--- title: "12 Issues President Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Issues President quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Issues President sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/tony-evers-23514_government_there-are-plenty-of-issues-president-tru_1415761.jpg" --- > [There are plenty of issues President Trump and I don't agree on. I don't support shutting down our government over a border…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-evers/there-are-plenty-of-issues-president-trump-and-i-don-t-agree-on-i-don/) [Tony Evers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-evers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/tony-evers-23514_government_there-are-plenty-of-issues-president-tru_1415761.jpg) > [The bottom line is: It is fine to have issues with President Trump; I've had them myself. The thing is, though, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-timpf/the-bottom-line-is-it-is-fine-to-have-issues-with-president-trump-i/) [Kat Timpf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-timpf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/kat-timpf-6064_best_the-bottom-line-is-it-is-fine-to-have-is_1650273.jpg) > [Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-shalala/sure-it-is-apparent-that-presidents-are-looking-at-polls-but-they-are/) [Donna Shalala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-shalala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/donna-shalala-15948_clinton_sure-it-is-apparent-that-presidents-are_311777.jpg) > [There are real issues that the president Donald Trump and particularly Steve Bannon, his political adviser, are pushing. It's a vision, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franklin-jeffrey/there-are-real-issues-that-the-president-donald-trump-and/) [James Franklin Jeffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franklin-jeffrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/james-franklin-jeffrey-40800_19th-century_there-are-real-issues-that-the-president_134524.jpg) > [Trump, of course, has been very wrong in the past about important issues such as President Barack Obama's place of birth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-bergen/trump-of-course-has-been-very-wrong-in-the-past-about-important/) [Peter Bergen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-bergen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/peter-bergen-1880_birth_trump-of-course-has-been-very-wrong-in-t_1716631.jpg) > [When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-rumsfeld/when-you-raise-issues-with-the-president-try-to-come-away-with-both/) [Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-rumsfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb7/donald-rumsfeld-1507_arise_when-you-raise-issues-with-the-president_1815736.png) > [The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/the-issues-a-president-faces-are-not-black-and-white-and-cannot-be/) [Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/michelle-obama-518_black_the-issues-a-president-faces-are-not-bla_3189055.jpg) > [On healthcare, climate change, nuclear disarmament, gun control and countless other issues, President Obama consistently made difficult choices and put the national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schlossberg/on-healthcare-climate-change-nuclear-disarmament-gun-control-and/) [Jack Schlossberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schlossberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/jack-schlossberg-12683_change_on-healthcare-climate-change-nuclear-dis_2282183.jpg) > [The decision-making process in the White House does not let most issues get up to the President. The Council thought opening up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stiglitz/the-decision-making-process-in-the-white-house-does-not-let-most/) [Joseph Stiglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stiglitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/joseph-stiglitz-1351_country_the-decision-making-process-in-the-white_651720.jpg) > [The charade of politics is to make voters think that the personal narrative of the candidate affects the operation of the corporate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hedges/the-charade-of-politics-is-to-make-voters-think-that-the-personal/) [Chris Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hedges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/chris-hedges-2131_candidates_the-charade-of-politics-is-to-make-voter_2546077.png) > [On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-chafee/on-the-issues-that-i-care-deeply-about-the-environment-roe-vs-wade/) [Lincoln Chafee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-chafee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/lincoln-chafee-23663_about_on-the-issues-that-i-care-deeply-about-t_3167936.jpg) > [It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boehner/it-s-easy-to-kick-somebody-when-they-re-down-george-w-bush-has-dealt/) [John Boehner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boehner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/john-boehner-7050_colleagues_it-s-easy-to-kick-somebody-when-they-re_670404.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/issues-president/#itemlist", "name": "Issues President Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are plenty of issues President Trump and I don't agree on. I don't support shutting down our government over a border wall. 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