Quotable Quotes

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And the grift is on (as if it ever stopped)

"Trump Fragrances are here. They're called 'Victory 45-47' because they're all about Winning, Strength, and Success -- For men and women. Get yourself a bottle, and don't forget one for your loved ones too. Enjoy, have fun, and keep winning!" ~ Trump, selling his $249-a-bottle perfume with social media posts

 

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"We brought spirit back. We brought respect and dignity back." ~ Trump, on how he has changed America #1,560

Psychologist Joy Browne said we lie to bridge the gap between what is, and what we would wish to be.
Thus this quotation suggests Trump knows, is ashamed of, is trying to hide the fact that Trump has damaged spirit (in the U.S., Canada, the Gulf of Mexico, Iceland, Panama, and beyond), lost respect, and has set dignity aside for the foreseeable future.

And the grift is on (as if it ever stopped)

"Trump Fragrances are here. They're called 'Victory 45-47' because they're all about Winning, Strength, and Success -- For men and women. Get yourself a bottle, and don't forget one for your loved ones too. Enjoy, have fun, and keep winning!"
~ Trump, selling his $249-a-bottle perfume with social media posts #1,561

"We will have so much winning if I get elected, that you may get bored with winning." Republican leading presidential candidate Donald Trump - September, 2015

 

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"Well, we'd like to see them in many states, really, many states. This one, I know Ron's doing a second one, and probably a couple more. And, you know, at some point, they might morph into a system where you're going to keep it for a long time." ~ Trump, asked how many more "Alligator Alcatraz" facilities the country needs to enact his agenda of mass deportations

 

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" they might morph into a system where you're going to keep it for a long time." ~ Trump, asked how many more "Alligator Alcatraz" facilities the country needs to enact his agenda of mass deportations #1,563

Thanks for this, & parallel memes @CV.
What is Trump's true motive?
To make life difficult for Trump's powerless victims?
To purge dangerous illegals from the U.S.?

If the latter, why such elaborate means to keep them here?

“I remember saying to our great First Lady...” he began, before stopping to remark: “I call her ‘First Lady,’ isn’t it terrible?”
... “I’m saying “Good night, First Lady, my darling,’ because it reminds me that I’m president, that’s why. I said ‘First Lady, it’s terrible nobody wants to join our military force…”

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on Thursday July 3 2025 (AP)
https://news.yahoo.com/news/entertainment/articles/trump-reveals-pet-name-melania-103218610.html

 

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"[The Democrats] hate Trump, but I hate them too, you know that? I really do. I hate them. I cannot stand them, because I really believe they hate our country." ~ Trump in July 3rd speech

 

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"Our vision of America is similar to the founders 250 years go when they said, 'We will govern ourselves, we will not be governed by a tyrannical monarch or a dictator or king.'" ~ Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, wearing a MAGA hat on Fox News