Trump Quotes - Page 24

• Donald Trump seems to do a good job mentioning his own name.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Names, Good Job

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• When better screening certain Muslim immigrants first came up, one of the big defenders was Carl Higbie. He's a former Navy Sean and a [Donald] Trump supporter.

  Megyn Kelly

  Navy, Firsts, Certain

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• [Donald Trump] is trying to stop immigration into the country from countries where there are major terrorist issues until we can figure out what is going on, but this seems like something else.

  Megyn Kelly

  Country, Issues, Trying

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• The Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach who helped write the immigration laws in Arizona said that [Donald] Trump's policy advisors are drafting, they're discussing drafting a proposal, to reinstate a registry for immigrants from Muslim countries.

  Megyn Kelly

  Country, Writing, Law

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• Donald Trump and the Bomb are nearly the same age. Which of them will prove to be more destructive remains to be seen, but in combination they are terrifying.

  David Krieger

  Age, Bombs, Combination

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• [Donald] Trump was born on June 14, 1946, less than a year after the first and, thus far, only nuclear weapons were used in war.

  David Krieger

  War, June, Years

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• Given [Donald] Trump's surprising recent election as president of the United States, his fate and that of the Bomb are about to become seriously and dangerously intertwined with the fate of all humanity.

  David Krieger

  Fate, Humanity, President

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• On January 20, 2017, Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, and he will be given the nuclear codes and the power to launch the U.S. nuclear arsenal, which is comprised of some 7,000 nuclear weapons. A military officer will always be close to Trump, carrying the nuclear codes in a briefcase known as the "football."

  David Krieger

  Football, Military, President

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• The most positive policy proposal [Donald] Trump will bring to the table as president is his desire to improve and strengthen relations between the U.S. and Russia, which have deteriorated badly in recent years.

  David Krieger

  Russia, Years, Desire

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• [Donald] Trump's behavior during the presidential campaign was often erratic, seemingly based on discernable personality traits, including narcissism, arrogance, impulsiveness, and a lack of predictability.

  David Krieger

  Presidential, Personality, Arrogance

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• [Donald] Trump's narcissism seems to be reflected in his need to be liked and treated positively.

  David Krieger

  Needs, Narcissism, Treated

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• During the primaries, if another candidate criticized him, [Donald] Trump would respond with even stronger criticism toward his attacker.

  David Krieger

  Criticism, Stronger, Candidates

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• On the other hand, if someone praised [Donald] Trump, he would respond with praise. This could result in creating a spiral in either a positive or negative direction. A negative spiral could potentially get out of hand, which would be alarming with regard to anyone with a hand hovering near the nuclear button.

  David Krieger

  Hands, Creating, Hovering

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• Even though [Donald] Trump is reported to not read very much and to have a limited range of experience, he is often certain that he is right and boldly asserts the correctness of his positions.

  David Krieger

  Range, Certain, Position

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• At one point, for example, [Donald Trump] argued that he knew much more than military leaders about the pursuit and defeat of ISIS. His assuredness of his own correctness seems also rooted in arrogance reflecting his fundamental insecurity. This insecurity and his belief in his own rightness, when combined with his success at making money, leads him to be self-reliant in his decision-making, which could result in his taking risks with threatening or using nuclear weapons.

  David Krieger

  Military, Self, Isis

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• [Donald Trump] said on MSNBC's Morning Joe program, "My primary consultant is myself." While this may make consensus easy, the range of perspective is dangerously narrow.

  David Krieger

  Morning, Perspective, May

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• Two other personality traits could also make more likely [Donald] Trump's use of nuclear weapons: his impulsiveness and his lack of predictability.

  Donald Trump

  Two, Personality, Nuclear

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• Predictability would also seem to inspire confidence that a President [Donald] Trump would refrain from deciding to respond with overwhelming force when he is in a negative spiral and out of patience with a country or terrorist organization that is challenging the U.S., which he may interpret as mounting a challenge to himself personally.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Organization, Challenges

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• On many issues, including on the use of nuclear weapons, it is not clear where [Donald] Trump stands, due to his contradictory statements.

  Donald Trump

  Issues, Nuclear, Use

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• [Donald] Trump has said that he would do away with the Iran Deal negotiated by the U.S. and five of its allies with Iran, and yet he recently backed away from vowing to scrap the Iran Deal for now.

  David Krieger

  Iran, Allies, Said

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• [Donald Trump] said that he would encourage Japan and South Korea to develop their own nuclear arsenals to lower U.S. costs, and then has denied that he would encourage nuclear proliferation to allies (although he did say so).

  David Krieger

  Korea, Japan, Nuclear Proliferation

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• [Donald Trump] supports the modernization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, while complaining about budget expenditures. He presumably intends to go forward with the $1 trillion nuclear modernization plan.

  David Krieger

  Support, Complaining, Nuclear

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• Perhaps the singular positive of [Donald] Trump's desire to improve the deteriorating relations between the U.S. and Russia will lead to achieving progress toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

  David Krieger

  Russia, Desire, Progress

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• A lot will depend on who [Donald] Trump chooses for key cabinet positions, but even more will depend on his consultations with his key advisor (himself).

  David Krieger

  Keys, Cabinets, Advisors

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• That the man in question should be Donald Trump, with all his personal flaws, challenges the United States and the world as never before in human history.

  David Krieger

  Men, Challenges, United States

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