"You're either going to make a deal or we're out, and if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty."
-- Trump to Zelensky

"My fellow Americans, we are in completely uncharted waters, led by a president, who -- well, I cannot believe he is a Russian agent, but he sure plays one on TV."
-- Thomas L. Friedman

"Did I say that? I can't believe I said that. Next question."
-- Trump, asked if he still thinks Zelensky is a dictator

"The president has put together I think literally the best cabinet the country has ever had. This is an incredible group of people."
-- Elon Musk, in first meeting of new Cabinet

"Elon, let the Cabinet speak for just a second: Anybody unhappy with Elon? -- If you are, we'll throw them out of here. [laughter]"
-- Trump, asked in meeting by reporter if all Cabinet members approve of Musk's actions

"Best agreement we ever made."
-- Trump, signing his trade deal with Mexico and Canada, 2020

"Who would ever sign a thing like this?"
-- Trump, on that same trade deal, 2025

"You know Social Security is wrong, you know Medicare and Medicaid is wrong, so he's going to cut one trillion."
-- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, to Fox News

"Elon and I are actually going to Fort Knox to see if the gold is still there, because maybe somebody stole the gold. Tons of gold."
-- Trump

"This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk -- except he isn't even the boss, he's just a dick."
-- Sen. Tina Smith, on Musk's tell-me-five-things-you-accomplished-last-week-or-else email sent to millions of government employees on Saturday

"I pardoned J6 people who were assaulted by our government. They didn't assault. They were assaulted, and what I did was a great thing for humanity."
-- Trump

"If I had a nickel for every time that I found out I had a new half-sibling online, I'd have a few nickels -- which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened SIX SEPARATE TIMES."
-- Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's daughter

"No organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization."
-- Elon Musk

"A significant part of this presidency is to restore democracy."
-- Elon Musk

"CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!"
-- Trump post

"We are a nation of laws... New York hasn't labored under a king in over 250 years. We sure as hell are not going to start now... The MTA has initiated legal proceedings."
-- Gov. Kathy Hochul