Donald Trump on Families & Children 2016 Republican incumbent President; 2000 Reform Primary Challenger for President

I don't know about QAnon; but I agree on opposing pedophilia

TRUMP: I know nothing about QAnon.

Q: I just told you.

TRUMP: What you tell me, doesn't necessarily make it fact. I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard. But I know nothing about it. If you'd like me to study the subject--

Q: They believe that there's a Satanic cult run by the deep state.

TRUMP: I'll tell you what I do know about. I know about Antifa--

Q: Republican Senator Ben Sasse said, "QAnon is nuts and real leaders call conspiracy theories."

TRUMP: He may be right.

Q: Why not just say, "it's crazy and not true?"

TRUMP: I just don't know about QAnon. What I do hear about it, is they are very strongly against pedophilia. And I agree with that very strongly.

Q: But there's not a Satanic pedophile cult being?

TRUMP: I have no idea. I know nothing about them.

Our children are taught in school to hate their own country

Our children are taught in school to hate their own country, and to believe that the men and women who built it were not heroes, but that were villains. The radical view of American history is a web of lies--all perspective is removed, every virtue is obscured, every motive is twisted, every fact is distorted, and every flaw is magnified until the history is purged and the record is disfigured beyond all recognition.

This attack on our magnificent liberty must be stopped. We will expose this dangerous movement, protect our nation's children, end this radical assault, and preserve our beloved American way of life.

Expanded child tax credit was pushed by Ivanka Trump

Paid family leave for federal employees

Congressional Summary: HR.5296 and S.2976: The Advancing Support for Working Families Act allows individual taxpayers an election to advance up to $5,000 of˙the˙child tax credit in˙the˙year of birth or adoption of an applicable qualifying child [Status: 13 bipartisan co-sponsors in House and Senate].

FCW.com explanation of Family Leave:
The National Defense Authorization Act included a family leave amendment by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY). The benefit was added in a bit of legislative horse-trading that allowed for the establishment of Space Force. Pres. Trump signed the NDAA on 12/20/2019, in time to avoid a government shutdown on 12/21.

Doubled the child tax credit

We passed a massive tax cut for working families and doubled the child tax credit. We virtually ended the estate, or death, tax on small businesses, ranches, and family farms.

Girls smuggled across border into modern-day slavery

Human traffickers and sex traffickers take advantage of the wide open areas between our ports of entry to smuggle thousands of young girls and women into the United States and to sell them into prostitution and modern-day slavery.

Bipartisan effort to implement paid family leave

True love for our people requires us to find common ground, to advance the common good, and to cooperate on behalf of every American child who deserves a brighter future.

I have great respect for women; despite locker-room talk

TRUMP: No, I didn't say that at all. This was locker room talk. I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people. Yes, I'm very embarrassed by it. And we should get on to much more important things and much bigger things.

Q: Are you saying that what you said on that bus 11 years ago--that you did not actually kiss women without consent or grope women without consent?

TRUMP: I have great respect for women. Nobody has more respect for women than I do.

Q: Have you ever done those things?

TRUMP: No, I have not.

CLINTON: What we all saw and heard was Donald talking about women, what he thinks about women, what he does to women. And he has said that the video doesn't represent who he is. But I think it's clear to anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he is.

Hillary and I agree on paid family leave

TRUMP: As far as child care is concerned and so many other things, I think Hillary and I agree on that. We probably disagree a little bit as to numbers and amounts and what we're going to do, but perhaps we'll be talking about that later. But we have to stop our jobs from being stolen from us. We have to stop our companies from leaving the United States and, with it, firing all of their people. All you have to do is take a look at Carrier air conditioning in Indianapolis. They left -- fired 1,400 people. They're going to Mexico. So many hundreds and hundreds of companies are doing this.

Supports birth control without a prescription

The GOP's 2016 platform says it opposes the FDA's "endorsement of over-the-counter sales of powerful contraceptives without a physician's recommendation." The comment comes days after Trump unveiled a plan aimed at making childcare more affordable for women.

Trump has sometimes stumbled when it comes to reproductive health issues. During the Republican primary, he was criticized for saying that, if it the abortion were to be outlawed, women should be punished for having them. He later said that providers, not women, should be the ones who face penalties.

Women act feminine & needy, but inside, they are killers

As much power as women might wield, however, Trump rarely let the opportunity pass to proclaim his own virility. Asked for his view of Viagra, Trump boasted that he never needed such assistance. What he really needed, he said, was an "anti-Viagra, something with the opposite effect. I'm not bragging. I'm just lucky.

Ex-wives sign confidentiality agreements and keep quiet

Trump often said he was not the kind of father who spent much time hanging out or playing ball with his children, but when they were old enough to learn the business, they spent far more time with him, especially at the office. All three children from the marriage with Ivana would come to work by their father's side at the Trump Organization. All three told of difficult times with their father. During the divorce battle, Donald Jr. went a year without speaking to his father. But they came to admire him as a businessman and as a parent who loved them in his own way and deeply wanted them to work together with him.

How his ex-wives might describe the family's inner life remained uncertain, as Trump managed to hold their public comments in check.

Federal tax breaks to support child care costs

Trump's plan, which would expand tax benefits available to Americans paying for child care, falls outside of traditional Republican Party thinking. But Ivanka made it a centerpiece of her July speech as she pitched her father as the right man to help working families get by. Trump's new proposal, which the campaign says would "exclude childcare expenses from taxation," clearly came from her, which Trump confirmed."I've been working on [this] with my daughter, Ivanka," he said. "She feels so strongly about this."

Polls show Trump lagging behind Clinton among women voters. Ivanka's influence and the specific child care proposal are both meant to address that gap.

Happiest people have great families & God in their lives

Stress importance of a strong family, & a culture of Life

Everyone getting married should have a prenuptial agreement

Marriage is a contract unlike any other contract in life. It's a legally binding contract that knows nothing of love. If the love dies, all you have left is a resentful ex-spouse & the marriage certificate. There's nothing more terrible than an ex-spouse with a ten-ton axe to grind, and no agreement on common property. Always get a prenup. It's just too risky not to.

When I met Melania and we decided to get married, I said, "We're going to have the greatest marriage ever, but listen, just in case it doesn't work, sign on the dotted line." It's not exactly the most romantic thing to do, but you really, really need it.

Too many hollow compliments are not healthy for kids

Too many hollow compliments are not healthy for kids. It is okay to let your children know they are special. It is a part of being a loving parent, but do not overdo it. To constantly lavish praise on your children for every little thing they do is too much. Do not be easy on them. Let your children work hard to gain your praise. They will value it more.

If you over-compliment a child, they start to believe they are entitled to success in life without even trying, but it is not true. When they grow up they will find out that the world is much more difficult than you led them to believe. Then, if they cannot get something right away, they quit. Quitting is a habit that is hard to break.

I would rather live a married life than be single

What surprises many people is that beautiful women love me. For the first season of The Apprentice one broadcast exec said, "To be successful, large numbers of women would have to watch, and why would women want to watch Donald Trump?" I said, "I have not done so badly with women." As it turned out, the biggest audience for The Apprentice by far is women.

Be cocky & confident & get all the women you want

We may live in houses in the suburbs but our minds and emotions are still only a short step out of the jungle. In primitive times, women clung to the strongest males for protection. High-status males displayed their prowess through their kick-ass attitudes. They did not give a crap about what other people in the tribe thought. That kind of attitude was and still is associated with the kind of men women find attractive. It may not be politically correct to say but who cares. It is common sense and it's true--and always will be.

My family is my motivation

• My eldest son, Don Jr., joined the Trump Organization in September 2001 and has already proven himself to be a valuable member of our team.
• Ivanka, my eldest daughter, is currently attending the Warton School.
• Eric, my youngest son, is at Georgetown University and doing well.
• I remain very close to my brother Robert and to my sisters, Maryanne and Elizabeth. All are thriving, successful, and productive.
• My parents, Fred and Mary, passed away in 1999 and 2000, respectively. The void they left will never be filled. But what each gave to me, by way of example, will remain with me every day of my life.

I seem to bring out either the best or worst in women

Katarina asked me what I thought of the evening. I told her that, while I liked her skating, I thought the music she skated to was horrible. "I know you want to be artistic," I said, "but you really ought to choose music that's more mainstream, something people will enjoy." Katarina was not pleased with my comments and I could see at a glance that steely German temperament. After that, every article written about Katarina Witt included claims that I had asked her out and she had turned me down.