"If there's information out there, you want it"
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In context, the remark is inseparable from the Trump-era collision of politics, opposition research, and the porous boundary between curiosity and complicity. The phrasing quietly shifts responsibility away from the seeker. "Out there" suggests the info exists independently, floating in the public air, unowned and therefore fair game. That move matters: it implies that the only real sin is being left uninformed. Wanting becomes self-justifying, almost civic. If everyone else is hunting for leverage, refusing to look starts to feel naive rather than principled.
Theres also a tell in the second-person "you". Its not confession; its recruitment. The listener is invited to recognize themselves in the impulse, to normalize it as common sense. Thats how the sentence works rhetorically: it launders self-interest through an imagined consensus. In a media culture where scoops are currency and outrage is content, the quote captures a worldview where ethics is treated as a handicap, and the only losing move is not playing.
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Jr., Donald Trump. (2026, January 15). If there's information out there, you want it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-theres-information-out-there-you-want-it-173258/
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Jr., Donald Trump. "If there's information out there, you want it." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-theres-information-out-there-you-want-it-173258/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"If there's information out there, you want it." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-theres-information-out-there-you-want-it-173258/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.








