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942 quotes from Donald Trump
“I know more about ISIS than the generals do.”
— Donald Trump
November 12, 2015   •   Trump claiming superior knowledge of ISIS compared with U.S. military generals during a campaign rally.
Trump Campaign Rally — Fort Dodge, Iowa
“It's freezing and snowing in New York.”
— Donald Trump
November 7, 2012   •   Trump citing local cold weather while criticizing global-warming science. Individual weather events do not determine long-term global climate trends.
Donald Trump Twitter Account
“We invented everything.”
— Donald Trump
July 23, 2025   •   Trump repeating his hyperbolic claim concerning American inventions.
Artificial Intelligence Policy Speech — Washington, D.C.
“It's not number one on the burner.”
— Donald Trump
August 18, 2019   •   Trump saying acquisition of Greenland was not his administration's highest priority.
Presidential Press Exchange — Morristown, New Jersey
“I don't know.”
— Donald Trump
September 4, 2019   •   Trump's response when asked who had drawn the additional black line on the Hurricane Dorian forecast map he displayed.
White House Press Exchange
“My uncle was a great professor at MIT for many years.”
— Donald Trump
March 21, 2016   •   Trump again citing his uncle's scientific career while discussing his own understanding of nuclear weapons.
Washington Post Editorial Board Interview
“We've ended the war on beautiful, clean coal.”
— Donald Trump
August 22, 2017   •   Trump discussing his administration's energy policies during a rally in Phoenix.
Trump Rally — Phoenix, Arizona
“I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It’s really not my thing.”
— Donald Trump
April 11, 2019   •   White House remarks after Julian Assange's arrest.
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“3.9 million people from age 130 to 139.”
— Donald Trump
February 20, 2025   •   Trump citing administrative Social Security data. Such database records were not evidence that millions of 130-year-olds were alive or receiving Social Security payments.
Republican Governors Association Dinner
“American ships are being severely overcharged.”
— Donald Trump
January 20, 2025   •   Trump alleging unfair treatment of American vessels transiting the Panama Canal. Panama rejected claims that the United States was being singled out unfairly.
Second Inaugural Address
“We're going back to plastic straws.”
— Donald Trump
February 10, 2025   •   Trump announcing federal policy favoring plastic rather than paper straws.
White House Executive Order Remarks
“I have a plan.”
— Donald Trump
September 7, 2016   •   Trump saying he possessed a strategy for defeating ISIS while declining to publicly reveal it.
NBC Commander-in-Chief Forum
“He's happy with what he just said.”
— Donald Trump
February 5, 2026   •   Trump continuing his joke about former President Biden's cognitive abilities.
National Prayer Breakfast
“Which is why I alone can fix it.”
— Donald Trump
July 21, 2016   •   One of the defining lines of Trump's 2016 Republican National Convention acceptance speech.
Republican National Convention
“Strategically it's interesting.”
— Donald Trump
August 18, 2019   •   Trump explaining U.S. strategic interest in Greenland.
Presidential Press Exchange — Morristown, New Jersey
“When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
— Donald Trump
May 29, 2020   •   Post on Twitter during unrest in Minneapolis.
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“In order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.”
— Donald Trump
November 6, 2012   •   Trump explaining his unsupported claim that China had created the concept of global warming.
Donald Trump Twitter Account
“And you all know it!”
— Donald Trump
May 8, 2013   •   Trump emphasizing his claim to have one of the world's highest IQ scores.
Donald Trump Twitter Account
“I'm going to say, 'Hey, tell me what's going on.'”
— Donald Trump
December 11, 2016   •   Trump describing how he expected to handle intelligence briefings as president.
Fox News Sunday Interview