TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “We are a respected country again. They said that one of the leaders called up, top top leader of one of the countries. He asked me to call President Erdogan of Turkey, who I get along with very well. He said, ‘Sir, please, would you do me a favor? Call Erdogan.’ I said, ‘Why can’t you do it?’ He says, ‘You’re the only one he respects. You’re the only person he respects.’ I tell you this story. I like telling very personal stories. But they did say that. ‘You’re the only one he’ll listen to.’ I said, ‘Is that because of the United States?’ They said, ‘No, it’s because of you.’ So that’s not so bad. I might as well. I might as well tell you the stories because they won’t.”
-Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump Speech Transcript August 20: In Joe Biden’s Hometown,” rev.com, Aug. 20, 2020