--- title: "1 Trump Know Quotes By Angus King" description: "1 Trump Know quotes by Angus King. Plus more from Angus King and more Trump Know sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/angus-king-22040_cooperation_that-s-because-of-everything-the-public_2533106.jpg" --- > [That's because of everything the public interest and the media interest is focused on: What did Donald Trump know and when did he know it? Whether there was cooperation with the Russians. I don't mean to say that's a distraction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/that-s-because-of-everything-the-public-interest-and-the-media/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/angus-king-22040_cooperation_that-s-because-of-everything-the-public_2533106.jpg) ## More by Angus King > [I have a Twitter account; I have a fantastic Facebook page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/i-have-a-twitter-account-i-have-a-fantastic-facebook-page/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [I think it's important to also realize that this isn't a case of Apple being asked to simply flip a switch or, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/i-think-it-s-important-to-also-realize-that-this-isn-t-a-case-of/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [The only, the only possibility would be if the Republicans are in the majority and they can offer me something that would be especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/the-only-the-only-possibility-would-be-if-the-republicans-are-in-the/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [I think that people have to reward those individuals who are prepared to work across the political aisle. I don't see any other way;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/i-think-that-people-have-to-reward-those-individuals-who-are-prepared/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [I'm too fiscally conservative for the Democrats and too socially liberal for the Republicans, like 75% of the American people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/i-m-too-fiscally-conservative-for-the-democrats-and-too-socially/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [There's a host of difficult issues here, and that's why when you mentioned at the top of the show that the committees were looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/there-s-a-host-of-difficult-issues-here-and-that-s-why-when-you/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [The intelligence community, in particular the FBI, have been sounding alarms about this for more than a year. So to argue that suddenly we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/the-intelligence-community-in-particular-the-fbi-have-been-sounding/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [I haven't seen - I haven't heard the arguments that would make that case. And I haven't seen a proposal yet that satisfies the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/i-haven-t-seen-i-haven-t-heard-the-arguments-that-would-make-that/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [We are at this moment where what concerns me is that we're all so caught up in Donald Trump, James Comey, and David Kushner,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/we-are-at-this-moment-where-what-concerns-me-is-that-we-re-all-so/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [How can you work with someone if you went into their state to campaign against them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/how-can-you-work-with-someone-if-you-went-into-their-state-to/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/my-desire-is-to-be-as-independent-as-i-can-be-as-long-as-i-can-be/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [Every day in America, about 25,000 people buy a quarter-inch drill. But nobody in America wants a quarter-inch drill. What they want are holes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/every-day-in-america-about-25-000-people-buy-a-quarter-inch-drill-but/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [Well, first let's say that the fundamental responsibility of any government is national security - in the preamble to the Constitution, provide for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/well-first-let-s-say-that-the-fundamental-responsibility-of-any/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [One of my life principles is that if something isn't working, doing something harder isn't necessarily going to produce the same result.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/one-of-my-life-principles-is-that-if-something-isn-t-working-doing/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) > [The idea of some contact of Donald Trump's office with the Russians to try to find areas of common ground is not irrational or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-king/the-idea-of-some-contact-of-donald-trump-s-office-with-the-russians/) [Angus King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-king/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump-know/angus-king/#itemlist", "name": "1 Trump Know Quotes By Angus King", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's because of everything the public interest and the media interest is focused on: What did Donald Trump know and when did he know it? 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