“I understand "foreign policy" from the practical standpoint: I know how to make deals, bring foreign governments to the table, and negotiate deals that don't give everything away.”Tagged: Foreign Policy, Business, Negotiation, Diplomacy
“If you don't begin with big dreams, you can never fulfill them.”Tagged: Business, Dreams, Achievement
“I've done things nobody else has done. The 68-story Trump Tower, on Fifth Avenue right next to Tiffany's, was the tallest entirely glass-exteriored building in Manhattan when it opened in 1983. That helped pioneer the modern luxury-building industry. One of the thing I'm most proud of about that…”Tagged: Equality, Women, Business, Gender Equality
“It's time we finally brought our tax system up to date by reducing the burden on most Americans, simplifying the system for everyone, providing a sensible policy for large corporations and small businesses, and cutting out the billions of your dollars we waste every year...and then, to top it all…”Tagged: Taxes, Tax Reform, Jobs, Business, Corporations
“Under Ronald Reagan we had the best corporate tax rate in the industrialized world. Now we've got the worst. Rather than working with our corporations to rebuild our economy and create millions of jobs, we're practically forcing them to relocate. This tax plan would cut the corporate tax rate to 15…”Tagged: Corporate Taxes, Business, Small Business, Tax Reform, Ronald Reagan
“In an inversion a company moves its legal headquarters to a lower-tax nation and pays taxes there. It isn't illegal or dishonest or even unpatriotic, it's just good business. Any business that does not take advantage of the opportunity to increase revenue by lowering its taxes isn't being properly…”Tagged: Taxes, Business, Democrats, Offshoring, Corporations
“It's incredible to me how dishonest the media in this country really is. People sometimes forget that the newspapers and television stations are profit-making businesses—or at least they're trying to be. if they had to choose between honest reporting and making a profit, which choice do you think…”Tagged: Media, Business, Bias
“The kinds of people we need in government are executives who know how to get things done. These are the types of workers and executives who already are, or who will become, stars in any industry. There are also many workers in our civil service who are waiting for good leaders to inspire them. Years…”Tagged: Government, Leadership, Business, Civil Service
“My own style of conducting business is straightforward. I think big. I aim very high, and then I keep pushing and pushing toward that goal—and beyond it. In the end I may not get everything I want—I understand that—but I never compromise on the basic goals I set out for.”Tagged: Business, Work, Discipline, Goals
“It's only by being willing to say "enough" that you gather strength and force your adversaries to modify their behavior.”Tagged: Business, Values, Negotiation, Diplomacy
“There have been times in business when it has made sense to change strategy or even walk away from a deal. You must never be afraid to walk away from a bad deal.”Tagged: Business, Fear, Negotiation, Diplomacy
“Many of the lessons I've learned in business are applicable to our current situation. The most important lesson is this—Stand behind your word, and make sure your word stands up. People who have done business with me will tell you that I never say something unless I mean it. I don't make promises I…”Tagged: Values, Foreign Policy, Trump on Trump, Business, The Constitution
“I've successfully built one of the most respected brands in the world by representing it in everything that I do. I realized a long time ago that if I'm not proud of what I'm selling, then there is no reason for anybody else to feel that pride.”Tagged: Trump on Trump, Business, Marketing
“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
“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
“We're spending billions of dollars protecting countries that should be paying us to do the job yet we can't build roads in our own cities. We can't build schools in our own communities. I've been to China numerous times, and everywhere you look there are cranes reaching toward the sky. The Chinese…”Tagged: China, Foreign Policy, Military, Business, Education
“He loaned me a small amount of money— loaned, not gave— around $ 1 million— money that I probably could have gotten from a bank—and the biggest part of my journey began. I paid my father back a few years later, with full interest, after my Manhattan deals started to come in— and very successfully.”Tagged: Family, Trump on Trump, Business
“A great leader has to be flexible, holding his ground on the major principles but finding room for compromises that can bring people together. A great leader has to be savvy at negotiations so we don’t drown every bill in pork barrel bridges to nowhere. I know how to stand my ground— but I also know…”Tagged: Leadership, Business, Compromise, Negotiation, Politics
“I like the fact that Trump was the only brand that could sell a $ 50 million apartment and a $ 37 tie.”Tagged: Marketing, Business