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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.

“Sanction” said in 5 of 34 transcripts, 15 times.

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Remarks in a Roundtable Meeting With Business Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters in Doha, Qatar

May 15, 2025 Meeting 4 times

…fight. And the other, of course, is Syria. We took out the sanctions. And that's been—I didn't even realize it's been many, many years…
…to give them a chance. They really have no chance with the sanctions. They were very biting. They were top of the line. Nobody could…
…we're going to give him a fighting chance by taking off the sanctions. So we've actually been praised for that. The Crown Prince of Saudi…

Remarks at a Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders Meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 14, 2025 Meeting 6 times

…urging all nations to join us in fully and totally enforcing the sanctions that I just placed on Iran, and we also placed secondary sanctions…
…Muhammad and President Erdoğan of Turkey, I'm also ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria to give them a fresh start. It gives them a…
…to do so. So we've—we will be dropping all of the sanctions on Syria, which I think really is going to be a good…

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

Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 3 times

…because Iran was broke. They had no money because we had secondary sanctions on and lots of other sanctions. And now, every single thing. Got…
…much. That's really good. Yes, please. Go ahead. Well, I already have sanctions on Russia. I put them there. If you remember Nord Stream 2…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 1 time

…same question? Yes, go ahead. Behind. Not now, no. No. We have sanctions on Russia. No, I want to see if we make a deal…

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

Feb 21, 2025 Meeting 1 time

…had October 7. They had no money. Iran was broke. We had sanctions up on Iran that nobody has ever seen before. They were literally…