"I would have made a deal with them, and they wouldn't have done October 7th."
-- Trump, on Hamas

"Lincoln was probably a great president, but I've always wondered -- why wasn't that settled?"
-- Trump, on the Civil War

"It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f***ing Mexican! Don't pay it!"
-- Trump, reneging on his promise to pay the funeral expenses of Vanessa Guillén, a murdered Army private

"What we're doing is we're going to subpoena their records. '60 Minutes' -- I think it should be taken off the air, frankly."
-- Trump

"The failing New York Times is a true threat to democracy... Wait until you see what I'm going to do with them."
-- Trump

"There were no guns down there. We didn't have guns. The others had guns, but we didn't have guns. That was a day of love."
-- Trump on J6

"So did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? Not by the words that I would use."
-- JD Vance

"If I were running a country, any country, and I heard that the U.S. had an open border policy, the first thing I'd do is open my jails, take all my prisoners and let them out, murderers and everyone else."
-- Trump

"He should never have let that war start. The war is a loser."
-- Trump on Zelensky

"He instigated that war."
-- Trump on Biden

"I don't comment on that but I'll tell you, if I did it was a smart thing."
-- Trump, asked if he and Putin have talked numerous times since Biden became president, as reported by Bob Woodward

"I'm using that as a figure. I'll say 100(%), 200, I'll say 500, I don't care."
-- Trump, describing how big his tariffs will be

"We win, and then Katie bar the door. The gates of hell -- my gates of hell -- will be unleashed."
-- former Trump adviser and retired Gen. Mike Flynn, asked if he would go back into active duty to serve on a military tribunal

"You had a peaceful transfer of power."
-- Trump, on transition to the Biden administration in January 2021