Donald Trump Quotes

This country right now owes $19 trillion. And they need somebody like me to straighten out that mess.

Nobody wants the United States to default on its debt. Nobody. But, at some point in time, we've got to address the fiscal woes of this nation.

America is the brokest country in history. We owe more money than anyone has ever owed anyone. And Obama and Reid say relax, that's no reason not to spend more - because the world hasn't yet concluded we have no intention of paying it back. When they do, the dollar will collapse.

We are a debtor nation, and we owe now $19 trillion and it's going to go up very fast by the way from this point.

America has tremendous problems. We're a debtor nation. We're a serious debtor nation. And we have a country that needs new roads, new tunnels, new bridges, new airports, new schools, new hospitals.

I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time consisting of ink. We can debate its origins endlessly and search for villains on ideological grounds, but the reality is pure arithmetic.

My hope is that we're going to be more strategic and focused as we look for a way to address the long-term deficit and debt issues that are affecting this nation.

Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.

When you take a look at the problems our country is facing, debt is No. 1. The math is downright scary and the credit markets aren't going to keep on giving us cheap rates.

Everybody is in trouble, including the up-and-coming economic miracles of China, Brazil or India.

We have a debt the size of our economy, which makes us look a lot like Greece.

I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we will have progress despite the deficits.

Too many Americans are out of work, and our debt is out of control.

I really truly worry that the debt is one of the single biggest threat to the United States of America, that we're talking about a problem that is multi-trillion in its depth and I think we ought to be cutting more.

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.

When you're the president of the United States and you know that the biggest issue facing you is this cliff that we're about ready to head over if we don't get this spending and debt situation under control, it's very irresponsible not to take the action that is necessary to fix the problem.

This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy.

Look, the, the - this country has not lived within its means for a very long time, and, and the truth is we're going to have to take our medicine.

We have major fiscal problems on our hand.

We can't continue to kick the can when it comes to the fiscal state of this country.

Is bankrupting this great country the top priority of this administration?

If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff.

The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a solution.

Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly. And that is exactly what Republicans pledge to do.

I do not want America to default on its debt.