"If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now, under the Biden Administration, not after January 20th, under 'TRUMP'..."
-- Trump

"I cannot be happy with him. He invaded my home. I'm suing the country over it.
-- Trump on FBI director Christopher Wray

"Increasing the debt ceiling is not great, but we'd rather do it on Biden's watch."
-- Trump

"We have to straighten out the press. Our press is very corrupt, almost as corrupt as our elections."
-- Trump

"You wouldn't believe how many countries there are."
-- Trump

"The word 'tariff' is the most beautiful word in the dictionary...I think it's more beautiful than 'love.'...I love tariffs...'Tariff.' It's music to my ears...It's going to make us rich."
-- Trump

"They went through a year and a half of testimony [and] deleted and destroyed all evidence that they found."
-- Trump, lying about the House J6 committee, whose work is publicly available

"Just got approached by a federal employee who asked for a selfie and shared how much she appreciates DOGE: 'It has to happen and if I get fired, I'm okay with it.'"
-- Vivek Ramaswamy

"Disdain, despise, detest, distrust -- pick your d-words."
-- Pete Hegseth on the media, "almost all" politicians, and credentialed experts, in 2020 book

"Did you know, if somebody sets a foot -- just a foot, one foot, you don't need two -- on our land, congratulations, you are now a citizen of the United States of America."
-- Trump, misunderstanding what "birthright citizenship" is

"Everybody on [the J6] committee... for what they did, honestly, they should go to jail."
-- Trump, in interview