I was elected because I believed in what we call "grassroots politics," politics from the bottom up, not the top down.

The time to fix our broken immigration system is now... We need stronger enforcement on the border and at the workplace... But for reform to work, we also must respond to what pulls people to America... Where we can reunite families, we should. Where we can bring in more foreign-born workers with the skills our economy needs, we should.

Call Loretta Lynch for a vote. Get her confirmed. Put her in place. Let her do her job.

We're breaking protocol here. That's the good thing about being President - I can do whatever I want.

This idea that America is somehow on the verge of collapse, this vision of violence and chaos everywhere, doesn't really jibe with the experience of most people.

Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference.

I believe in returning the nation's wealth to its rightful owners.