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Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Jeanine Pirro as Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and an Exchange With Reporters

May 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …approved, this country is going to have a 65-percent increase in taxes and lots of other problems—big problems, almost bigger than that. But…
  2. …we have, the biggest thing being, I would say, the level of tax cutting that we're going to be doing. We're going to make people…
  3. …be able to—we'll have one of the—we'll have the lowest tax rate we've ever had in the history of our country. And tremendous…

Remarks at a Dinner for the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …get the "One Great, Big, Beautiful Bill." It will be the greatest tax cuts in history. If we don't get it, that means the Democrats…
  2. …have stopped us, and that means people will get a 68-percent tax increase—the largest in history. And if we do get it, we're…
  3. …And all my life, I've watched politicians screaming, "We will cut your taxes." This is the only group where they say, "We're going to raise…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients and an Exchange With Reporters

May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …the Democrats to vote against the one big, beautiful deal—the greatest tax cuts in history, greatest everything, but now you have the big drug…
  2. …and our country is going to be making a lot of money. Taxes are going to go down. Taxes are going to go down very…
  3. …cars for the United States. Now, one other thing is, in our tax bill, we're giving not only no tax on tips, no tax on…

Remarks With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom Announcing a United States Trade Agreement With the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters

May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …We cut more regulations than any President in history. We cut the taxes more than anybody in history. And a very big factor is going…
  2. …beautiful bill, as we call it—which is all-encompassing. The biggest tax cuts ever in history, bigger than even the first time. And the…
  3. …be doing more business with you. It's a very important element for taxes, for every aspect—regulation cuts. That bill is—I believe it's the…

Remarks on the National Day of Prayer

May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …Chairman Smith, everybody knows Chairman Smith—he's the most knowledgeable person on taxes and finances there is—to be updated on the progress of the…
  2. …it if it doesn't pass. Neither will you. It doesn't pass, your taxes are going to go up 68 percent. Think of it. Sixty-eight…
  3. …me, but that I—that's part of the religion— —because if your taxes go up 68 percent, you might give up your religion. You might…

Remarks on Domestic Business Investment

Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times

  1. …buried companies in crippling regulations, waged war on American energy, pushed massive tax hikes, and gave us the worst inflation in the history of our…
  2. …out the window. And in the coming weeks, we'll pass the largest tax cuts in American history. And I think, even more so, we'll be…
  3. …1 year so you can build your factories right now, essentially almost tax free, if you think about it. Nobody's ever been given that. And…

Remarks in Warren, Michigan

Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 16 times

  1. …to Michigan and build cars again. You know why? Because of our tax and tariff policy. They're coming from all over the world. They're coming…
  2. …That's never happened before. We want a strong military. We want low taxes. You know, the Democrats, they campaign on, "We will raise your taxes…
  3. …watching, and I've never heard people campaigning that they're going to raise taxes. It's always been, "We will reduce your taxes"—Democrat, Republican. Now they…

Remarks to the Michigan National Guard in Harrison Township, Michigan

Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …need, because I think, if we get it, we have the biggest tax cut in history. And if we don't get it, you have the…
  2. …the whole thing is so crazy. But it will be the biggest tax increase in history if we don't get it, and that's why the…

Remarks at an Executive Order Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …of money, and that money is going to be used to reduce taxes. We're going to get big, big tax breaks. We're going to—you…
  2. …long time ago. We were an all-tariff nation. Foreign nations paid taxes. They paid money to us in the form of tariffs. And that…
  3. …to make so much that we're going to be able to reduce taxes in this country by a lot. And we're also going to treat…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …big, beautiful deal done. The big, beautiful deal is important. The biggest tax cuts in the history of our country, that's important. Okay. That's great…
  2. …China. I took in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs and taxes from China in my first term, and we had the greatest economy…

Remarks at a National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner

Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 32 times

  1. …little slogan, and they copy it. But, you know, they copied "No Tax on Tips." Remember? I said, "No tax on tips." Nevada hadn't been…
  2. …because I haven't bugged you about that. I've been talking about "No tax on tips," "No tax on Social Security," "No tax on overtime." And…
  3. …before that—in Nevada, that when I came up with the "No tax on tips," I think that's why we won by a massive amount…

Remarks Announcing Additional United States Tariff Actions on Foreign Imports

Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …in so doing, use trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt. And it will all happen very…
  2. …their currencies, subsidized their exports, stole our intellectual property, imposed exorbitant VAT taxes to disadvantage our products, adopted unfair rules and technical standards, and created…
  3. …Then, in 1913, for reasons unknown to mankind, they established the income tax so that citizens, rather than foreign countries, would start paying the money…

Remarks on Signing the Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States

Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …a car, you're allowed to deduct interest payments for purposes of income tax, but only if the car is made in America. So, if the…
  2. …reduce debt greatly in the United States and to build things, reduce taxes. I mean, it will—basically, I view it as reducing taxes and…
  3. …has been treating us very, very badly in terms of the VAT tax that they charge. They charge a tremendous VAT tax. And they don't…

Remarks at a Women's History Month Event

Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times

  1. …increase—in the history of our country. We gave you the biggest tax cuts. We gave you the biggest regulation cuts. We rebuilt our military…
  2. …a job you've done. Now we need Congress to pass the largest tax cuts in American history. And Mike is going to get that. And…
  3. …way. But we have—it's the largest—it will be the largest tax cuts in American history. When you add that onto the fact that…

Remarks at a Tesla Viewing and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …building cars. They were selling them into the United States with no tax, no nothing. And in the United States, we were allowing them to…
  2. …by the way, Canada is very highly taxed, and we're very low tax. We're considered a low-tax nation because of me, because I cut…
  3. …taxes so low. So the people of Canada would pay much less tax. It makes a lot of sense. And by the way, when you…

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress

Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 17 times

  1. …but better and more sophisticated. And these people will have to pay tax in our country. They won't have to pay tax from where they…
  2. …made, you wouldn't want to do that, but they have to pay tax, create jobs. They'll also be taking people out of colleges and paying…
  3. …deliver the greatest economy in history is for this Congress to pass tax cuts for everybody. They're in there. They're waiting for you to vote…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times

  1. …doing big ones. Okay. Which one? Last or—— No, they're—the digital tax is taking place all over Europe. They're taxing us. And they're doing…
  2. …saying they stop in Europe, and they're getting charged all sorts of taxes that they never even heard of. They stop, and they're getting fined…
  3. …Senate's got a bill that's very strong having to do with the taxes, because the taxes is what's bringing all these companies in. So—and…

Remarks at a Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland

Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …any nation's history. And we're also going to be seeking the largest tax cuts in American history again. We brought them down, as you know…
  2. …country. And as of January 20, 2025, the dark days of high taxes, crushing regulations, rampant inflation, flagrant corruption, Government weaponization, and total incompetence, those…

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Florida

Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 14 times

  1. …lot. And as of January 20, 2025, the dark days of high taxes, crushing regulations, rampant inflation, flagrant corruption, Government weaponization—ooh, I know about…
  2. …women in this room, as an example, they pay tremendous amounts of taxes. And here are just a few examples of where your money was…
  3. …So I'll be working with the Republican Congress to pass the largest tax cuts in American history. And that includes, obviously—yes. That includes, we…

Remarks Following a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters in Palm Beach, Florida

Feb 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …world, and because of what we're doing economically and through tariffs and taxes and incentives, they want to come back into the United States. And…
  2. …And that's very simply because of what we're doing with respect to taxes, tariffs, and incentives. And I think it's a very important thing. And…
  3. …and some will do it. But the EU had a 10-percent tax on cars, and now they have a 2.5-percent tax, which…

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

Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 18 times

  1. …2024, there was an estimated $162 billion in improper payments. Earned income tax credit—this is having to do with earned income tax credit. It…
  2. …them. No more, no less. In other words, they charge us a tax or tariff, and we charge them the exact same tax or tariff…
  3. …that use the VAT—system—you know, you hear about a VAT tax all the time—the VAT system— which is far more punitive, actually…

Remarks on Signing the Laken Riley Act and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …America first and fighting to get the most out of every single tax dollar for our great citizens. We've gathered this afternoon to take another…
  2. …with many different things, from—from Homeland Security to inner security to taxes to 50 different items. I've never seen such support as you have…

Remarks at a House Republican Conference Dinner in Miami, Florida

Jan 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 22 times

  1. …That was record-setting deregulation. And that was just as big as tax cuts, as far as business and jobs were concerned, I'll tell you…
  2. …ask you, would you—if you had the choice between the big tax cuts"—you know, we cut it from 40 percent to 21 percent…
  3. …big companies of every kind. I said, "Would you take the big tax cut or the big cut in regulations?" And they—every—I've never…

Remarks on the National Economy in Las Vegas, Nevada

Jan 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 18 times

  1. …They shut down American energy; buried you in crippling regulation; imposed hidden taxes; and spent trillions and trillions of dollars on waste, corruption, and radical…
  2. …for our historic Republican majorities in Congress is to pass a massive tax cut for American workers and families. Last year, we campaigned across the…
  3. …you didn't hear too much about—a pledge to take the Trump tax cuts and make them permanent, and that's exactly what we're doing. In…

Remarks to the World Economic Forum and a Question-and-Answer Session With Business Leaders

Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 14 times

  1. …deficit spending and inflicted nation-wrecking energy restrictions, crippling regulations, and hidden taxes like never before. The result is the worst inflation crisis in modern…
  2. …also took, along with the Presidency—are going to pass the largest tax cut in American history, including massive tax cuts for workers and family…
  3. …working with the Democrats on getting an extension of the original Trump tax cuts, as you probably know by just reading any paper. My message…

Remarks at the Liberty Ball

Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …don't cost a fortune. We want low interest rates. We want low taxes. We want a strong, powerful military, and we're going to have that…

Inaugural Address

Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens. For this purpose, we are establishing…