Donald Trump Quotes

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

We have the smallest navy since 1916, we have the lowest number of troops since the end of the Second World War. We've got to work with the congress and Donald Trump will, to rebuild our military and project American strength in the world.

The first thing we need to do to make America stronger is to strengthen our military.

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.

If we build our military up to Ronald Reagan levels, [Vladimir] Putin's not going to push us anywhere because he can't match us.

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

When it comes to the military, we have no choice. We cannot have a depleted military.

We are going to repeal the Obama-Clinton defense sequester and we are going to rebuild the military of the United States which is very, sadly, depleted.

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.

Rebuilding the military is something Putin will pay attention to.

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

We had eight years of Barack Obama depleting our military, ignoring a lot of the threats around the world.

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.

This president [Barack Obama] is undermining our military. This president is more interested in funding Planned Parenthood than in funding the military.

The Reagan Administration has no rational plan for our military. Instead, it acts on misinformed assumptions about the strength of the Soviet military and a presumed 'window of vulnerability,' which we now know not to exist.

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

We're going to rebuild our military. Our military is depleted. Our military is frankly, our military is in trouble.

I see a comparison between the two [Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump]. Peace through strength. What Chris Matthews don't grasp is that day Donald Trump gave a speech in which he said he's going to build the U.S. military up to Ronald Reagan levels.

America has the strongest, best-trained, best-led military force in the world, and we have failed them. Our military today is struggling in virtually every category that measures preparedness.

I am the most militaristic person but you have to know when to use the military. Or have it so strong that nobody is going to mess with you, which is my ultimate goal.

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.

Our military is a disaster.

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.

Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.