4 years of Donald Trump as US President in 10 quotes

Donald Trump, who defied political gravity with his extraordinary rise from being a reality star and businessman to becoming the US President, has fallen back to earth.

. Trump during his term as the US President, constantly made headlines with his quotes and remarks on various issues. Many supported him, and several others criticised him. but none could ignore him.

. Here are a few quotes of Donald Trump during his presidency:

. February 2016:

. In Trump's victory speech following the Nevada caucuses : "I love the poorly educated."

. November 12, 2017

. "Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me old, when I would never call him short and fat? Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend and maybe someday that will happen," he had tweeted.

. November 2, 2017

. “You have 2,000 miles. You have mountains, you have rivers, you have things that you don’t put the wall in, you don’t need them.” — Interview with Fox News on Mexican wall.

. January 11, 2018

. "So the wall. The wall’s never meant to be 2,100 miles long. We have mountains that are far better than a wall. We have violent rivers that nobody goes near. ...You don’t need a wall where you have a natural barrier that’s far greater than any wall you could build, O.K.?" — <a href="http://ImagePrototypes of the border wall displayed in California in October. Prototypes of the border wall displayed in California in October.Credit...Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times Mr. Trump’s price tag for the wall has grown from $4 billion to $20 billion. The president’s estimates for the cost of the wall have varied widely. Sept. 14, 2015 “So, let’s say it costs $4 or $5 billion. Our trade deficit with Mexico is $53 billion. So $4 or $5 billion is peanuts.” — Speech in Dallas Oct. 7, 2015 “You mean to tell me I can’t take $7 billion and build a wall?” — Speech in Waterloo, Iowa Oct. 14, 2015 “If the wall costs $6 billion to build, and you know we’re talking about 1,000 miles, it’s 2,000, but you need it on 1,000. The Great Wall of China, think of it, is 13,000 miles.” — Speech in Richmond, Va. Feb. 9, 2016 “The wall is probably $8 billion.” — Interview on MSNBC Feb. 17, 2016 Video transcript 0:00/0:08 'Maybe $10 or $12 Billion' President Trump talks about the cost of a border wall during a town hall in Charleston, S.C. We’re going to have a trade deficit this year. $58 billion, O.K.? The wall is going to cost a fraction of that. Maybe 10 or 12 billion dollars. Video player loading President Trump talks about the cost of a border wall during a town hall in Charleston, S.C. Nov. 2, 2017 “First of all, they say the wall is going to cost $40 billion — the Democrats are saying. We’re talking less than half.” — Interview on Fox News Jan. 18, 2018 The height of the proposed wall has roughly doubled and could grow even higher. Jan. 16, 2016 “China built a wall that’s 13,000 miles long 2,000 years ago. My ambition is for ours to be much higher.” — Speech in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The height of the Great Wall of China averages 20 to 23 feet. Its tallest point is 46 feet. Feb. 9, 2016 “I’m talking about precasts going up probably 35 to 40 feet up in the air. That’s high. That’s a real wall.” — Interview on MSNBC Feb. 12, 2016 “The wall just got 10 feet higher.” — Speech in Tampa, Fla., after the former Mexican president said Mexico would not pay for it. March 3, 2016 “But — and I used an example. And this isn’t necessarily what was said, but whatever was said, the wall’s 50 feet high. Is it going to be 45 feet or 40 feet? That could very well be. That could very well — he wants it to be higher.” — Republican presidential debate Aug. 10, 2016 Video transcript 0:00/0:12 'Every Time They Fight Me, It Gets 10 Feet Taller' President Trump delivers a speech in Abingdon, Va. And every time they fight me it gets 10 feet taller, right? Every single time, gets 10 feet taller. It goes up. It goes up, up, up. Taller it gets the safer it gets. Video player loading President Trump delivers a speech in Abingdon, Va.CreditCredit...Eric Thayer/Reuters.. March 30, 2016 Reporter: How high is this wall going to be lately? How high is it — Mr. Trump: I think a good 35 feet. It’s getting higher all the time. — Town hall on MSNBC Jan. 11, 2018 “If you have a wall this thick and it’s solid concrete from ground to 32 feet high, which is a high wall, much higher than people planned. You go 32 feet up and you don’t know who’s over here. You’re here, you’ve got the wall and there’s some other people here.” — Interview with The Wall Street Journal Mr. Trump wants Mexico to foot the bill — but it’s not clear how. Mr. Trump has been consistent in insisting that Mexico would pay to build the wall. But his position on how he would compel the country to fund it has varied. April 16, 2015 August 2015 “Mexico must pay for the wall and, until they do, the United States will, among other things: impound all remittance payments derived from illegal wages; increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican C.E.O.s and diplomats (and if necessary cancel them); increase fees on all border crossing cards — of which we issue about one million to Mexican nationals each year (a major source of visa overstays); increase fees on all Nafta worker visas from Mexico (another major source of overstays); and increase fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico (tariffs and foreign aid cuts are also options).” — Campaign statement on immigration March 30, 2016 “They will pay in one form or another.” — Town hall on MSNBC Aug. 4, 2016 Video transcript 0:00/0:11 'Mexico Is Going to Pay for the Wall, and That’s an Easy One.' President Trump addresses a crowd in Portland, Me. Mexico’s going to pay for the wall. And that’s an easy one. And you know why they’re going to pay? Because Mexico is making a fortune. The trade deficit. Video player loading President Trump addresses a crowd in Portland, Me.CreditCredit...Factbase Videos Jan. 6, 2017 Jan. 26, 2017 “We’re working on a tax reform bill that will reduce our trade deficits, increase American exports and will generate revenue from Mexico that will pay for the wall if we decide to go that route.” — Speech in Philadelphia Aug. 28, 2017 “It may be through reimbursement, but one way or the other, Mexico will pay for the wall. ... So we need the wall. It’s imperative.” — White House news conference Jan. 11, 2018 “They can pay for it through, as an example, they can pay for it indirectly through Nafta. O.K.?” — Interview with The Wall Street Journal Image President Trump met with Border Patrol Agents in Yuma, Ariz., in August. President Trump met with Border Patrol Agents in Yuma, Ariz., in August.Credit...Tom Brenner/The New York Times In whatever form it takes, Mr. Trump says, the wall will be ‘beautiful.’ The area where Mr. Trump’s thoughts on the border wall have evolved the most has been in his description of what it will look like. His suggestions have ranged from a barrier with a “big, very beautiful door” to a solar wall that would pay for itself. Aug. 23, 2015 “And, you know, we’re building a wall. And it’s going to be a great wall. O.K.? And, by the way, Mexico will pay for it. It’s going to be a great wall, because I do — I know how to build. And it’s not going to cost nearly as much as what they are saying for a crummy wall, but this will be a wall with a very big, very beautiful door, because we want the legals to come back into the country.” — Interview with CBS News Oct. 3, 2015 “We’re going to build a wall, and it’s going to be impenetrable, it will be a real wall.” — Campaign rally in Franklin, Tenn. Oct. 28, 2015 “We’re going to have a big, fat beautiful door right in the middle of the wall. We’re going to have people come in, but they’re coming in legally.” — Republican presidential debate Nov. 14, 2015 “People will come through the openings in that wall — we’ll have a few of them — and they’ll come in and they’re going to come in legally.” — Rally in Beaumont, Tex. Aug. 31, 2016 Video transcript 0:00/0:52 'On Day 1, We Will Begin Working' President Trump delivers a speech in Phoenix. On Day 1, we will begin working on an impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful southern border wall. We will use the best technology, including above- and below-ground sensors — that’s the tunnels, remember that. Above and below. Above- and below-ground sensors. Towers, aerial surveillance and manpower to supplement the wall, find and dislocate tunnels and keep out criminal cartels. And Mexico, you know that, will work with us. I really believe it. Video player loading President Trump delivers a speech in Phoenix. Dec. 16, 2016 “We’re going to build a wall. It’s going to be a great wall. And it’s going to have big beautiful doors in it because we’re going to have people coming into our country, but they’re going to come into our country legally.” — Campaign rally in Orlando, Fla. June 21, 2017 “And we’re thinking of something that’s unique. We’re talking about the southern border, lots of sun, lots of heat. We’re thinking about building the wall as a solar wall so it creates energy and pays for itself.” — Campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Image Border Patrol units positioned along the fence between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Border Patrol units positioned along the fence between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.Credit...Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The New York Times Will it be a wall? Or a fence? Or a wall? Mr. Trump has repeatedly shot down suggestions that the border wall would actually be a fence. But he has repeatedly in used the term “fence” in interviews and public statements. April 12, 2014 “I am a builder. I build great buildings. Building a border — you know they talk about, ‘Oh, I don’t know, how can we possibly build a fence that nobody can climb over?’ I would build a border like you’ve never seen before. Nobody’s climbing over.” — Speech during the Freedom Summit May 20, 2015 “Nobody can build a fence like me, David. You know that. I build great buildings all over the world. There’s nobody can build a fence — and I would have Mexico pay for it. Believe me.” — Interview with the Christian Broadcast Network Aug. 25, 2015 Jan. 11, 2017 “On the fence — it’s not a fence. It’s a wall. You just misreported it.” — News conference in Manhattan Sept. 14, 2017 Mikayla Bouchard, Barbara Marcolini, Tanner Curtis and Sameen Amin produced this article. Jeremy Bowers contributed reporting. Kitty Bennett contributed research. Site Index Site Information Navigation © 2020 The New York Times Company NYTCoContact UsWork with usAdvertiseT Brand StudioYour Ad ChoicesPrivacy PolicyTerms of ServiceTerms of SaleSite MapHelpSubscriptions" target="_blank">Interview with The Wall Street Journal

. June 24, 2019

. On E. Jean Carroll's rape allegation, Trump said: “I’ll say it with great respect: Number one, she’s not my type. Number two, it never happened. It never happened, OK?”

. August 26, 2019

. “I’m an environmentalist. A lot of people don’t understand that. I think I know more about the environment than most people.”

. October 28, 2019

. Trump on death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: "Baghdadi has been on the run for many years, long before I took office. But at my direction, as commander-in-chief of the United States, we obliterated his caliphate, 100%, in March of this year."

. January 22, 2020

. On coronavirus: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”

. October 16,2020

. Trump tweets quotes from a satire website against Biden: “Twitter Shuts Down Entire Network To Slow Spread Of Negative Biden News. Wow, this has never been done in history. This includes his really bad interview last night. Why is Twitter doing this? Bringing more attention to Sleepy Joe & Big T."

. November 4, 2020

. "We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!"

. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was elected the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, promising to restore political normalcy and a spirit of national unity to confront raging health and economic crises, and making Donald J. Trump a one-term president after four years of tumult in the White House.

. (With inputs from Agencies)

4 years of Donald Trump as US President in 10 quotes

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