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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

Yes, I admit that I’m pressuring my attorney general to prosecute my political foes.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 16, 2025

The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys. They tell edgy, offensive jokes. That’s what kids do. And I really don’t want us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke—telling a very offensive, stupid…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

No, I said it that way. You have to be a little bit light-hearted sometimes. But no, he doesn’t want [that]. The Tomahawk is a vicious weapon. It’s a vicious, offensive, incredibly destructive weapon. Nobody wants Tomahawks shot at them.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

And I’d prefer it if she hurried up and satisfied my hunger for revenge sooner rather than later.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

We need Tomahawks for the United States of America, too. We have a lot of them, but we need them. I mean, we — we can’t deplete for our country.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 16, 2025

Virginia's elections are some of the most important in the country this year.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

Deranged Jack Smith, in my opinion is a criminal.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

I did actually say, ‘Would you mind if I gave a couple of thousand Tomahawks to your opposition?’ I did say that to him. I said it just that way. He didn’t like the idea. He really didn’t like the idea.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn’t want, and they’d be Democrat things.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

I hope they’re going to look into Weissman, too. Weissman is a bad guy.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

And I think that she should be looked at very strongly. There was tremendous criminal activity.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

I hope they’re looking at ‘Shifty’ Schiff.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 16, 2025

I and my team have been, in my estimation, very, very soft in pursuit of my political opponents.

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

We're getting rid of a lot of things that we never wanted because of the fact that they made this stupid move.

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

Tariffs are a very important tool for our defense, our national security.

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

If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina.

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

But we have told them we want to disarm and they will disarm.

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

If we don’t win that case, we will be a weakened, troubled financial mess for many, many years to come.

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