"The world's coolest dictator."
-- Bukele on himself

"The New George Washington."
-- Sly Stallone on Trump

"When you start a war, you've got to know that you can win a war. You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles."
-- Trump on Zelensky

"That prisoner's record is unbelievably bad...Not a very innocent guy."
-- Trump on Kilmar Abrego Garcia

"Well, I'm not involved. You'll have to speak to the lawyers, the DOJ. I've heard many things about him, and we'll have to find out what the truth is."
-- Trump, asked if he will move to return Abrego Garcia to the US

"Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological,and terrorist inspired/supporting 'Sickness'?"
-- Donald Trump, now

"If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country."
-- J.D. Vance, then

"It's up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That's up to them."
-- US Attorney General Pam Bondi, on Kilmar Abrago Garcia

"How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don't have the power to return him to the United States."
-- Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, sitting next to Trump in the Oval Office

"We're the building trades, the backbone of America. You want to build a five billion dollar data center?...You don't call Elon Musk, you call us!...All of us! Including our SMART apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who we demand to be returned to us and his family now!"
-- Sean McGarvey, president of North America's Building Trades Union

"Space is going to finally be glam. We are going to put the 'ass' in astronaut."
-- Katy Perry, before her Blue Origin flight

"Who would not get glam before the flight? We're going to have lash extensions flying in the capsule."
-- Lauren Sanchez, fellow passenger

"I skydived in Dubai with similar hair to make sure I would be good. I took it for a dry run."
-- Aisha Bowe, fellow passenger

"The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism."
-- The Guardian

"Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
-- Trump to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, referring to his CECOT maximum security prison

"President Trump's days include participation in multiple meetings, public appearances, press availability, and frequent victories in golf events."
-- from Trump's latest physical exam report

"Being truthful, in this administration, is seen as being unfaithful to Donald Trump."
-- MSNBC's Rachel Maddow

"Speaking truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants."
-- former Rep. Liz Cheney

"Every citizen...ought to be afraid."
-- former AG Eric Holder

"It got very wokey, and some people were not happy with it, and some people refused to go. We're not going to have that...I think we're going to make it hot. We made the presidency hot, so this should be easy."
-- Trump, on taking over the Kennedy Center

"Saying no to President Trump would be saying no to God."
-- Paula White, head of White House Faith Office