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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 15, 2025

[T]he problem with Switzerland is that we have a $40 billion [CHF32.16 billion] deficit. I spoke yesterday to Switzerland, but we have a $40 billion deficit […] That’s a big deficit.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 15, 2025

I’m not doing this for my health. I’d like to focus on our country, but I’m doing this to save a lot of lives.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 15, 2025

Economically severe. Yes, it will be very severe. I’m not doing this for my health, okay.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 15, 2025

[Territorial swaps will] be discussed, but I’ve got to let Ukraine make that decision, and I think they’ll make a proper decision.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Aug 15, 2025

My worry is that the photo-op in and of itself essentially legitimizes war crimes.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 15, 2025

Look, Vladimir Putin wanted to take all of Ukraine. If I wasn’t president, he would, right now, be taking all of Ukraine, but he’s not going to do it.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 15, 2025

The Netanyahu government’s extermination of Gaza intensifies. Malnutrition is rampant, children are starving to death, people are shot while waiting for meager food rations — and US weapons allow it to happen.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 15, 2025

As President of the United States, I’m not going to let this Communist Lunatic destroy New York. Rest assured, I hold all the levers, and have all the cards. I’ll save New York City, and make it ‘Hot’ and ‘Great’ again, just like I did…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 15, 2025

That's a great step if they're doing that. Yeah, I think that's going to happen all over the country. We want to stop crime.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 15, 2025

My hopes and prayers are with Donald Trump in Alaska over the next couple of days. I think President Trump is trying very, very hard to end this war.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 15, 2025

I really do, I hate them. I cannot stand them because I really believe they hate our country.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 15, 2025

Now it's really up to President Zelenskyy to get it done.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

We’re gonna do this very quickly. But we’re gonna want extensions. I don’t want to call a national emergency. If I have to, I will.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

She’s a liar and a mean person. She’s a nut job. I watched her the other night–she’s all hopped up endorsing a communist in New York City. And she was all excited and jumping up and down. She’s got to take a drug test.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

There’s no way somebody can act that way and be normal.

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