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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
“China” said in 70 of 120 transcripts, 486 times.
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Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…beautiful vistas. And—but we want to produce it. You know, interestingly, China is opening up a coal plant every single week, but now I'm… …that happen. Meanwhile, all of the auto jobs would be shipped to China , because they're—very strong on electric, and it lives off an estimated… …been done by any one of the Presidents. I did it with China . The reason you don't have Chinese cars here is because I imposed…
Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Only if it's made in America. If it's made in Japan or China or anyplace else, we're not really interested in your deduction. I was…
Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times
…But he's grossly incompetent. Okay. What? Louder. We are doing well with China . China is not easy, just like your home country is not easy… …I'll have my first call from them. We want to open up China . And if we don't open up China, maybe we won't do anything… …want to open up China. It will be a great thing for China , great thing for the rest of the world. Well, we're going to…
Jun 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I'll see you tonight." And I've been so busy between Iran, Russia, China , and every other problem that we were left— —that I'm saying, "What…
May 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…a military. What are we going to do? Say, "Let's go to China to get our steel for the Army tanks and for the boats… …and 50-percent tariffs. They were dumping steel, as you know, from China and from all over the world. They were dumping it all over… …politician after the next sold you out and sent your dreams to China and to many other foreign countries. But now you finally have a…
May 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…I chicken out. I've never heard that. You mean because I reduced China from 145 percent—that I set—down to 100, and then down… …were having a lot of problems. And we were very nice to China . I don't know if they're going to be nice to us, but… …nice to China. And, in many ways, I think we really helped China tremendously, because, you know, they were having great difficulty because we were…
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…all. I'm going back now to deal with Russia, to deal with China . What's that all about? That's an—and to get you lots of…
May 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…are ready to be signed. We have—we've signed a deal with China . We have some really amazing deals. But the European Union—I mean… …had hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs that I put on China . Yet we had no inflation. We had no big cost differential. Oftentimes…
May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…wonderful. And we have another big one that we just reached with China . The China deal is a very big deal. It's in the process…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…work." Oh, it worked. You know, we were way behind Russia and China , and now we're way, way ahead of everybody. So Space Force, I'm… …weren't going to give that up, because it's 1 hour away from China . One hour. You know who occupies it now? China. The damage that…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…United Kingdom. And over the weekend, we reached a breakthrough agreement with China . Both outstanding deals. China has agreed—we have to get it down… …down. And, Scott, you're going to work on that very hard, but China has agreed to open up to the United States for trade and…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 26 times
…satisfied with that. In addition, yesterday we achieved a total reset with China after productive talks in Geneva. Both sides now agree to reduce the… …very friendly. The relationship is very good. We're not looking to hurt China . China was being hurt very badly. They were closing up factories. They… …know if people realize this, but we made a great deal with China —a great trade deal. But it was a much bigger deal originally…
May 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…because we already made a great deal. We're not doing business with China right now. You know, we lost $1 trillion last year with China… …to lose $1 trillion. But we lost—I just want—I want China to do great. You know, I'm very friendly with President Xi. I… …think we're going to come back with a fair deal for both China and us. Yes, I have. No. But I put out a number…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…have a very big conversation in Switzerland taking place this weekend with China . Has anyone heard of China recently? Yes. And they want to make…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 24 times
…and economics. But Scott's going to be going to Switzerland, meeting with China . And you know, they very much want to make a deal. We… …matters what happens in that room. But I will tell you that China very much wants to make a deal. We'll see how that works… …very good relationship. I—expect to have a very good relationship with China , Scott. I think it's a very friendly meeting. They look forward to…
May 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…time: We're swearing in our next Ambassador to the People's Republic of China . What timing, David. What timing. Only you could have picked this timing… …know? That's the way I look at it. We were losing with China , on trade, a trillion dollars a year—more, actually, 1.1, but… …his family. He's going to need—be really an incredible Ambassador to China . I have no doubt about it. And we're going to work together…
May 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…they want to be—go shopping in the United States of America. China wants to—very much wants to make a deal. They all do… …Presidents—our Presidents allowed it to happen. You know, I don't blame China , and I don't blame Vietnam, and I could name every single country…
May 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…something that they all want. We have something that they all want. China wants to make a deal very badly. You see what's happening to…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…us. We couldn't sell cars in Europe, we couldn't sell cars in China , we couldn't sell cars in Japan or anywhere else. We couldn't do…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…the big Air Force base, which is 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapon—that's what they do. They make their nuclear… …You can't give up Bagram." They gave up Bagram. And right now China occupies Bagram. So sad. So crazy. One of the biggest air bases… …and longest runways anywhere in the world, 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear missiles. It would have been great to have. Well…
Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…American workers, and to build your factories here in America, not in China or any other country. And we're dealing with many, many countries right…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 18 times
…a champion for workers in the White House. And instead of putting China first, I'm putting Michigan first, and I'm putting America first. Right? After… …they're coming from France, they're coming from Spain. Yes, they're coming from China too. Yes, they're coming from China. They're coming from all over the… …and scheming and thinking and saying: "How am I going to beat China ? How am I going to stop the war with Russia and Ukraine…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…you really have no choice. And we're fighting very hard on the China front and the Russia front with Ukraine and what's happening in the…
Apr 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times
…be setting the number. And we're going to pick—could be for China too. Could be for China. We'll—we're dealing with almost all of… …dealing with a lot of countries right now. And could be with China , but maybe we'll make a special—you know, a deal. And we'll… …or your friends with fentanyl. And somehow, it's made almost exclusively in China . And as you know, we essentially taxed them 10 and then another…
Apr 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…much. Any questions for Paul? No? Yes. Please. We're doing fine with China . We're doing fine with every—I think almost every country. Everybody wants… …I'm not going to say, "Oh, I'm going to play hardball with China ." "I'm going to play hardball with you, President Xi." No, no. We're… …won't be zero. It used to be zero. We were just destroyed. China was taking us for a ride and just not going to have…
Apr 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…had none. When Biden came in, he took all the sanctions off. China wasn't allowed to buy. I said, "You buy—if you buy"´—because… …United States." And, by the way, we have nice conversations going with China , just to intercede. You know, it's like really very good. But with…
Apr 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…business, I would think, right? Tell us what happens where you say China and other people steal your fish. When—in other words, you're forced… …same—I view it very similar. It would be top levels of China . And if you knew him, you would know that if they reached… …it very tight, very strong, very smart. And yes, we're talking to China . Excuse me? Oh, yes. Sure. Yes. A lot. I mean, a lot…
Apr 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…country in the world, and yet it's Denmark and Norway, Sweden. Even China does very well in the top 10. And so we can't blame…
Apr 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…was—he was just here. He must have gotten a call from China . He's—he'll be here. Along with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Thank…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 21 times
…questions? Well, it's moving along, but obviously, I would say, right now China is not exactly thrilled about signing it. We have a deal with… …to have to wait to see what—what's going to happen with China . So—— No, it's on the table very much. I think China is… …Look, for years, we've been ripped off and taken advantage of by China —and others, in all fairness, but by China. That's the big one…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…only with—you know, if you look at it, not only with China , but China was by far the biggest abuser in history and others… …it. They had to stop, because it was not sustainable. Last year, China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States. That's not right… …but we have a tremendous amount of spirit from other countries, including China . China wants to make a deal. They just don't know how quite…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 26 times
…deals, and people are paying tariffs. Countries are paying tariffs. Right now China is paying a 104-percent tariff. Think of it. One hundred and… …But the same people now telling me about how to deal with China are the ones who sold out America for decades to China. For… …to China. I'm the only one that China— you know how much—China has paid almost $700 billion in tariffs under me. And then they…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…to beautiful clean coal, and they've stayed there for many years, like China . China is opening two plants every week. Germany went green, very green… …to be number one. We're now way ahead of everybody at AI. China is in second place, but way behind. And they're going to be… …scam" killed jobs and sent prices soaring here in America. But meanwhile, China opened two coal plants every single week. And other countries, likewise, went…
Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 14 times
…same thing right now, starting about midnight tonight, I would say. And China charges American rice farmers an over quota, it's called—a tariff rate… …every country on Earth would be racing to eliminate these policies, and China would be the first on line. They run a very strong country… …now we import it all from different countries. A single shipyard in China now produces more ships every year than all of the American shipyards…
Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…is investing $500 billion. You know, they always built their places in China . Now he's building here. I think because of the—and I—you… …as I said, but they always used to spend that money in China . Now they're spending it here. That means they're going to build—now… …reasons, but I could see—you know, one point in tariffs with China , a big country, would be probably worth more than all of TikTok…
Mar 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…and by just 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…
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…drugs that you need, medicines. It's in other countries. Largely, made in China . A lot of it made in Ireland. Ireland was very smart. We… …of problems. But Germany is now building a lot of coal plants. China is building one a—1 week. Think of that. And they're using… …about our country more than anything else, with respect to TikTok. And China is going to have to play a role in that, possibly, in…
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Sweden and lots of places are rated at the top, and Finland—China is rated very high too. Tell me that's—that takes the big…
Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…a big job. He's got to get those permits out fast, because China gives fast permits, right? They don't even do permits. They just say…
Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…kept Bagram, the big air base, which is one hour away from China , where they make their nuclear weapons. Would have been nice to have…
Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…it to anybody. You know, you're talking about a potential war with China . Now, I deal with these people all the time, and I'm dealing… …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. But I… …abuse. But I certainly wouldn't want—you know, Elon has businesses in China , and he would be susceptible, perhaps, to that. But it was such…
Mar 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…I have to tell you—I give them a lot of credit. China is top 10, and so we can't now say that bigness is…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…roaring back. The tariffs are a big deal. And, frankly, that's how China does it, and that's how a lot of other people do it…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…soon as Biden came in, he took out all the sanctions, and China and everybody else that wasn't buying oil from Iran was buying it… …the big Air Force base. We would have kept it. Right now China occupies Bagram. And the reason we would have kept it is because… …them combined. That's why I placed large tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China , and they will remain in place until these deadly poisons stop pouring…
Mar 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…our jobs. I did it initially, very strongly, against, as you know, China and some others in the first term. And it was a very… …in the United States. He never did that before. He invested in China . He's got his plants in China. And now he's got them—going…
Mar 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…of this one. This is a big one. And as you know, China is pushing forward and very strongly as usual, but we're way in…
Mar 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…somebody's finally exposing them for what they've done. And same thing with China . Same thing with a lot of other countries. And the EU has… …be the equivalent of—like, Denmark is one—and Norway, Sweden. Actually, China is one of the better in terms of education. And so, we…
Mar 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…there'll be disruption. But in the end—I said it before with China . We signed an unbelievable deal with China—$50 billion in purchases. And… …a lot about it. You know, we took in, in tariffs from China , $600 billion. Nobody else took in 10 cents from China. They never… …will be on April 2, when—reciprocal tariffs. So, if India or China or any of the countries that really—India is a very high…
Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…start using them against those other countries. On average, the European Union, China , Brazil, India, Mexico, and Canada—have you heard of them?—and countless… …It's very unfair. India charges us auto tariffs higher than 100 percent. China's average tariff on our products is twice what we charge them. And… …create jobs like we have never seen before. I did it with China , and I did it with others. And the Biden administration couldn't do…
Mar 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…never happened. And we would have had Bagram right now instead of China having it. It was 1 hour away from where China makes their… …poured into our country from Mexico and, as you know, also from China , where it goes to Mexico and goes to Canada. And China also… …it's the yuan or the yen in Japan or the yuan in China —when they drop them down, that gives us—that puts us at…