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“Russia” said in 46 of 89 transcripts, 195 times.
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May 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…That was a big factor. But I noticed all of the countries—Russia—having a big day tomorrow. And by the way, they lost millions…
…You wouldn't be having—you wouldn't have October 7. You wouldn't have Russia fighting with Ukraine. You wouldn't have had that disaster in Afghanistan. You…
May 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…to end the bloody and destructive conflicts and one, in particular, with Russia and Ukraine and—where you're losing 5,000 young people a week…
…within the next few days. I think a lot, because I think Russia wanted to take all of Ukraine, and they've stopped. That's a lot…
May 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…please. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes, if you can believe it, they said Russia blew it up. Yes. Well, probably if I asked certain people, I'd…
…allowed it to be built. And it's very interesting. But I think Russia, with the price of oil right now—oil has gone down—I…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…thousand a week. So think of those parents, you know? They're from Russia, they're from Ukraine, for the most part, and—and other people, but…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…to beat China? How am I going to stop the war with Russia and Ukraine?" This guy could fall asleep with cameras blazing—right?—I'm…
…spent numbers like you wouldn't believe. And China wouldn't have spent anything. Russia wouldn't have spent anything. India wouldn't have spent. But we would have…
…that was never going to happen. If I were President, the Ukraine-Russia war would have never, ever happened. Not even a little chance. We…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…choice. And we're fighting very hard on the China front and the Russia front with Ukraine and what's happening in the Middle East. And a…
Apr 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…And if—if it doesn't happen—I will say that I think Russia is ready. And a lot of people said Russia wanted to go…
…the whole thing. And they've—I think we have a deal with Russia. We have to get a deal with Zelenskyy, and I hope that…
…to skyrocket—it just skyrocketed out of—it was out of control. Russia made a lot more money, because they make their money on energy…
Apr 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…not from America, they're not from anywhere else other than Ukraine and Russia, but we want to save these lives. So it's 2,500 a…
…shouldn't have happened. None of it. Ukraine would have never happened with Russia. October 7 would have never happened, so you wouldn't have had all…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…because of it: open borders, millions of people coming into our country. Russia and Ukraine, that would have never happened. October 7 would have never…
…if we have to. I want to see—I want to see Russia and Ukraine make a deal. They've got to make a deal. When…
…it's no good. I hope we're going to make a deal with Russia and Ukraine. But with Iran, yes, if we—if it requires military…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 29 times
…hasn't been tough on China." They say, "Trump hasn't been tough on Russia." Okay, here's the story. Nord Stream 2—did anybody ever hear of…
…Europe. We closed it. And they say, "Oh, he wasn't tough on Russia." I was very tough with the sanctions and everything else. And by…
…your information, we're trying like hell to get the fighting stopped between Russia and Ukraine—a thing that never would have happened if the election…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…over a trillion dollars. Think of it: over a trillion dollars. And Russia was paying almost nothing. Russia had a 1992 standard. China was paying…
Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…do as many as I can. I'm pretty busy trying to stop Russia and Ukraine. And the Middle East, we've got to stop that. We're…
…war from not starting in the Middle East. We have to get Russia. They're losing 2,000—on average, 2,500 people a day —young…
…country, but they're from other countries, but they're human beings. They're from Russia. They're from Ukraine, in this period, most of them. And we're going…
Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…relationship was hurt very badly by the witch hunt that went on—Russia, Russia, Russia—and all the crap that they put Don through, who…
Mar 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…that's important. You know, it's a lot of children are living in Russia right now. That's a horrible situation that would have never taken place…
…And they're not from our country. They're from Ukraine, and they're from Russia. But it's human lives, and if we can get it stopped—and…
…nature, they're opening up. And they're headed right into China, right into Russia. And we have no choice. The answer is: He's there with his…
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…international security. If you look at the ships outside of Greenland: China, Russia, places that—we have to be there. If we're not there, we…
Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…have had the October 7 disaster with Israel. You wouldn't have had Russia and Ukraine, because that would have never happened. You wouldn't have had…
…that you witnessed, which was probably one of the primary reasons that Russia went into Ukraine. They saw that mess, how badly it was handled…
Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…firms did bad things. Bad things. They went after me for years. "Russia, Russia, Russia" hoax. All a hoax. It was a hoax. It was…
Mar 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…in particular, Ukraine. We're doing very well with regard to Ukraine and Russia. And one of the things we are doing is signing a deal…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…you very much. We've had some pretty good news coming out of Russia. We're hearing good things. Who knows? But we're hearing good things. They're…
…and I think—I hope that nothing happens. But I feel that Russia is going to make a deal with us, I hope. We've spoken…
…fire and, ultimately, a deal—some pretty good vibes coming out of Russia. Any questions? What was the vote? What? Good. That's good. I mean…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…said, as an example, that Hunter Biden's laptop from hell came from Russia when they knew it came right from his bedroom. They knew that…
…a country. Crooked Joe Biden got us into a real mess with Russia, and everything else he did, frankly, but he didn't know about it…
…have been hearing about Ukraine, I think we're doing, now, well with Russia. We're speaking with President Putin. We want to get the war over…
Mar 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…agreed to a little while ago. Now we have to go to Russia and hope President—hopefully, President Putin will agree to that also, and…
…that's a total cease-fire. Ukraine has agreed to it, and hopefully, Russia will agree to it. We're going to meet with them later on…
…I think the cease-fire is very important. If we can get Russia do it, that'll be great. If we can't, we just keep going…
Mar 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…believe him. I believe him. I think we're doing very well with Russia, but, right now, they're bombing the hell out of Ukraine. And Ukraine…
…terms of getting a final settlement, it may be easier dealing with Russia, which is surprising, because they have all the cards. I mean, they're…
…I think I do know how to end the war. Despite the "Russia, Russia, Russia" hoax, I've always had a good relationship with Putin. And…
Mar 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…a lot of progress with Ukraine and a lot of progress with Russia over the last couple of days. And it would be great to…
…if everybody would get rid of their nuclear weapons. And we have—Russia and us have, by far, the most. China will have an equal…
…crazy. And you know, I was very far along a process with Russia, despite the "Russia, Russia, Russia" hoax, which didn't make it easy. It…
Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…about that so much lately with everything going on with Ukraine and Russia, but a lot of things are happening in the Middle East. It's…
…got it a little while ago. Simultaneously, we've had serious discussions with Russia and have received strong signals that they are ready for peace. Wouldn't…
…amid rising tensions, a history teacher named Marc Fogel was detained in Russia and sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony. Rough stuff. The…
Mar 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that's not young people from the United States, but it's on…
…to tango, and you're going to have to make a deal with Russia, and you're going to have to make a deal with Ukraine. You're…
…person will not be listened to very long. Because I believe that Russia wants to make a deal. I believe, certainly, the people of Ukraine…
Feb 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…And, look, we're spending hundreds of billions of dollars on Ukraine and Russia fighting a war that should have never, ever happened. That's a war…
…forward for a while, and maybe until we have a deal with Russia. Look, if we're going to—we need to have a deal with…
…lot of people that want to do it. And I spoke with Russia about it. They didn't seem to have a problem with it, so…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…think all of them are coming along good. We're doing well with Russia, Ukraine. We're going to get this country out of a lot of…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…knows, we got to talk about something very important: the war between Russia and Ukraine. People are being killed, mostly young men— mostly Russian and…
…it's a very sad—would have never happened. There was no way— Russia was never going to go in, and they went in because of…
Feb 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…chance to get the deal done. I had to make sure that Russia wanted to do it. It's a war that would have never happened…
Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…we ought to tell the Indian Government, because when we hear that Russia spent about $2 in our country, it was a big deal. Right…
…death in the Middle East and the death that's taking place between Russia and Ukraine that's been going on, and we're going to end it…
…not even soldiers from the Middle East, in the case of Ukraine-Russia, but it's people. It's young people from Russia and Ukraine, mostly, that…
Feb 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…ahead, please. Yes. Sure. Well, much more confident. They were very good. Russia wants to do something. They want to stop the savage barbarianism. I…
…is going on on a daily basis. It's a horrible thing. Both Russia and Ukraine—they're losing thousands and thousands of soldiers, and a lot…
…been a long time since we've had an election"? That's not a Russia thing. That's something coming from me and coming from many other countries…
Feb 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…you wouldn't have inflation, you wouldn't have October 7, you wouldn't have Russia and Ukraine fighting. None of those things would have happened if I…
Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 21 times
…I mean, they're part of it. We would have Ukraine. We'd have Russia, and we'll have other people involved too—a lot of people, a…
…think so. I mean, we have to find out whether or not Russia wants to make a deal. I know that Zelenskyy wants to make…
…were pretty accurate. I don't see any way that a country in Russia's position could allow them—just in their position—could allow them to…
Feb 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…much. No, they were very nice. We were treated very nicely by Russia, actually. I hope that's the beginning of a—relationship where we can…
Feb 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…with China. They can do whatever they want. We can deal with Russia. We can deal with anybody, and we have a normal life. You…
Feb 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I do believe we're making progress. We want to stop the Ukraine-Russia war, and I want to stop it just because I hate to…
Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…were going to go just up. And I came back—we have Russia-Ukraine. We have the Middle East has exploded. All of these things…
…prefer saying the opposite, but they did everything wrong. That includes with Russia and Ukraine. That should have never happened also. All those millions of…
Feb 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Middle East and elsewhere. We're also working very hard with respect to Russia, Ukraine. That's a bloodbath. It's a total bloodbath. What's going on there…
Feb 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…good. Okay. Good man. Okay. We've made a lot of progress on Russia-Ukraine. We'll see what happens, but a lot of progress has been…
…amount of money. And one of the problems we have with the Russia/Ukraine situation is that. We wanted to see some equalization, because we're…
Jan 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…hitting a lot of soldiers—on both sides. You know, I think Russia would probably say close to 800,000 and Ukraine 6- or 700…
…very serious discussions about that war, trying to get it ended. With Russia, yes. No, but we have some very bad people over there. It…
…how embarrassing that was. I think Afghanistan really started the problem with Russia and Ukraine, when Putin looked over and he saw how incompetently that…
Jan 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…Kansas, here in Washington, DC, and throughout the United States, and in Russia—we have a Russia contingence of very talented people unfortunately were on…
…Go ahead. Yes. Yes, we will. We've already been in contact with Russia. And the answer is, yes, we will facilitate. Yes. Please go ahead…
Jan 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…canceled—it was so one-sided. You know, we had obligations, but Russia didn't, China didn't, other countries didn't. We paid every—we were going…
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…you know? Which one? China? They have a lot of power over Russia. They supply energy to Russia, and Russia supplies energy to them. They…
…really a very big trade. It's a very big trading partner. But Russia supplies a lot of energy to China, China pays them a lot…
…for that, and I think they have a lot of power over Russia. So I think Russia should want to make a deal. Maybe they…
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…was a little surprised by that. If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately. Right now the price is high enough…
…coming back on Sunday. Our efforts to secure a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine are now, hopefully, underway. It's so important to get that…
…China. Hopefully, China can help us stop the war with, in particular, Russia-Ukraine. And they have a great deal of power over that situation…
Jan 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…crazy spending. And Ukraine would have never happened, never. By the way, Russia never would have gone into Ukraine. I had a very strong understanding…
…some were paying very proudly. Usually, the closer to the borderline of Russia they were, the faster they paid. Okay? The ones that were further…
…stops a bullet is somebody's body. And you have young soldiers. So Russia has lost about 800,000 soldiers now. Ukraine's lost about 600- or…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…It should have never started. You know, the war with Ukraine and Russia should have never started. It would have never started if I were…
…Russian soldiers have been killed. About 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers are killed. Russia is bigger. They have more soldiers to lose. But that's no way…
…I don't know. He should make a deal. I think he's destroying Russia by not making a deal. I think Russia is going to be…