 'federal declaration of war'

Active cases: 118,126; Number of deaths: 2221 (Worldometer)

“I am giving consideration to a QUARANTINE of developing ‘hot spots’, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. A decision will be made, one way or another, shortly,”

Note: The number of deaths basically doubled in two days; well over 100,000 active cases.

Bill Gates two days earlier: “It’s exponential growth if you’re not stopping it," he said. "The sooner you engage in the shutdown, the easier it is to get to that peak. We have not peaked. The parts of the country that aren’t shut down, in late April we should see the numbers peak there.”

Meanwhile, Biden “Do your job,”

03-27-2020 Seven days prior "The president said he has told Vice President Mike Pence not to call governors who haven’t shown proper deference to his administration."

Active cases: 99,908; Number of deaths: 1696 (Worldometer)

“They don’t treat you right, I don’t call,”

03-27-2020 Seven days prior "American auto giant General Motors Co. announced late on 20 March that it has teamed up with Seattle-based Ventec Life Systems to manufacture much-needed medical ventilators as the US braces for a strained health care system from COVID-19." (Trump flipflopping in 24 hours to have it appear that he is forcing something that was already happening.)

Active cases: 99,908; Number of deaths: 1696 (Worldometer)

Trump issues an order to allow his government to force General Motors to manufacture ventilators...

03-26-2020 "Hi, my name is Gretchen Whitmer, and that governor is me. I've asked repeatedly and respectfully for help. We need it. No more political attacks, just PPEs, ventilators, N95 masks, test kits. You said you stand with Michigan — prove it.

Active cases: 82,272; Number of deaths: 1295 (Worldometer)

“We’ve had a big problem with the young, a woman governor, you know who I’m talking about from Michigan,” ... “We don’t like to see the complaints.””

Note: Trump able to exhibit his disrespect towards women AND inaction on coronavirus.

03-26-2020 Trump responding to New York's request for ventilators:

Active cases: 82,272; Number of deaths: 1295 (Worldometer)

"I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be,”... “I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You know, you go into major hospitals sometimes they’ll have two ventilators, and now all of a sudden they’re saying, ‘Can we order 30,000 ventilators?’”

Note: New York has over 40,000 active cases.

03-25-2020 Trump responding to the news that Sen. Mitt Romney had tested negative for the coronavirus:

Active cases: 66,790; Number of deaths: 1027 (Worldometer)

This is really great news! I am so happy I can barely speak. He may have been a terrible presidential candidate and an even worse U.S. Senator, but he is a RINO, and I like him a lot! https://twitter.com/breitbartnews/status/1242544640953405446"

Note: over 1000 deaths in 23 days. 10 days after he said relax, we are doing great. Jimmy Kimmel coins "PINO".

03-24-2020 Trump again ignoring the advice of his medical experts (including a 41% increase in deaths over the prior 24 hours). His comments regarding opening the country back up on Easter:

Active cases: 53,722; Number of deaths: 780 (Worldometer)

WaPo: “I would love to have the country opened up and raring to go,” Trump said during a Fox News town hall broadcast from the White House Rose Garden. The holiday falls on April 12. “Our people are full of vim and vigor and energy. They don’t want to be locked into a house or an apartment or some space,” Trump said. “It’s not for our country, and we are not built that way.”

Trump went on: “We can socially distance ourselves and go to work, and you’ll have to work a little bit harder,” ... “You can clean your hands five times more than you used to. You don’t have to shake hands anymore with people.”

03-23-2020 Trump suggesting that he is leaning more on the advice of Fox and Friends than his medical advisors (who were missing from the briefing):

Active cases: 42,930; Number of deaths: 555 (Worldometer)

“America will again — and soon — be open for business,” he said. “Very soon, a lot sooner than three or four months that somebody was suggesting. A lot sooner. We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”... “You look at automobile accidents which are far greater than any numbers we are talking about,” Trump says. “That doesn’t mean we are going to tell everybody no driving with cars.”

03-22-2020 After Trump offering a mixed message as governors and health care providers plead for help (and clearly ignoring a 39% increase in deaths from the day before):

Active cases: 32,949; Number of deaths: 419 (Worldometer)

“WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF. AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO!”

03-21-2020 WaPs: "Fauci gets frank about Trump: ‘I can’t jump in front of the microphone and push him down’" ... “It is expressed in a way that I would not express it, because it could lead to some misunderstanding about what the facts are about a given subject,” he said...

Active cases: 23,729; Number of deaths: 302 (Worldometer)

“HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents).....”

03-20-2020 After Trump just announcing that he was now restricting traffic with Mexico, NBC’s Peter Alexander asked Trump," “What do you say to Americans who are watching you right now who are scared?” Trump responded:

Active cases: 13,474; Number of deaths: 310 (Worldometer)

“I say that you are a terrible reporter, that’s what I say. It’s a very nasty question. It’s a very bad signal that you’re putting out to the American people,” Trump responded. “The American people are looking for answers and looking for hope. You’re doing sensationalism.”

03-19-2020 Trump tape recorded message to Bob Woodward:

Active cases: 14,451; Number of deaths: 240 (Worldometer)

"I wanted to always play it down," ... "I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic."

Note above what Trump says to the American people one day later.

03-18-2020 Trump trying to rewrite history one week after comparing coronavirus to the common flu and two months after being warned we needed to do something, he claims that he is:

Active cases: 9003; Number of deaths: 150 (Worldometer)

"wartime president"

03-18-2020 Trump commenting on his approval rating (42-44%) and offering grade school taunts as the coronavirus crisis gets worse:

Active cases: 9003; Number of deaths: 150 (Worldometer)

WaPo: “We have very great approval numbers, people like the job we are doing,” he said, without citing a specific poll. “I’m beating Sleepy Joe Biden by a lot in Florida and a lot of other states,” he said, later, without citing which poll.

03-16-2020 Trump's uses new term for the coronavirus:

Active cases: 4663; Number of deaths: 86 (Worldometer)

The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!

03-16-2020 Trump's new guidance on groups:

Active cases: 4663; Number of deaths: 86 (Worldometer)

Avoid groups of more than 10 people

03-16-2020 Trump's guidance to US governors:

Active cases: 4663; Number of deaths: 86 (Worldometer)

“Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves,...”

03-15-2020 Trump's guidance on our coronavirus situation:

Active cases: 3553; Number of deaths: 68 (Worldometer)

“Relax, we’re doing great,...”

Two days after declaring a national emergency with 65% increase of cases in the last 24 hours.

03-13-2020 Trump's response when he was asked about his administration's dismantling a pandemic office inside the White House National Security Council in May 2018:

Active cases: 2157; Number of deaths: 49 (Worldometer)

“...a nasty question.”... "I didn't do it," ... "I don't know anything about it."

This is in stark contrast to the tweet he made Nov 8, 2013:
“Leadership: Whatever happens, you're responsible. If it doesn't happen, you're responsible."

03-13-2020 National Emergency:

Active cases: 2157; Number of deaths: 49 (Worldometer)

“I am officially declaring a national emergency, two very big words,...”

Spoiler Alert: This is four days after he minimized it by comparing coronavirus with the flu.

03-13-2020 National Emergency:

Active cases: 2157; Number of deaths: 49 (Worldometer)

“I am officially declaring a national emergency, two very big words,...”

Spoiler Alert: This is four days after he minimized it by comparing coronavirus with the flu.

03-12-2020 Trump's comments about Biden and the coronavirus:

Active cases: 1625; Number of deaths: 41 (Worldometer)

The Washington Post's fact check of Trump's coronavirus comments about Biden.
Note: Trump makes so many comments we are leaning on a fact checking analysis to frame his quotes. Spoiler alert: he lies a lot.

03-11-2020 Trump's coronavirus state of the Union:

Active cases: 1028; Number of deaths: 38 (Worldometer)

The Washington Post's fact check of Trump's coronavirus state of the Union.
Note: Trump makes so many comments we are leaning on a fact checking analysis to frame his quotes. Spoiler alert: he lies a lot.

Note: Meanwhile, the WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic.

03-09-2020 Trump comparing coronavirus with the flu (minimizing the risk) while ignoring the following differences:

There is no immunity.
There is no known treatment.
There is no vaccine.
There is a longer incubation period.

Active cases: 663; Number of deaths: 26 (Worldometer)

“So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!"

Spoiler Alert: This is four days before he declares a National Emergency.

03-07-2020 Trump offering his logic for not wanting a ship to dock in San Francisco.

Active cases: 401; Number of deaths: 19 (Worldometer)

“I would rather because I like the numbers being where they are,” Trump continued. “I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault. And it wasn't the fault of the people on the ship either, okay? It wasn't their fault either and they're mostly Americans. So, I can live either way with it. I'd rather have them stay on, personally."

Spoiler Alert: This is six days before he declares a National Emergency.
Note: WHO sends rapid response teams to Italy.

03-05-2020 Trump defying health officials by saying the number of coronavirus cases is going down.

Active cases: 200; Number of deaths: 12 (Worldometer)

“Trump said the number of cases "within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. That's a pretty good job we've done."

03-05-2020 Trump defying health officials by saying it can be ok to go to work if you have coronavirus:

Active cases: 200; Number of deaths: 12 (Worldometer)

“If we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work — some of them go to work, but they get better,..."

03-02-2020 Trump defying health officials by saying it was safe to go to political rallies:

Active cases: 85; Number of deaths: 6 (Worldometer)

“I think it’s safe, I think it’s very safe."

02-28-2020 Trump commenting about Democrats and the deadly coronavirus during a campaign rally at North Charleston, S.C.:

Active cases: 57; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus,” ... “They have no clue, they can't even count their votes in Iowa.” ... “This is their new hoax,”

Spoiler Alert: This is two weeks before he declares a National Emergency.

02-28-2020 Trump blaming CNN and some Democrats for instilling fear about the coronavirus:

Active cases: 57; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“They’re doing everything they can to instill fear in people, and I think it’s ridiculous,” Mr. Trump told reporters, referring to CNN and other news outlets. “And some of the Democrats are doing it the way it should be done, but some of them are trying to gain political favor by saying a lot of untruths.”

Spoiler Alert: This is two weeks before he declares a National Emergency.

02-27-2020 Trump commenting on a coronavirus:

Active cases: 54; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“...It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.”

02-26-2020 Trump ...:

Active cases: 54; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done,”... “We have it so well under control. I mean, we really have done a very good job.””

02-26-2020 Trump commenting on a coronavirus vaccine that will take 1 to 1 1/2 years to develop:

Active cases: 54; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“...rapidly developing a vaccine”... “will essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner.”

02-26-2020 Trump contradicting the CDC on the number of coronavirus cases:

Active cases: 54; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“... going very substantially down, not up.”

02-26-2020 Trump blaming coronavirus stock market plunge on Democrats:
Active cases: 54; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“I think the financial markets are very upset when they look at the Democrat candidates standing on that stage making fools out of themselves,”... “And they say, ‘If we ever have a president like this … ’ — and there’s always a possibility. It’s an election. You know, who knows what happens, right? I think we’re going to win. I think we’re going to win by a lot.”

02-24-2020 Trump tweet on our coronavirus risk:
Active cases: 48; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

"The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!"

02-11-2020 The President of the United States using a gradeschool taunt to demonstrate that he didn't even know that Mike Bloomberg wasn't on the New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot:

"A very bad night for Mini Mike!"

02-10-2020 Trump offering assurances on coronavirus:

Active cases: 12; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do — you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April. We’re in great shape though. We have 12 cases — 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now.”

02-07-2020 Trump tape recorded message to Bob Woodward:

Active cases: 12; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“You just breathe the air and that’s how it’s passed,”... “And so that’s a very tricky one. That’s a very delicate one. It’s also more deadly than even your strenuous flus... This is deadly stuff,”

Note above what Trump says to the American people three days later.

02-03-2020 Trump congratulating the wrong state for its Super Bowl win:

“You represented the Great State of Kansas and, in fact, the entire USA, so well. Our Country is PROUD OF YOU!”

01-30-2020 Trump at rally in Michigan:

Active cases: 5; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“We think we have it very well under control,”... ‘We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five — and those people are all recuperating successfully.”

01-29-2020 Peter Navarro, President Trump’s trade adviser, warned Trump: “The lack of immune protection or an existing cure or vaccine would leave Americans defenseless in the case of a full-blown coronavirus outbreak on U.S. soil,” “This lack of protection elevates the risk of the coronavirus evolving into a full-blown pandemic, imperiling the lives of millions of Americans.” Trump's response:

Active cases: 5; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“”

01-22-2020 Trump's response when asked about coronavirus: "Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?”:

Active cases: 0; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“No. Not at all. And we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”

Note: On this date, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the W.H.O. director general: “We have a window of opportunity to stop this virus. But that window is rapidly closing.”

W.H.O. press release: “Data collected through detailed epidemiological investigation and through the deployment of the new test kit nationally suggests that human-to-human transmission is taking place in Wuhan. More analysis of the epidemiological data is needed to understand the full extent of human-to-human transmission.”

01-22-2020 Trump commenting on the head injuries of our troups resulting from Iran's retaliation:

“I heard they had headaches,”

01-05-2020 Trump threatens war crimes against Iran:

"... And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesn’t work that way."

Iran's (and Iraq's) responses so far:

01-07-2020 Iran launches missles at US military bases in Iraq.
01-04-2020 Washingtion Post: "Iran announced it will no longer abide by the limits contained in the 2015 nuclear deal and Iraq’s Parliament called for the expulsion of all American troops from Iraqi soil"

01-02-2020 President Trump explainng why he ordered the assassination of the top Iranian general:

"... to stop a war,..."

12-18-2019: Some of Trump's comments at a Michigan rally while he was being impeached in the House of Representatives:

“Remember the dishwasher? You’d press it, boom! There’d be like an explosion. Five minutes later you open it up, the steam pours out, the dishes — ” he said, “Now you press it 12 times.”

"Women tell me, again,” he said, “You know, they give you four drops of water. And there are places where there’s so much water they don’t know what to do with it. So we just came up with a reg on dishwashers.”

12-11-2019 Trump attacking 16 year old Greta Thunberg after she was named Time magazine's Person of the Year:

"So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!"

12-10-2019 "President Trump has paid $2 million to eight charities as part of a settlement in which the president admitted he misused funds raised by the Donald J. Trump Foundation to promote his presidential bid and pay off business debts, the New York State attorney general said on Tuesday.".

"..."

09-12-2019 Trump simultaneously encouraging fossil fuel consumption, explaining why he looks orange, and thereby once again disputing the laws of science:

"The lightbulb. People said what’s with the lightbulb? I said here’s the story. And I looked at it, the bulb that we’re being forced to use, number one to me, most importantly, the light’s no good. I always look orange. And so do you. The light is the worst."

09-08-2019 Trump's complaint about not getting credit for criminal justice reform, which promoted the following responses and associated trending hashtag:

Mr. Legend:“Imagine being president of a whole country and spending your Sunday night hate-watching MSNBC hoping somebody — ANYBODY — will praise you,” he said. “Melania, please praise this man. He needs you.”
Ms. Teigen:“Lol what a pussy ass bitch. tagged everyone but me. an honor, mister president.” Her echoing Trump's infamous "pussy" comment prompted the trending: #PresidentPussyAssBitch.

“Now that it is passed, people that had virtually nothing to do with it are taking the praise,” Mr. Trump wrote. “Guys like boring musician @johnlegend, and his filthy mouthed wife, are talking now about how great it is — but I didn’t see them around when we needed help getting it passed.”

09-01-2019 - 09-12-2019 : Following Trump's erroneous weather forecast and his subsequent "Sharpiegate" on Hurricane Dorian:

09/12/2019 Maybe responding to the heat; The Washington Post: "House Democrats have launched an investigation into the matter, as have the Department of Commerce’s inspector general and NOAA’s acting chief scientist, Craig McLean. A key issue being probed is whether the NOAA statement violated the agency’s scientific integrity policy.”

Neil Jacobs, the acting head of the NOAA, issued the following statement: “During hurricane Dorian, our Weather Forecast Offices, including Birmingham and the National Hurricane Center, did their utmost to produce accurate and timely weather forecasts to inform the general public and ensure public safety,”
09/09/2019 The Washington Post: "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s acting chief scientist said in an email to colleagues Sunday that he is investigating whether the agency’s response to President Trump’s Hurricane Dorian tweets constituted a violation of NOAA policies and ethics. Also on Monday, the director of the National Weather Service broke with NOAA leadership over its handling of Trump’s Dorian tweets and statements.”
09/06/2019 Meteorologist firestorm, from the Washington Post: “I have never been so embarrassed by NOAA. What they did is just disgusting,” Dan Sobien, president of the National Weather Service’s labor union, wrote on Twitter Friday. “Let me assure you the hard working employees of the NWS had nothing to do with the utterly disgusting and disingenuous tweet sent out by NOAA management tonight.”
09/06/2019 NOAA releases statement: "From Wednesday, August 28, through Monday, September 2, the information provided by NOAA and the National Hurricane Center to President Trump and the wider public demonstrated that tropical-storm-force winds from Hurricane Dorian could impact Alabama,". Authors of statement: "Acting NOAA administrator Neil Jacobs was involved in drawing up the statement as was the NOAA director of public affairs, Julie Kay Roberts, who has experience in emergency management and worked on the president’s campaign."
09/05/2019 New York Times: "In response to the president’s request, Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, told Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, to have the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publicly correct the forecasters, who had insisted that Alabama was not actually at risk from Hurricane Dorian."
09/04/2019 Trump referencing his Sharpie altered weather map (he claimed he didn't know who altered it).

Trump referencing his altered map that includes Alabama...
09/01/2019 NOAA staff warned to “only stick with official National Hurricane Center forecasts if questions arise from some national level social media posts which hit the news this afternoon.”"
09/01/2019 Trump commenting on the fourth Cat 5 Hurricane since he took office: "All we know is it's possibly the biggest. I have — I am not sure I'm not sure that I've ever even heard of the Category five, I knew it existed."
09/01/2019 National Weather Service in Birmingham (20 minutes after Trump's statement): "Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian. We repeat, no impacts from Hurricane #Dorian will be felt across Alabama. The system will remain too far east. #alwx,"
09/01/2019 Trump: "In addition to Florida - South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, will most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated. Looking like one of the largest hurricanes ever. Already category 5. BE CAREFUL! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!"

08-23-2019 Trump commenting on the US Federal Reserve Chair regarding Trump's trade war with China :

“My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chairman Xi?”

08-21-2019 Trump referring to his trade war with China:

"I am the chosen one."

07-27-2019 President Donald Trump attacking Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings Baltimore district:

Background: Comments Trump made about Obama and Baltimore on April 28, 2015:

"President Obama, you have a big job to do. Go to Baltimore and bring both sides together. With proper leadership, it can be done! Do it."
"@Vanderpunked: Can we drop @realDonaldTrump off in the middle of #Baltimore so he can show Obama how it's done?" I would fix it fast!"
"Our great African American President hasn't exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore!"

"...disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." Trump goes on describing this predominantly black area: "If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place," arguing that Cummings' "district is considered the Worst in the USA" and "no human being would want to live there."

07-25-2019 Trump bribing the president of Ukraine (see Trump's impeachment by the House of Representatives):

"I would like you to do us a favor, though”

07-19-2019 The next day Trump has praise for his supporters and their bigoted "Send her back" chant:

“Those are incredible people. They are incredible patriots.”

07-18-2019 Trump's response to his rally followers chant "Send her back". Trump claims he was 'not happy' with the chant that references US citizen, US Rpresentative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.):

“I think I did — I started speaking very quickly.”

07-14-2019 Trump sharing his bigotry towards four representatives (who were born "Pressley was born in Cincinnati, Tlaib was born in Detroit and Ocasio-Cortez was born in New York — about 20 miles from where Trump was born. Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia; her family fled the country amid civil war when she was a child, and she became a U.S. citizen as a teenager.")

“Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came,”

07-09-2019 Trump sharing the oft debunked quote allegedly from Reagon predicting Trump would become president.

“For the life of me, and I’ll never know how to explain it, when I met that young man, I felt like I was the one shaking hands with a president,”

07-08-2019 Trump commenting on his contribution to the environment:
Despite the following evidence (See NYT):

One conspicuous omission from the whole discussion: any mention of climate change, the overarching environmental threat that Mr. Trump has mocked in the past.
"Mr. Trump called himself a protector of public land, but he has taken unprecedented steps to open up public lands to drilling, including signing off on the largest rollback of federal land protection in the nation’s history, and lifting an Obama-era moratorium on new coal mining leases on public lands."
"He repeatedly cited his desire for clear water, but the Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of rolling back an Obama-era clean-water regulation of pollution in streams and wetlands."
"He described himself as a champion of the oceans, while he and Mary Neumayr, the head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, have promoted policies that the United States has advanced to reduce marine debris, particularly plastic drinking straws. But Mr. Trump did not mention that his administration has proposed opening up the entire United States coastline to offshore oil and gas drilling."
"And he boasted that carbon dioxide emissions in the United States have gone down over the past decade, “more than any other country on earth.” But while it is true that carbon emissions have declined by over 10 percent in that time, over a dozen other countries — including most of the European Union — have seen declines of more than twice that."
“There’s this factoid out there that the U.S. is a leader in reducing emissions,” said Richard Newell, the president of Resources for the Future, a nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental research organization in Washington. “That is just not true. It is disingenuous to both celebrate the decline in U.S. CO2 emissions at the same time that one promotes the use of coal power. You can’t have both.”
And related: "24 Governors Call on Trump to Halt Rollback on Rules for Clean Cars"

“These are incredible goals that everyone in this country should be able to rally behind,” Mr. Trump said. “I really think that’s something that is bipartisan,” he said, adding that he had disproved critics who said his pro-business policies would harm the environment.

07-08-2019 Trump's explaining how to prevent forest fires (... at least I think that is what he is saying):”

"You don't have to have any forest fires," you see, but nobody knew about forest management before he came along and told them, you know, and forest management means "cleaning" the forests, which are dirty, unlike in other countries—"forest nations"—where they do the forest management and they don't have the wildfires. Not like California, anyway, whose governor he talked to and told about the forest management, which the governor had never heard of about a year ago, and then he mocked the idea, but now he agrees with President Smokey. Also, many tremendous things are happening and a lot of people are looking at it."

07-07-2019 Trump's comments on his admission to Wharton: (Note: James Nolan, who worked in Wharton's admission office, commenting on Trump's admission to Wharton: “It was not very difficult,” Nolan said of the time Trump applied in 1966, adding: “I certainly was not struck by any sense that I’m sitting before a genius. Certainly not a super genius.”

"the hardest school to get into, the best school in the world" and "super genius stuff."

07-09-2019 Trump's latest comments on convicted child molester Jeffrey Epstein: (Back in 2002 Trump said the following of Epstein: “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,” Trump told New York Magazine that year for a story headlined “Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery.” “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”)

“I had a falling out with him a long time ago,” Trump continued. “I don’t think I’ve spoken to him in 15 years. I was not a fan. I was not a fan of his. That I can tell you. I was not a fan.”

07-07-2019 Trump responding to the British ambassador to the United States after it was revealed that the ambassador described the White House as “uniquely dysfunctional,” and that the President Trump was “inept” and “insecure,” and warned that his administration could collapse in “disgrace.”

“The ambassador has not served the U.K. well.”... “We’re not big fans of that man,”...

07-04-2019 Trump referencing airports during the Revolutionary War: (Note: the larger issue was his inability to recognize and correct the mistake when it happened.)

"The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge,” he continued, “found glory across the waters of the Delaware and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown. Our army manned the [unclear]. It rammed the ramparts. It took over the airports. It did everything it had to do. And at Fort McHenry, under the rockets’ red glare, it had nothing but victory. And when dawn came, their star-spangled banner waved defiant.”

06-28-2019 Trump jokes with Putin about Russia's “sweeping and systematic” (Mueller Report) efforts to sway the 2016 election.

"Don’t meddle in the election, President.”

06-24-2019 Trump responding to E. Jean Carroll's claim of assault (the 23rd woman to claim assault or worse) by leading with her not being his type...

“No. 1, she’s not my type. No. 2, it never happened. It never happened, O.K.?”

06-12-2019 Asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in the Oval Office on Wednesday whether his campaign would accept such information from foreigners -- such as China or Russia:.

"I think you might want to listen, there isn't anything wrong with listening,”... "It's not an interference, they have information -- I think I'd take it," Trump said. "If I thought there was something wrong, I'd go maybe to the FBI...

04-18-2019 Trump who claimed in Oct 25, 2017 to have "One of the greatest memories of all time." claimed 37 times to the Mueller investigation that he did not remember ":

"I Do Not Remember.“, I do not remember.”, “I do not recall.”, “I have no recollection.”, “I have no independent recollection.”, “I have no current recollection.”

04-11-2019 Trump who repeatedly said during his 2016 campaign that "I love WikiLeaks" for releasing documents stolen from the Democratic Party as part of a Russian effort to influence the election on his behalf:

"I know nothing about WikiLeaks."

04-03-2019 Trump asserting that wind farms cause cancer:

“Hillary wanted to put up wind. Wind! If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down 75 percent in value. And they say the noise causes cancer. You tell me that one, okay?”

04-02-2019 Trump repeating his lie regarding his father's birthplace (Fred Trump was born in the Bronx, New York in 1905):

"My father is German — was German,” Trump said. “Born in a very wonderful place in Germany, so I have a great feeling for Germany.”

03-24-2019 Trump responding to Mueller Report that includes the following assessment: "The Special Counsel states that ‘while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him,’"

"No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!”

03-20-2019 Trump attacking the late Senator John McCain by claiming credit for the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 ( an Act that includes John McCain's name!):

“The vets were on my side because I got the job done. I got Choice, and I got accountability. ... For many decades, they couldn't get it done. It was never done. I got it. Five months ago, I got it done. Choice."

03-11-2019 "Tim Apple" - Trump unable to admit a simple mistake:

03-11-2019: “At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News was disparagingly all over this, & it became yet another bad Trump story!”

03-08-2019: At a fundraiser Trump told the donors he actually said: “Tim Cook, Apple,” very quickly, with the “Cook” part under his breath, so it sounded like “Tim Apple.”

03-06-2019: “I mean you've really put a big investment in our country, we appreciate it very much, Tim Apple.”

02-09-2019 Trump reviving his racist reference to Elizabeth Warren while added a possible reference to the infamous Trail of Tears with his "TRAIL" dog whistle:

“Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!”

02-07-2019 Trump referencing the "abolition of civil rights" during the National Prayer Breakfast:

“Since the founding of our nation, many of our greatest strides, from gaining our independence to abolition of civil rights to extending the vote for women, have been led by people of faith,”

01-22-2019 Trump commenting on one result from a poll. Other results from the same poll (Newsweek reports):

29 percent of those surveyed strongly approved of the president's performance while 41 percent strongly disapproved.

Note: Other polls show his approval among Hispanic respondents at just 25 percent in one poll and 30 percent in another.

A majority of Latino respondents—58 percent—said they definitely plan to vote against Trump in 2020 while 27 percent said they definitely plan to vote for him.

His overall approval rating stood at just 39 percent.

“Marist/NPR/PBS Poll shows President Trump’s approval rating among Latinos going to 50%, an increase in one year of 19%. Thank you, working hard!”

01-13-2019 Trump using racism to insult Elizabeth Warren:

“If Elizabeth Warren, often referred to by me as Pocahontas, did this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen, with her husband dressed in full Indian garb, it would have been a smash!”

01-13-2019 Trump trying to insult the richest man in the world citing the National Enquirer as a superior news source to the Washington Post:

“So sorry to hear the news about Jeff Bozo being taken down by a competitor whose reporting, I understand, is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper, the Amazon Washington Post. Hopefully the paper will soon be placed in better & more responsible hands!”

12-19-2018 Trump responding after his foundation was forced to shut down after New York's attorney general, Barbara Underwood, described “a shocking pattern of illegality".

"The Trump Foundation has done great work and given away lots of money, both mine and others, to great charities over the years - with me taking NO fees, rent, salaries etc. Now, as usual, I am getting slammed by Cuomo and the Dems in a long running civil lawsuit started by....."

12-18-2018 New York Times: "The Donald J. Trump Foundation, once billed as the charitable arm of the president’s financial empire, agreed to dissolve on Tuesday and give away all its remaining assets under court supervision as part of an ongoing investigation and lawsuit by the New York attorney general."

"..."

12-16-2018 Donnie the Boss Trump acknowledging that Cohen exposed Trump's wrongdoings (oh yeah, and who can forget Benghazi, emails, White Water...):

“Remember, Michael Cohen only became a “Rat” after the FBI did something which was absolutely unthinkable & unheard of until the Witch Hunt was illegally started. They BROKE INTO AN ATTORNEY’S OFFICE! Why didn’t they break into the DNC to get the Server, or Crooked’s office?”

12-07-2018 Speaking of a man he chose to his Secretary of State Trump described Tillerson an “embodiment of the American Dream” and cited the oil executive’s “tenacity, broad experience and deep understanding of geopolitics.” After Tillerson commented on his experience working with Trump, #45 had this to say about the former CEO of Exxon Mobil:

“...dumb as a rock” and “lazy as hell.”

11-27-2018 Trump explaining the source of his decisions:

“They’re making a mistake,” he said, “because I have a gut, and my gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else’s brain can ever tell me.”

11-19-2018 Trump explains the reason for the California fires and offers a Finnish solution (Finland labels his comments as "Rake News"):

the Finnish spend “... a lot of time on raking and cleaning.”

11-01-2018 Trump explaining his relationship to the truth:

"Well, I try. I do try ... and I always want to tell the truth. When I can, I tell the truth. And sometimes it turns out to be where something happens that’s different or there’s a change, but I always like to be truthful,”

10-27-2018 Trump joking hours after eleven people died in synagogue shooting:

“I said, ‘Maybe I should cancel this arrangement because I have a bad hair day,'” Trump said. “And the bad news, somebody said, ‘Actually it looks better than it usually does.'”

10-18-2018 On one hand Trump tries to stoke fear of violent Democrats then turns around to praise a Republican for assaulting a reporter: '"It's not a question of like or dislike, it's a question that they will overturn everything that we've done and they will do it quickly and violently. And violently. There is violence. When you look at Antifa - these are violent people," he said.'

“Anybody that can do a body-slam,” the president added, “that’s my kind of guy.”

10-16-2018 Trump's conflicting comments on Saudi Arabia, back in 2015...: “Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them. They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million,” Trump told a crowd at an Alabama campaign rally in 2015. “Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.” (More details on his Saudi business interests: 'I like them very much:’ Trump has long-standing business ties with Saudis, who have boosted his hotels since he took office.)

“For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia (or Russia, for that matter). Any suggestion that I have is just more FAKE NEWS (of which there is plenty)!”

10-16-2018 Trump in namecalling contest with the porn star he paid off... her response: "Ladies and gentlemen, may I present your president," Ms Daniels wrote, saying Mr Trump had shown his "incompetence, hatred of women and lack of self control on Twitter! And perhaps a penchant for bestiality. Game on, Tiny.".

“Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump. Trump is entitled to full legal fees.” @FoxNews Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!”

10-15-2018 On 07/05/2018 Trump made the following statement: “I’m going to get one of those little [DNA testing] kits and in the middle of the debate, when she proclaims she’s of Indian heritage...," Trump said. “And we will say, ‘I will give you a million dollars to your favorite charity, paid for by Trump, if you take the test and it shows you’re an Indian.' "... Today he said:

“I didn’t say that,”... “Nah, you’d better read it again.”

10-13-2018 "The veteran US journalist Lesley Stahl, who was conducting the interview, pressed Mr Trump by asking why had 'made fun' of Ms Ford..."

"I'm not going to get into it because we won. It doesn’t matter, we won.”

10-02-2018 Trump making fun of the "very credible" assault victum Dr. Christine Blasey Ford:

"How did you get home? I don’t remember. How’d you get there? I don’t remember. Where is the place? I don’t remember. How many years ago was it? I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. What neighborhood was it in? I don’t know. Where’s the house? I don’t know. Upstairs, downstairs, where was it? I don’t know,” Mr. Trump said, as the crowd applauded. “But I had one beer. That’s the only thing I remember."

10-01-2018 Trump insulting female reporter at press conference:

"That's OK, I know you're not thinking. You never do," Trump said."

09-29-2018 Trump describing his relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un:

“I was really tough and so was he, and we were going back and forth. And then, we fell in love. OK? No, really. He wrote me beautiful letters, and they’re great letters. We fell in love”

09-03-2018 Trump complaining that the Justice Department is not working on the behalf of the Republicans:

“Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department,” he said on Twitter. “Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time.”

08-23-2018 Trump "flipping' on his personal attorney Michael Cohen (and promoting his mobster sensibilities)...:

“It's called flipping and it almost ought to be illegal,...”

08-23-2018 Trump acknowledging a skill of an hispanic ...:

“Adrian, come here. I want to ask you a question,"..."So how did you -- come here. Come here. You're not nervous, are you?" then, turning to the audience Trump says, "speaks perfect English.”

08-19-2018 Trump (misspelling the word counsel, again) using a mobster term to describe John Dean's role in exposing Richard Nixon's Crimes...:

“The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type 'RAT,'”

07-31-2018 Trump claims that you need to show a photo ID to buy groceries (trying to perpetuate the myth of voter fraud):

“You know, if you go out and you want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card, you need ID. You go out and you want to buy anything, you need ID and you need your picture,...”

07-23-2018 Trump once again saying the Russian election meddling is a hoax:

“So President Obama knew about Russia before the Election,” Trump tweeted. “Why didn’t he do something about it? Why didn’t he tell our campaign? Because it is all a big hoax, that’s why, and he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win!!!”

07-16-2018 Within days of 12 Russian Agents being Indicted in Mueller Investigation, Trump defends Russia... Sen. John McCain's response:
“... one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory.”

“The damage inflicted by President Trump’s naiveté, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate. But it is clear that the summit in Helsinki was a tragic mistake,” “President Trump proved not only unable, but unwilling to stand up to Putin. He and Putin seemed to be speaking from the same script as the president made a conscious choice to defend a tyrant against the fair questions of a free press, and to grant Putin an uncontested platform to spew propaganda and lies to the world.”

“No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant,”

Trump's quotes inspiring McCain's response:

"I hold both countries responsible. I think that the United States has been foolish. I think we've all been foolish. ... And I think we're all to blame."

"My people came to me, Dan Coats came to me and some others, they said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin; he just said it's not Russia. I will say this: I don't see any reason why it would be."

"So I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today."

07-13-2018 Trump claims that his negative comments made on the previous day regarding British Prime Minister Theresa May are fake news (recorded by The Sun magazine).

Not saying anything negative about PM May: "I would have done it much differently,” Mr. Trump was quoted as saying. “I actually told Theresa May how to do it, but she didn’t listen to me.” Instead she went “the opposite way,” he said, and the results have been “very unfortunate."

"I didn't criticize the prime minister. I have a lot of respect for the prime minister,"

"I said tremendous things. Fortunately, we tend to record stories now so we have it for your enjoyment if you would like it. We record when we deal with reporters. It's called fake news and we solve a lot of problems with the good old reporting instrument,"

07-03-2018 Trump bragging about his writing skills (including the typo 'pour'):”

"After having written many best selling books, and somewhat priding myself on my ability to write, it should be noted that the Fake News constantly likes to pour over my tweets looking for a mistake. I capitalize certain words only for emphasis, not b/c they should be capitalized!"

J.K. Rowling responds: "hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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'pour'
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06-15-2018 Trump discussing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un:

"Hey, he's the head of a country, and I mean, he's the strong head, don't let anyone think anything different," Trump told Fox News' Steve Doocy. "He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same."

06-10-2018 Trump commenting about the leader of a key ally:”

“PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, ‘US Tariffs were kind of insulting’ and he ‘will not be pushed around.’ Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!”

05-16-2018 Trump referring to some of the undocumented immigrants coming in from Mexico:

“You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are. These aren’t people, these are animals, and we’re taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that’s never happened before.”

05-10-2018 Trump speaking of his "Little Rocket Man":

"Very honorable"

05-09-2018 Trump explicitly equating negative news = fake news

"The Fake News is working overtime. Just reported that, despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy & all things else, 91% of the Network News about me is negative (Fake). Why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is corrupt? Take away credentials?"

05-03-2018 Reversing his earlier comment (04-06-2018) that he didn't know about the $130,000 hush money now pointing out that is common for rich celebrities to pay off porn stars...

"... very common among celebrities and people of wealth."

04-26-2018 Reversing his earlier comment (04-06-2018) about not knowing about Cohen's $130,000 payment.

"He represents me — like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal he represented me," Trump said. "And, you know, from what I see he did absolutely nothing wrong. There were no campaign funds going into this."

04-26-2018 Trump contradicting Cohen's attorneys' claim that Cohen had "thousands, if not millions" of pages of privileged material. (The prosecutors jumped on Trump's comments he made on Fox & Friends.)

"He represents me — like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal he represented me," Trump said. "And, you know, from what I see he did absolutely nothing wrong. There were no campaign funds going into this."

04-18-2018 Trump using the racist dog whistle "breeding" to refer to hispanics.

"There is a Revolution going on in California. Soooo many Sanctuary areas want OUT of this ridiculous, crime infested & breeding concept. Jerry Brown is trying to back out of the National Guard at the Border, but the people of the State are not happy. Want Security & Safety NOW!"

04-11-2018 Trump admitting to his obstruction of justice.

"… ....doing things that nobody thought possible, despite the never ending and corrupt Russia Investigation, which takes tremendous time and focus. No Collusion or Obstruction (other than I fight back), so now they do the Unthinkable, and RAID a lawyers office for information! BAD!”

03-17-2018 Trump responding to Mueller's request for his company's business dealings with Russia (too many lies to enumerate, see article: “Fact-checking Trump’s error-filled tweetstorm about the Mueller probe") (Should be #WelcomeToTheSewer).

"As the House Intelligence Committee has concluded, there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump Campaign. As many are now finding out, however, there was tremendous leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels of the FBI, Justice & State. #DrainTheSwamp”

03-15-2018 Trump bragging about lying to the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the US having a trade deficit with Canada (worse, admitting he didn't even know).

"… So, he’s proud. I said, ‘Wrong, Justin, you do.’ I didn’t even know. … I had no idea. I just said, ‘You’re wrong.’ You know why? Because we’re so stupid. … And I thought they were smart. I said, ‘You’re wrong, Justin.’ He said, ‘Nope, we have no trade deficit.’ I said, ‘Well, in that case, I feel differently,’ I said, ‘but I don’t believe it.’ I sent one of our guys out, his guy, my guy, they went out, I said, ‘Check, because I can’t believe it.”

03-14-2018 Trump demonstrating that he doesn't have a clue about a test to determine the ability of a hood to absorb the impact of a human's head. His "alternative facts" are wrong along with his understanding of the purpose of the test. (They do perform the test in Japan.)

"In Japan, "they take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and they drop it on the hood of the car. And if the hood dents, then the car doesn't qualify...It's horrible, the way we're treated."

02-19-2018 In a gesture that defines projection, Trump calls Oprah Winfrey 'insecure'. Seriously, this is not a joke.

"Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at one point I knew very well, interview a panel of people on 60 Minutes. The questions were biased and slanted, the facts incorrect. Hope Oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all of the others!"

02-18-2018 Some context: Mueller indicts 13 Russian nationals for their influencing the election in Trump's favor. Trump gets agitated and tries to rewrite history... but the New York Times offers the truth instead...“Trump Falsely Claims, ‘I Never Said Russia Did Not Meddle’"

“I never said Russia did not meddle in the election, I said “it may be Russia, or China or another country or group, or it may be a 400 pound genius sitting in bed and playing with his computer.” The Russian “hoax” was that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia - it never did!.”

02-15-2018 Trump suggesting that the victims of the latest gun violence should do more to stop it (not mentioning the assailant legally bought an AR-15 or that he "quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun").

"So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!”

02-13-2018 Trump defending Rob Porter regarding his alleged wife abuse after the FBI had issued multiple warnings about his past.

"Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?"

02-06-2018 ABC News: "A federal court approved a $25 million settlement on Tuesday with students who said they were duped by Donald Trump and his now-defunct Trump University, which promised to teach them the "secrets of success" in the real estate industry."

"..."

01-11-2018 Trump referring to immigrants from Haiti and African nations...

"Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?"

11-29-2017 Trump tweeting (sending a diplomatic message) to the wrong person, Theresa May Scrivener with 6 followers.

"Theresa @theresamay, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!”

11-29-2017 Trump retweets alt-right anti-Muslim videos.

“Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!” “Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary!” and “Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!”

11-11-2017 Trump leaning towards the word of the President of Russia instead of the USA's CIA, FBI, NSA and Director of National Intelligence:

"Every time he sees me, he says, 'I didn't do that,'" Trump said. "And I believe, I really believe, that when he tells me that, he means it."

10-16-2017 Trump lying about Obama and prior presidents when he was confronted about his lack of response on the four American soldiers who were killed in Niger:

"So, the traditional way — if you look at President Obama and other Presidents, most of them didn’t make calls, a lot of them didn’t make calls. I like to call when it’s appropriate, when I think I’m able to do it.”

10-13-2017 Trump not knowing that he is the president of the Virgin Islands:

"I will tell you I left Texas and I left Florida and I left Louisiana and I went to Puerto Rico and I met with the President of the Virgin Islands,”

10-11-2017 Trump demonstrating either ignorance or hostility towards the First Amendment:

"It is frankly disgusting the press is able to write whatever it wants to write,”

10-11-2017 Trump demonstrating either ignorance or hostility towards the First Amendment:

"With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!”

10-08-2017 Trump taking credit for hijacking the term "fake" to describe news he doesn't like:

"The media is really, the word, one of the greatest of all terms I've come up with, is 'fake,'”

09-30-2017 Trump pushing for violence instead of diplomacy with North Korea (and undermining his Secretary of State at the same time):

"Save your energy, Rex, we’ll do what has to be done."... "wasting his time trying to ntiate with Little Rocket Man.”

09-30-2017 Trump responding to the mayor of Puerto Rico's pleas for help:

"The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump," the President tweeted from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, "Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort."

09-29-2017 Trump explaining why it is difficult to provide aide to Puerto Rico:

"This is an island, surrounded by water. Big water. Ocean water,"

09-21-2017 #45 commenting on non-existent African company...

"Nambia's health system is increasingly self-sufficient."

09-21-2017 Kim Jong-un responds to Trump: ‘Mentally Deranged U.S. Dotard’

"Rocket Man"

09-02-2017 #45 commented on Hurricane Harvey progress...

"... it’s been a wonderful thing, I think even for the country to watch it and for the world to watch. It’s been beautiful.... The flooding? Oh, yeah, yeah, there’s a lot of water, but it’s leaving pretty quickly. But there’s a lot of water, a lot of water, but it’s moving out.... Have a good time, everybody!”

08-29-2017 #45 commented to Hurricane Harvey victims...

"What a crowd, what a turnout,"

08-19-2017 For others it would not be a big deal, a simple mistake, but for #45 who has claimed to use the "best words", one has to ask... (or that maybe that is exactly what he meant)

"Our country has been divided for decades,” he tweeted. “Sometimes you need protest in order to heel, & we will heel, & be stronger than ever before."

08-16-2017 Trump responding to the mass exodus of CEOs from his Council of Economic Advisers as a result of his comments on the Charlottesville violence...

"Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!"

08-16-2017 Trump equating people that march with Nazis with people marching against racism...

"You also had some very fine people on both sides."

08-15-2017 Trump posted a tweet of a train plowing into a CNN reporter three days after a Nazi plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters killing a 32 year old women...

Trump...

08-02-2017 NYT: "WASHINGTON — Has President Trump told you about the time the head of the Boy Scouts called to say his was the best speech ever delivered to the more than century-old organization? What about when the president of Mexico picked up the telephone to let him know that his tough enforcement efforts at the border were paying off handsomely? The anecdotes, both of which Mr. Trump told over the last week, were similar in that they appeared to be efforts to showcase broad support for the president when his White House has been mired in turmoil. But they also had another thing in common, the White House conceded on Wednesday: Neither was true."

08-02-2017 Trump disagreeing with Chief of Boy Scouts about his speech: Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh apologizing for Trump's Boy Scout speech: "I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree," said . "That was never our intent." after Trump brags about his buddy's sex yacht to a group of Boy Scouts.)

“I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful,”

07-28-2017 (Trump promoting police assualt...) Note: the response from The International Association of Chiefs of Police: "Law enforcement officers are trained to treat all individuals, whether they are a complainant, suspect, or defendant, with dignity and respect,"... "This is the bedrock principle behind the concepts of procedural justice and policy legitimacy." Other police agencies pushed back against Trump's call for police assault.

“When you guys put somebody in the car and you’re protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over?” Trump said, miming the physical motion of an officer shielding a suspect’s head to keep it from bumping against the squad car. “Like, don’t hit their head, and they just killed somebody — don’t hit their head,” Trump continued. “I said, you can take the hand away, okay?”

07-24-2017 Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh apologizing for Trump's Boy Scout speech: "I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree," said . "That was never our intent." after Trump brags about his buddy's sex yacht to a group of Boy Scouts.)

“[Levitt] he sold his company for a tremendous amount of money. At the time especially — this was a long time ago — [he] sold his company for a tremendous amount of money. And he went out and bought a big yacht, and he had a very interesting life. I won’t go on any more than that because you’re Boy Scouts, so I’m not going to tell you what he did.”

07-14-2017 Reebok offering Trump advice on when he can, and cannot say "in such good shape -- beautiful,” (hint: NOT to the spouse of a head of state...)

Reebok offering Trump some guidance...

07-14-2017 Trump describing the Republican's ObamaCare replacement.

“Republicans Senators are working hard to get their failed ObamaCare replacement approved. I will be at my desk, pen in hand!”

07-10-2017 Trump repeating a "Fox and Friends" 'fake news' story that they later corrected.

"James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!"

07-09-2017 Trump suggesting we work with Russia to protect US from cyber attacks. Some GOP politicians responded best:

GOP Senator Lindsey Graham: “not the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard but it’s pretty close.”

GOP Senator Marco Rubio: “Partnering with Putin on a "Cyber Security Unit" is akin to partnering with Assad on a "Chemical Weapons Unit".

They were responding to this Trump quote: “Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded.”

07-07-2017 There are only three things wrong with Trump's 115 character tweet sent on the eve of the G-20 Summit:

1. "Everybody here..." at the G-20 summit!? (No)
2. The hack by the Russians on Podesta's email had nothing to do with the DNC server hack. (No)
3. The FBI was conducting the investigation on the email hacks, not the CIA (No)

One error per 38 characters... impressive! Also impressive that this was on Trump's mind on the eve of the G-20 summit. "Sad"

"Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!"

07-06-2017 Trump dismissing virtually all US Intelligence Agencies to side with Putin reqarding Russia's interference with the US election:

"Nobody really knows for sure,"

07-02-2017 New York Times: "Disbelief as Trump Posts a Video of Him ‘Wrestling’ CNN" or, as Trump would say: "modern day presidential."

“Trump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling ‘CNN’ to the Ground"

06-29-2017 The Republican President of the United States tweeting about a morning talk show host...

I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came...
...to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!...

06-27-2017 Trump demonstrating the ultimate fake news by displaying his fake Time magazine cover in his properties...

Fake Time magazine cover in Trump properties

06-23-2017 New York Times fighting against the normalization of Trump's lies... .

“President Trump’s Lies, the Definitive List"

06-14-2017 Trump commenting on House version of TrumpCare that he called 'a great plan' when it was passed in May.

“mean”

06-09-2017 Trump commenting on testimony where Comey accusses Trump of lying multiple times but is not under investigation:

"Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!"

06-04-2017 Trump's distorting London mayor's commment ("Londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days — no reason to be alarmed,” said Khan. “One of the things police and all of us need to do is make sure we’re as safe as we possibly can be."):

"At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’"

05-25-2017 ('Donald Trump PUSHES a NATO Leader to Get to the Front of the Pack' [TODAY News Channel]...)

Trump showing grace and diplomacy... (often, one must actually watch Trump to believe it...)

05-22-2017 Trump filling in the blank about when he went 'off script' and shared secret information with the Russians compromising our relationship with an 'intelligence partner'. Note: Trump tweeted on 07-06-2016: '"Crooked Hillary Clinton and her team "were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information." Not fit!')

“Just so you understand, I never mentioned the word or the name Israel,”

05-21-2017 (Trump doing a bow and curtsy to the king of Saudi Arabia after denouncing Obama [actually Obama didn't curtsy] for doing the same thing. 11-06-2012 Trump: "Do we still want a President who bows to the Saudis and lets OPEC rip us off? Make America strong, vote for @MittRomney." )...

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05-20-2017 (Melania Trump as well as his daughter, Ivanka Trump refuse to wear a head scarf during their visit to Saudi Arabia (after Trump condemned "Mrs Obama" in 2015 for the same thing)

"Many people are saying it was wonderful that Mrs. Obama refused to wear a scarf in Saudi Arabia, but they were insulted. We have enuf enemies 11:40 AM - 29 Jan 2015"

05-19-2017 (Trump bragging to Russians, in the Oval Office, about his efforts to hinder the investigation of his relationship with Russia: ')

(NYT) “I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

05-18-2017( Trump, forgetting about Lincoln and others, complaining to college graduates (kids))...

"No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly."

05-18-2017 (Trump using the best words...)

(NYT) “With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special councel appointed,” the message said, misspelling counsel.

05-11-2017 Trump claiming credit for the phrase "priming the pump"... (no counter reference necessary...)

(NYT) "Explaining why he seeks tax cuts even if they risk expanding the budget deficit, President Trump said that they might increase the deficit temporarily, but that “we have to prime the pump.” “Have you heard that expression before, for this particular type of an event?” the president said. Yes, the interviewer — who, again, is an editor of The Economist — confirmed. “Have you heard that expression used before? Because I haven’t heard it. I mean, I just … I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good.”"

05-09-2017 (Trump firing Comey after the FBI chief requests more money to explore Trump's ties with Russia…) New acting FBI director (NYT 05-12-2017) “Director Comey enjoyed broad support within the F.B.I. and still does to this day,” Mr. McCabe said at the hearing. “The vast majority of F.B.I. employees enjoyed a deep and positive connection to Director Comey,” he added.

"It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission."

05-05-2017 (Trump commenting on Australia's universal health care the same day he signed TrumpCare (possibly kicking 24 million off of US healthcare)...

"It's going to be fantastic health care," Trump said, referring to his new health care plan. "I shouldn't say this to our great gentleman and my friend from Australia because you have better health care than we do.”

05-05-2017 Trump confuses historians about the Civil War. NYT: 'Julian E. Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, called Mr. Trump’s comments on Jackson and the Civil War the “height of inaccurate historical revisionism.”'

“I mean, had Andrew Jackson been a little later, you wouldn’t have had the Civil War,” said Trump in an interview with the Washington Examiner’s Salena Zito. “He was a very tough person, but he had a big heart, and he was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War. He said, ‘There’s no reason for this.’ People don’t realize, you know, the Civil War, you think about it, why? People don’t ask that question. But why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?”

05-04-2017 Trump commenting on House version of TrumpCare that would uninsure 23 million.

“a great plan.”

05-01-2017 (Washington Post Fact Checks Trump's first 100 days: Note - the WP offered the following additional comment: "But those numbers obscure the fact that the pace and volume of the president’s misstatements means that we cannot possibly keep up. The president’s speeches and interviews are so chock full of false and misleading claims that The Fact Checker often must resort to roundups that offer a brief summary of the facts that the president has gotten wrong.")

"488: The number of false or misleading claims made by the president. That’s an average of 4.9 claims a day."
"10: Number of days without a single false claim. (On six of those days, the president golfed at a Trump property.)"
"4: Number of days with 20 or more false claims. (Feb. 16, Feb. 28, March 20 and April 21.) He made 19 false claims on April 29, his 100th day, though we did not include his interview with “Face the Nation,” since that aired April 30."

04-28-2017 Trump observes being president is hard. (Who knew?)

“I loved my previous life,” Mr. Trump told Reuters. “I had so many things going. This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier.”

04-24-2017 Trump's interview with AP raises a new level of concern:
Trump’s over-the-top, boastful AP interview, annotated

Transcript of AP interview with Trump

04-21-2017 Trump bragging about creating the best TV ratings since 9/11.

“It's the highest for 'Face the Nation' or as I call it, 'Deface the Nation,' " Trump told the AP's Julie Pace, referring to the CBS News Sunday political talk show. “It's the highest for 'Deface the Nation' since the World Trade Center — since the World Trade Center came down.”

04-21-2017 Trump abandoning his 100 day pledge.

“No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!”

04-14-2017 Trump reversing his position on China.

“They’re not currency manipulators,”

04-12-2017 Trump commenting on the 'armada' moving away from North Korea instead of towards it... "the carrier strike group was actually headed in the opposite direction to take part in “scheduled exercises with Australian forces in the Indian Ocean,”the carrier strike group was actually headed in the opposite direction to take part in “scheduled exercises with Australian forces in the Indian Ocean,” according to Defense News, which first reported the story. (WP)

"We are sending an armada, very powerful.”

04-05-2017 (NYT: "...five women received settlements totaling $13 million after accusing him of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior...")

"I think he's a person I know well — he is a good person," ... "I think he shouldn't have settled; personally I think he shouldn't have settled. Because you should have taken it all the way. I don't think Bill did anything wrong."

03-24-2017 ABC News reviews Trump's quote below about his past claims of how quickly he would replace 'Obamacare' and how easy it would be to do:

- Feb 9, 2016: "We will immediately repeal and replace ObamaCare - and nobody can do that like me. We will save $'s and have much better healthcare!"

- Oct 24, 2016: "It's a set of promises for what I'll do in my first 100 days. It includes getting rid of immediately Obamacare, which is a disaster,"

- Oct 24, 2016: "My first day in office, I am going to ask Congress to put a bill on my desk getting rid of this disastrous law and replacing it with reforms that expand choice, freedom, affordability," said Trump on Oct. 25, a day after he St. Augustine speech, in Sanford, Florida. "You're going to have such great health care at a tiny fraction of the cost. And it's going to be so easy."

- Nov, 2016: "When we win on November 8th and elect a Republican Congress, we will be able to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare -- have to do it," said Trump, who also added, "Obamacare has to be replaced and we will do it and we will do it very, very quickly."

“I never said -- I guess I'm here, what, 64 days? I never said repeal and replace Obamacare -- you've all heard my speeches -- I never said repeal it and replace it within 64 days," said Trump in the Oval Office Friday. "I have a long time.”

03-24-2017 Trump blaming Democrats for his TrumpCare failure when in fact he couldn't get Republicans behind it. ("Art of the Fold?"):

"We couldn’t get one Democratic vote, and we were a little bit shy, very little, but it was still a little bit shy, so we pulled it,”

03-20-2017 Trump explaining his justification for his long list of lies discussed in Time's "Is Truth Dead?" article (Note: Remember Bush commenting on using his "gut" to make decisions?)

"I'm a very instinctual person, but my instinct turns out to be right. Hey, look, in the meantime, I guess I can't be doing so badly, because I'm president, and you're not," he told Time's Washington bureau chief, Michael Scherer.”

03-20-2017 During hearing, Trump sends out Tweet below and FBI Director James B. Comey is immediately asked if it is true (it is not): "We’ve offered no opinion . . . on potential impact because it’s not something we looked at,"

"The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process.”

03-20-2017 FBI Director James B. Comey responding to Trump's wiretapping claims (repeated below): “I have no information that supports those tweets,’’ said Comey, testifying at the House Intelligence Committee’s first public hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. “We have looked carefully inside the FBI,’’ and agents found nothing to support those claims, he said."

"How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!”

"Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wire tapping" a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!”

"Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!”

03-16-2017 Spicer blaming the U.K. for wire tapping at White House briefing: "Last, on Fox News on March 14th, Judge Andrew Napolitano made the following statement — quote — Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command. He didn’t use the NSA, he didn’t use the CIA, he didn’t use the FBI, and he didn’t use the Department of Justice. He used GCHQ.")

(Trump's response: "That was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on Fox. So you shouldn’t be talking to me, you should be talking to Fox,”)

03-13-2017 Now Trump is saying (through Spicer) that he did not mean "wire tapping" when he said "wire tapping"... Also, he did not mean "Obama" when his said "Obama"... (Please note prior QUOTES on this subject. Also Note, that Trump is now under pressure by McCain and others to substantiate his unsubstantiated claim.)

(Spicer said. "The President used the word wiretaps in quotes to mean, broadly, surveillance and other activities."... Spicer also said that Trump was referring to the Obama administration broadly -- and not accusing Obama of personal involvement...)

03-10-2017 Sean Spicer saying now that Trump is president that the unemployment numbers are real [in stark contrast to Trump's previous comments of them being wrong and could be as high as 42%]. It also begs the question, which president is responsible for the new 4.7% rate...

"Great news for American workers: economy added 235,000 new jobs, unemployment rate drops to 4.7% in first report for @POTUS Trump"

03-09-2017 Trump saying nevermind after making his unsubstantiated claim about being wired tapped...

(The New York Times: "White House officials declared on Wednesday that President Trump was not the target of an investigation, five days after Mr. Trump himself raised the prospect with an unsubstantiated claim that his predecessor ordered the wiretapping of Trump Tower.")

03-07-2017 (Trump parroting misinformation from Fox and Friends [From the Washington Post: 'The report did not note that of the 122 prisoners who were released and then reengaged in terrorism, 113 were released by the administration of George W. Bush, according to a report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. That omission might have confused some viewers.']...

"122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield. Just another terrible decision!"

03-04-2017 Trump claims Obama wiretapped his building without offering any credible evidence [possibly in response to the increased scrunity on his Russian connections] The FBI and others push back:

- From the New York Times: "The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, asked the Justice Department this weekend to publicly reject President Trump’s assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Mr. Trump’s phones, senior American officials said on Sunday. Mr. Comey has argued that the highly charged claim is false and must be corrected, they said, but the department has not released any such statement."

- From the Washington Post: “Moreover, James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence under Obama, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that in the national intelligence activity he oversaw, “there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president, the president-elect at the time, as a candidate or against his campaign.” Clapper said as intelligence director he would have known about a “FISA court order on something like this. Absolutely, I can deny it."

"How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!”

"Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wire tapping" a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!”

"Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!”

02-28-2017 (Trump said this, seriously, about health care...)

"Now, I have to tell you, it's an unbelievably complex subject," ... "Nobody knew health care could be so complicated."

02-25-2017 (Following a 'Fox and Friends' segment falsely giving Trump credit for the impact of Obama's budget, ...)

"The media has not reported that the National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion vs a $200 billion increase in Obama first mo."

02-19-2017 (The Washington Post fact checking Trump's campaign-style rally in Melbourne, Fla...: [Note: my apologies to the viewers of this website... the magnitude of false statements makes it difficult to create individual entries... -Sweden!!??!!- ])

“Fact-checking President Trump’s Melbourne rally"

02-18-2017 (Trump assigning blame for his false claim about Sweden to Fox 'News'...)

"My statement as to what's happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden.”

02-18-2017 (Trump bafflinig the world with his made up terror claim about Sweden...)

"We've got to keep our country safe. You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden,”

02-17-2017 (Trump attacks the free press, the cornerstone of our democracy. Our free press and others push back:

- From the New York Times, Carl Bernstein: “Oh boy,” Carl Bernstein, the journalist who helped to uncover the Watergate scandal, said on Friday, after a reporter read him Mr. Trump’s tweet. “Donald Trump is demonstrating an authoritarian attitude and inclination that shows no understanding of the role of the free press,” he added. Historians pointed out similarities between Mr. Trump and Richard M. Nixon, who in 1972 told his national security adviser, Henry A. Kissinger, “The press is the enemy.” Mr. Bernstein said the president’s language “may be more insidious and dangerous than Richard Nixon’s attacks on the press.” “But there is a similarity in trying to divide the country, and make the conduct of the press the issue, instead of the conduct of the president,” he said.

- From Fox 'News' Chris Wallace: “Look, we're big boys. We criticize presidents. They want to criticize us back, that's fine,” Wallace said Sunday morning on “Fox & Friends.” “But when he said that the fake news media is not my enemy, it's the enemy of the American people, I believe that crosses an important line.”

- From Republican Senator John McCain: “If you want to preserve -- I'm very serious now -- if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press," McCain said in the interview. "And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started."

"The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!”

02-16-2017 (The Washington Post fact checking Trump's news conference...: )

“Fact-checking President Trump’s news conference"

02-16-2017 (New York Times: "When April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks asked whether he would meet with the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss his urban agenda, Mr. Trump again seemed piqued."...)

“Do you want to set up the meeting?” he challenged her. “Are they friends of yours?” ... “I’m just a reporter,” said Ms. Ryan, who is African-American. “Well, then, set up the meeting,” Mr. Trump said.

02-16-2017 (Trump responding to a reporter asking what he would do about the uptick in anti-Semitism...)

"I am the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life,"... Trump went on... "Quiet, quiet, quiet,”... “See? He lied. He was going to get up and ask a very straight, simple question.” Instead, Mr. Trump said, the question was “repulsive” and “very insulting.”

02-16-2017 (Trump responding to reporters after they confronted his "fake news" electoral win with the actual facts...)

"I was given that information; I don’t know"

02-16-2017 (Trump repeating his "fake news" about his election win...)

“the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan.”

02-16-2017 (Recall Trump's words on 11-4-2016 regarding leaks on Hillary: "Boy, I love reading those WikiLeaks!." His reaction now when he is the target of leaks...)

"The spotlight has finally been put on the low-life leakers!"

02-10-2017 (The shear volume of what Trump "got wrong" in a single week is mind blowing... The Washington Post offers this compliation: )

“What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week (#5)"

02-08-2017 (The President of the United States using his office to shill for his daughter's company at the expense of capitalism... [Note, Nordstrom's response: “In this case, based on the brand’s performance, we’ve decided not to buy it for this season,” the company previously said in a statement. On Wednesday, it noted that “Ivanka was personally informed” of the company’s decision “in early January.”)

"My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!"

02-08-2017 (Trump continuing to attack the federal judiciary [Washington Post: "President Trump’s escalating attacks on the judicial branch drew denunciation Wednesday from his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, who told lawmakers that the attacks were “demoralizing” and “disheartening” to the independence of the federal courts."])

"If you were a good student in high school or a bad student in high school, you can understand this and it’s really incredible to me that we have a court case that’s going on so long,"

“Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril,” Trump tweeted over the nation. “If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!”

"The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!" (see 02-04-2017 quote)

02-07-2017 (Trump presenting 'alternative facts' on crime... [guess what, just the opposite, the 'facts'...)]

"I'd say that in a speech and everybody was surprised because the press doesn't like to tell it like it is," Trump said during a meeting with US sheriffs at the White House. "It wasn't to their advantage to say that. The murder rate is the highest it's been in I guess 45-47 years."

02-06-2017 (Trump expanding on Bowling Green massacre type alternative facts...)

“You’ve seen what happened in Paris, and Nice. All over Europe, it’s happening,” ... “It’s gotten to a point where it’s not even being reported. And in many cases the very, very dishonest press doesn’t want to report it. They have their reasons, and you understand that.”

02-06-2017 (Trump referring to polls about his approval rating, his Wall, his Muslim travel ban etc. )

"Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting."

02-04-2017 (Trump talking about the judge the New Times describes: "The federal judge who blocked President Trump’s immigration order is described by former colleagues and acquaintances as a “mainstream” Republican who went from a career as a highly respected corporate lawyer in Seattle to an appointment by President George W. Bush to the federal bench.")

"The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!"

02-04-2017 ('President Trump, asked by an interviewer on Saturday why he respected President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia even though he is “a killer,” seemed to equate Mr. Putin’s actions with those of the United States.')

“You got a lot of killers,” he told the interviewer, Bill O’Reilly of Fox News. “What, you think our country’s so innocent?”

02-02-2017 ("Despite the religious underpinning of the National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump couldn't resist settling a score.")

"We had tremendous success on The Apprentice, and when I ran for president, I had to leave the show. That's when I knew for sure I was doing it," Trump began. "And they hired a big, big movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to take my place. And we know how that turned out. The ratings went right down the tubes. It's been a total disaster. And Mark will never, ever bet against Trump again.""And I want to just pray for Arnold, if we can, for those ratings, OK."

Arnold's response: "Why don't we switch jobs? You take over TV because you're such an expert in ratings, and I take over your job and then people can finally sleep comfortably again, hmm?"

02-01-2017 (Trump commenting on his immigration ban [that does not include Saudi Arabia "the hijackers in the September 11 ... 15 of the 19 were citizens of Saudi Arabia"])

"Everybody is arguing whether or not it is a BAN. Call it what you want, it is about keeping bad people (with bad intentions) out of country!"

01-30-2017 (Trump commenting on his immigration ban)

"If the ban were announced with a one week notice, the "bad" would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad "dudes" out there!"

01-24-2017 (South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham commenting on Trump's latest expanded estimate of voter fraud: "I would urge the President to knock this off; this is the greatest democracy on Earth, we're the leader of the free world, and people are going to start doubting you as a person if you keep making accusations against our electoral system without justification," Graham said. "This is going to erode his ability to govern this country if he does not stop it." )

According to the Washington Post "Two people familiar with the meeting said Trump spent about 10 minutes at the start of the bipartisan gathering rehashing the campaign. He also told them that between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused him to lose the popular vote."

01-21-2017 (According to Fox News [!?] "THE FACTS: Trump is wrong. Photos of the National Mall from his inauguration make clear that the crowd did not extend to the Washington Monument. Large swaths of empty space are visible on the Mall.")

"I made a speech. I looked out. The field was — it looked like a million, a million and a half people."

01-14-2017 (Trump responding to civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis, after Lewis said 'I don't see this President-elect as a legitimate president,'... [because of the role Russia played in Trump getting elected.] ...)

"... All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!"

01-11-2017 (Trump ignoring polls that say 60% of public wants to see his tax returns [From Pew Research Center, also rated 'False' by PolitiFact] )

"Americans don't 'care at all' about Donald Trump's tax returns. "

01-11-2017 (Trump responding to the Russian dossier report... [From New York Times: 'We cannot resist noting that Trump was the leading purveyor of false "birther" claims, based on no evidence, that Obama was not born in the United States. He frequently claimed that Obama had spent $2 million to cover this up — a number he plucked out of World Net Daily, which promotes conservative-leaning conspiracy theories.]')

"I think it’s a disgrace that information that was false and fake and never happened got released to the public."

Fueling the 'birther' conspiracy, in Trump's own words:

01-10-2017 (Trump responding to unsubstantiated report by 'Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer with MI-6, who once served in Moscow. After Mr. Steele retired in 2009, he founded a private firm called Orbis Business Intelligence in London. Former C.I.A. officials described him as an expert on Russia who is well respected in the spy world.' that Russia has incriminating evidence against Trump:)

"FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!"

That said, it is conceivable that there may be some evidence, in Trump's own words:

01-10-2017 Trump sharing his theory on exercise... (Trump Revealed: The Definitive Biography of the 45th President...)

"believed the human body was like a battery, with a finite amount of energy, which exercise only depleted.”

01-09-2017 (Trump talking about:
- an actor who holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations
of any actor [including three wins],
- a presidential candidate that beat him by almost 2.9 million votes,
- and then lying about his making fun of a person with a disability…])

"Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a....."
"Hillary flunky who lost big. For the 100th time, I never "mocked" a disabled reporter (would never do that) but simply showed him......."
"'groveling' when he totally changed a 16 year old story that he had written in order to make me look bad. Just more very dishonest media!"

In Trump's own words:

01-06-2017 (Washington Post - Trump's incorrect tweets in the last week:)

"Chicago murder rate is record setting - 4,331 shooting victims with 762 murders in 2016. If Mayor can't do it he must ask for Federal help!"
"General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border. Make in U.S.A.or pay big border tax!"
"People must remember that ObamaCare just doesn't work, and it is not affordable - 116% increases (Arizona). Bill Clinton called it 'CRAZY'"
"@DanScavino: Ford to scrap Mexico plant, invest in Michigan due to Trump policies"
"There should be no further releases from Gitmo. These are extremely dangerous people and should not be allowed back onto the battlefield."
"The "Intelligence" briefing on so-called "Russian hacking" was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!"
"Julian Assange said "a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta" - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info!"
"Jackie Evancho's album sales have skyrocketed after announcing her Inauguration performance.Some people just don't understand the "Movement"

01-05-2017 (Trump promoting government intervention in private enterprise:)

"Toyota Motor said will build a new plant in Baja, Mexico, to build Corolla cars for U.S. NO WAY! Build plant in U.S. or pay big border tax,"

01-04-2017 (Trump going against the US intelligence agencies with his more reliable source on Russian hacking:)

"Julian Assange said "a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta" - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info!"

01-03-2017 (Trump lying about the time of the scheduled briefing meeting:)

"The "Intelligence" briefing on so-called "Russian hacking" was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!"

01-01-2016 (Trump's plan to deal with cyber security...)

"It’s very important, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the old fashioned way. Because, I’ll tell you what, no computer is safe,"

12-23-2016 (Trump doubling down on having an arms race...)

"Let it be an arms race. We will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all."

12-22-2016 (Trump commenting on expanding our nuclear capability.)

"The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes"

12-13-2016 After Trump explaining why he doesn't need daily briefings:

Active cases: 0; Number of deaths: 0 (Worldometer)

“Well, I get it when I need it.”

12-12-2016 (Trump commenting on ranking 46th in the Electoral College in 58 elections [and losing to Hillary in popular vote by 2.83 million votes].)

"We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College,"

11-04-2016 (Disagreeing with Edward Snowden, "Drop non-responsive To:/CC:/BCC:, hash both sets, then subtract those that match. Old laptops could do it in minutes-to-hours." [In other words, gee... why did it take them so long... or... gee since it can be done so quickly, why didn't the FBI review them BEFORE making the statement?]…)

"You can’t review 650,000 new emails in eight days," Trump said Sunday night in Sterling Heights, Michigan. "You can’t do it, folks."

Note from author: Having spent a significant part of my career in signal processing... Why in the hell did it take the FBI so long!!!

11-04-2016 (Trump commenting on Obama's following statements ["You’ve got an older gentleman who is supporting his candidate, " Obama said. "He’s not doing nothing. You don’t have to worry about him." Continuing on, directing his comments to the Clinton supporters "This is what I mean about folks not being focused," Obama said. "First of all, we live in a country that respects free speech. Second of all, it looks like maybe he might have served in our military and we ought to respect that. Third of all, he was elderly and we got to respect our elders. And fourth of all, don't boo. Vote. Don’t boo. Vote."]…)

"spent so much time screaming at a protester, and frankly it was a disgrace."

11-03-2016 Trump saying nice things about Comey when the FBI chief announces a revived probe into Hillary's emails…)

"It took guts for director Comey to make the move that he made," Trump said of the FBI chief's decision to make public the bureau's revived probe into Hillary Clinton's private email server. "It took a lot of guts."

10-28-2016 (After Comey announces they have more emails to investigate …])

"it might not be as rigged as I thought, right?"

10-28-2016 (Trump ejecting black person at rally who turned out to be a zealous Trump supporter...)

"By the way, were you paid $1,500 to be a thug?"..."You can get him out," Trump said, making a sideways motion with his thumb. "Get him out."

10-27-2016 (Commenting on his strategy for retaking Mosul...)

"You can tell your military expert that I’ll sit down and I’ll teach him a couple of things,"

10-25-2016 (Trump commenting on 95 percent of his Doral club’s employees that are on company-provided insurance...)

He said "all of his employees" at Doral were having "tremendous problems with Obamacare."

10-22-2016 (Trump reaching out to the women who verified his claims that he had sexually assualted women... [part of his "major policy speech"] )

"Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign," Trump said during remarks in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Total fabrication. The events never happened. Never. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over."

Note: (the lawyers can only hope): Lisa Bloom, who represents Jill Harth, who has accused Trump of making unwanted sexual advances on her on two separate occasions in the early 1990s, replied to Trump on Twitter Saturday afternoon. "If Trump sues accusers we then have subpoena power to require not only Trump but all his enablers to appear for depositions. A field day," Bloom said in a series of tweets.

Note: (Response of New York Times to Trump's threat of lawsuit)

Note: (Response of 'Art of the Deal' writer's attorney to Trump's threat of lawsuit)

10-19-2016 (Debate 3: Trump's response to Hillary challenging his not paying taxes [#NastyWoman…])

"nasty woman"

10-19-2016 (Debate 3: Trump challenging a core tenet of our democracy, if he will accept the results of a democratic process…)

"I’ll keep you in suspense,"

10-19-2016 (Debate 3: The list of statements Trump made that have been deemed a lie, wrong, and/or misleading…)

"In the ninth month you can take the baby and rip the baby right out of the womb, just prior to the birth of the baby."
"I started with a $1 million loan … But I built a phenomenal company."
"She destroyed 33,000 emails criminally, criminally, after getting a subpoena from the United States Congress."
"If you look at your voter rolls, you will see millions of people that are registered to vote ... that shouldn't be registered to vote."
"I opposed the Iraq war"
"On Obamacare, "the premiums are going up 60, 70, 80 percent."
"We take care of illegal immigrants — people who come into our country illegally — better than we take care of our vets."
"I know [Warren] Buffett took hundreds of millions of dollars."
"What she doesn’t say is that President Obama has deported millions and millions of people just the way it is."
"Hillary Clinton wanted the wall. Hillary Clinton fought for the wall in 2006 or thereabouts. Now, she never gets anything done, so naturally the wall wasn’t built. But Hillary Clinton wanted the wall."
"I questioned it, and I questioned NATO. Why aren’t the NATO questioned — why aren’t they paying? Because they weren’t paying. Since I did this — this was a year ago — all of a sudden, they’re paying. And I’ve been given a lot — a lot of credit for it."
"She’s taking in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees, who probably in many cases — not probably, who are definitely in many cases, ISIS-aligned, and we now have them in our country."
"The NAFTA deal signed by her husband is one of the worst deals ever made of any kind, signed by anybody. It’s a disaster."
"Those stories [of women saying Trump assaulted them] have been largely debunked. Those people — I don’t know those people. I have a feeling how they came. I believe it was her campaign that did it."

08-15-2016 (Trump posts tweet of train plowing into a CNN reporter on the heels of the car plowing into a...)

"Remember this, it's a rigged election because you have phony people coming up with phony allegations with no witnesses whatsoever," Trump said. "The election is being rigged by corrupt media pushing completely false allegations and outright lies in an effort to elect her (Clinton) president."

10-15-2016 (Suggesting the reason for Hillary's last debate performance might be drugs [which of course calls into question why Trump was constantly sniffing/snorting during the debates …])

"Athletes ― they make them take a drug test, right? I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate,"

10-14-2016 (Trump using a sexist insult to dismiss a woman that who confirmed his claims of sexual assault against women ... )

"Believe me, she would not be my first choice,"

10-14-2016 (Trump responding to reports by women confirming his claims of sexual assault against women... )

"horror show of lies, deceptions and malicious attacks"

10-12-2016 (Tanking in the polls largely due to his self professed sexual assault of women, Trump offers other explanations and solutions [again suggesting voter intimidation]...)

"So important that you watch other communities, because we don’t want this election stolen from us," ... "We do not want this election stolen. ... "I just hear such reports about Philadelphia," ... "I hear these horror shows, and we have to make sure that this election is not stolen from us and is not taken away from us."

10-11-2016 (Trump's blasting Paul Ryan and the GOP members for no longer supporting him after his admission of sexual assault, calling Hillary the devil etc. etc. …)

"Our very weak and ineffective leader, Paul Ryan, had a bad conference call where his members went wild at his disloyalty."
"Disloyal R's are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They come at you from all sides. They don’t know how to win - I will teach them!"
"It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to."
"The very foul mouthed Sen. John McCain begged for my support during his primary (I gave, he won), then dropped me over locker room remarks!"
"With the exception of cheating Bernie out of the nom the Dems have always proven to be far more loyal to each other than the Republicans!"
"Despite winning the second debate in a landslide (every poll), it is hard to do well when Paul Ryan and others give zero support!"
"Paul Ryan should spend more time on balancing the budget, jobs and illegal immigration and not waste his time on fighting Republican nominee"

10-09-2016 (Trump's call on Muslim's to report hatred prompting: "I’m a Muslim, and I would like to report a crazy man threatening a woman on a stage in Missouri,")

"We have to be sure that Muslims come in and report when they see something going on. When they see hatred going on, they have to report it."

10-09-2016 (Debate 2: The list of statements Trump made that have been deemed a LIE, WRONG, or EXTREMELY MISLEADING…])

Mr. Trump says Mrs. Clinton wants "amnesty for everybody, come on in, come on over."
Mr. Trump said Mrs. Clinton ignored 600 requests for increased security from J. Christopher Stevens, the ambassador to Libya, and communicated only with Sidney Blumenthal."
Mr. Trump accused Mrs. Clinton of being there for President Obama’s "line in the sand" in Syria. She said she wasn’t.
Mr. Trump, referring to the effect of Nafta and other free-trade agreements, said, "We lost our jobs."
Mr. Trump said that the United States signed a "peace treaty" to bring an end to the civil war in Syria.
Mr. Trump said we have hundreds of thousands of people pouring into the United States from places like Syria, and we have no idea who they are.
Mr. Trump said that growth is "down to 1 percent" and that taxes in the United States are the "highest in the world."
Mr. Trump said "maybe there is no hacking," in response to Mrs. Clinton’s claim that Russians are engaged in an unprecedented effort to influence the election — on Mr. Trump’s behalf.
Mr. Trump said that Mrs. Clinton "wants to go to a single-payer plan" like the health care system in Canada.
Mr. Trump said "many people saw" bombs all over the apartment of a couple who committed the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif.
Mr. Trump said "maybe there is no hacking," in response to Mrs. Clinton’s claim that Russians are engaged in an unprecedented effort to influence the election — on Mr. Trump’s behalf.
Mr. Trump said Mrs. Clinton has never used the phrase "radical Islamic terrorism."
Mr. Trump accused Mrs. Clinton of laughing about getting a man acquitted of raping a 12-year-old girl.
Mr. Trump said that last year, the United States had a trade deficit of $800 billion.

10-09-2016 (Trump comments undermining core tenets of decency and our Democracy …])

Commenting on what he would do to Hillary if elected: "Because you would be in jail"
Referring to Sanders signing on with Hillary: "I was so surprized to see him sign on with the devil"
He declared the Democratic nominee had "tremendous hate in her heart"
He referred to his bragging about sexually assaulting women as: "locker room talk".

10-08-2016 (Trump responding to mounting pressure to step down from the race because of his 2005 bragging about his sexual battery of women... )

"No, I’m not quitting this race," he said. "I have tremendous support."

10-07-2016 (Trump commenting on the Clintons during a second apology for his 2005 comments about grabbing women by the pussy... )

"Just kiss. I don’t even wait," he said. "And when you’re a star they let you do it."
"I did try and f--- her. She was married," Trump says.
"I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married," Mr. Trump says. "Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony tits and everything."
"Grab them by the p---y," Trump says. "You can do anything."

In Trump's own words:

10-07-2016 (Trump commenting on the Clintons during his second apology for his 2005 comments about grabbing women by the pussy... )

The end of Trump's apology: "Hillary Clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground," Mr. Trump said. "I’ve said some foolish things, but there’s a big difference between the words and actions of other people. Bill Clinton has actually abused women, and Hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims."

Trump's response: "This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago."...tries to blame Bill, then ... "I apologize if anyone was offended."

Note: "The tape was recorded several months after he married his third wife, Melania." Note: "His apology begs the question, 'Who is not offended?'"

10-07-2016 (Accusing the federal government of letting illegals come in to sway the election …])

"You’re not going to write it. That’s huge. But they’re letting people pour into the country so they can go and vote."

10-06-2016 ("Trump disagreeing with the DNA evidence that proved the innocence of five black and Hispanic teenagers, the 'Central Park Five' in 1989...")

"They admitted they were guilty," the candidate told CNN’s Miguel Marquez this week. "The police doing the original investigation say they were guilty. The fact that that case was settled with so much evidence against them is outrageous. And the woman, so badly injured, will never be the same."

Note: 'A month after the attack, Trump called for justice by running an ad in the New York Daily News advocating the return of the death penalty.'

10-05-2016 (Pondering a potential next business failure …])

"I said: 'No, you don't understand. I'd like to agree with you, but if I don't win, this will be the greatest waste of time, money and energy in my lifetime, by a factor of 100,"

10-05-2016 (Ignoring the wishes of Nevadans (and sentance structure)…)

"I said, nobody says it the other way, it has to be 'Ne-VAH-dah.' Right? And if you don't say it correctly — and it didn't happen to me, but it happened to a friend of mine, he was killed."['Nevadans consider "Ne-VAH-dah" disrespectful'... 'instead of "Ne-VAD-ah" as residents strongly prefer.']

10-05-2016 (Telling dying people to be sure to vote for him …])

"I don't care how sick you are," the Republican nominee said. ... "I don't care if you just came back from the doctor and he gave you the worst possible prognosis, meaning it's over. Doesn't matter. Hang out till November 8. Get out and vote."

10-02-2016 (From the accountant who prepared Trump's taxes: "As far as I know, and that only goes through late '96, he didn't understand the code," said Jack Mitnick, a former tax adviser for Trump, in an interview with NBC's TODAY. "Nor would he have had the time and the patience to learn the provisions. That's a lifetime of experience." )

"I know our complex tax laws better than anyone who has ever run for president and am the only one who can fix them."

10-02-2016 (Trump commenting on his businesses losing $916,000,000 in 1995 and his using that failure to avoid paying taxes for up to 18 years.)

"I know our complex tax laws better than anyone who has ever run for president and am the only one who can fix them."

10-01-2016 (Trump mocking Hillary Clinton’s recent bout with pneumonia ['The real estate mogul, then swayed side to side, and took a few stumbling steps away from his podium — an attempt at mimicking Clinton’s recent departure from a Sept. 11 memorial event...']...)

"Here’s a woman she’s supposed to fight all of these different things and she can’t make it 15 feet to her car,"

10-01-2016 (Without offering any evidence [possibly responding to further evidence of his loss in the first debate]...)

"I don’t even think she’s loyal to Bill, to tell you the truth. And why should she be, right? Why should she be?"

09-30-2016 (Apparently unaware that the Republican led impeachment process resulted in Clinton's approval hitting 73% [BTW: Bill left office with a 65% approval rating compared with G.W.Bush's 22%]...)

"An impeachment for lying," Trump said Thursday at a campaign rally in New Hampshire, referring to the effort to remove Bill Clinton from office for lying about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. "Remember that? Impeach."

09-30-2016 (Attacking Hillary for the behavior of her husband...)

"An impeachment for lying," Trump said Thursday at a campaign rally in New Hampshire, referring to the effort to remove Bill Clinton from office for lying about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. "Remember that? Impeach."

09-30-2016 (Continuing his attack on former Miss Universe...)

"Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?"

09-29-2016 (Trumps opinion of the debate tracks his falling poll numbers...)

"During the debate the other night, I had to put up with the anchor and fight the anchor all the time on everything I said," Trump said at a campaign rally in New Hampshire. "What a rigged deal. I tell you we’re in such a rigged system. It is terrible. What’s going on in this country is so sad."

09-27-2016 (Not clear the context, is Trump talking about his own infidelity [e.g. his affair with Marla Maples] or something to do with Hillary's husband ...)

"I just didn’t want to say what I was going to say."

09-27-2016 (Talking about Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado, who he called called "Miss Piggy" [Hillary brought it up during the first debate]...)

"I know that person, that person was a Miss Universe person, and she was the worst we ever had. The worst, the absolute worst."

09-27-2016 (Saying he won the non-existent post debate CBS poll [He won online polls; 'Many online polls are labeled with caveats, warning readers that they are not scientific surveys; nor do they accurately represent the American electorate.' The CNN poll is regarded to be more scientific.]...)

"I won CBS. I won every single poll other than CNN."

09-27-2016 (Changing his assessment of Lester Holt [after the polls indicated he lost the debate]...)

"I'd give him a 'C' or a 'C+'. I thought he was okay, I thought he was fine. Nothing outstanding. He gave me very unfair questions at the end --the last three or four questions. But I'm not complaining about that."

09-27-2016 (Complaining about his microphone at the first debate [after the polls indicated he lost the debate]...)

"I had a problem with a microphone that didn't work. I don’t know if you saw that in the room, but my microphone was terrible. I wonder, was it set up that way on purpose,"

09-26-2016 (Debate 1: some of his false statements or his denial things he has said on TV or radio...)

Global warming hoax:
"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive."
Rooting for the housing crash:
"I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy."
Jobs leaving states where they have actually increased:
"Thousands of jobs leaving Michigan, leaving Ohio. They're all leaving. And we can't allow it to happen anymore,"
His promotion and perpetuation of the birther movement (and his blaming Hillary for it):
[See catry 'Obama's birth certificate']
The fed is political:
"We have a Fed that's doing political things ... the Fed is being more political than Secretary Clinton,"
Support for the Iraq war:
2002 "Yeah, I guess so. I wish the first time it was done correctly,"
Support for the intervention in Lybia:
"On a humanitarian basis, immediately go into Libya, knock this guy out very quickly, very surgically, very effectively, and save the lives."
His promotion of 'Stop and Frisk':
It has been ruled unconstitutional

His response:

09-26-2016 (Shortly after the first debate ended...)

"I thought Lester did a great job. Honestly, I thought Lester did a great job,"

09-26-2016 (Commenting on the source of DNC email hacking [to be fair, Trump only weighs 267 lbs]...)

"It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds"

09-26-2016 (Bragging about not paying any taxes [one of the 51 times he interrupted Hillary during the first debate]...)

"That makes me smart."

09-22-2016 ("Republican nominee told a shale gas industry conference Thursday morning, in an apparent reference to the unrest..." in NC)

"Drugs are a very, very big factor in what you’re watching on television,"

09-20-2016 ("Trump said to approving nods from the nearly all-white crowd in NC...")

"We're going to rebuild our inner cities because our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape that they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever,"

09-19-2016 (Speaking about Lester Holt, a registered Republican...)

"Lester Is A Democrat. It’s A Phony System. They’re All Democrats"

09-16-2016 (Again, stoking the imagery of violence towards Hillary by his supporters [after erroneously saying she wants to take their guns away]...)

"I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons," Mr. Trump said at a rally in Miami, to loud applause. "I think they should disarm. Immediately." He went on: "Let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away, O.K. It’ll be very dangerous."

09-16-2016 (Making fun of Harry Reid's injury [Reid lost vision in his right eye and suffered a concussion, broken orbital bones, and a broken rib.]... )

"Harry Reid? I think he should go back and start working out again with his rubber work-out pieces,"

09-16-2016 (Not challenging Obama’s birth place…)

"President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Period,"

09-16-2016 (Blaming Hillary for challenging Obama's birth place [There is no record that Clinton herself or anyone within her campaign ever advanced the charge that Obama was not born in the United States.]…)

"Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy,"

Fueling the 'birther' conspiracy, in Trump's own words:

09-15-2016 (Commenting on the black minister in Flint, Michigan who calmly admonished him to NOT deliver a political speech [he was visibly contrite, watch the video]... )

as a "nervous mess"

09-14-2016 (Responding to Colin Powell calling him a 'national disgrace', an 'international pariah,' and his birther movement 'racist'... )

"I was never a fan of Colin Powell after his weak understanding of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq = disaster. We can do much better!"

09-13-2016 (His comments after first not knowing about Russia taking Crimea and then his supporting it... )

"Russia took Crimea during the so-called Obama years. Who wouldn't know this and why does Obama get a free pass?"

09-12-2016 (On his supporters assaulting rally protesters... )

"Is there any place more fun than a Trump rally?"

09-12-2016 (Trump claiming the debates are part of rigged system after Matt Lauer is critized for going easy on Trump in debate warmup...)

"We should have no moderator," Trump said in a Monday interview on CNBC. "Let Hillary and I sit there and just debate, because I think the system is being rigged so it’s going to be a very unfair debate."

09-09-2016 (Commenting on Hillary...)

"She's being so protected. She could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching," Trump said mimicking a gun with his hand, "right smack in the middle of the heart and she wouldn't be prosecuted, OK?"

09-09-2016 (Talking on his willingness to start a war if an Iranian sailer makes an obscene gesture...)

"With Iran," the Republican candidate said at a campaign stop in Pensacola, Fla., "when they circle our beautiful destroyers with their little boats, and they make gestures at our people that they shouldn't be allowed to make, they will be shot out of the water."

09-08-2016 (His talking on Russian TV... "U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies reportedly are investigating whether Russia launched a covert operation to disrupt the 2016 election. What do you make of that?" King asked Trump.)

"I think it’s probably unlikely," Trump replied. "I think maybe the Democrats are putting that out, who knows? But I think it’s pretty unlikely. But who knows?"

09-07-2016 (Continuing his praise for Russia's Putin...)

"If he says great things about me, I’m going to say great things about him," Trump said of the Russian president. "Certainly in that system, he’s been a leader, far more than our president has been."

09-07-2016 (Then turning around requesting a plan for ISIS from our military generals...)

"We are going to convey my top generals and give them a simple instruction," Trump told a crowd in Greenville, N.C., on Tuesday. "They will have 30 days to submit to the Oval Office a plan for soundly and quickly defeating ISIS. We have no choice."

09-07-2016 (Commenting on our military generals...)

"I think under the leadership of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point that’s embarrassing for our country,"

09-12-2016 (Trump liking the selected debate moderators...)

"I like them. I respect the moderators. I do respect them."

09-05-2016 (Challenging Obama’s birth place…)

"I don’t talk about it because if I talk about that, your whole thing will be about that," Trump told reporters aboard his plane on Labor Day. "So I don’t talk about it."

09-05-2016 (Trump commenting on Hillary's looks…)

"Well, I just don’t think she has a presidential look, and you need a presidential look,"

09-05-2016 (Trump saying he would leave the G20 summit because of the stairs not being offered to Airforce One.)

"I've got to tell you, if that were me, I would say, 'You know what, folks, I respect you a lot but close the doors, let's get out of here,'" he added. "It's a sign of such disrespect."

09-05-2016 (Trump commenting on his refusal to release his tax returns.)

"I think people don't care," Trump said Monday afternoon in Ohio of his tax returns, which he has not released. "I don't think anybody cares, except some members of the press."

09-05-2016 (Trump commenting on his foundation's illegal contribution to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi [admitting guilt, Trump paid the fine].)

"I never spoke to her, first of all, she's a fine person beyond reproach," Trump said Monday. "Never spoken to her about it. Never. Many of the AGs turned that case down because I'll win that case in court, many turned that down.... I just have a lot of respect for her and she's very popular."

09-05-2016 (Trump incorrectly suggesting that Nate Silver has him ahead in the polls in Ohio. [538's current prediction is that Trump has a 39.3% probability of winning Ohio vs. Hillary's 60.6% probability. Nate Silver and 538 were quick to correct his 'mistake'.] )

"Heading to Youngstown, Ohio now- some great polls. #AmericaFirst"

09-04-2016 (Trump demonstrating that he doesn't know that 'C' stands for 'Confidential'...)

"Lyin' Hillary Clinton told the FBI that she did not know the "C" markings on documents stood for CLASSIFIED. How can this be happening?"

08-31-2016 (After meeting the president of Mexico, reaffirming his tough stance on immigration…)

"For those here illegally today who are seeking legal status, they will have one route and one route only: To return home and apply for re-entry like everybody else under the rules of the new legal immigration system that I have outlined today," … "There will be no amnesty."

08-31-2016 (After meeting the president of Mexico, reaffirming they will pay for the wall…)

"They don’t know it yet, but they are paying for it,"

08-27-2016 (Following a shooting of a mother in Chicago… )

"Dwayne [sic] Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago. Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!" Note: Trump removed this original version and retweeted with the correct spelling.

08-24-2016 (Shifting his position on immigration: "Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that he would allow exceptions to let some undocumented immigrants to stay in the US, vowing he wouldn't grant them citizenship but telling Fox News", )

"there's no amnesty, but we work with them."

08-24-2016 (Addressing an overwhelmingly white crowd in Jackson, Mississippi.)

"Hillary Clinton is a bigot!"

08-23-2016 (On his shifting position on immigration…)

"As far as everybody else, we're going to go through the process," Trump said. "What people don't know is that Obama got tremendous numbers of people out of the country. Bush, the same thing. Lots of people were brought out of the country with the existing laws. Well, I'm going to do the same thing."

08-23-2016 (On his shifting position on immigration…)

"There certainly can be a softening because we're not looking to hurt people," Trump responded. "We want people — we have some great people in this country. We have some great, great people in this country. But we're going to follow the laws of this country. And what people don't realize, we have very, very strong laws."

08-22-2016 (Less than 24 hours after his third campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway assured he "doesn't hurl personal insults,", Trump of Morning Joe:)

"Some day, when things calm down, I'll tell the real story of @JoeNBC and his very insecure long-time girlfriend, @morningmika. Two clowns!"

08-20-2016 (Addressing an overwhelmingly white crowd in Michigan about the minority of poor blacks and the 18.7% black youth unemployment rate.)

"What do you have to lose by trying something new, like Trump?" "What do you have to lose? You live in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?"

08-16-2016 (Trump implies Obama committed a felony regarding Trump University lawsuit.")

"The attorney general of New York meets with Barack Obama in Syracuse," Trump said at a rally in Bentonville, Arkansas. "The following day he sues me. What they don’t say is, I believe, fifteen thousand or a lot of money was paid to the attorney general by the law firm in California that is suing me."

08-15-2016 (Trump proposing ideological test for immigrants)

"In the Cold War," he said, "we had an ideological screening test. The time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today. . . . I call it extreme, extreme vetting."

08-15-2016 (Trump changing his stance on Muammar Gaddafi and US intervention in Libya)

"President Obama and Hillary Clinton should have never attempted to build a democracy in Libya,…"

08-15-2016 (Trump suggesting to his supporters that they engage in the "type of voter intimidation the courts have blocked the RNC from doing.")

"... go around and look and watch other polling places and make sure that it’s 100 percent fine, because without voter identification—which is shocking, shocking that you don’t have it."

08-11-2016 (As poll comes out showing that he is trailing Hillary by 46 points with Hispanic voters...)

"We're doing very well with the Latino vote," he told the interviewer, as transcribed by CBS's Sopan Deb, "and we're doing very well in Florida. Polls are coming out now showing we're doing well."

08-10-2016 (On the founder of ISIS...)

"In many respects, you know, they honor President Obama," Trump said during a raucous campaign rally outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "He is the founder of ISIS."

08-09-2016 (TIME: "It’s been a difficult stretch for your campaign over the last two weeks. What’s going on in the polls?" - Clinton is conservatively ahead by 6 points, Time Magazine is running their "Meltdown" cover.)

"Well, I think we’re doing well. We have tremendous crowds. We have the same level of enthusiasm that we’ve had, if not more. Some of the polls are down a little bit. We have some polls that are not down very much. But I think we’re moving along. I think we’re doing fine."

08-09-2016 (Suggesting a possible solution to Hillary's appointment of judges if she were elected...)

"By the way, and if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know." Note: Exploring options AFTER Hillary being elected.

08-09-2016 (Regarding conditions set by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced in September)

"I will absolutely do three debates," Trump said. "I want to debate very badly. But I have to see the conditions."

08-08-2016 (U.S. officials told the AP in 2010 that Amiri was paid $5 million to offer the CIA information about Iran's nuclear program, though he left the country without the money.)

#ManyPeopleAreSaying - "Many people are saying that the Iranians killed the scientist who helped the U.S. because of Hillary Clinton's hacked emails."

08-06-2016 (On Bernie's endorsement of Hillary...)

"He made a deal with the devil," Mr. Trump said of Sen. Bernie Sanders's decision to endorse former Secretary of State Clinton. "She's the devil."

08-05-2016(Portland school Superintendent Xavier Botana called the district's Somali students "a shining example" of the strength of diversity.)

"As Maine knows, a major destination for Somali refugees, right? Am I right? Well, they're all talking about it — Maine, Somali refugees," Trump said Thursday. "We admit hundreds of thousands, you admit, into Maine and to other places in the United States, hundreds of thousands of refugees. And they're coming from among the most dangerous territories and countries anywhere in the world."

08-03-2016 (Regarding January footage aired on Fox News showing American prisoners being released in Geneva, Switzerland )

"Iran provided all of that footage, the tape of taking that money off that airplane, right? $400m in cash. Now here’s the amazing thing. Over there, where that plane landed, top secret, they don’t have a lot of paparazzi."

08-02-2016 (Trump refusing to endorse McCain following McCain's denouncing Trump's challenge of Golden Star parents. )

"I’ve never been there with John McCain because I’ve always felt that he should have done a much better job for the vets,"

08-02-2016 (the crying baby )

"Actually, I was only kidding. You can get the baby out of here. That's all right. Don't worry. I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I'm speaking?"

08-02-2016 (after Army Lt. Col. Louis Dorfman gave him the Purple Heart he earned in combat. )

"And I said man, that’s like — that’s like big stuff. I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier."

08-02-2016 (Facing falling poll numbers )

"If the election is rigged, I would not be surprised," ... "The voter ID situation has turned out to be a very unfair development. We may have people vote 10 times."

08-01-2016 (Apparently supporting Russia's annexing Crimea...)

"The people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were. And you have to look at that, also."

08-01-2016 (Regarding the New York Times [writing quality?]...)

"No matter how good I do on something, they’ll never write good," the Republican presidential nominee said. "I mean, they don’t write good. ... They don’t know how to write good. And I guess if they did, they’re certainly not doing it."

08-01-2016 ("What if someone had treated Ivanka in the way Ailes allegedly behaved?")

"I would like to think she would find another career or find another company if that was the case,"

07-30-2016 (About Russia not going into the Ukraine after they had gone into the Ukraine)

"He's not going into Ukraine, okay, just so you understand. He's not gonna go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down. You can put it down. You can take it anywhere you want—"

07-30-2016 (Comparing his sacrifices with Gold Star Parents)

"I think I've made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard. I've created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. I've had tremendous success. I think I've done a lot."

07-30-2016 (About having met Putin)

"I have no relationship with Putin. I don't think I've ever met him. I never met him. I don't think I've ever met him."

07-30-2016 (Regarding Ghazala Khan, Gold Star Mother)

"She probably, maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. You tell me," Trump continued. "But a plenty of people have written that. She was extremely quiet, and it looked like she had nothing to say. A lot of people have said that."

07-30-2016 (Regarding his concern about the looming debates. Note: the NFL never sent the mentioned letter.)

"I’ll tell you what I don’t like," Trump told George Stephanopoulos. "It’s against two NFL games. I got a letter from the NFL saying, "This is ridiculous.'"

07-29-2016 (After Michael Bloomberg said: "Donald Trump says he wants to run the country like he runs his business," he said. "God help us. I’m a New Yorker, and I know a con when I see one..." )

"Little" Michael Bloomberg, who never had the guts to run for president, knows nothing about me. His last term as Mayor was a disaster!

07-27-2016 (Requesting Russia to perform espionage... )

"Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," Mr. Trump said during a news conference here in an apparent reference to Mrs. Clinton’s deleted emails. "I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press."

07-20-2016 (The necessary conditions for supporting our NATO allies... )

"If they fulfill their obligations to us," he added, "the answer is yes."

06-24-2016 (Talking about Scotland's voting to leave the EU after Scotland had overwhelmingly voted to stay in... )

"Just arrived in Scotland. Place is going wild over the vote. They took their country back, just like we will take America back. No games!"

06-12-2016 (Following the mass shooting in Orlando... )

"Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. We must be smart!"

06-06-2016 (Referring to a black in his audience ... )

"Oh, look at my African-American over here. Look at him," Trump said. "Are you the greatest?"

06-02-2016 (On the inability of US born citizen of Mexican descent to preside over Trump's Trump University case ... )

"In an interview, Mr. Trump said U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel had 'an absolute conflict' in presiding over the litigation given that he was 'of Mexican heritage' and a member of a Latino lawyers’ association. Mr. Trump said the background of the judge, who was born in Indiana to Mexican immigrants, was relevant because of his campaign stance against illegal immigration and his pledge to seal the southern U.S. border. 'I’m building a wall. It’s an inherent conflict of interest,' Mr. Trump said."

05-04-2016 (Defending the National Enquirer as the news source about Ted Cruz's father... )

"No, I don't know what it was exactly, but it was a major story in a major publication, and it was picked up by many other publications"... "You can't knock the National Enquirer,"

05-03-2016 (On Ted Cruz's father... )

"His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being, you know, shot,"

04-28-2016 (On the reason for Hillary's success... )

"All I'm doing is bringing out the obvious, that without the woman card, Hillary would not even be a viable person to even run for a city council position."

04-06-2016 (On nuclear proliferation... )

"If Japan had that nuclear threat, I’m not sure that would be a bad thing for us... It’s only a question of time. … You have so many [nuclear] countries already."

03-31-2016 (On using nuclear weapons in Europe... )

"I’m not going to take it off the table,"

03-29-2016 (On women being punished for having an abortion [he later retracted under heavy bipartisan pressure]... )

"There has to be some form of punishment."

03-04-2016 (Talking about the size of his hands and inferring the size of his penis during a national presidential debate... )

"Look at those hands, are they small hands?... if they're small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee."

02-26-2016 (Claiming he cannot release his tax returns because of the audit [IRS claims there is no issue about releasing them].)

"I'm being audited now for two or three years, so I can't do it [release returns] until the audit is finished, obviously. And I think people would understand that,"

02-16-2016 Trump commenting on poor education equals smart.

“We won with highly-educated, we won with poorly educated! I love the poorly educated! We’re the smartest people, we’re the most loyal people.”

02-06-2016 (On torture... )

"I would bring back waterboarding and I'd bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding."

02-01-2016 (On his supporters assualting rally protesters... )

"So if you see someone getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of ‘em. Would you? Seriously. Ok? Just knock the hell—I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise. I promise."

01-24-2016 (On his supporters... )

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters,"

01-06-2016 (Challenging Obama’s birth place…)

"Who knows about Obama? ... Who knows, who knows? Who cares right now?... I have my own theory on Obama. Someday I will write a book, I will do another book, and it will do very successfully."

12-29-2015 (Commenting on his Ivy League education…)

"I Know Words, I Have The Best Words"

12-21-2015 (Commenting on Hillary going to the bathroom…)

"I know where she went -- it's disgusting, I don't want to talk about it," Trump said, screwing up his face, as the crowd laughed and cheered. "No, it's too disgusting. Don't say it, it's disgusting."

12-07-2015 (On Muslims entering the USA...)

"total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."

11-26-2015 (Trump mocking a reporter with a disability [arms flaying with distorted face…])

"Now, the poor guy, you ought to see this guy, ‘Ah, I don’t know what I said, I don’t remember, I don’t remember, maybe that’s what I said."

In Trump's own words:

11-22-2015 (Talking about Muslim's in New Jersey after 9/11...)

"I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down, and I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down,"

11-15-2015 (Talking about the stupidity of people from Iowa, from this country for believing Ben Carson …])

"How stupid are the people of Iowa? How stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap?"

11-15-2015 (Discussing the origins of ISIS...)

"They [the Iraqi Shiite-led government] deceived us because they didn’t take care of the Kurds, they didn’t take care, the whole thing," Trump said at a November campaign event in Fort Dodge, Iowa. "ISIS formed because these people were not allowed to partake in, that’s where ISIS came from. It came out of Iraq."

11-12-2015 (His comments on his ’deportation force’…)

"You're going to have a deportation force, and you're going to do it humanely," Trump said. "Don't forget, Mika, that you have millions of people that are waiting in line to come into this country and they're waiting to come in legally. And I always say the wall, we're going to build the wall. It's going to be a real deal. It's going to be a real wall."

11-12-2015 (Commenting that he knows more about ISIS than our generals do...)

"I know more about ISIS than the generals do. Believe me."

11-12-2015 (General thoughts on war...)

"I'm really good at war. I love war in a certain way. But only when we win,"

09-28-2015 Trump commenting on the improved unemployment numbers...)

("The number isn't reflective," he said. "I've seen numbers of 24 percent -- I actually saw a number of 42 percent unemployment. Forty-two percent." He continued, "5.3 percent unemployment -- that is the biggest joke there is in this country. … The unemployment rate is probably 20 percent, but I will tell you, you have some great economists that will tell you it's a 30, 32. And the highest I've heard so far is 42 percent."

09-10-2015 (Comments on Carly Fiorina’s face…)

"Look at that face!" the real estate mogul said. "Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!"

08-18-2015 (Offering some unsolicited feedback…)

"Heidi Klum. Sadly, she's no longer a 10."

08-08-2015 (Referring to Megyn Kelly's questioning of him a debate...)

"You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever."

07-18-2015 (Talking about John McCain...)

"He's not a war hero,..., "He's a war hero 'cause he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, OK?"

06-16-2015 (On the undocumented immigrants and the need for a wall...)

"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best... They're not sending you, they're sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems. They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists and some, I assume, are good people, ..."

06-06-2015 (On building the wall...)

"I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively," Trump said, announcing his candidacy on June 16, 2015. "I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall."

04-28-2019 Comments Trump made about Obama and Baltimore:

"President Obama, you have a big job to do. Go to Baltimore and bring both sides together. With proper leadership, it can be done! Do it."
"@Vanderpunked: Can we drop @realDonaldTrump off in the middle of #Baltimore so he can show Obama how it's done?" I would fix it fast!"
"Our great African American President hasn't exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore!"

04-16-2015(A tweet about Hillary [under pressure he removed it…])

"If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband, what makes you think she can satisfy America."

11-20-2014 Trump comments when Obama announced a range of executive actions on immigration ...)

"Repubs must not allow Pres Obama to subvert the Constitution of the US for his own benefit & because he is unable to negotiate w/ Congress."

10-13-2014 Trump criticizing Obama for playing golf.)

"Can you believe that,with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf. Worse than Carter"

12-12-2013 (Challenging Obama’s birth place…)

"How amazing, the State Health Director who verified copies of Obama's 'birth certificate' died in plane crash today. All others lived."

11-08-2013 Trump, the reality TV star commenting on leadership:

“Leadership: Whatever happens, you're responsible. If it doesn't happen, you're responsible."

Spoiler Alert: He said this before he became president back when he was challenging Obama's place of birth.

09-08-2013 (Explaining why women get raped in the military [what do you expect when you put women and men together]...)

"26,000 unreported sexual assults in the military-only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?"

Aug 2013 (Challenging Obama’s birth place…)

"Was it a birth certificate? You tell me. Some people say that was not his birth certificate. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. I'm saying I don't know. Nobody knows."

11-06-2012 (Stating that global warning is a myth started by China...)

"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive."

10-28-2012 (Comment on Bette Midler…)

"While @BetteMidler is an extremely unattractive woman, I refuse to say that because I always insist on being politically correct."

10-22-2012 Trump admonishing Republicans to not let Obama start a war with Iran to get re-elected :

"Don't let Obama play the Iran card in order to start a war in order to get elected--be careful Republicans!"

10-17-2012 (Trump, serial philanderer, commenting on Kristen Stewart…)

"Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog & will do it again--just watch. He can do much better!"

08-12-2012 (Challenging Obama’s birth place…)

"An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud."

05-29-2012 (Challenging Obama’s birth place…)

"A lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate. ... Many people do not think it was authentic. His mother was not in the hospital. There are many other things that came out. And frankly if you would report it accurately I think you'd probably get better ratings than you're getting."

11-29-2011 Trump saying Obama will start a war with Iran in order to win re-election:

"In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran."

04-11-2011 (Challenging Obama’s birth place…)

"Why doesn’t he show his birth certificate? The fact is, if he wasn’t born in this country, he shouldn’t be the president of the United States,"

03-28-2011 (Challenging Obama’s birth place…)

"He's spent millions of dollars trying to get away from this issue. Millions of dollars in legal fees trying to get away from this issue. And I'll tell you what, I brought it up, just routinely, and all of a sudden a lot facts are emerging and I'm starting to wonder myself whether or not he was born in this country."

03-23-2011 (Challenging Obama’s birth place…)

"Why doesn't he show his birth certificate? There's something on that birth certificate that he doesn't like."

Mar 2011 (Speaking about Gaddafi in Libya...)

"You talk about things that have happened in history; this could be one of the worst," Trump said. "Now we should go in, we should stop this guy, which would be very easy and very quick. We could do it surgically, stop him from doing it, and save these lives."

12-2007 Trump offering an explanation that probably explains why his estimates of his net worth don't agree with others...

"My net worth fluctuates, and it goes up and down with markets and with attitudes and with feelings, even my own feeling," Trump told lawyers in a deposition.

06-05-2006 (Talking about his daughter…)

"Although she does have a very nice figure," he said. "I've said if she wasn't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her."

Nov 2004 (To Larry King after the war had started in 2003...)

"I do not believe that we made the right decision going into Iraq, but, you know, hopefully, we'll be getting out."

Oct 2004 (Regarding women and pregnancy in the workplace...)

"a wonderful thing for the woman, it's a wonderful thing for the husband, it's certainly an inconvenience for a business. And whether people want to say that or not, the fact is it is an inconvenience for a person that is running a business."

09-11-2002 (When asked by Howard Stern about if we should go to war with Iraq.)

"Yeah, I guess so. You know, I wish it was, I wish the first time it was done correctly."

05-20-1991 (A quote assigned to Trump that he said was "probably true".)

"I have black guys counting my money. … I hate it. The only guys I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes all day."

1991 (Esquire magazine…)

"You know, it doesn’t really matter what [the media] write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass."

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Running log of some of Donald Trump's notable quotes.

Quotes that capture the full range of his abilities and character.

Running log of some of Donald Trump's notable quotes.

Quotes that capture
the full range of his abilities and character.