"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

"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