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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.

“Ukraine” said in 22 of 34 transcripts, 92 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

  1. …deadly—horrible, actually. When you look at what's happening with Russia and Ukraine, the drone is killing tremendous numbers of people. You hide behind a…
  2. …world psychologically. So we think we're going to do well with Russia-Ukraine. Five thousand soldiers are being killed every single week, on average. Five…
  3. …they're not from here, and they're not from the U.S.A. They're from Ukraine and Russia. So some people would say, "Why are you bothering?" Because…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …I came here, I said, "How much money have we given to Ukraine?" The real number is about $350 billion. That's—it's unthinkable. And we…
  2. …Wasn't even thought of. I discussed it with President Putin a lot—Ukraine. It was the apple of his eye, but there was no way…
  3. …I didn't want to make a deal that couldn't be made, because Ukraine doesn't have very much money. They're going through a very bad period…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …beloved in his country. And we've had talks on the war with Ukraine-Russia and trade. We're doing very well, I think, on both. We've…
  2. …500 people a week dying—young people, mostly soldiers, from Russia and Ukraine. And we want to end that war. We want to end it…
  3. …soon. But it takes two to tango, and you have to have Ukraine want to make a deal too. And they're being hit very hard…

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

Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …up. They say they were the most beautiful in the world, in Ukraine, for whatever reason—but the most beautiful in the world. They're mostly…
  2. …that happened. You know, I came back. We had no war in Ukraine. We had no war with—we had no October 7 Middle East…
  3. …have any of that. You wouldn't have had the war with Russia-Ukraine. You wouldn't have had the Middle East problem, because Iran was broke…

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

Mar 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …them—we call them sections, but they're much more than that—Russia-Ukraine and also the Middle East. And we'll see what happens. We're in…
  2. …were way behind. And if you look even—if you look at Ukraine—so we're in for $350 billion because of Biden. Should have never…
  3. …the world, the most beautiful spires in the world. The spires in Ukraine were said to be the most beautiful of all. Just about every…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …a few words on what's happening with respect to, in particular, Russia-Ukraine, where we have some pretty good news, I think. We want to…
  2. …Well, probably they have been influenced to get this thing settled, because Ukraine wants to see it settled. I think they have to have it…
  3. …nobody knew until I came along. Europe is giving the money to Ukraine as a loan. We were just pouring money into Ukraine. It was…

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. …lot of things. Obviously, we'll be discussing what's happening with respect to Ukraine and Russia. At this moment, we have people talking in Russia. We…
  2. …Witkoff and others. And they're in very serious discussions. As you know, Ukraine has agreed, subject to this—what's happening today—to a complete cease…
  3. …the most part—— They're not from—they're from Russia and they're from Ukraine, but they're people. And I think everybody feels the same way. We…

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

Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …because we just found out and we just were able to get Ukraine to agree. So we're going to know very soon. I've gotten some…
  2. …my country. They're from Russia, mostly—almost all from Russia—and from Ukraine. And people could say: "Why are you doing this? Why are you…
  3. …they liked is when they heard about the death taking place with Ukraine. That way—they were happy about that. They were happy about that…

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

Mar 11, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …you don't mind, we'll jump in. The President. Okay. Yes. Well, it's Ukraine, but we hope to get Russia. It turned out to be the…
  2. …saying, that Russia has been easier to deal with, so far, than Ukraine, which is not supposed to be the way it is, but it…
  3. …hope to get Russia, but we have a full cease-fire from Ukraine. That's good. Yes. Well, it's basically make America great again. We have…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 28, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …thank you very much. It's an honor to have President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. And we've been working very hard, very close, and we've actually known…
  2. …has to be protected too. But this is an incredible agreement for Ukraine, because we have a big investment in their country now, and what…
  3. …think of the parents. Think of the—whether they're in Russia or Ukraine, think of the parents of all these people being killed needlessly. Should…

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

Feb 27, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …we're going to be discussing many things today. We'll be discussing Russia- Ukraine. We'll be discussing trade and lots of other items. And I think…
  2. …Right now, we don't have a deal. We have Russia. We have Ukraine. I think we're very well advanced. I think Russia has been acting…
  3. …with Russia, and we've had very good talks, as you know, with Ukraine. Yes, sir. Well, I think we have just a great relationship. We…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 12 times

  1. …to solve a lot of problems. We're doing very well with Russia-Ukraine. President Zelenskyy is going to be coming on Friday. That's now confirmed…
  2. …importantly, by far, we're going to make a deal with Russia and Ukraine to stop killing people. They'll stop killing young Russian soldiers and young…
  3. …We're right now negotiating very successfully, I think, with Russia and with Ukraine, and we have a lot of countries involved. And we have to…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Emmanuel Macron of France and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 24, 2025 Meeting 12 times

  1. …others, and we're trying to get the war ended with Russia and Ukraine. And I think we've come a long way in a short period…
  2. …think once we settle, there's going to be no more war in Ukraine, and you're not going to have it. It's not going to be…
  3. …no? Did you say? It's not a correct story. No, we're helping Ukraine like nobody has ever helped Ukraine before. And I can say this…

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

Feb 21, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …have a couple of things in the works. We're negotiating with Russia, Ukraine, trying to get that horrible situation over with. It's terrible. It's just…
  2. …get it over with. It's bad for Russia, and it's bad for Ukraine, and it's bad for us on a humanitarian basis. I've had very…
  3. …progress. I mean, we've made more progress on that situation, which is Ukraine, than they have in 3 years. Again, it's so sad that it…

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

Feb 4, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …get it done. We're also dealing, I think, very successfully, with Russia-Ukraine. We're going to, hopefully, get that one done at some point in…
  2. …you know, when I left, we had no problem. There was no Ukraine and Russia fighting. There was no October 7. There was nothing. And…
  3. …it to happen. It would have never happened. And that includes Russia-Ukraine would have never happened—not even a little bit, not even a…