"Are you f***ing retarded? I'm actually glad you're printing this bullsh*t though because at least now the rest of the press corps will see how sh*tty your 'sources' are and how easily you're played by them. Congrats, moron."
-- Donald Trump Jr., on Mediaite claim that he is considering running for president in 2028

"Washington under Trump has become Nero's court; an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester on ketamine in charge of purging civil service. We were at war with a dictator, Putin, and now we're at war with a dictator supported by a traitor. It is a tragedy for the free world but first and foremost it is a tragedy for the United States!"
-- French Senator Claude Malhuret

"One way or another we're going to get it."
-- Trump, on Greenland

"We care about veterans tremendously. That's something the president has always cared about. But at the same time, we have... a fiscal responsibility to use taxpayer dollars to pay people that actually work...Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment, or not willing to come to work."
-- Trump adviser Alina Habba, on 6,000 fired veterans

"The new [Trump] administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This largely aligns with our vision."
-- Putin press secretary Dmitry Peskov

"I agree."
-- Elon Musk, responding to post: "It's time to leave NATO and the UN"

"Zelensky has been trying to drag the United States into a nuclear war with Russia/WW3 for years now, and no one has called him on it. Thank you, Vice President Vance."
-- Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence

"One big pyramid scheme."
-- Elon Musk on the US government

"The biggest ponzi scheme of all time."
-- Musk on Social Security

"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