"An unprincipled douchebag."
-- Elon Musk on Attorney General Merrick Garland

"He is the Judge Dredd America needs to clean up a corrupt system and put powerful bad actors in prison."
-- Musk on Gaetz as AG

"If your Social Security number ends in an odd number, you're out. If it ends in an even number, you're in. There's a 50% cut right there. Of those who remain, if your Social Security number starts in an even number, you're in, and if it starts with an odd number, you're out. Boom! That's a 75% reduction, done. Literally, sarcastically...Most people who've run a company know this -- it's 25% of the people who do 80-90% of the useful work. These givernment agencies are no different."
-- Vivek Ramaswamy "thought experiment" on how easy it could be to downsize the US government

"The US cannot force us to 'sit and listen' at the negotiating table. We are an independent country."
-- Ukraine's President Zelensky

"He sense of humor is amazing."
-- Elon Musk, tweeting in response

"When George Washington defended his country, he had no idea that he was going to change the world. Guess what? We got the second George Washington."
-- Sylvester Stallone

"Every single cabinet pick that he has announced so far is incredibly accomplished and strong on their own. As a team, this really is a dream team. We have not seen this kind of talent pool since the Founding Fathers."
-- Fmr. Asst. Treasury Secretary Monica Crowley on CNN

"When I heard that Matt Gaetz was picked to be attorney general, I threw up in my mouth."
-- Geraldo Rivera

"The greatest pick that President Trump could have made... Look at the selfless act. He resigned to trigger a special election sooner rather than later."
-- Rep. Lauren Boebert

"The first time I ever met this guy he walked up to me and Kristi Noem was at the podium. We were just elected so we were going through orientation. And he walked up to me and said, 'Man, she's a fine b*tch!'"
-- Sen. Markwayne Mullin on Matt Gaetz, adding that Gaetz later apologized to him

"We either get this government back on our side, or we defund and get rid of, abolish, the FBI, CDC, ATF, DOJ -- every last one of them if they do not come to heel."
-- Rep. Matt Gaetz, March 2023

"Are you sh**in' me, that you just asked that question? No! But hell, you'll print that and now I'm going to be investigated."
-- Idaho GOP Rep. Mike Simpson, asked if Gaetz has the necessary experience and character to be attorney general

"Fortunately, I won't be around to experience the four years."
-- Dick Van Dyke, 98, asked if Trump is actually capable of "making America great again"

"He's a super-genius, and we have to protect our geniuses, we don't have that many of them."
-- Trump on Elon Musk

"This is the most obvious example of the quality of the information that is now published, sometimes even in fairly respected publications. This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction, this is simply false information."
-- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, on WaPo report that Trump talked with Putin on the phone recently and urged him not to escalate the war in Ukraine