*“Either they don't understand what they are doing to their own country, in which case they are simply stupid, or they understand everything in which case they are dangerous and corrupt.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-putin/putin-offers-transcript-to-prove-trump-did-not-pass-russia-secrets-idUSKCN18D1EA</ref>
*"We are going to pursue terrorists everywhere. If they are in the airport, we will pursue them in the airport. And if we capture them in the toilet, then we will waste them in the outhouse."
*“I think all sober-minded people who really are involved in politics understand that the idea of a Russian threat to, for example, the Baltics is complete madness. Are we really about to fight NATO? How many people are there in the NATO countries? About 600 million, correct? There are 146 million people in Russia. Yes, we're the biggest nuclear power. But do you really think that we're about to conquer the Baltics using nuclear weapons? What is this madness?”