Trump Quotes About Being President in Art of the Deal

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version misstated when quote #58 was made. It was from 2004.

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, turns seventy Tuesday. If elected, he'd exist the oldest person e'er elected to a first term as president.

While his 2016 presidential entrada was his first bid for public role, Trump is inappreciably new to the public eye. A wait dorsum at 70 quotes from interviews, books and tweets that epitomize the man, the brand, the provocateur and the potential president that is Donald J. Trump.

Trump on himself

1) "I'm just a f------ man of affairs." (Fortune , 2004)

2) "The show is 'Trump.' And information technology is sold-out performances everywhere." (Playboy, 1990)

3) "Certainly a businessperson on television has never had annihilation shut to this success. It's like existence a stone star. Half dozen people practice zilch but sort my mail. People come in and want my secretary Robin'due south shorthand. If a limo pulls upward in forepart of Trump Tower, hundreds of people gather around, even if it'due south non mine. I inquire, 'Can this be a normal life?' Maybe it's the ability that comes from having the hottest show on television, but people like me much better than they did earlierThe Apprentice. And if you recollect about it, all I did on the prove was fire people, which proves how bad my reputation must have been before this." (Playboy, 2004)

4) "A lot of people like me, and a lot of people don't. That'south okay, because my make is solid and and so am I. I can accept the negative commentary because the positive impressions are so superior to the reports of the detractors."(Midas Touch, 2011)

v) "If you don't tell people about your success, they probably won't know about it." (How to Get Rich, 2004)

vi) "Information technology's not that I've suffered a knockout blow. Far from it. But afterwards a long winning streak I'm being tested nether force per unit area. I've besides been in the public eye long enough so that the pendulum has swung, and many of the same media people who one time put me on a pedestal now tin't wait for me to fall off. People like a hero, a Aureate Boy, but many like a fallen hero even better. That was a fact of life long before I came along, and I can handle it. I know that, whatever happens, I'g a survivor — a survivor of success, which is a very rare thing indeed." (Trump Surviving at the Meridian, 1990)

7) "I retrieve Eminem is fantastic, and most people think I wouldn't similar Eminem. And did you know my proper name is in more black songs than any other name in hip-hop? Black entertainers love Donald Trump. Russell Simmons told me that. Russell said, 'You're in more than hip-hop songs than any other person,' like five of them lately. That's a nifty laurels for me." (Playboy, 2004)

eight) "The truth was that (existence on the cover of Time) didn't feel like much of anything. In that location I was, looking out from every newsstand in America, and holding an ace of diamonds in my hand. But in my heed all I could hear, once again, was Peggy Lee singing 'Is That All There Is?' " (Trump Surviving At The Top, 1990)

9) "You think I'thousand going to change? I'm not changing." (Press briefing, May 2016)

x) "I play into people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, merely they can still get very excited by those who exercise. That's why a lilliputian hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the nearly spectacular." (The Art of the Deal, 1987)

11) "Sorry losers and haters, only my I.Q. is i of the highest — and you lot all know it! Please don't feel then stupid or insecure. It's not your fault." (Twitter, 2013)

12) Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show yous a loser — having a healthy ego, or high opinion of yourself, is a existent positive in life!" (Facebook, 2013)

13) "Every successful person has a very large ego." (Playboy, 1990)

14) "Because I've been successful, make money, get headlines, and have authored bestselling books, I accept a improve gamble to make my ideas public than do people who are less well known." (The America Nosotros Deserve, 2000)

Trump on foreign policy, negotiating

xv) "I'1000 speaking with myself, No. 1, because I have a very good encephalon and I've said a lot of things. … My primary consultant is myself." (MSNBC, 2016)

16) "Do you call up Putin volition exist going to The Miss Universe Pageant in November in Moscow — if so, will he become my new best friend?" (Twitter, 2013)

17) "Some people take an ability to negotiate … Information technology's an fine art you lot're basically built-in with. Yous either have it or you don't." (The Washington Post, 1984)

18) "It would take an 60 minutes and a half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles. … I think I know well-nigh of it anyway." (TheWashington Mail, 1984)

19) "He [Trump] would believe very strongly in extreme military forcefulness. He wouldn't trust anyone. He wouldn't trust the Russians; he wouldn't trust our allies; he'd have a huge armed services arsenal, perfect information technology, empathize it. Function of the problem is that nosotros're defending some of the wealthiest countries in the globe for zero. ... We're being laughed at around the world, defending Japan." (Playboy, 1990)

Trump on social and domestic issues

20) "It's like in golf ... A lot of people — I don't want this to sound trivial — but a lot of people are switching to these actually long putters, very unattractive ... Information technology's weird. You see these bang-up players with these actually long putters, because they can't sink three-footers anymore. And I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I accept and so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, only I am a traditionalist." (The New York Times, 2011)

21) "President Obama spoke for me and every American in his remarks in #Newtown Connecticut." (Twitter, 2012)

22) "Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. Nosotros must be smart!" (Twitter, 2016)

23) On saying women should be punished for abortion:  "I didn't mean penalty for women like prison. I'chiliad maxim women punish themselves. I didn't want people to think in terms of 'prison' punishment. And considering of that I walked it back." (New York Times Magazine, 2016)

Trump on women, minorities

24) "Happy ‪#CincoDeMayo! The all-time taco bowls are fabricated in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!" (Twitter, 2016)

25) ""Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my coin are little short guys that wear yarmulkes every day." (Recalled inTrumpd!, 1991)

26) "A well-educated blackness has a tremendous reward over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. … [I]f I were starting off today, I would honey to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual reward." (NBC News, 1989)

27) "If I told the real stories of my experiences with women, often seemingly very happily married and important women, this volume would be a guaranteed best-seller." (The Art of the Improvement, 1997)

28) "I even thought, briefly, about approaching Ivana with the thought of an 'open marriage.' But I realized there was something hypocritical and tawdry about such an arrangement that neither of usa could alive with — especially Ivana. She's too much of a lady." (Trump Surviving at the Top, 1990)

29) On Neb Clinton's sexual assault accusers: "The whole grouping, information technology's truly an unattractive cast of characters — Linda Tripp, Lucianne Goldberg — I mean, this woman — I lookout man her on television, just airsickness. She is so bad. The whole group — Paula Jones, Lewinsky — information technology'south just a really unattractive group." (Fox News, 1998)

xxx) "Oftentimes when I was sleeping with i of the top women in the globe I would say to myself, thinking about me equally a boy from Queens, 'Can you believe what I am getting?' " (Remember Big: Brand it Happen in Business and Life, 2008)

31) "When a man leaves a woman, peculiarly when it was perceived that he has left for a piece of a-- — a adept ane!— in that location are 50 percent of the population who will love the adult female who was left." (Vanity Fair, September 1990)

32) "My married woman, Ivana, is a vivid manager. I will pay her one dollar a yr and all the dresses she can purchase! (Vanity Fair , 1990)

33) On running for president with his history of women: "Can yous imagine how controversial I'd be? You think about [Bill Clinton] with the women. How about me with the women? Can you imagine?" (CNBC, 1998)

34) On calling Fox News host Megyn Kelly a bimbo: "Over your life Megyn, y'all've been chosen a lot worse. Isn't that right? Wouldn't yous say?" (Fob Broadcast, 2016)

Trump on politics

35) On calling for Obama to resign for not saying "radical Islamic terrorism": "He doesn't become information technology or he gets information technology better than anybody understands — it'south i or the other and either ane is unacceptable." (Fox News, 2016)

36) "We're living in an age when there are no boundaries left, which is unfortunate for our land. The problem is, we're going to lose expert talent because somebody likes looking at pretty women or pretty men. Somebody's sex life may mean absolutely nothing to the task at hand, only when the written word gels out, nosotros lose somebody skilful and the country goes to hell. I know politicians who love women who don't fifty-fifty want to exist known for that — because they might lose the gay vote. OK? If this is the kind of farthermost we're heading toward, we're really in trouble." (Playboy, 1990)

37) On Pat Buchanan running in 2000: "He'south a Hitler lover. I gauge he's an anti-Semite. He doesn't similar the blacks, he doesn't similar the gays. Information technology'due south just incredible that anybody could comprehend this guy. And maybe he'll become 4 or 5 percent of the vote and information technology'll exist a really staunch right wacko vote." (NBC, 1999)

38) ''I build the best buildings, and I'one thousand the biggest developer in New York past far … While that's real estate and this is politics, are they really then unlike?'' (The New York Times, 1999)

39) On Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus: "I call Reince Mr. Switzerland … He'southward doing a swell job every bit peacemaker." (Bloomberg, 2016)

xl) On an independent run: "If I am treated adequately that's the manner it's going to exist, but I want to keep that door open up. I have to continue that door open because if something happens where I'm not treated fairly I may very well utilize that door." (CNN, 2015)

41) On John McCain: "He's not a state of war hero… He'due south a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, OK?" (YouTube, 2015)

42) "Well, if I ever ran for office, I'd do better every bit a Democrat than every bit a Republican — and that'southward not considering I'd be more than liberal, because I'm conservative. But the working guy would elect me. He likes me." (Playboy, 1990)

Trump on the press

43) "Sometimes announcer attacks have little to do with the pursuit of truth. They are personal vendettas disguised as objective reporting." (Trump Surviving at the Meridian, 1990)

44) "1 thing I've learned virtually the press is that they're ever hungry for a good story, and the more than sensational the better … The point is that if you are a little dissimilar, or a trivial outrageous, or if you practise things that are assuming or controversial, the press is going to write most y'all." (The Art of the Deal, 1987)

45) "I think the thing I'm worst at is managing the printing." (The New Yorker, 1997)

Trump on business

46) "In general, my philosophy is to stay as shut to dwelling every bit possible. Travel is time-consuming and, in my stance, irksome — especially compared with the fun I have doing deals in my office. I can never understand people who say that if they had a lot of money they would spend their time traveling. It's simply not my thing." (Trump Surviving at The Tiptop, 1990)

47) "I do whine because I desire to win, and I'm not happy almost not winning, and I am a whiner, and I keep whining and whining until I win." (CNN, 2015)

48) "My mental attitude is if somebody'due south willing to pay me $225,000 to brand a speech communication, it seems stupid not to show up. You lot know why I'll do information technology? Considering I don't recollect anyone'southward always been paid that much." (The New Yorker, 1997)

Trump on his appearance, handshakes

49) "The concept of shaking hands is admittedly terrible, and statistically I've been proven right. Many studies have found that yous catch colds and who knows what else from shaking easily. A guy walked into my office two weeks ago. He shook my hand, hugged me, sabbatum down and said, 'I have the worst flu I've e'er had.' The guy looked like he was dying, and he'd only shaken my hand. I said, 'Why did y'all shake my paw?' People don't have a inkling. Information technology's disgusting. And so he wanted to shake my mitt when I left. I said, 'Wait, you just told me you're dying of the influenza and I'm supposed to shake your mitt?' Simply honestly, I don't feel bedridden by it. I just wash my hands." (Playboy, 2004)

l) "Some business organization executives believe in a house handshake. I believe in no handshake. It is a terrible practice. And then oft, I come across someone who is patently sick, with a bad common cold or the flu, who approaches me and says, 'Mr. Trump, I would like to shake your manus.' It's a medical fact that this is how germs are spread." (Trump: How to Get Rich, 2004)

51) "I will never alter this hairstyle, I like it. Information technology fits my head. Those who criticize me are merely losers and envy people. And it is non a wig, it'south my pilus. Do yous want to touch it?" (Forbes, 2014)

52) "I become upwards, take a shower and wash my hair. Then I read the newspapers and lookout the news on television, and slowly the hair dries. It takes well-nigh an hour. I don't use a blow-dryer. Once it'southward dry I comb it. Once I have it the way I like it — even though nobody else likes it — I spray it and it's proficient for the day." (Playboy, 2004)

53) "Look at my hands. … My easily are normal hands. During a debate, he was losing, and he said, 'Oh, he has small hands and therefore, you know what that ways.' This was not me. This was Rubio that said, 'He has modest hands and y'all know what that means.' OK? And then, he started it. So, what I said a couple of days later … and what happened is, I was on line shaking hands with supporters, and i of the supporters got up and he said, 'Mr. Trump, you take strong hands. You lot accept good-sized hands.' Then some other i would say, 'You lot accept keen easily, Mr. Trump, I had no idea.' I said, 'What do you mean?' He said, 'I thought you were, like, deformed, and I thought you had pocket-sized hands.' I had 50 people. … I mean, people were writing, 'How are Mr. Trump's hands?' My hands are fine. You know, my hands are normal. Slightly large, actually. In fact, I buy a slightly smaller than large glove, OK?" (The Washington Post, 2016)

Trump on his wealth, fame

54) "I like it, but I don't need it. I like it and I feel I should take it and I think it would exist inappropriate for me not to have information technology. When people run into Trump Tower, I'chiliad not sure it would exist advisable for me to hop in a 1953 Chevy and drive away. If yous walked up and saw a horrible apartment with a seven-foot ceiling and shag carpeting or something you'd say, 'This is unbelievable.' Then I don't know, I don't know. I don't do it because I need it. I practise it for other reasons." (The Washington Post , 1984)

55) "Some people aren't meant to be rich. It's like when Infant Ruth was the greatest home run hitter. There had never been anybody similar him, and his teammates would inquire, 'Babe, Babe, how do you lot hit the long ball?' And he'd say, 'I don't know, man. I just swing at information technology.' I meet it like that. It's just something you lot take, something you're built-in with. Many people don't have the power to exist rich because they're besides lazy or they don't take the want or the stick-to-itiveness. Information technology'due south a talent. Some people have a talent for piano. Some people have a talent for raising a family unit. Some people have a talent for golf. I merely happen to have a talent for making money."  (Playboy, 2004)

56) "I probably visited Mar-a-Lago, my 118-room house in Palm Beach, no more than than 2 dozen times in the years I've endemic it. Equally for my yacht, The Trump Princess, it is a dazzling trophy and a terrific business tool, just it never really became part of my personal life. For me, you see, the important thing is the getting ... not the having." (Trump Surviving at the Pinnacle, 1990)

57) "I similar the feeling of getting out of a lift, stepping into 5th Avenue and hearing someone screaming 'Trump! Trump! Yous're fired!' Nobody thought I was going to exist large on television, and then I dominated the ratings and my proper noun was on everybody'due south lips. Simply being a celebrity is good 70% of the time — it gives you lot fame, coin and power. But I also enjoy some privacy once and while." (Forbes, 2014)

58) "I've never used an ATM. Of course, I always have access to money, and I accept hundreds of checking accounts. Merely I don't handle cash a lot. When I become to restaurants, especially since The Apprentice, I ever get gratuitous meals — 'Oh please, Mr. Trump, there'due south no charge'—fifty-fifty if I'g there with 10 or 15 people. The sad part is, if I were someone who needed money I'd have to pay." (Playboy, 2004)

59) "There has always been a display of wealth and always will be, until the low comes, which it always does. And allow me tell yous, a display is a good thing. It shows people that you can be successful. It can show you lot a way of life. Dynasty did information technology on Goggle box. It's very important that people aspire to exist successful. The only way you tin do information technology is if you expect at somebody who is." (Playboy, 1990)

sixty) "I have glitzy casinos because people expect it ... Glitz works in Atlantic City ... And in my residential buildings I sometimes use flash, which is a level beneath glitz." (The New Yorker, 1997)

61) "And while I tin't honestly say I need an 80-foot living room, I do get a kick out of having one." (The Fine art of the Deal, 1987)

Trump on dealing with people

62) "When someone crosses you, my advice is 'Get fifty-fifty!' That is not typical communication, but it is real-life advice. If you exercise not become fifty-fifty, you are only a schmuck! When people wrong you, go after those people, because it is a skilful feeling and considering other people volition meet you doing it. I love getting fifty-fifty. I go screwed all the time. I go after people, and you know what? People do non play around with me as much as they do with others. They know that if they practise, they are in for a big fight. Always go even. Go afterward people that go afterward you. Don't allow people push you around. Always fight back and always get fifty-fifty. It'southward a jungle out in that location, filled with bullies of all kinds who will endeavour to push yous around. If y'all're agape to fight dorsum people will think of you equally a loser, a 'schmuck!' They will know they can become abroad with insulting y'all, disrespecting you, and taking advantage of yous. Don't let it happen! Always fight back and get even." (Trump: Think Big, 2007)

63) "If someone attacks you, practice not hesitate. Go for the jugular." (Trump: Retrieve Big, 2007)

64) "It makes me feel so good to hitting 'sleazebags' dorsum — much amend than seeing a psychiatrist (which I never have!)" (Twitter, November 19, 2012)

Trump the parent

65) "I've never been the kind of guy who takes his son out to Central Park to play catch, simply I think I'm a good father." (Playboy, 2004)

66) "I like kids. I mean, I won't do anything to take care of 'em. I'll supply funds, and she'll take intendance of the kids." (The Howard Stern Prove, 2005)

67) "My kids are extremely well adapted. But I wonder what they call up when they walk into Mar-a-Lago and come across ceilings that rise to heights that nobody's always seen before. And when my daughter's engagement picks her up at Trump Tower in a few years and sees the living room, how will he experience when he takes her out and tries to impress her with a studio flat?" (Playboy, 1990)

68) "She does take a very nice figure. I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, possibly I'd exist dating her." (ABC'south The View, 2006)

Trump on The Amateur

69) "Every fourth dimension I walk outside, somebody says information technology, and the funny matter is, everybody thinks I'm hearing it for the showtime time. 'You're fired!' I become it literally a hundred times a day. Little kids come up upwardly to me and say, 'Mr. Trump, y'all're fired' so run away laughing. Information technology became a mania. Y'all'RE FIRED hats and T-shirts sell like hotcakes. Information technology'southward a beautiful phrase. It's harsh, information technology'southward ugly, it's mean, but information technology'due south concise and gets the job done fast, which is why I dearest information technology." (Playboy, 2004)

seventy) "I don't think so. I wouldn't have had the patience these contestants have had. I also don't know that I'd make the tremendous delivery necessary to brand information technology work. I mean, it'south possible that winning The Amateur would take been my dream when I was 25, merely these kids get through hell, and I don't know if I'd be willing to do the same." (Playboy, 2004)

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