The president convinced the entire Muslim world really, both the Gulf Arab states, but as far in Southeast Asia as Indonesia, to really step up and provide ground troops so that Gaza could be secured in safety.

If they just join with the moderate Democrats and the vast majority of Republicans, we can open up the government, and all these conversations will no longer be necessary.

We want the government to reopen, but Chuck Schumer, the Democrats decided to shut down the government.

Yes, Margaret, so knock on wood, but we feel very confident the hostages will be released.

This isn't a negotiation. This is hostage-taking.

we'll negotiate over health care policy, but only once you do your job and open up people's government.

the government shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos.

this isn't a deal-making, this isn't a negotiation, this is hostage-taking.

we think that we have the authority to do what we need to do.

I don’t think you should rule out impeachment.

I would say: ‘Here are my problems. What can you do to help me? Work with me. Don’t just shove stuff down my throat,’

If you’re an American citizen and you’ve been to the hospital in the last few years, you’ve probably noticed that wait times are especially large and very often somebody who’s there in the ER is an illegal alien.

because we won’t give billions of dollars to health care funding for illegal aliens.

The Chuck Schumer, [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] wing of the Democratic Party shut down the government because they said to us ‘We will open the government but only if you give billions of dollars of funding for health care for illegal…

If you want to stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi.

Do I hope, eventually, that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, honestly, I do wish that, because I believe in the Christian gospel and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way.

Let’s work on it together, but let’s do it in the context of an open government that’s providing essential services to the American people.

I think we’re headed to a shutdown because the Democrats won’t do the right thing.