In the end, the so-called 'nation-builders' wrecked far more nations than they built — and the interventionists were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves.

I’ll make a peace deal in the first few days. It’ll be really easy.

a very standard thing to do.

I would love to be able to, at the right time, take those sanctions off [Iran], give them a chance at rebuilding, because I'd like to see Iran build itself back up in a peaceful manner.

Africa has tremendous business potential.

I didn’t know I’d be treated this nicely. This is great. We could do this all day long.

With Putin I said, 'If you go into Ukraine, I'm going to bomb the s*** out of Moscow. I'm telling you I have no choice...then he goes like 'I don't believe you'. But the truth is he believed me 10 percent.

and 10 percent is all you need.

This guy’s been talked about for years.

I said, I have no choice, I got to bomb you.

We gotta get that solved. Gaza is—it’s a tragedy, and he [Netanyahu] wants to get it solved, and I want to get it solved, and I think the other side wants to.

wants to get solved

A lot of people are dying and it should end.

They are very dishonest people.

I would impose a 50% tariff on goods from Brazil next month.

You had people there as fast as anybody’s ever seen.

We get a lot of bulls— thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth.

With Putin, I said 'If you go into Ukraine, I'm gonna bomb the s*** out of Moscow…I'm telling you, I have no choice'…so he goes like, 'I don't believe you.' He said, 'No way.' And I said, 'Way.'