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Things The President Said Today: August 27, 2026

"He's not going to be attacking a NATO territory." "I don't want to comment on that, but they're not going to attack." "Lake America was something I've been thinking about for a long time." "Now all we need is an ocean." "Maybe we'll change them both." Source: Euronews, Fox News, NOTUS (August 27, 2026)

Things The President Said Today: June 18, 2026

  • "The stock market just hit a new all-time high. The 401Ks just hit a new all-time high. And oil is dropping like a rock. Other than that, it's another day in paradise."
  • "I have no higher privilege than serving as the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces... A 250-year tradition of the bravest and greatest heroes ever to walk the Earth."
  • "I wanted to give it to myself, but I was informed I couldn't do it. And I couldn't find anything where I was actually worthy."
  • "We expect a complete ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, Hezbollah and Israel."
  • "The United States is committed to PEACE, and we encourage everyone in the Middle East region to maintain their commitment to allowing our negotiations to beautifully unfold."
  • "There are no limits... No, none. I haven't learned that lesson yet. I know there are, but there are no limits. We defeated them totally militarily."
  • "We have the most powerful military in the world by far. Who else could have done a blockade like that? I did a naval blockade where not one ship was able to get through."
  • "Well, it really probably is unconditional surrender... they have no military. They're all at the bottom of the sea. 159 ships. That's what they had."
  • "I destroyed the air force. I destroyed their anti-aircraft weapons... He didn't kill their leadership. I did, twice."
  • "I put out a Truth a little while ago. I said, if I had the white flag of surrender raised, and if they said, 'praise be to Allah, Trump is the greatest president, we hereby surrender,' The New York Times would write that they won the war."

Sources: White House transcript (Medal of Honor remarks), Times of Israel, and Axios "The Axios Show" interview (conducted June 18, published June 19), June 18, 2026.

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