"To preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
-- Trump, taking his oath of office

"Don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?"
-- Meet the Press's Kristen Welker

"I don't know."
-- Trump

"Well, it means exactly what it says. It's a declaration, it's a declaration of unity, and love and respect, and it means a lot."
-- Trump, asked what the Declaration of Independence means to him

"I don't know. I'm not a lawyer."
-- Trump, asked if citizens and noncitizens in the US are entitled to due process, per the Fifth Amendment

"The election didn't turn out the way it should; it was a rigged election. We might as well say it. Totally rigged. Disgraceful."
-- Trump, on 2020

"In your last hundred days you saved 258 million lives."
-- Attorney General Pam Bondi on Trump administration fentanyl seizures, crediting the president with saving 75% of the US population

"THIS IS THE TRUMP STOCK MARKET BECAUSE MY POLLS AGAINST BIDEN ARE SO GOOD THAT INVESTORS ARE PROJECTING THAT I WILL WIN, AND THAT WILL DRIVE THE MARKET UP."
-- Trump, last January

"This is Biden's Stock Market, not Trump's. I didn't take over until January 20th."
-- Trump, yesterday

"And you could even say the next quarter is sort of Biden because it doesn't just happen on a daily or an hourly basis."
-- Trump, yesterday

"You know, somebody said, 'Oh, the shelves are going to be open.' Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally."
-- Trump

"This morning, I proudly ENDED the 'Women, Peace & Security' (WPS) program...yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative...a UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists. Politicians fawn over it; troops HATE it."
-- SecDef Pete Hegseth, cutting a program put in place by Trump in 2017, with support from Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and Ivanka Trump

"As soon as I take office, I will move quickly to increase pressure on Moscow. Under my administration, there will be no pleadings for meetings with Vladimir Putin. He will be treated for what he is -- a gangster and a thug."
-- Marco Rubio, 2015

"I run the country and the world."
-- Trump, on his second administration

"These protests, they're very organized, they're paid for...Those receiving the waste and fraud wish to continue receiving it. That is the real thing that is going on here. Obviously."
-- Elon Musk