"2019 will be a fantastic year for those not suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Just calm down and enjoy the ride..."

"We have won against ISIS...We won...We have defeated ISIS in Syria."
-- Trump announcing withdrawal, 12/19

"To say they're defeated is an overstatement and is fake news...This is a stain on the honor of the United States."
-- Sen. Lindsey Graham, 12/19

"Nobody thinks ISIS is defeated. Nobody who understands..."
-- 'Fox & Friends' co-host Brian Kilmeade, 12/20

"If anybody but Donald Trump did what I did in Syria, which was an ISIS loaded mess when I became President, they would be a national hero."
-- Trump, 12/31

"...What we had to go through, with the darkened plane, with all the windows closed, with no lights on whatsoever anywhere. Pitch black. I've never seen anything like it."
-- Trump, on his journey to Iraq

"Do the Dems realize that most of the people not getting paid are Democrats?"
-- Trump on government shutdown

"We're no longer the suckers, folks."
-- Trump, in Iraq speaking to troops

"You haven't gotten [a raise] in more than ten years. More than ten years. And we got you a big one. I got you a big one...I said no, make it ten percent. Make it more than ten percent. Because it's been a long time...So congratulations."
-- Trump, in Iraq, speaking to troops about military pay, which has increased every year except one for 30 years, and which is going up by 2.6%, the largest increase in nine years

"The moment I found out Trump could tweet himself was comparable to the moment in 'Jurassic Park' when Dr. Grant realized that velociraptors could open doors. I was like, 'Oh no.'"
-- Justin McConney, the Trump Organization's director of social media from 2011 to 2017

"It's a disgrace what's happening in our country, but other than that, I wish everybody a very Merry Christmas."

"I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security."

"Russia, Iran, Syria and many others are not happy about the US leaving [Syria], despite what the Fake News says."
-- Trump

"Donald's right, and I agree with him... The fact that the US has decided to withdraw its troops is right...American troops should not be in Syria and have been there illegally."
-- Putin