Trump made the comment during a speech in Iowa two weeks before the state’s primary election. Trump came in second, about 3% behind Texas US Senator Ted Cruz.
NPR – Donald Trump: ‘I Could … Shoot Somebody, And I Wouldn’t Lose Any Voters’
Politico – Trump: I could ‘shoot somebody’ and I wouldn’t lose voters
Wikipedia – 2016 Iowa Republican caucuses
In a 2014 discussion with his biographer Michael D’Antonio, Trump explained,
When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I’m basically the same. The temperament is not that different.
However, he has also asserted that he had the best temperament of anyone who has ran for President.
In other discussions with his biographer, Trump noted how as a child he enjoyed fighting, which was one of the reasons he was sent to a military academy.
He has also described himself as a “whiner,” and taken shots at over Twitter at all his “haters,” even on the anniversary of 9/11.
Politico – What I Learned Writing Trump’s Biography
The Washington Post – The scariest thing I found out about Donald Trump yesterday
The Week – Donald Trump tells biographer he’s the same now as he was in first grade
The belief has been long documented, and Trump’s reiterated his belief on the 2016 campaign trail:
All my friends who work out all the time, they’re going for knee replacements, hip replacements — they’re a disaster. That’s exercise.
As far as modern medical science has been able to determine, this is untrue.
The New York Times – Donald Trump is Not Going Anywhere
The Washington Post – Trump thinks that exercising too much uses up the body’s finite energy
Business Insider – Trump believes some amazingly false things about exercise
The New Yorker – How Trump Could Get Fired
The venture was short-lived, as the Sharper Imagine discontinued the line after two months.
Reviews for the steaks were mostly negative, and were described as “mealy,” “grainy,” “bland,” “dry,” “greasy and tasteless,” “loaded with fat,” “no flavor, overpriced, and just gross,” and “nothing but grease and shrinkage…. no redeeming qualities.”
Trump is also known for preferring his steaks well-done with ketchup. He had various other similar ventures that quickly failed, like Trump Vodka.
Wikipedia – Trump Steaks
GQ – If You Hate Donald Trump, You’re Gonna Really Love These Reviews of Trump Steaks. Bad!
Business Insider – This anecdote about Donald Trump’s failed steak business reveals a huge part of his personality
The fake Time cover featuring Trump was displayed in at least 4 of his golf clubs, including his famous property Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
Mina Chang, a senior State Department official nominated by the Trump administration, was also caught padding her resume. Among other things, it included a fake Time cover.
The Washington Post – A Time magazine with Trump on the cover hands in his gold clubs. It’s fake.
Time – How To Spot a Fake TIME Cover
NBC News – Time Asks Donald Trump’s Golf Clubs to Remove Phony Magazine Cover
NBC News – Senior Trump official embellished résumé, had face on fake Time cover
