[The Soup Nazi]

From the NY Daily News:

Here are President Trump’s most memorable lines on a variety of topics at his sprawling press conference at the White House on Thursday:


STATE OF THE UNION

“To be honest, I inherited a mess. It's a mess at home and abroad.”

“What a mess.”


HIS ADMINISTRATION

“I see stories of chaos yet it is the exact opposite.”

“This administration is running like a fine-tuned machine.”

“There has never been a president that has done so much in such a short period of time… And we haven’t even started the big work yet.”


THE MEDIA

“The leaks are absolutely real ... the news is fake.”

“The press has become so dishonest, that if we don’t talk about it we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people, a tremendous disservice, we have to talk about it … “The press is out of control … the level of dishonesty is out of control.”

“Here’s the problem: The public, they read newspapers, they see television, but they don’t know if it’s true or false, because they’re not involved ... I’m involved. I’ve been involved with this stuff all my life. But I’m involved, so I know when you’re telling the truth and when you’re not.”

“The tone is such hatred ... I’m really not a bad person by the way.”

“Many of our nation’s reporters will not tell you the truth and will not treat the wonderful people of this country with the respect that they deserve.”


CNN

“Very fake news.”

“You just take a look at that show” (about “CNN Tonight With Don Lemon”). “That is a constant hit. The panel is almost always exclusive anti-Trump. And the hatred and venom coming from his mouth.”


BBC

“There’s another beauty.”


FOX & FRIENDS

“I have to say, ‘Fox & Friends’ in the morning, they’re very honorable people ... They have the most honest morning show.”


THE ECONOMY

“Tremendous surge of optimism in the business world… That used to mean, ‘oh that’s good.’ Now it means, ‘that’s good for jobs.’”


HIS TV RATINGS

“I do get good ratings. You have to admit that.”


HILLARY CLINTON

“Does anybody really think Hillary Clinton would be tougher on Russia than Donald Trump?”

“Nobody mentions that Hillary received the questions for the debates.”

“I didn’t do anything for Russia. I’ve done nothing for Russia. Hillary Clinton gave them 20% of our uranium. Hillary Clinton did a reset, remember? With the stupid plastic button that made us all look like a bunch of jerks. Here, take a look. He (Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov) looked at her like, 'what the hell is she doing with that cheap plastic button?'" Hillary Clinton, that was a reset, remember it said 'reset?’ … "Now if I do that, ooh, I'm a bad guy."


THE TRAVEL BAN

“The rollout was perfect.”

“We had a very smooth rollout of the travel ban.”

"We got a very bad (court) decision — that was the only thing wrong with travel ban."


THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS (which ruled against ban)

“A circuit in chaos … Frankly, it’s in turmoil.”


NUCLEAR WAR

“If Russia and the United States actually got together and got along … and don’t forget we’re a very powerful nuclear country and so are they, there’s no upside … Nuclear holocaust would be like no other … If we have a good relationship with Russia, believe me that's a good thing.”


MIKE FLYNN

“Mike Flynn is a fine person.”

“I fired him because of what he said to Mike Pence. That simple.”


SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER

“...Schumer, or some other lightweight...”


RUSSIA

“The whole Russia thing is a ruse.”

“It's all fake news ... Russia is fake news put out by the media.”


DRUGS

“Drugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars.”


ANTI-SEMITISM

“I am the least anti-Semitic person you’ve ever seen in your entire life.”


RACISM

“The least racist person … I hate the charge. I find it repulsive. I hate the very question.”


DIVISION

"I didn't come along and divide this country. This country was divided when I got here."

“It’s all about unification … we’re unifying the party and hopefully we’re going to unify the country.”