"And it's made... He said, "It's garbage." Only in South Carolina can you say that. Only in South Carolina. You're going to get us in trouble. No, I'm just repeating what he said for the fake news. No, but seriously the Academy Awards has gone way, way down in ratings. Do you know why? Because they started attacking us and we don't believe in it anymore. That's why. No, but they had the best movie of the year made in South Korea. They make enough stuff for us, right? And they're good. They're our friends. Take advantage of us, that's okay. Not so much anymore. We are really, you take a look, magnificently organized with the best professionals in the world. We're prepared for the absolute worst. You have to be prepared for the worst, but hopefully it will all amount to very little. That's why I tell you when we have the flu with 35,000 people and this one we have to take it very, very seriously. That's what we're doing. We are preparing for the worst."

Donald Trump Politics See all quotes by Donald Trump →

React to this quote

More by Donald Trump

“How can our great society tolerate the continued brutalization of its citizens by crazed misfits? Criminals must be told that their CIVIL LIBERTIES END WHEN AN ATTACK ON OUR SAFETY BEGINS!”

“We're a nation that speaks English. I think that, while we're in this nation, we should be speaking English... that's how we assimilate.”

“Space. A lotta room out there, right? This is infinity, it could be infinity, we don't really don't know, but it could be, there's gotta be something, but it could be infinity, right?”

“I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.”

“I think I am actually humble. I think I'm much more humble than you would understand.”

“You need more police. You need a better community, you know, relation. ... You need better relationships between the communities and the police, because in some cases, it's not good.”

Resonant Thoughts

"The weapon shops were founded more than two thousand years ago by a man who decided that the incessant struggle for power of different groups was insane and the civil and other wars must stop forever.…"

— A. E. van Vogt

Science1912–2000

#time

"Racism is a consequence of sin in a fallen world infused with evolutionary thinking... If you want to solve the issue of racism in your own life, it’s very simple: You’ve got to believe the Bible. Tha…"

— Ken Ham

Science1951

#mind

"The movie, as everyone knows, is about a man who finds himself living the same day over and over and over again. He is the only person in his world who knows this is happening, and after going through…"

— Roger Ebert

Literature1942–2013

#knowledge

"It's a Cuban thing. But he ate very well — lots of organic steak. When he was diagnosed, the doctors told him he'd had cancer for six years. This dated back to around the time of Chernobyl, when he wa…"

— Sienna Guillory

Entertainment1975

#time