Donald Trump

In last Monday's inaugural address, President Donald Trump vowed to encourage a 'merit-based' society.

They were protesting a crooked election. You know, I mean, people understand that also. And they were treated very badly. Nobody's been treated like that. I gave them their life back.

Our efforts to secure a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine are now hopefully underway. It's so important to get that done.

I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon and get that war ended.

I hate the crime. I hate what's done. I hate the cover up. And I will tell you this, the crown prince hates it more than I do, and they have vehemently denied it.

It's also reported today in the papers that Saudi Arabia will be investing at least $600 billion in America. But I'll be asking the crown prince, who's a fantastic guy, to round it out to around 1 trillion.

Greenland is a wonderful place. We need it for international security, and I'm sure that Denmark will come along. I think its costing them a lot of money to maintain it, to keep it.

You know, obviously, we'll appeal it. They put it before a certain judge in Seattle, I guess, right? And there's no surprises with that judge.

Very soon, we'll begin the largest deportation operation in American history, larger even -- even larger than President Dwight Eisenhower, who has the record right now.

Last night at my direction, the United States military successfully executed a flawless precision strike that killed the number one terrorist anywhere in the world, Qasem Soleimani.

Why? Do you want to have a large detail of people guarding people for the rest of their lives? I mean, there's risks to everything.

I ordered the declassification of the remaining classified files from the Kennedy murder.

Zelenskyy wants to make a deal. I don't know if Putin does. He might not. I don't know. He should make a deal. I think he's destroying Russia by not making a deal. I think Russia's going to be in big trouble.

If we don't make a deal and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States and various other participating countries. We can do it the easy way or…

Well we have to see, they've been given a pardon. I thought their sentences were ridiculous and excessive.

These are the hostages, approximately 1,500 for a pardon. Full pardon.

Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents—something I know something about.

America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have—the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on earth—and we are going to use it.

We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders or, more importantly, its own people.

Together, we will end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy and disease free.

These were people that actually love our country. So we thought a pardon would be appropriate. They've served years in jail. They should not have served.

He should make a deal. I think he's destroying Russia by not making a deal. I think Russia's going to be in big trouble.

You take a job, you want to do a job. We're not going to have security on people for the rest of their lives. Why should we? I thought he was a very dumb person.

Well, we have to see they've been given a pardon. I thought their sentences were ridiculous and excessive.

To all of the law enforcement men and women here today, I respect you so much. I admire you, and as your president, I will always back the blue as I did. I back the blue more than any other president.