I think I have more optimism than they do and I think I have a better vision for the country than [Barack and Michelle Obama] do and I think it's a nasty statement. In actuality, it doesn't pertain to me.

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I said in 2004,in fact a group was sent to me from the White House to try talk to me, because I was getting a lot of publicity.I said it in 2004, you're going to destabilize the Middle East, Iran is going to take over Iraq... and somebody else is going to help and that turned out to be ISIS. It's an exact.

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Things have happened, having to do with many things including political correctness, where people are so worried about being politically correct that they are unable to function.

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Look I'm politically correct, I went to a great school, I was a g... by Donald Trump

Look I'm politically correct, I went to a great school, I was a good student, look, I'm a smart guy.

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I really think I am a nice person. [But] this is not going to be an election on niceness. This is going to be an election on competence.

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Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results.

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All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad. by Donald Trump

All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad.

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When you see illegals and people who aren't citizens and they're on the registration rolls ... We can be babies, but you take a look at the registration you have illegals, you have dead people, you have this. It's really a bad situation. It's really bad.

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To be honest, I inherited a mess.ISIS has spread like cancer - an... by Donald Trump

To be honest, I inherited a mess.ISIS has spread like cancer - another mess I inherited.

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I put it out before the American people, got 306 electoral college votes…270 which you need, that was laughable. We got 306 because people came out and voted like they’ve never seen before so that’s the way it goes. I guess it was the biggest electoral college win since Ronald Reagan.

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We’ve begun preparing to repeal and replace Obamacare…I know you can say, oh, Obamacare. I mean, they fill up our rallies with people that you wonder how they get there, but they are not the Republican people our representatives are representing.

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The leaks are real. You're the one that wrote about them and reported them, I mean the leaks are real. You know what they said, you saw it and the leaks are absolutely real. The news is fake because so much of the news is fake.

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Jobs are pouring out of America; you see what's going on with all of the companies leaving our country, going to Mexico and other places, low pay, low wages, mass instability overseas, no matter where you look. The middle east is a disaster. North Korea - we'll take care of it folks; we're going to take care of it all. I just want to let you know, I inherited a mess.

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Iran is the world's top sponsor of terrorism, and I am not going to stop until that problem is properly solved.

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We have to have a strong law enforcement in America. So we do not go abroad in the search of war, we really are searching for peace, but it is peace through strength.

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Some of the things I'm doing probably aren't popular but they're necessary for security and for other reasons.

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The media's trying to attack my administration because they know we are following through on pledges that we made and they're not happy about it for whatever reason.

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In each of [my] actions, I'm keeping my promises to the American people. These are campaign promises.

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I am here [in Washington] following through on what I pledged to... by Donald Trump

I am here [in Washington] following through on what I pledged to do. That's all I'm doing.

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I will be in Melbourne, Florida, and I just heard the crowds are massive that want to be there. I turn on the TV, open the newspapers, and I see stories of chaos, chaos, yet it is the exact opposite.

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Senator Dan Coates, one of the most respected members to have in the Senate, he can't get approved. How do you not approve him? He's been a colleague, highly respected, brilliant guy, great guy, everybody knows it. We're waiting for approval.

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