“The issues facing our country are too important for anything less than an honest assessment of where we are and what needs to be done.”Tagged: Honesty, Policy
“I never worry about being politically correct. I don't need to read the polls to make my decisions.”Tagged: Political Correctness, Politics, Trump on Trump
“I treat women no differently than I treat the men who work for me. I give the women the responsibility they earn with their performance, I pay them the same, promote them accordingly, and, when they mess up, fire them the same.”Tagged: Women, Equality, Business, Work
“Anybody who wonders how I feel about women should just take a good look at the Trump Organization. My positive feelings about women are reflected in the number of women who have worked in my organizations. I placed women in important leadership positions in the Trump Organization long before anybody…”Tagged: Women, Work, Equality, Trump Organization, Construction
“It's well-known I am not fond of President Obama. I think he has been an awful president. His inexperience and arrogance have been very costly to this country. he's weakened our military, alienated our allies, and emboldened our enemies. He's abused his power by taking executive actions that he had…”Tagged: President Obama, Government, Policy
“Who in the world could be offended by someone saying "Merry Christmas"?! That greeting isn't critical of any other religion, and it isn't being disrespectful to those who practice another religion. It's a wonderful tradition. I don't understand why the same people who demand respect for their…”Tagged: Religion, Christianity, Christmas, Political Correctness
“Of course I've done things wrong. Show me a human being who hasn't. But when I do, I go out and try to make things right. I try to do a better job going forward.”Tagged: Apologizing, Work, Jimmy Fallon, Values, Trump on Trump
“Jimmy Fallon asked me a question on his show one night: "Have you ever apologized? Ever, in your whole life?" I told him that I think apologizing is a great thing—but you have to have been wrong. Then I promised, "I will apologize in the distant future if I am ever wrong." The audience laughed, as…”Tagged: Family, Values, Jimmy Fallon, Apologizing
“I think people are shocked when they find out that I am a Christian, that I am a religious person. They see me with all the surroundings of wealth so they sometimes don't associate that with being religious. That's not accurate. I go to church, I love God, and I love having a relationship with Him.”Tagged: Religion, Values, Christianity
“Growing up in Queens, I was a pretty tough kid. I wanted to be the toughest kid in the neighborhood and had a habit of mouthing off to everybody while backing down to no one. Honestly, I was a bit of a troublemaker.”Tagged: Trump on Trump
“Truthfully, I was a much better father than I was a husband, always working too much to be the husband my wives wanted me to be. I blame myself. I was making my mark in real estate and business, and it was very hard for a relationship to compete with that aspect of my life.”Tagged: Family, Values, Work
“My work ethic came from my father. I don't know anybody who works harder than I do. I'm working all the time. It's not about the money—I just don't know a different way of life, and I love it.”Tagged: Work, Values, Family, Business
“The happiest people I know are those people who have great families and real values. I've seen it. I know it. People who have a loving spouse and have children they really love are happy people. Religion also plays a very large factor in happiness. People who have God in their lives receive a…”Tagged: Happiness, Religion, Family, Values
“The one question I get asked all the time is, "Mr. Trump, how do I get rich?" What they are really asking me is, "How do I achieve happiness?" Most people believe that once they're rich they'll automatically become happy. I'm not going to pretend that being rich doesn't offer a lot of wonderful…”Tagged: Happiness, Wealth, Values
“If you land at LaGuardia, it feels like the wheels of the aircraft have come off.”Tagged: Infrastructure, LeGuardia Airport
“If we are serious about making America great again, this is where we have to start. Not only will repairing our infrastructure create jobs, and stimulate the economy, it'll make it easier for us all to get home at the end of a long day. And in this case we can make American beautiful again.”Tagged: Infrastructure, Jobs, The Economy
“If we do what we have to do correctly, we can create the biggest economic boom in this country since the New Deal when our vast infrastructure was first put into place. It's a no-brainer. It's so obvious that even the Democrats can figure it out.”Tagged: Jobs, Infrastructure, Construction, The New Deal, Investment
“I love difficult challenges. Nobody responds better than I do when I'm told that something can't be done. What other people see as a terrible problem, I see as a great opportunity.”Tagged: Trump on Trump, Infrastructure
“I was speaking to thousands of people in New Hampshire when a nice young man asked me what I thought about the project being planned to send humans to Mars. "I think it's wonderful," I told him. "But I want to rebuild our infrastructure first on Earth, okay?" I mean, I don't understand how we can…”Tagged: Infrastructure, Construction