--- title: "29 Trump Quotes By George Packer" description: "29 Trump quotes by George Packer. Plus more from George Packer and more Trump sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/george-packer-2917_donald-trump_we-all-know-who-donald-trump-s-talking-t_3025146.png" --- > [We all know who Donald Trump's talking to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/we-all-know-who-donald-trump-s-talking-to/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/george-packer-2917_donald-trump_we-all-know-who-donald-trump-s-talking-t_3025146.png) > [Obama is the splendid fruit of a meritocracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/obama-is-the-splendid-fruit-of-a-meritocracy/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e96/george-packer-2917_fruit_obama-is-the-splendid-fruit-of-a-meritoc_2498793.png) > [How a candidate runs shapes how a president governs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/how-a-candidate-runs-shapes-how-a-president-governs/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/628/george-packer-2917_candidate_how-a-candidate-runs-shapes-how-a-presid_752231.png) > [What can one man do even if he is the president?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/what-can-one-man-do-even-if-he-is-the-president/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/george-packer-2917_even_what-can-one-man-do-even-if-he-is-the-pr_1971449.png) > [Politics should be, you know, as exciting as literature, as exciting film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/politics-should-be-you-know-as-exciting-as-literature-as-exciting-film/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/george-packer-2917_be-you_politics-should-be-you-know-as-exciting_1221397.png) > [Politics should seize the imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/politics-should-seize-the-imagination/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/george-packer-2917_imagination_politics-should-seize-the-imagination-18_1823227.png) > [I do think Donald Trump would be a catastrophic turn in American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-do-think-donald-trump-would-be-a-catastrophic-turn-in-american/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/george-packer-2917_american-history_i-do-think-donald-trump-would-be-a-catas_1856628.png) > [Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/character-is-destiny-and-politicians-usually-get-the-scandals-they/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/george-packer-2917_character_character-is-destiny-and-politicians-usu_1714622.png) > [American politics can produce great men and women, but it is profoundly insular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/american-politics-can-produce-great-men-and-women-but-it-is/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/george-packer-2917_american-politics_american-politics-can-produce-great-men_997772.png) > [When Donald Trump says make America great again, we know whose America that is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/when-donald-trump-says-make-america-great-again-we-know-whose-america/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/george-packer-2917_america_when-donald-trump-says-make-america-grea_2485571.png) > [When Donald Trump in one speech said I love the poorly educated - which was a remarkable thing to say - he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/when-donald-trump-in-one-speech-said-i-love-the-poorly-educated-which/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/george-packer-2917_communication_when-donald-trump-in-one-speech-said-i-l_1639715.png) > [Inspiration is an underexamined part of political life and presidential leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/inspiration-is-an-underexamined-part-of-political-life-and/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/george-packer-2917_inspiration_inspiration-is-an-underexamined-part-of_1584814.png) > [What goes on in a person's head, what impels them to a political choice, it's a pretty complicated question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/what-goes-on-in-a-person-s-head-what-impels-them-to-a-political/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/george-packer-2917_choices_what-goes-on-in-a-person-s-head-what-imp_2228629.png) > [We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/we-have-at-least-learned-that-the-offspring-of-presidents-don-t/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/george-packer-2917_good_we-have-at-least-learned-that-the-offspr_1975458.png) > [I really do put it on Bill Clinton's presidency as the time when the Democrats became the party of the college degree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-really-do-put-it-on-bill-clinton-s-presidency-as-the-time-when-the/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/george-packer-2917_bills_i-really-do-put-it-on-bill-clinton-s-pre_712947.png) > [If the presidential nominating process were an international sports competition, one would assume that top officials of both parties were taking envelopes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/if-the-presidential-nominating-process-were-an-international-sports/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/george-packer-2917_cash_if-the-presidential-nominating-process-w_862884.png) > [We all have a dark side but we keep it in its place because it's destructive. And Donald Trump has said, no,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/we-all-have-a-dark-side-but-we-keep-it-in-its-place-because-it-s/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/george-packer-2917_america_we-all-have-a-dark-side-but-we-keep-it-i_2006159.png) > [I don't think of Hillary Clinton as a bad choice. She's an uninspiring choice. She is a deeply imperfect choice, largely for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-don-t-think-of-hillary-clinton-as-a-bad-choice-she-s-an-uninspiring/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/george-packer-2917_bad-choices_i-don-t-think-of-hillary-clinton-as-a-ba_2086033.jpg) > [Too many talented and supremely calculating politicians, including Nixon and Clinton, have destroyed their careers, or come close, by acting in ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/too-many-talented-and-supremely-calculating-politicians-including/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/george-packer-2917_acting_too-many-talented-and-supremely-calculat_1116798.jpg) > [If Hillary Clinton becomes president, how is she going to be able to get the country behind her when she seems like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/if-hillary-clinton-becomes-president-how-is-she-going-to-be-able-to/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb7/george-packer-2917_able_if-hillary-clinton-becomes-president-how_870438.png) > [Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/gingrich-was-a-far-more-volatile-and-aggressive-individual-than/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/george-packer-2917_abnormal_gingrich-was-a-far-more-volatile-and-agg_1985939.jpg) > [When Donald Trump yells at his supporters to throw somebody out of the hall - and usually that somebody is brown or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/when-donald-trump-yells-at-his-supporters-to-throw-somebody-out-of/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/george-packer-2917_black_when-donald-trump-yells-at-his-supporter_545540.png) > [I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-actually-think-that-self-interest-is-overrated-as-an-all-purpose/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/george-packer-2917_actually_i-actually-think-that-self-interest-is-o_1612838.png) > [The way Donald Trump talks about the problems of black Americans as a kind of separate group who are not part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-way-donald-trump-talks-about-the-problems-of-black-americans-as-a/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/george-packer-2917_audience_the-way-donald-trump-talks-about-the-pro_852072.png) > [In a sense, whites who were always sort of the unthinking majority who didn't think of themselves necessarily as one among many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/in-a-sense-whites-who-were-always-sort-of-the-unthinking-majority-who/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66b/george-packer-2917_becoming_in-a-sense-whites-who-were-always-sort-o_753632.png) > [Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/before-the-nineteen-seventies-most-republicans-in-washington-accepted/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/george-packer-2917_accepted_before-the-nineteen-seventies-most-repub_1847407.png) > [The ranks of educated professional swelled as more Americans went to college and more Americans sort of adopted a more cosmopolitan lifestyle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-ranks-of-educated-professional-swelled-as-more-americans-went-to/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/george-packer-2917_adopted_the-ranks-of-educated-professional-swell_2758392.jpg) > [Hillary Clinton's such a classic Democratic political figure and believes so much in institutions and in gradualism in the old way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/hillary-clinton-s-such-a-classic-democratic-political-figure-and/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/george-packer-2917_believe_hillary-clinton-s-such-a-classic-democra_87599.png) > [The base of the party, the middle-aged white working class, has suffered at least as much as any demographic group because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-base-of-the-party-the-middle-aged-white-working-class-has/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/george-packer-2917_free_the-base-of-the-party-the-middle-aged-wh_1576017.png) ## Other authors on Trump ## More by George Packer > [I don't think they need to be nice to reporters, but the White House seems to imagine that releasing information is like a tap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-don-t-think-they-need-to-be-nice-to-reporters-but-the-white-house/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [So many writers grew up in tortured isolation, in revolt against their families. I and my sister were in a house where writing was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/so-many-writers-grew-up-in-tortured-isolation-in-revolt-against-their/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [Afghanistan can't police its borders, and its neighbors give sanctuary and assistance to insurgents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/afghanistan-can-t-police-its-borders-and-its-neighbors-give-sanctuary/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [Hillary Clinton's such a classic Democratic political figure and believes so much in institutions and in gradualism in the old way of reaching compromises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/hillary-clinton-s-such-a-classic-democratic-political-figure-and/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [“In other words, Foxx represented what Sarah Palin (speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Greensboro three weeks before the election) called “the real America,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/in-other-words-foxx-represented-what-sarah-palin-speaking-at-a/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [America's vast population of working poor can only get so poor before even Walmart is out of reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/america-s-vast-population-of-working-poor-can-only-get-so-poor-before/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [The Olympics are never just about sports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-olympics-are-never-just-about-sports/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > ['The Assassins' Gate' is a very tightly controlled story of the ideas that led to the war and the consequences of those ideas in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-assassins-gate-is-a-very-tightly-controlled-story-of-the-ideas/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [Amazon's identity and goals are never clear and always fluid, which makes the company destabilizing and intimidating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/amazon-s-identity-and-goals-are-never-clear-and-always-fluid-which/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/ideology-knows-the-answer-before-the-question-has-been-asked/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [Everything seems set up for success in digital journalism - money, eyeballs, software, brands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/everything-seems-set-up-for-success-in-digital-journalism-money/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/climate-change-joined-immigration-job-creation-food-safety-pilot/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/much-of-the-international-unease-with-the-sochi-games-has-focused-on/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [I've been interested in American politics since I was eight. That was in 1968. It was an interesting year. I was a huge Eugene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-ve-been-interested-in-american-politics-since-i-was-eight-that-was/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) > [When I interviewed Paul Bremer in his office, he had almost no books on his shelves. He had a couple of management books, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/when-i-interviewed-paul-bremer-in-his-office-he-had-almost-no-books/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump/george-packer/#itemlist", "name": "29 Trump Quotes By George Packer", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all know who Donald Trump's talking to.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Packer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/we-all-know-who-donald-trump-s-talking-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/george-packer-2917_donald-trump_we-all-know-who-donald-trump-s-talking-t_3025146.png", "contentUrl": 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And that's what Donald Trump is playing to. 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Despite the passions over various issues, government functioned pretty well. Legislators routinely crossed party lines when they voted, and when they drank; filibusters in the Senate were reserved for the biggest bills; think tanks produced independent research, not partisan talking points. 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