"Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending 350 billion dollars, to go into a war that couldn't be won, that never had to start, but a war that he, without the U.S. and 'Trump,' will never be able to settle."
-- Trump

"Today I heard, 'Oh, well, we weren't invited.' Well, you've been there for three years. You should have ended it in three years. You should have never started it. You could have made a deal..."
-- Trump on Zelenskyy

"I'd like it to be closed immediately. The Department of Education is a big con job."
-- Trump

"'60 Minutes' are the biggest liars in the world. They engaged in deliberate deception to interfere with the last election. They deserve a long prison sentence."
-- Elon Musk

"They've had civilizations in Gaza, thousands of them. And they're buried in the sand."
-- Trump

"He who saves his Country does not violate any law."
-- Trump quoting Napoleon, during Napoleon's reign as emperor

"Spoken like a true dictator."
-- Sen. Adam Schiff

"They only go after people like Trump, they don't go after criminals."
-- Trump on US criminal justice system

"To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God. And I won't do that."
-- televangelist Paula White, appointed by Trump to lead the White House "Faith Office"

"I'm a survivor of childhood polio. In my lifetime, I've watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world."
-- Sen. Mitch McConnell on a disease that once killed or paralyzed half a milliion people each year, voting against confirmation of RFK Jr.

"I don't know anything about 'He had polio, he had polio.' I have no idea if he had polio."
-- Trump on McConnell

"No, I didn't go. I got reports. They were so bad, I didn't want to go. There was nothing that I wanted to see."
-- Trump, asked if he has seen any shows at The Kennedy Center, of which he has now made himself president

A few of the over 200 Kennedy Center performances in 2024:
Macbeth
Renée Fleming sings Strauss
Mamma Mia!
National Bunraku Theater of Japan
Patty LuPone: A Life in Notes
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
Sara Bareilles: National Symphony Orchestra
Korean National Ballet
New York City Ballet: Jewels
Patty LuPone: A Life in Notes
Nora Jones: Visions Tour 2024
Cyrus Chestnut: Duke Ellington Sacred Concert
Here It Is: A Tribute to Leohard Cohen
Audra McDonald: National Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven's Fifth

"Have you ever looked at a map and thought, 'You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.' Well, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make that dream a reality. Let's buy California from Donald Trump! MAKE CALIFORNIA GREAT AGAIN!"
-- petition  in Denmark

"A lot of people have said that this has been the greatest opening -- almost three weeks -- in the history of the presidency."
-- Trump

"There's a light over the United States. People are happy, more confident. The approval ratings for this country have gone through the sky more than at any time... There's a light all over the world. I've been called by other leaders. They said, 'Sir, there's a light over our country right now.'"
-- Trump speaking pre-Super Bowl from Air Force 1

"There is no dictatorship here other than Donald Trump saying, 'This is not gonna happen.'"
-- Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Trump's ban of trans athletes

"CBS should lose its license, and the cheaters at '60 Minutes' should all be thrown out, and this disreputable 'NEWS' show should be immediately terminated."
-- Trump