Quotes About Politics

If you want to do it now," Priebus continued, "Pence is prepared to step up, and Condi Rice will come in as his VP.

To have Trump answer them, of course, would be a catastrophe because Trump could erupt and say absolutely anything.

You're running against the most joyless candidate in presidential history.

The Chinese thought that Trump in desperation would create a crisis, present himself as the savior, and use the gambit to win reelection.

Mattis was particularly exasperated and alarmed, telling close associates that the president acted like—and had the understanding of—"a fifth or sixth grader.

On CBS, Stephen Colbert joked darkly, "It's just like D-Day. Remember D-Day, two sides, Allies and the Nazis? There was a lot of violence on both sides. Ruined a beautiful beach. And it could have been a golf course.

Well," she said, "I hope you can prevail in the insane snake pit of the Oval Office and the crazy family as well.

What a mess. Dowd shrugged his shoulders at the waste of time, but he saw the full nightmare. It was quite a sight seeing the president of the United States fuming like some aggrieved Shakespearean king.

their heels," Priebus said. "Put all the chips on the table. And then slowly but surely pick off each chip individually." It could be a person, a policy, a country, a foreign leader, a Republican, a Democrat, a controversy, an investigation—Trump would try to leverage anyone, by any means, and at times he would succeed.

About $4 trillion, Trump said, even more—possibly $5 trillion. Cohn had a chart that showed it was $2.6 trillion.

Should I resign?" he asked Colin Powell, who had been the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. "Fuck no!" Powell said. "I told you never to take the job. You never should have taken the job. Trump's a fucking maniac.

Hillary Clinton spent her entire adult life getting ready for this moment. Trump hasn't spent a second getting ready for this moment.

Barbara Tuchman's book The Guns of August

Some 24 hours after Trump wins, we call the question on Ryan and he's finished. We take over the House of Representatives. And then we have a real revolution." Bannon was still worried, though he saw some positives

Esper had not learned how to play the necessary politics that went with the job of being Trump's secretary of defense.

His attention span is like a minus number. His sole purpose is to get reelected.

Biden should have said, "Trump is what happens when you don't have enough Washington experience. Trump is what happens when you don't know your way around Capitol Hill like I do. For those of you who miss the Obama years, I'm your guy.

reducing the total vote count for Democrats. The same could potentially be activated to reduce Trump votes in Republican districts.

Bossie said he had a roadmap. "It's the conservative movement. Tea Party comes and goes. Populism comes and goes. The conservative movement has been a bedrock since Goldwater.

the real battle was going to be over tariffs, where Trump had the most rigid views and where he could do the most damage to the U.S. and world economies.

Suppose," I asked, "Donald Trump was on the Supreme Court, how would he vote on this? I don't see you voting against freedom for more people—" "I don't want to comment," he said. I

Brad Parscale regarding a Trump 2024 POTUS run: "I don't think he sees it as a comeback. He sees it as vengeance.

with Bannon that if the Trump campaign

Trump was not dormant.