I didn't say I would cut off all communication with [Vladimir] Putin. What I said was as president of the United States, now is not the time to talk with him.

We need a different kind of leadership in the White House that understands how to get bureaucracies competent again.

We must remember that ours was intended to be a citizen government, and we must work together to restore our country and the character of our nation.

Silicon Valley companies need to be asked to bring the best and brightest, the most recent technology to the table. I was asked as a CEO. I complied happily. And they will as well. But they have not been asked. That's why it cost billions of dollars to build an [Barack] Obama website that failed because the private sector wasn't asked.

Many people have asked me how I feel about losing my job

For heaven's sakes, every parent in America is checking social media and every employer is as well, but our government can't do it.

When you don't respond to bad behavior, you get more of it.