Administration (government)

Anyone who is communicating with bad actors that plan harm against the United States of America are not gonna be admitted entrance.

— Andrew Giuliani, head of the White House World Cup task force; a Trump administration official

You're either crooked or you're stupid. Let's call it quits. Because I've had enough. Thank you, darling.

— Donald Trump during NBC's Meet the Press interview with Kristen Welker, as he cut the interview short and walked off the set.

This is a profoundly corrupt scheme to enrich the President and his friends.

— Brendan Ballou, a lawyer for the plaintiffs (a retired government employee and a Vietnam War veteran), in a statement accompanying the lawsuit

Weiss instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story.

— Scott Pelley, describing Bari Weiss's alleged instruction in an interview with The New York Times

"Simply put, you just gave the President and his family a tax immunity to the tune of about $100 million."— Rosa DeLauro (D, Md.) said during the House Appropriations subcommittee hearing; she criticized the settlement's implied IRS audit immunity.

Bolton described the charges as part of an "intensive effort" by Trump to intimidate his opponents, to ensure that he alone determines what is said about his conduct.— Bolton's statement after his indictment, describing the charges as part of an 'intensive effort' by Trump to intimidate his opponents and to ensure that he alone determines what is said about his conduct.

Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else, bring this Institution back, physically, financially, and artistically, I have no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey into NEVER NEVER LAND, Trump wrote on Truth Social.

— Donald J. Trump on Truth Social, in reaction to the court ruling about the Kennedy Center name

Judge Cooper should be ashamed of himself! I cannot be involved with a situation where danger to the Public is allowed to flourish in plain and open sight.

— Donald Trump – remarks about Judge Cooper and the Kennedy Center ruling, criticizing the judge and outlining a plan to transfer the Center to Congress.