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White House transcripts of the President’s remarks, compiled by the Office of the Federal Register and published on govinfo.gov. They are in the public domain and usually appear 4–7 weeks after the event: the newest one here is from Sep 30, 2026. We show how often a word was said and short quotes, and link to the full text. Searches on this page go to our server, unlike My transcripts.

“Reciprocal” said in 22 of 65 transcripts, 55 times.

Counted forms: reciprocal, reciprocals, reciprocal's.

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Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …maybe tomorrow night or probably Wednesday. You're going to see. And they're reciprocal, so whatever they charge us, we charge them, but we're being nicer…
  2. …break on that. Yes. Well, it depends. You know, I said it's reciprocal. Not everybody has made a fortune, but—almost everybody has, but not…
  3. …haven't, we're going to be very nice to them. Because that word "reciprocal" is very important. What they do to us, we do to them…

Remarks on Manufacturing Investment and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …please. Well, I may give a lot of countries breaks, but it's reciprocal. But we might be even nicer than that. You know, we've been…
  2. …most part, April 2 will be a big day. That will be reciprocal day, and we'll be bringing some of the money back that's been…
  3. …that I expect that. I—it's up to them, but we have reciprocal tariffs. I don't know anything about it. I'm not a big fan…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …with Mexico and Canada. But the predominant tariffs will go—they'll be reciprocal in nature. They'll be going on on April the 2nd. So we'll…
  2. …next week, and the big one will be on April 2, when—reciprocal tariffs. So, if India or China or any of the countries that…

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress

Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …to do it on April—I'm a very superstitious person—April 2, reciprocal tariffs kick in. And whatever they tariff us—other countries—we will…

Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Howard W. Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …tariff and trade agenda, along with many other things. We'll soon impose reciprocal tariffs, because that means they charge us, we charge them. It's very…
  2. …any of them—whatever they charge, we want to be fair. So, reciprocal—reciprocal, meaning they charge us, we charge them. We haven't done that…
  3. …2½ percent, which is the same thing that we charge. And that's reciprocal. See, that's what is happening: reciprocal. And I think it's a big…

Remarks at a Black History Month Reception

Feb 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …workers, including millions of Black workers, and we have a thing called reciprocal tariffs. If they charge us, we charge them. This is opening up…

Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …But here's really the place to start, because we're talking now about reciprocal tariffs. And on trade, I have decided, for purposes of fairness, that…
  2. …to do all the necessary work to deliver reciprocity—in other words, reciprocal—reciprocity to our system of trade. So we're going to have a…
  3. …it's the most beautiful. And I'll tell you what I think. Really, "reciprocal tariffs," those two words—reciprocal— reciprocal makes tariffs really fair. No. We're…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …charged us, and we haven't charged them. And it's time to be reciprocal. So, very, very—you'll be hearing that word a lot: reciprocal. If…
  2. …got some other things we'll be doing, but the biggest thing is reciprocal. We want tariffs to be fair. The President. If they charge—— If…
  3. …in terms of retaliation, if they retaliate, it's—as I said, it's reciprocal. So, if they raise it a little bit, then we raise it…

Remarks on Signing a Proclamation on Gulf of America Day and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to New Orleans, Louisiana

Feb 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …announcing—— I'll be announcing, probably Tuesday or Wednesday at a news conference, reciprocal tariffs. And, very simply, it's if they charge us, we charge them…
  2. …nothing, it's not going to stay that way. Every country will be reciprocal, that's right. Every country. It won't affect everybody, because there are some…
  3. …of the United States, we're going to have a—it's reciprocity. It's reciprocal. We're going to have a reciprocal tariff. But we'll have a news…