Donald Trump actually said...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky—not Russian President Vladimir Putin—was the real dictator.

They get their money back. We gave it in the form of nothing. So I want them to give us something for all of the money that we’ve put up.

We're going to get a lot of money in the future, and I think that's appropriate, because we have taxpayers that shouldn't be footing the bil...

We want to have a balanced budget within a reasonably short period of time... meaning maybe by next year or maybe the year after.