"They loved me. They called me 'Daddy,' right? The last time? A very smart man said, 'He's our daddy. He's running it.'"
-- Trump, on Europe and NATO before he tried to annex Greenland

"Without [the United States], right now you'd all be speaking German."
-- Trump speaking in Switzerland, where the main language is German

"The U.S. is back, and this is what U.S. leadership looks like."
-- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, on Trump's push to seize Greenland

"He is a madman. He is insane...The man is threatening war against a NATO ally."
-- Sen. Ruben Gallego

"I can't take this complicity...I should have brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders."
-- Gov. Gavin Newsom at Davos

"The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency."
-- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, when asked what national emergency justifies imposing tariffs in an attempt to seize Greenland

"Fake."
-- Trump, on polls showing strong opposition in the U.S. to his threat to seize Greenland

"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace...The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland."
-- Trump, in text to prime minister of Norway

"I'm the tariff king, and the tariff king has done a great job."
-- Trump

"Do you know what their defense is? Two dog sleds."
-- Trump, on Greenland

"One Homeland. One People. One Heritage."
-- Dept. of Labor ad

"Pedophile protector!"
-- T.J. Sabula, line worker at Ford plant, yelling at Trump

"F*** you! F*** you!"
-- Trump, in response, before flipping the bird

"No regrets whatsoever."
-- Sabula, on having been suspended

"Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch."
-- ICE agent to protester