"The president has done so much for the American people... And so tonight we have created a new award...The first ever America First Award... A beautiful golden statue, appropriate for the new Golden Era in America."
-- Speaker Mike Johnson

"Thank you for doing the work of the Free World... This is stuff for the history books... This is not chaos. This is success... Pure American success."
-- SecDef Pete Hegseth on Trump and Iran war

"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating -- I call it mail-in cheating -- and we have got to do something about it."
-- Trump, Monday, despite voting by mail in Tuesday's special election in Florida

"We're over here just grinding away on banger memes, dude."
-- White House official explaining the administration's juvenile war videos

"They really are a very high group of people, and they love it because they're able to now arrest illegals as they come into the country. That's very fertile territory. But that's not why they're there, they're really there to help."
-- Trump on sending ICE agents to airports

"Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the Radical Left, Highly Incompetent, Democrat Party!"
-- Trump

"Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead."
-- Trump

"I have decided that we will not have public hearings because I do not believe the administration's decision-makers should be subject to public questioning by senators."
-- Sen. Jim Risch, Foreign Relations Committee Chair, asked when there will be public hearings about the war

"I am very proud of the term 'fake news' because it's my term, I came up with it. But it is really no longer accurate. It's corrupt, fraudulent, it really is. It's beyond fake. It's criminal what they do."
-- Trump

"We're inviting broadcasters to once again highlight the great wins of the country and to run patriotic programming. Maybe starting off with the Pledge of Allegiance."
-- FCC Chair Brendan Carr

"I think a president should not have learning disabilities, okay?... Gavin Newsom admitted that he has learning disabilities, dyslexia -- everything about him is dumb."
-- Trump

"We have a smart president, whereas in the past we've had dumb presidents."
-- JD Vance

"The only thing prohibiting transit in the Strait right now is Iran shooting at shipping. It is open for transit should Iran not do that."
-- SecDef Pete Hegseth

"These ships should go through the Strait of Hormuz and show some guts. There's nothing to be afraid of... They have no navy. We sunk all their ships."
-- Trump