--- title: "13 Trump Quotes By Frank Bruni" description: "13 Trump quotes by Frank Bruni. Plus more from Frank Bruni and more Trump sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/frank-bruni-16963_campaigns_campaigns-waged-with-lies-presage-govern_243728.png" --- > [Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/campaigns-waged-with-lies-presage-governments-racked-by-distrust-the/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/frank-bruni-16963_campaigns_campaigns-waged-with-lies-presage-govern_243728.png) > [We are spending so much time in studios, and in chairs listening to somebody at a lectern, and if we really understood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/we-are-spending-so-much-time-in-studios-and-in-chairs-listening-to/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/frank-bruni-16963_building_we-are-spending-so-much-time-in-studios_2775677.png) > [If you look at why do we end up with the nominees that we get often? It's because you have only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/if-you-look-at-why-do-we-end-up-with-the-nominees-that-we-get-often/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/frank-bruni-16963_partisans_if-you-look-at-why-do-we-end-up-with-the_1749703.png) > [I think the Donald Trump's obsession is, is bigger than just polling. I mean it's funny because we've been harping on polls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/i-think-the-donald-trump-s-obsession-is-is-bigger-than-just-polling-i/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/frank-bruni-16963_kind_i-think-the-donald-trump-s-obsession-is_654247.png) > [If every four years in a presidential election, if you're a New Yorker or a Californian, and you realize that you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/if-every-four-years-in-a-presidential-election-if-you-re-a-new-yorker/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/frank-bruni-16963_election_if-every-four-years-in-a-presidential-el_1876041.png) > [Another way in which our system is unfair. Why do Iowans get so much of a bigger voice every four years than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/another-way-in-which-our-system-is-unfair-why-do-iowans-get-so-much/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/frank-bruni-16963_different_another-way-in-which-our-system-is-unfai_936638.png) > [We've given people both in print and even more so on TV these enormous doses of Donald Trump because people are consuming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/we-ve-given-people-both-in-print-and-even-more-so-on-tv-these/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/frank-bruni-16963_audience_we-ve-given-people-both-in-print-and-eve_1064191.png) > [You don't feel you have the same voice in a presidential election if you live in a solid blue or a solid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/you-don-t-feel-you-have-the-same-voice-in-a-presidential-election-if/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/frank-bruni-16963_democrat_you-don-t-feel-you-have-the-same-voice-i_2180127.png) > [I do think we're in a little bit of a bubble and I think you saw it this year primarily in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/i-do-think-we-re-in-a-little-bit-of-a-bubble-and-i-think-you-saw-it/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/frank-bruni-16963_bubbles_i-do-think-we-re-in-a-little-bit-of-a-bu_3210563.jpg) > [I remember going to a Trump rally in South Carolina, and it was really important and it was really interesting to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/i-remember-going-to-a-trump-rally-in-south-carolina-and-it-was-really/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/frank-bruni-16963_decision_i-remember-going-to-a-trump-rally-in-sou_334346.jpg) > [I think with Donald Trump we're seeing the sort of utterly vanished line at long last of enter - between entertainment and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/i-think-with-donald-trump-we-re-seeing-the-sort-of-utterly-vanished/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/frank-bruni-16963_complicated_i-think-with-donald-trump-we-re-seeing-t_287862.jpg) > [We need to talk to voters in large enough numbers and we need to have conversations that are probing and sustained enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/we-need-to-talk-to-voters-in-large-enough-numbers-and-we-need-to-have/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/frank-bruni-16963_communication_we-need-to-talk-to-voters-in-large-enoug_2994119.jpg) > [We are constantly bemoaning that we have two nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, who are when you put them together as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/we-are-constantly-bemoaning-that-we-have-two-nominees-hillary-clinton/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/frank-bruni-16963_clinton_we-are-constantly-bemoaning-that-we-have_68958.jpg) ## Other authors on Trump ## More by Frank Bruni > [We are constantly bemoaning that we have two nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, who are when you put them together as unpopular a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/we-are-constantly-bemoaning-that-we-have-two-nominees-hillary-clinton/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [“Books are personal, passionate. They stir emotions and spark thought in a manner all their own, and I'm convinced that the shattered world has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/books-are-personal-passionate-they-stir-emotions-and-spark-thought-in/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [We still write too many stories that are "state of the race" stories that are informed almost solely by what the polling shows and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/we-still-write-too-many-stories-that-are-state-of-the-race-stories/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [But fairness is where we’re heading, at least in regard to marriage, which has emerged as the terrain on which Americans are hashing out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/but-fairness-is-where-we-re-heading-at-least-in-regard-to-marriage/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/campaigns-waged-with-lies-presage-governments-racked-by-distrust-the/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [I think with Donald Trump we're seeing the sort of utterly vanished line at long last of enter - between entertainment and politics. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/i-think-with-donald-trump-we-re-seeing-the-sort-of-utterly-vanished/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [I remember going to a Trump rally in South Carolina, and it was really important and it was really interesting to talk to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/i-remember-going-to-a-trump-rally-in-south-carolina-and-it-was-really/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [“Thin people, God bless them, God curse them, don't get it: If you're not thin, you need to be careful and conscious about when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/thin-people-god-bless-them-god-curse-them-don-t-get-it-if-you-re-not/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [“You can make a successful run for political office in this country without an especially thick résumé, any exceptional talent for expressing yourself, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/you-can-make-a-successful-run-for-political-office-in-this-country/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [I think the Donald Trump's obsession is, is bigger than just polling. I mean it's funny because we've been harping on polls like never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/i-think-the-donald-trump-s-obsession-is-is-bigger-than-just-polling-i/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [You're encouraging a response in citizens and the public, that has nothing to do with an informed decision, that has nothing to do with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/you-re-encouraging-a-response-in-citizens-and-the-public-that-has/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [Writers and reporters need to remind themselves they're not to be judged solely by the number of clicks or eyeballs on a given story,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/writers-and-reporters-need-to-remind-themselves-they-re-not-to-be/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [Another way in which our system is unfair. Why do Iowans get so much of a bigger voice every four years than everybody else?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/another-way-in-which-our-system-is-unfair-why-do-iowans-get-so-much/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [I wanted us to be careful about, going to the corner diner, interviewing three people and saying, "here's the mood of the public."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/i-wanted-us-to-be-careful-about-going-to-the-corner-diner/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) > [After all, a creature without passionate conviction doesn't cling to extremes. He surveys the scenery and makes sure his outfit doesn't clash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/after-all-a-creature-without-passionate-conviction-doesn-t-cling-to/) [Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump/frank-bruni/#itemlist", "name": "13 Trump Quotes By Frank Bruni", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. 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Why do Iowans get so much of a bigger voice every four years than everybody else? Ditto for New Hampshire. There are proposals and it could well happen that we could have a rotating calendar where different years different states went first. I would endorse that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Bruni" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/another-way-in-which-our-system-is-unfair-why-do-iowans-get-so-much/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/frank-bruni-16963_different_another-way-in-which-our-system-is-unfai_936638.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/frank-bruni-16963_different_another-way-in-which-our-system-is-unfai_936638.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/frank-bruni-16963_different_another-way-in-which-our-system-is-unfai_936638.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Another way in which our system is unfair. 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If we had gotten a signal that John Kasich got as big an audience, believe me, you would have seen a lot more of John Kasich so it's complicated who's to blame, the media or the people consuming the media.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Bruni" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/we-ve-given-people-both-in-print-and-even-more-so-on-tv-these/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/frank-bruni-16963_audience_we-ve-given-people-both-in-print-and-eve_1064191.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/frank-bruni-16963_audience_we-ve-given-people-both-in-print-and-eve_1064191.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/frank-bruni-16963_audience_we-ve-given-people-both-in-print-and-eve_1064191.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We've given people both in print and even more so on TV these enormous doses of Donald Trump because people…” — Frank Bruni", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't feel you have the same voice in a presidential election if you live in a solid blue or a solid red state. I also don't think we've educated voters well on the different ways in which primaries work in different states. It doesn't need to be the case that you end up with one Democrat and one Republican, you have open primaries, you can have jungle primaries. There are various permutations and combinations of how to do this.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Bruni" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/you-don-t-feel-you-have-the-same-voice-in-a-presidential-election-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/frank-bruni-16963_democrat_you-don-t-feel-you-have-the-same-voice-i_2180127.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/frank-bruni-16963_democrat_you-don-t-feel-you-have-the-same-voice-i_2180127.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/frank-bruni-16963_democrat_you-don-t-feel-you-have-the-same-voice-i_2180127.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You don't feel you have the same voice in a presidential election if you live in a solid blue or a solid red…” — Frank Bruni", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do think we're in a little bit of a bubble and I think you saw it this year primarily in the fact that everyone was surprised by Donald Trump's success. He was saying things and he was tapping into feelings and resentments in the electorate that the media was almost completely blindsided by. And that suggests we are not spending enough time talking to people out there who are living the lives and feeling the problems that led them to Donald Trump.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Bruni" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/i-do-think-we-re-in-a-little-bit-of-a-bubble-and-i-think-you-saw-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/frank-bruni-16963_bubbles_i-do-think-we-re-in-a-little-bit-of-a-bu_3210563.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/frank-bruni-16963_bubbles_i-do-think-we-re-in-a-little-bit-of-a-bu_3210563.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/frank-bruni-16963_bubbles_i-do-think-we-re-in-a-little-bit-of-a-bu_3210563.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I do think we're in a little bit of a bubble and I think you saw it this year primarily in the fact that…” — Frank Bruni", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I remember going to a Trump rally in South Carolina, and it was really important and it was really interesting to talk to the people who'd shown up there because they were not caricatures, and so often Trump voters, Trump supporters were being portrayed in the media, probably I'm guilty of it as well, as caricatures. 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