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50 Of The Most Ridiculous Things Donald Trump Has Said

Ladies and gentleman, take a good look, because this could be the next president of the United States.

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50 Of The Most Ridiculous Things Donald Trump Has Said
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Donald Trump is constantly in the news for saying something that is completely outlandish, childish, sexist, insensitive and downright obnoxious but somehow he has become the Republican presidential candidate. So let's take a moment to recall all of these comments, which Trump has made throughout his lifetime in the public eye, and see if he is really someonefitto be the next president of the United States.

1. “Actually, I was only kidding. You can get that baby out of here. Don’t worry, I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I’m speaking." - Donald Trump shortly after he said he loved babies and did not care that the baby was crying while he was speaking (August 2, 2016)

2. "I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier." -Donald Trump after he received a Purple Heart from a retired lieutenant colonel (August 2, 2016)

3. "I think I've made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard." –Donald Trump in response to Muslim lawyer, Khizr Khan, who claimed Donald Trump has made no sacrifices and has sacrificed no one. (ABC News interview, July 30, 2016)

4. "I'd like to hear his wife say something." –Donald Trump about Ghazala Khan, the mother of a fallen American soldier, implying that she was not allowed to speak when Khizr Khan gave his speech during the Democratic National Convention. Even though she has in the past spoken publicly about her son's death. (ABC News interview, July 30, 2016)

5. “I was gonna hit this guy so hard his head would spin and he wouldn’t know what the hell happened... I was going to hit a number of those speakers so hard their heads would spin, they’d never recover. And that’s what I did with a lot – that’s why I still don’t have certain people endorsing me: they still haven’t recovered." –Donald Trump after watching the Democratic National Convention (July 29, 2016)

6. "Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press." –Donald Trump in reference to Hilary Clinton's e-mail scandal, implying he is hoping that Vladimir Putin will be able to hack into classified government information. (July 27, 2016)

7. "I alone can fix it." –Donald Trump during his speech at the Republican National Convention. (July 21, 2016)

8. "I’ve been treated very unfairly by this judge. Now, this judge is of Mexican heritage. I'm building a wall, OK? I'm building a wall." –Donald Trump when he was accusing the U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is of Mexican heritage, of being biased against Trump because the judge is Mexican, despite the judge actually being a U.S. citizen. (CNN interview, June 5, 2016)

9. "His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being – you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. What is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. They don't even talk about that. That was reported, and nobody talks about it." –Donald Trump when he was suggesting that Ted Cruz's father could have potentially been involved in the murder of President John F. Kennedy. (Fox News interview, May 3, 2016).

10. "I wrote this out, and it's very close to my heart. Because I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen down at 7/11, down at the World Trade Center right after it came down. And I saw the greatest people I've ever seen in action." –Donald Trump when he said 7/11 as opposed to 9/11. ( Buffalo, New York, April 18, 2016)

11. "Who knows?" –Donald Trump responded with this statement when he was asked a question about whether he would start a war with China. (New York Times interview, March 25, 2016)

12. "He referred to my hands, if they're small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee it." –Donald Trump after he was made fun of by Marco Rubio for having small hands, and decided to reference his hands and penis as being anything but small. (GOP presidential debate, March 3, 2016)

13. "Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK? I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So I don't know. I don't know—did he endorse me, or what's going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists." –Donald Trump after he was endorsed by David Duke, a well-known white supremacist. (February 28, 2016)

14. "I love the old days, you know? You know what I hate? There's a guy totally disruptive, throwing punches, we're not allowed punch back anymore ... I'd like to punch him in the face, I'll tell ya." –Donald Trump when he was talking about how he would handle protesters. (February 22, 2016)

15. "There may be somebody with tomatoes in the audience. If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. OK? Just knock the hell -- I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees." –Donald Trump to the crowd during one of his rallies advocating for violence among anyone in the audience who was protesting. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Feb. 1, 2016)

16. "That was so great. Who was the person who did that? Put up your hand, put up your hand. Bring that person up here. I love that." –Donald Trump after people in his audience, during one of his rallies in South Carolina, tackled a protester. (South Carolina, Feb. 16, 2016)

17. "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK? It's, like, incredible." –Donald Trump during one of his rallies insinuating the fact that he could do something murderous and people would still vote for him. (January 23, 2016).

18. "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever." –Donald Trump about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly because he was unhappy with the questions she was asking during the Republican primary debate.

19. "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems...they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists." –Donald Trump assuming that all Mexicans in the United States were criminals.

20. "If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America." –Donald Trump about his opponent Hillary Clinton, because of Bill Clinton's affair that he had back when he was President.

21. "I don't think Ivanka would do that, although she does have a very nice figure. I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her." –Donald Trump about his daughter when he was asked how he felt about her posing as a model for Playboy.

22. "Yeah, she's really something, and what a beauty, that one. If I weren't happily married and, ya know, her father . . . " –Donald Trump about his daughter Ivanka.

23. "Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not s'posed to say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?" –Donald Trump about his opponent Carly Fiorina.

24. "Women, you have to treat them like shit." –Donald Trump

25. "The beauty of me is that I'm very rich." –Donald Trump

26. "He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured." –Donald Trump about John McCain, a war hero who happened to be captured and tortured while he was in the war.

27. "I like kids. I mean, I won’t do anything to take care of them. I’ll supply funds, and she’ll take care of the kids." –Donald Trump about his feelings towards kids and having children.

28. "Now, the poor guy — you've got to see this guy, ‘Ah, I don't know what I said! I don't remember!'" –Donald Trump childishly mocked a physically disabled New York Times investigative reporter Serge Kovaleski.

29. "There were people that were cheering on the other side of New Jersey, where you have large Arab populations. They were cheering as the World Trade Center came down." –Donald Trump when he was talking about what he claims he saw during the 9/11 attacks.

30. "I will build a great wall – and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me —and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words." –Donald Trump about the wall he claims he will build and have Mexico pay for.

31. "These are stupid people that say, 'Oh didn't Trump declare bankruptcy? Didn't he go bankrupt?' I didn't go bankrupt." –Donald Trump when he was talking about the accusations of him filing for bankruptcy on numerous businesses he created.

32. "All of the women on 'The Apprentice' flirted with me -- consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected." –Donald Trump when he was asked questions about his show, 'The Apprentice'.

33. "When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let’s say, China in a trade deal? They kill us. I beat China all the time." –Donald Trump when he was talking about China beating the United States and how he was going to change that.

34. "I have people that have been studying [Obama's birth certificate] and they cannot believe what they're finding... I would like to have him show his birth certificate, and can I be honest with you, I hope he can. Because if he can't, if he can't, if he wasn't born in this country, which is a real possibility…then he has pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics." –Donald Trump after Obama released his birth certificate to the public in 2011 after being accused by Trump for not being born in the United States numerous times.

35. "My fingers are long and beautiful, as, it has been well been documented, are various other parts of my body." –Donald Trump made this childish comment after he was accused of having small hands.

36. "Must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees." –Donald Trump to Brande Roderick, a contestant on 'Celebrity Apprentice', after another cast member had told Trump that Roderick got down on her knees and was asking to not be fired.

37. "I think the only difference between me and the other candidates is that I'm more honest and my women are more beautiful." –Donald Trump when he was making jokes and references towards running for president back in 2000.

38. "I will be so good at the military your head will spin.” — Donald Trump on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” about how he would be with the military if he becomes president (2015)

39. "As everybody knows, but the haters and losers refuse to acknowledge, I do not wear a “wig.” My hair may not be perfect but it’s mine.” — Donald Trump on his Twitter account due to many accusations that his hair is not real.

40. "I think of myself as a young guy, but I’m not so young anymore. And I’ve been around for a long time. And it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans.” — Donald Trump on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer back in 2004.

41. "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” — Donald Trump on his Twitter account back in 2012.

42. "@ariannahuff is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man- he made a good decision.” — Donald Trump on Twitter back in 2012 about Arianna Huffington.

43. "There has to be some form of punishment” — Donald Trump on women who wish to get an abortion on MSNBC. (2016)

44. "With the proper woman you don’t need Viagra” — Donald Trump made this statement while he was being interviewed on The Howard Stern Show.

45. "They’re remaking ‘Indiana Jones’ without Harrison Ford, you can’t do that. And now they’re making ‘Ghostbusters’ with only women. What’s going on?” — This sexist comment was said by Donald Trump on his TrumpVlog back in 2015.

46. "I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke.” — Donald Trump on his Twitter account back in 2012, clearly insulting those who drink Diet Coke and assuming that all of those people who do are obese.

47. "Do you mind if I sit back a little? Because your breath is very bad—it really is.” — Donald Trump to Larry King while he was being interviewed on air. (1989)

48. "In the second grade I actually gave a teacher a black eye — I punched my music teacher because I didn’t think he knew anything about music and I almost got expelled.” — Donald Trump admitted to his violence as a young boy in The Art of the Deal. (1987)

49. "I want five children, like in my own family, because with five, then I will know that one will be guaranteed to turn out like me,” — According to Vanity Fair, Donald Trump said this to one of his friends about hoping one of his children will end up to be a clone of himself. I would like to think that one Donald Trump is enough...(1990)

50. "My life has been about winning. My life has not been about losing.” — Donald Trump to Time Magazine. (2001)

After reading all of these quotes from Donald Trump himself, do you really think this man sounds like the kind of guy you would want to have in the Oval Office? His lack of a filter, insensitive comments, sexist nature and crude behavior show no sign of what it takes to run a country and be a role model for children in the United States.

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