“Can there be any finer demonstration of the insularity and mediocrity of today’s Manhattan prestige media? Wow, millionaire workaholic Donald Trump chased young, beautiful, willing women and liked to boast about it. Jail him now! Blame for this fiasco falls squarely upon the New York Times editors w…”— Camille Paglia, salon.com
“The Republican Party’s attempt to treat Donald Trump as a normal political candidate would be laughable were it not so perilous to the republic.”— Robert Kagan, washingtonpost.com
“I was reminded that Trump was still fundamentally a real estate developer with exactly zero previous campaign experience, who had gotten this far by spending only a fraction of what his opponents had and against the wishes of his party — who was as new to the idea of a Trump candidacy as the rest of…”— Robert Draper, nytimes.com
“It was the day before the New York primary, and Trump sat in the front of the eight-seater plane. 'I have to think about my speech now,' he told me, and began composing one on the spot. He leafed through various talking points and issue memos, from which he culled a few ideas that he then scribbled…”— Robert Draper, nytimes.com
“The candidate took in the good news with an oddly inert expression. 'Maybe I’ll get beat tomorrow,' he said, for at least the third time that day. Not a single poll had given him cause for worry. But for all his swagger, Trump had an awareness of unseen, deal-breaking contingencies that held his tri…”— Robert Draper, nytimes.com
“People don’t look at Donald Trump as to whether or not he releases his taxes or what this story was of 30 years ago. People look at Donald Trump and say, ‘Is this person going to cause an earthquake in Washington, D.C. and make something happen?’ That is it. That’s how he is being judged by the Amer…”— Reince Priebus, thinkprogress.org
“I REALLY want Donald Trump to win the election. Trump is an asshole but he's not been groomed and programmed on some mkultra tip to DO and SAY what the establishment wants him to. Trump just wants the U.S to be lavish for all of us. I can fuck with that.”— Azealia Banks, hollywoodreporter.com
“Mr. Trump has rendered useless the traditional rule books of American politics.”— Jim Rutenberg, nytimes.com
“The GOP is going to nominate for President a guy who reads the National Enquirer and thinks it’s on the level.”— Mark Salter, washingtonpost.com
“Indiana further confirmed the ‘stop Trump’ efforts didn’t work and spending even more resources in an effort to keep him from the nomination will just be expensive political therapy or theatre at this point.”— Tim Pawlenty, washingtonpost.com
“If this is one of those moments in history where for various reasons the party has to play out nominating someone who is completely unelectable . . . so be it.”— Stuart Stevens, washingtonpost.com
“It's now time to ask Donald Trump the tough questions. Being a loose cannon doesn't in any way protect him, I hope, from being asked the hard questions that he should have been asked during the whole primary process.”— Hillary Clinton, youtube.com
“If I wanted to see all of the times Donald Trump has been quoted about immigration, there is no way to extract that information, much less create compelling reading experiences around it. But if every quote we publish was tagged and attributed, that would be a much more approachable task.”— Alexis Lloyd, nytlabs.com