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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
“War” said in 69 of 112 transcripts, 327 times.
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May 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times
…and it didn't happen—— No, no, we would have never had a war . We would have never had a war. If I were president, if… …rigged, you wouldn't have had the war. You wouldn't have had the war . You wouldn't have had had inflation. You wouldn't have had October 7… …If I think it's going to hurt a deal—— This isn't my war . This is Biden's war, Zelenskyy's war, and Putin's war. This isn't Trump's…
May 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…here at Arlington, where we have buried our honored dead from the war on terror. We are joined today by Ryan's mom Sherrie. Sherrie, all… …In any corner of this cemetery, at any resting place for our war dead, anywhere on Earth, you'll find untold stories of equal heroism and…
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 21 times
…leaving our borders undefended and depleting our arsenals to fight other countries' wars . We fought for other countries' borders, but we didn't fight for our… …right now. When I left office 4 years ago, we had no wars ; we had no problems. We had nothing but success. We had the… …because you're going to like this. Ricky's great-grandfather served in World War I. His grandfather served in World War II. And his uncle, father…
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…on, and we're doing the best we can. This was not our war . This was not me. We're doing something from the last administration. How…
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…pictures. We'll have to see what happens. It's—this was not my war . This is not a war that would have happened if I were… …try and help. We've spent hundreds of billions of dollars on this war , and yet, that's not—frankly, we made much more than that just… …they got a problem. It's a big, big problem. It's a terrible war . It's very hard to extradite themselves away from what's taken place over…
May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Five thousand young people a week, on average, being killed in a war that is going nowhere. It's a shame. Should have never happened. But…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 14 times
…certain country, and they said, "Oh, we're celebrating the victory of World War II today, sir." "Oh, really?" I speak to one of the Presidents… …they were so busy. "Oh, yes. We're celebrating the victory of World War II." Then I speak to another one, and they were celebrating. And… …everybody was celebrating but us. And we're the ones that won the war . We won the war. And they helped, but without us, they don't…
May 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…of control. I've seen it over and over again. They go to war , and things get out of control, and we're not going to let…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…drag the Middle East backward and into havoc, mayhem, and indeed, into war . Unfortunately, instead of confronting these destructive forces, the last U.S. administration chose… …closest friends of the United States of America are nations we fought wars against in generations past, and now they're our friends and our allies… …to be a peacemaker and to be a unifier. I don't like war . We have the greatest military, by the way, in the history of…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…I think it would have—it could have been a bad nuclear war . Millions of people could have been killed. So I'm very proud of… …lasted for approximately 50 days. And, as you know, they've been in war , essentially, for forever. But, over the last 10 years, they've been very… …being killed at levels that we haven't seen since the Second World War , and it's every week. A lot of drone fighting. It's a whole…
May 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…country, between the border and between all of the other problems—the wars , everything—what he did to this country should never be forgotten. But… …that all works I have a message for both parties: Get this war ended. We're losing 5,000 soldiers a week—Russian and Ukrainian soldiers… …other people also, by the way. And I say, "Get this stupid war finished." That's my message for both of them. Thank you very much…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…saying this is a very special day because it's Victory Day—World War II, May 8. And just by happenstance, we have the Prime Minister… …the United Kingdom. Incredible country. Today is a Victory Day for World War II. We won that war together exactly 80 years ago, so there…
May 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 18 times
…a proclamation officially designating tomorrow, May 8, as Victory Day for World War II, commemorating the 80th anniversary of America's victory in the Second World… …of us. Whether you like it or not, we came into that war , and we won that war, and we had a lot of help… …that would say that we were not the dominant force in that war . And we don't celebrate it, and I think that's a great disservice…
May 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…that's a lot of progress. Please. I don't like anything about that war . It's a war. I don't like anything about it. And I'm not…
May 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…speak to Putin. And it all shouldn't have happened. This is a war that should have never happened, and you're going to be very disappointed… …the numbers that you're putting out. It's a very, very deadly, horrible war . Okay? Yes, ma'am. Oh, I see. You mean they can't take a…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…You saw that in the election. We've turned the page on endless wars , crippling debt, open borders, ruinous inflation, and the lack of respect for…
Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…basis. We had three people. They buried companies in crippling regulations, waged war on American energy, pushed massive tax hikes, and gave us the worst…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…I going to beat China? How am I going to stop the war with Russia and Ukraine?" This guy could fall asleep with cameras blazing… …a great ability that he had, actually. We've ended the radical-left war on American energy. We've stopped their crusade on coal. Did you see… …was never going to happen. If I were President, the Ukraine-Russia war would have never, ever happened. Not even a little chance. We have…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…that wouldn't be as good. The Tuskegee Airmen trained here during World War II, and generations of Michigan patriots have served here with great distinction… …shame. When I left office not so long ago, we had no wars . We defeated ISIS in 3 weeks. It was supposed to take 5…
Apr 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…a call that the son is no longer there. It's a vicious war , and if I can help solve it—you know, we're not losing… …would have never had this problem. You would have never had that war if I were president, I guarantee you that. And for 4 years… …3 months ago. And that has a lot to do with the war . You know, if—when Biden allowed energy to skyrocket—it just skyrocketed…
Apr 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…He's got a big force out there. A big force. It's a war that should have never happened. It would have never happened if I… …That's a war—and it didn't happen for 4 years. That's a war that should have never happened. October 7, Israel, would have never happened… …is playing me. I'm trying to help. You know, this was Biden's war . By the way, by me getting involved, you know, they'll say, "Oh…
Apr 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…signed. It was right at that era, during—right after the Civil War . And if you look at it that way, the case is an…
Apr 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…healthy or sick, young or old, or in times of peace or war , Christians everywhere find solace and hope in the knowledge that Christ died…
Apr 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…track to have the best recruiting year since the start of the war —and the war on terror, but going back further than that probably…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…with the Secretary of Defense. Sometimes we call him the "secretary of war ." It used to be called the Secretary of War. They changed it…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…the best thing we've ever passed. And I do think that the war with the world—which is not a war at all, because they're…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to help American workers, miners, families, and consumers. We're ending Joe Biden's war on beautiful clean coal once and for all. And it wasn't just…
Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…foreign countries to treat our sick. If anything ever happened, from a war standpoint, we wouldn't be able to do it. We import virtually all… …we've gotten accomplished. I'd like to see if we can get that war ended and another war from not starting in the Middle East. We… …of them. And we're going to get it stopped. It's a senseless war that would have never happened if I was president, and it shouldn't…
Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…going into NATO." And it could be—that's probably the reason the war started, actually. Yes. Yes. Well, it's—it's a big race—Supreme Court…
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Let's not tell them. Under the Trump administration, we're ending the Marxist war on women—and you had a war on women—and we're protecting…
Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…United States is—has paid, because of Biden, $350 billion on a war that should have never happened. If we had a competent President in… …to show it to anybody. You know, you're talking about a potential war with China. Now, I deal with these people all the time, and… …be great. But I don't want other people seeing—anybody seeing potential war with China. We don't want to have a potential war with China…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…with Russia. We're speaking with President Putin. We want to get the war over. Not only have we spent maybe $350 billion to Europe's—think… …you that there was a case where there would have been no war if I were President, and it's—just 100 percent would not have… …surround them. They're in grave danger. Biden should have never let this war happen. First of all, you don't want to pick on somebody that's…
Mar 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the city's Irish American community. You all know about it. During the War of 1812, British forces rampaged through the streets of Washington, burning every…
Mar 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…history they have with our country. Irish Americans fought heroically in our war for independence, served with honor in the crucible of the Civil War… …decorated enlisted soldier in American history, whose service in the Second World War earned a Medal of Honor, two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, three…
Mar 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…show on the road. We can get—we can get this horrible war , where 2-, 3,000 soldiers a week—every week, 2-, 3-, 4… …as things explode throughout the cities, and we want to get that war over with. So I think—I think it's a very big—— I… …strong if—and we want to get away—remember this: We have wars . When I left, we had no wars. We didn't have Ukraine and…
Mar 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…managed properly. My administration also is working to end the Federal bureaucracy's war on crypto, which was really going on pretty wildly during Biden, until…
Mar 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…both parties want to settle. I think if I wasn't President, this war would have had no chance of settlement. Zero chance. But I think… …Michael, he probably wants to get it ended. They both are. This war should have never happened. It would have never happened if I were… …what's going on in Europe. This thing could end up in World War III if we don't get it settled. This could really end up…
Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…posing a grave threat to our national security. The cartels are waging war in America, and it's time for America to wage war on the… …It's time to halt the killing. It's time to end this senseless war . If you want to end wars, you have to talk to both…
Mar 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…maybe it was an incorrect statement—but he said he thinks the war is going to go on for a long time, and he better… …Taiwan. Well, we're going to make deals with everybody to get this war , including Europe and European nations. And they've acted very well. You know…
Feb 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…spending hundreds of billions of dollars on Ukraine and Russia fighting a war that should have never, ever happened. That's a war that should—would… …without the United States and its money and its military equipment, this war would have been over in a very short period of time. In… …Wow, that's something." Well, that was American equipment. Without American equipment, this war would have been over very quickly. And American money too. I mean…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…said, "Define 'Reconstruction' for me." He said, "That means, essentially, the Civil War ." That's a long— —that's a long time. But that was when I… …Government Efficiency—you probably haven't heard of it—which is now waging war on Government waste, fraud, and abuse. And Elon is doing a great… …the hell knows, we got to talk about something very important: the war between Russia and Ukraine. People are being killed, mostly young men— mostly…
Feb 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…had to make sure that Russia wanted to do it. It's a war that would have never happened if I was President, but it did… …But Biden didn't know too much about what he was doing. The war should have never happened, number one. When it did happen, it could…
Feb 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…1776. We like 1776. In the very first skirmish of the Revolutionary War at Lexington Green, an enslaved Black man named Prince Estabrook—you know…
Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 21 times
…that— —but not too many of them. Which is now really waging war on Government waste, fraud, and abuse, and they're curbing inflation and saving… …States at the forefront of artificial intelligence and to end Joe Biden's war on Bitcoin and crypto. We ended that war totally. That war is… …similar to the tariff. Around the world, I'm moving quickly to end wars , settle conflicts, and restore the planet to peace. I want peace, and…
Feb 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…want to—we want to end it. It was—it's a senseless war . It should have never happened. It would have never happened if I… …in what's happened. I've been watching this for 3 years. It's a war that would have never happened if I was President. And I've been… …that you've rarely seen—not—not even close since the Second World War , and I'm very disappointed. I hear that, you know, they're upset about…
Feb 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…country just for AI, to do it right and to win that war , which we're leading by a lot because of what we've done over… …All I can say is, very simply, if I were President, that war would never have happened. And you know what else wouldn't have happened…
Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…tell you what, this is a very interesting situation. But the Ukraine war has to end. The young people are being killed at levels that… …very strong on the fact that—I believe that's the reason the war started, because Biden went out and said that they could join NATO… …said that, I said: "You know what? You're going to have a war now." And I was right about that. That—this is a war…
Feb 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…see people stop getting killed. We're very far away from that particular war , but that's a vicious war, probably a million and a half soldiers… …see if we get something done. But we want to end that war . That war is a disaster. It's a really bloody, horrible war. I… …And—— And I'm—and I'm okay with that. I just want the war —whether they are or they're not—but I—it certainly would seem…
Feb 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times
…a pretty tough trip. I think there's goodwill, in terms of the war . You know, a million and a half soldiers, young people, have been… …actually, because it could be a big, important part of getting the war over with Ukraine. And we appreciate President Putin's—what he—what he… …it tomorrow. But I think we've made great progress—progress on the war also. Getting the war—I want to get the war ended. That…
Feb 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…hope that's the beginning of a—relationship where we can end that war and millions of people can stop being killed. They've lost millions of… …soldiers in a short period of time. We got to stop that war , and I'm interested primarily from the standpoint of debt. We're losing all…