"It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it. And pays total respect to the building, which I'm the biggest fan of. It's my favorite. It's my favorite place. I love it."
-- Trump, in July, on his new ballroom

"Manufactured outrage."
-- the White House, on criticism of the unannounced destruction of most of the East Wing on Monday and Tuesday

"I think it's a joke. They're not representative of this country. The demonstrations were very small, very ineffective, and the people were whacked out."
-- Trump, on the 7,000,000 "No Kings" demonstrators

"The Democrats want to destroy all health care."
-- Trump

"Don't forget to get a copy of my son Eric's book, Under Siege, which is breaking records everywhere."
-- Trump post

"The Democrat Party's main constituency are [sic] made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
-- WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

Reporter, asking about Trump's upcoming meeting with Putin: "Who picked Budapest?"
WH Communications Director Steven Cheung: "Your mom."

"We call it the 'hate America' rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see the Marxists on full display, the people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic."
-- Speaker Mike Johnson, on today's "No Kings" events

"They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. You know. But I was -- I made a turn at a good time. I turned to the right. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually. He said, 'How the hell did you make that turn?' I said, 'I don't know!'"
-- Trump, while posthumously awarding Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

"[Hamas] will disarm. And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them. And it will happen quickly, and violently."
-- Trump

"The Ukraine Impeachment (of me!) Scam was a far bigger illegal Hoax than Watergate."
-- Trump

"I have in my hand 57 cases of individuals who would appear to be either card-carrying members or certainly loyal to the Communist Party."
-- Sen. Joe McCarthy, 1950

"THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6."
-- Trump, forgetting it was his FBI on January 6

"[The Biden administration] didn't even try to achieve peace in the Middle East. Donald Trump has done that... That's why he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, and that's why I'm introducing a resolution for a sense of Congress today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize..."
-- Rep. Buddy Carter