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

I don’t know if it’s going to be today, but I’m not going to be happy if it’s not today.

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

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.

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

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

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

Washington, D.C. will be LIBERATED today! Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR. I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN!

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Aug 15, 2025

We can’t let a systematic assault on democracy just happen and stand by and so because of your actions, because of your courage, what you’ve seen is California responding, other states looking at what they can do to offset this mid-decade…

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

I’ve got to let Ukraine make that decision. I think they’ll make a proper decision. But I’m not here to negotiate for Ukraine. I’m here to get them at the table.

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

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

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

The Military and our Great Police will liberate this City, scrape away the filth, and make it safe, clean, habitable and beautiful once more!

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

The REAL Crime Rates are probably five to ten times what has been reported.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

D.C. has been under siege from thugs and killers, but now, D.C. is back under Federal Control where it belongs.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

Because the Democrat Government of D.C. has largely stopped investigating, arresting, and prosecuting most Crime, the published statistics don’t even capture a fraction of the actual Violence.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

Citizens are afraid to speak up or, call the Police, lest they be targeted.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

Today, we celebrate that 90th anniversary of one of the most significant pieces of legislation ever signed into law, the Social Security Act of 1935. And we’re going to make it stronger, bigger and better. … During the campaign, I made a…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

We’re going to see what happens with our meeting. We have a big meeting. It’s going to be, I think, very important for Russia, and it’s going to be very important for us.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

If D.C. were a State, it would have the highest Homicide Rate of any State in America.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 14, 2025

We’re gonna do this very quickly. But we’re gonna want extensions. I don’t want to call a national emergency. If I have to, I will.

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