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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.

“Tariff” said in 19 of 24 transcripts, 148 times.

Counted forms: tariff, tariffs, tariff's.

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Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 12 times

  1. …I just walked in—I heard Samsung is now—because of the tariffs, they're going to build massive facilities in the United States. If we…
  2. …money. What they need is an incentive to come in, and the tariffs—they're building because of the tariffs. If—without the tariffs—and I'd…
  3. …to say they're building because of November 5, the election, and the tariffs, but I'm going to be a little more blunt. They're building because…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …in are astronomical. We're taking in tremendous amounts of money with the tariffs. We were treated very unfairly on trade, and the countries are getting…
  2. …what? What about it? Yes. Go ahead, please. No. Sure. No. No. Tariffs are making us rich. We were losing a lot of money under…
  3. …we didn't do—we didn't take in anything before, other than the tariffs that I put on previous to Biden, which were the tariffs I…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez of El Salvador and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 11 times

  1. …of the election on November 5 and because of a thing called tariffs—as I say, the most beautiful word in the dictionary—after "love…
  2. …that we deal with. They're great people. They're brilliant people. And without tariffs, they wouldn't be doing it. Okay? Thank you very much. That's really…
  3. …other places—China. And all I have to do is impose a tariff. The more, the faster they move in. The higher the tariff, it's…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …Look, U.S. Steel is going to do very well now because of tariffs, and I don't know why they even need a deal. But the…
  2. …to be filled up very soon because of what I'm doing with tariffs. It was a different kind of a thing. But if I didn't…
  3. …in the first term—in my first term, if I didn't put tariffs on, we would have—because China and others were dumping steel, billions…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 27 times

  1. …lot of things. I appreciate very much what you said about the tariffs. We've been ripped off and taken advantage of by many countries over…
  2. …fair deals, and, in certain cases, they're going to be paying substantial tariffs. They'll be fair deals. As you know, I spoke this morning with…
  3. …China, as you know, against my statement, they put a 34-percent tariff on, above what their ridiculous tariffs were already. And I said if…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and Meeting With United States Ambassadorial Nominees and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 25, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …April 1, for the obvious reason. April 2. But you'll be seeing tariffs, and I think I've been very fair. I have them set, but…
  2. …of dollars coming into our country very soon in the form of tariffs, because we were abused by Presidents and, frankly, in all fairness—it…
  3. …Once they're here, we'll protect them through taxes, through incentives, and also through tariffs. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you very much. Thank you

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …incentive for them to use it. But what is good is, the tariffs will make it so that they want to come back. That's why…
  2. …because of the fact that they have to come back because the tariffs are forcing them to come back. And remember, there are no tariffs…
  3. …under control. Tremendous amounts of money will be soon coming in from tariffs, which is about time that we were able to partake. We've been…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 13, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …things. Number one, the election—November 5. And the other thing is tariffs. I think, probably, in that order. But Tim Cook came in and…
  2. …and that's because of the election result and it's because of the tariffs and the tax incentives too. You know, tariffs and tax incentives. And…
  3. …cars there. It's prohibitive because of their policies, and also their nonmonetary tariffs. That's—they put obstacles in your way that you can do nothing…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Micheál Martin of Ireland and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …ill will. And, as you know, we're going to be doing reciprocal tariffs. So whatever they charge us, we're charging them. Nobody can complain about…
  2. …time, we've done a very good job. And I think that the tariffs that we're talking about—and, again, reciprocal—I think that the tariffs…
  3. …anything into the United States, I'm going to put a 200-percent tariff on you, so you're never going to be able to sell anything…

Remarks in a Question-and-Answer Session at a Business Roundtable Quarterly Meeting

Mar 11, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …didn't win the election. Number one. And I think, number two, the tariffs are having a tremendously positive impact—they will have and they are…
  2. …There's a new—a renewed spirit, and also, a—very importantly, the tariffs are—they don't want to pay 25 percent or whatever it may…
  3. …they're going to build. And ultimately, the biggest win is not the tariff. That's a big win. It's a lot of money. But the biggest…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 27, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …we're going to change that. And we are going to have reciprocal tariffs. We're not going to have tariff; we're going to have reciprocal. Whatever…
  2. …of March. And then on the 2d of April, we have reciprocal tariffs. That's reciprocal, where we charge countries what they're charging us. And nobody…
  3. …them an exact like amount. And it's pretty simple, but it's reciprocal tariffs, because the United States has been taken advantage of by many, many…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …because of the results of the election and, I think, because of tariffs. He's going to want to be in the country because of tariffs…
  2. …no tariff. If you're out of the country, you got to pay tariffs. And that's going to be a great investment, I think, that he's…
  3. …Any other questions? No, no. I'm going to—I'm not stopping the tariffs, no. Millions of people have died because of the fentanyl that comes…

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a National Governors Association Meeting

Feb 21, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …going to build here instead because they don't want to pay the tariffs. The tariffs are amazing. It's good. I said it's—I got myself…
  2. …trouble. I said it's my favorite word in the dictionary, the word "tariff." It's such a beautiful word. And the—the fake news killed me…
  3. …business being brought to this country that you've never seen before. The tariffs are bringing them more than anything else. The country is bringing them…

Remarks at a Republican Governors Association Meeting

Feb 20, 2025 Meeting 27 times

  1. …that—they're going to want to beat—they want to beat the tariffs, and there's only one way to beat the tariffs. Tariffs, one of…
  2. …fourth favorite word." So now I say God, religion, love, and then tariffs, number four. And now I'm okay. I can get away with that…
  3. …mentions the destruction of the dollar will be charged a 150-percent tariff. And we don't want your goods. We don't want to partake. And…