Donald Trump Quotes

We've got to make America strong again. And right now, we are not strong. Believe me. We have a depleted military. We have the greatest people in the world in our military. But it is very sadly depleted.

Donald Trump in Philadelphia, and he's delivering a very substantive speech on military preparedness, the status of the current military. He detailed the deterioration of the U.S. military in the past eight years and explained how he's going to rebuild it and why we need to, and it's a very tough audience. It's an expressly military audience, and they are of course listening for any sign that he's not really genuine here. I think, knocking this out of the park as far as that audience is concerned.

The number one priority of President Trump is to rebuild our military, to restore the arsenal of democracy.

Our military is a disaster.

We won't always have the strongest military.

Not only the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, everything is going away at a time when certainly we are at a top priority for making sure that doesn't happen. We're not respected to the extent we were and if we keep going like this, we won't be respected at all.

Barack Obama's a terrible commander-in-chief. He is gutting our military. It's not an exaggeration.

Peace through strength works. We've got the greatest military in the world. I want them to dominate any potential conflict.

Our military and the strength of our military and the strengthening of our military is a number one priority for the Trump administration.

Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction

America's military is second to none in the world. We're blessed with terrific soldiers, and extraordinary technology and intelligence. But the idea of a trillion dollars in cuts through sequestration and budget cuts to the military would change that.

America's military is the best in the world, but this president [Barack Obama] is hollowing out our military. We need a commander in chief that believes in American exceptionalism again.

We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do it for us.

We had the best-equipped and we have the best-trained military force on the face of the earth, right here in Oklahoma.

Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.

What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that it affects all of our military policies.

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

I want to compliment The Heritage Foundation for its work on behalf of a strong national defense.

The military strength and resources of the State must be reserved for its own defense and protection exclusively …

The world relies upon, and America must rely upon, a strong military.

A military starved of resources, training, and equipment will not long be able to protect the country physically or economically.

As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, my first priority is to ensure the readiness of our military.

If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.

If we don't get the military right nothing else matters.

[Donald] Trump is speaking in Philadelphia on military matters. He's doing quite well. I want to join a little bit of this in progress just to give you a flavor for how Trump is sounding.