"I was sort of like a hot guy. I was hot as a pistol. I think I was hotter than I am now and I became president. Okay. I don't know. I said to somebody, was I hotter before or hotter now? I don't know."
-- Trump

"Thanks to the leadership of Ron DeSantis, Florida continues to be the freest state in the nation."
-- Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue, on DeSantis's ban of any colored lights on state bridges but red, white, and blue

"Standing back and standing by, Mr. President."
-- Rep. Matt Gaetz, outside courthouse where Trump is on trial

"A legitimate guy."
-- Mob underboss Sammy the Bull, on Trump

"Thank you to Sammy the Bull. I hope Judges Engoron & Kaplan see this. We need fairness, strength and honesty in our New York Courts. We don't have it now!"
-- Trump, on Truth Social

"I think he's praying. But if he is sleeping, y'know, he certainly looks pretty while he sleeps."
-- Rep. Lauren Boebert on eyes-closed Trump in courtroom

"Just be prepared. There's gonna be a lot of women coming forward."
-- Trump, to Michael Cohen, just prior to announcing his first run for president

"President Trump, when he was in office, he underwent testing for his cognitive dissonance."
-- Rep. Lauren Boebert

"If Biden wins, you're going to have a stock market collapse the likes of which you've never had."
-- Trump in 2020, 3 1/2 years before the Dow closed at over 40,000 for the first time

"We're, like, the party of fertilization because we are for the women."
-- Trump, speaking about abortion

"If you, on the money, if you need the money, I mean, you could get the money fairly easily."
-- Richard Nixon, on paying hush money, 1973

"So what do we got to pay for this? 150?...Pay with cash."
-- Donald Trump, on paying hush money, 2015