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

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

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.

So we’re going to need a crime bill. That we’re going to be putting in, and it’s going to pertain initially to DC.

I don’t want to call a national emergency, but if I have to, I will.

Well, if it’s a national emergency, we can do it without Congress. But we expect to be before Congress very quickly.

I’m not doing this for my health. I don’t need it. I’d like to focus on our country — but I’m doing this to save a lot of lives.

If it doesn't, I'm going to head back home real fast.

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…

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

I won’t be happy if I walk away without some form of a cease-fire.

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.

[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.

The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska.

I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before.