George Packer Quotes

[Donald Trump] guru Steve Bannon is worse, he's much scarier. He probably knows what he's doing.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

Donald Trump may be unusually flamboyant, but his views are all too representative of the party that is about to nominate him for president.

If Donald Trump has proved anything, it is that there is nothing more powerful than a candidate's voice.

Donald Trump did not appear by magic.

Obama has proved to be particularly adept at using the media to disseminate his administration's messages, but he is a masterful orator. Bill Clinton, too.

I don't know why someone would be dumb enough to challenge Donald Trump.

I'm not going to opine as to whether I think a particular candidate can beat Donald Trump or not.

You have got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it is called mudslinging.

Yeah, that'll excite the media, what role will Bill [Clinton] have, versus the [Donald] Trump story. But in all of this, the key to remember is that we're not talking about media.

Donald Trump has to be respected.

It'd be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.

What if he says [Donald Trump] plans to run again in 2020?

Every person in America will know what Donald Trump said and what he is doing.

I understand that that's the theory of the case for [Donald] Trump supporters and it's what Donald Trump says, and it's possible that that is actually the case.

You've got David Petraeus and whatever the pushback might be against [Donald Trump].

Donald Trump has been saying that I think for as long as I've been listening to him of late, and that's what he's going to do.

Since announcing his candidacy in June of 2015, Donald Trump morphed into a national phenomenon, captivating the country, dominating news cycles day in and day out and creating a white hot debate about our national media like nothing we have seen in a long, long time.

We're saying the Washington establishment run behind Donald Trump.

In 2012 Roger Ailes, you know, desperately tried to get who into the race? Chris Christie, a somewhat moderate if tough talking from a purple state. They were very interested this David Petraeus, a figure who served in the Obama administration as CIA chief.

Now you have to decide whether or not you want to be part of the bigotry that is Donald Trump. You have to decide whether you want to be part of the sexism and misogyny that is Donald Trump.

He was making a very serious point. Donald Trump has a way of talking to get people's attention, and it's drawn attention to a very important issue.There was a time when a Democrat president knew where the buck stopped in the White House. And the responsibility for the failed policies in the Middle East that created the environment where ISIS developed belongs to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the American people know that.

Donald Trump is talking about running for president. He hasn't made an announcement, but I want to tell you something. The fake suspense is killing me.

I think Donald Trump's going to quickly disappear from radar.

Trump's creating laws for crimes that don't exist. In Canada, we have Prime Minister Trudeau in the gay Pride parade waving a flag.