--- title: "9 Campaign Trump Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Campaign Trump quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Campaign Trump sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/joshua-green-3819_mitt-romney_stuart-stevens-who-ran-mitt-romney-s-201_443584.jpg" --- > [“Stuart Stevens, who ran Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. “Trump is a nut, and he likes to surround himself with nuts. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-green/stuart-stevens-who-ran-mitt-romney-s-2012-presidential-campaign-trump/) [Joshua Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/joshua-green-3819_mitt-romney_stuart-stevens-who-ran-mitt-romney-s-201_443584.jpg) > [“Throughout an erratic campaign, Trump consistently blasted political correctness, blaming it for an extraordinary range of ills and using the phrase to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moira-weigel/throughout-an-erratic-campaign-trump-consistently-blasted-political/) [Moira Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moira-weigel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/moira-weigel-103628_pc_throughout-an-erratic-campaign-trump-con_2413103.jpg) > [“When speaking to General Michael Flynn, Carter Page, Paul Manafort, or anyone else in his campaign, Trump was recorded,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-a-goodman/when-speaking-to-general-michael-flynn-carter-page-paul-manafort-or/) [H. A. Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-a-goodman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/h-a-goodman-107438_quote_when-speaking-to-general-michael-flynn-c_851085.jpg) > [“Just as Steve had thought, the story ran the next day, August 15, page one, above the fold. “I’ve got a crook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-r-lewandowski/just-as-steve-had-thought-the-story-ran-the-next-day-august-15-page/) [Corey R. Lewandowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-r-lewandowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/corey-r-lewandowski-11489_next-day_just-as-steve-had-thought-the-story-ran_1246903.jpg) > [During the campaign, Trump in many ways repudiated President Obama's national security and foreign policy approach on issues like the Iran nuclear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-bergen/during-the-campaign-trump-in-many-ways-repudiated-president-obama-s/) [Peter Bergen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-bergen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/peter-bergen-1880_immigration_during-the-campaign-trump-in-many-ways-r_2715431.png) > [“In one month, he earned in free media about what John McCain spent on his entire 2008 campaign. Of Trump’s run, CBS…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megyn-kelly/in-one-month-he-earned-in-free-media-about-what-john-mccain-spent-on-2/) [Megyn Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megyn-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/megyn-kelly-1440_damn-good_in-one-month-he-earned-in-free-media-abo_3146269.jpg) > [This notion that you hear from his surrogates and his fans throughout the campaign - "Trump tells it like it is; he's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-pozner/this-notion-that-you-hear-from-his-surrogates-and-his-fans-throughout/) [Jennifer Pozner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-pozner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/jennifer-pozner-32209_campaigns_this-notion-that-you-hear-from-his-surro_3025989.jpg) > [“He would come out of this campaign, Trump assured Ailes, with a far more powerful brand and untold opportunities. “This is bigger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/he-would-come-out-of-this-campaign-trump-assured-ailes-with-a-far/) [Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/michael-wolff-423_quote_he-would-come-out-of-this-campaign-trump_139475.jpg) > [“The point was, there didn’t need to be an answer because he wasn’t going to be president. Trump’s longtime friend Roger Ailes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/the-point-was-there-didn-t-need-to-be-an-answer-because-he-wasn-t/) [Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/michael-wolff-423_longtime-friend_the-point-was-there-didn-t-need-to-be-an_656196.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/campaign-trump/#itemlist", "name": "Campaign Trump Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Stuart Stevens, who ran Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. “Trump is a nut, and he likes to surround himself with nuts. 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