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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.

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Remarks at the Congressional Picnic

Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …them both, and it's nice to mention them in the same breath, frankly. And I'm delighted to welcome all of the Members of the House…
  2. …putting together this wonderful evening. Great, honey. There are too many friends, frankly, to mention all of them. We have so many of our Congressmen…
  3. …And your loved ones, they make just these tremendous sacrifices—enormous sacrifices, frankly—and I want to thank you all. The exceptional dedication to our…

Remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …cleared the way for his men to save their stranded comrades and, frankly, for his men to save their own lives. He was unbelievable. For…
  2. …wants to join the Army, they don't want to join our military—frankly, they didn't want to join our police, our firemen—they lost confidence…

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

May 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …for all products. There's some products we don't want to make, and frankly, we're much better off getting them—getting them elsewhere. But for certain…
  2. …requests. And you know, you don't have the people to handle it, frankly. Everybody wants to make a deal. I'm sure, now, the European Union…

Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Sacrifice and an Exchange With Reporters

May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …So we'll—— And I hope it never has to be given out, frankly. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Maj. Vrchota. Thank you…
  2. …hundreds of billions of dollars on this war, and yet, that's not—frankly, we made much more than that just in 4 days in the…
  3. …we're going to look. I hope that—I like to think positively, frankly. I just can't believe that they allow this to continue. This would…

Remarks at the Saudi-United States Investment Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …getting rid of all of the red tape that is—so many, frankly, countries, as they get older, they develop a lot of red tape…
  2. …place to make a future or make a fortune or do anything, frankly, than what we have in the United States of America under a…
  3. …say: Good luck, Syria. Show us something very special, like they've done, frankly, in Saudi Arabia. Okay? They're going to show us something special. Very…

Remarks at a Bill Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

May 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …love to do it—rich people. I would love to do it, frankly. But what we'll do is, they—you know, they'll go around saying…
  2. …was very nice. And I think he came in to thank me, frankly. I mean, I would be—I would say the primary reason. But…

Remarks on the National Day of Prayer

May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …they didn't know what to do, and it was embarrassing to them, frankly, and it should be. And that included police and firemen. You couldn't…

Remarks in Warren, Michigan

Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …jobs and protecting our great American autoworkers and all of our workers, frankly. We're protecting all of our workers. We're restoring the rule of law…
  2. …30 or 40 million illegals—many of them criminals, many of them, frankly, murderers and people of crime at the absolute highest level. Real, real…
  3. …of child rapists along with murderers, kidnappers, drug traffickers, and thieves and, frankly, people from mental institutions. We've designated six murderous Mexican drug cartels as…

Remarks on Domestic Coal Production

Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …taken advantage of us, ripped us off, and left us for dead, frankly. And I believe if I didn't become your President, I believe that…
  2. …restrictions that made it impossible—impossible to do anything having to do, frankly, with energy, even beyond coal. It's really beyond even coal. We have…

Remarks Announcing Additional United States Tariff Actions on Foreign Imports

Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …something, actually, because it's a special—it's a special book. It's very—frankly, it's very upsetting when you read it, when you see what people…
  2. …a deal, and it would have been a much better deal. But frankly, there were many years left on the deal that was made previous…

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

Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …They've taken so much out of our country, friend and foe. And frankly, friend has been oftentimes much worse than foe. And this is very…
  2. …I think you'll have a lot. A lot. Finland is very strong. Frankly, China is very strong. China is top 10, and that's something, considering…
  3. …I would, if it would be. You can view that two ways, frankly. There's a lot of ways to answer that question, but I'd certainly…

Remarks at a Women's History Month Event

Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …that. They haven't learned. Under—and we don't want them to learn, frankly. We want them to keep fighting. Let's not tell them. Under the…
  2. …boxing. Take a look at this—the whole thing is ridiculous, and, frankly, it's demeaning to women. And you are superior to men, in my…
  3. …historic. It's much more historic. It's a much more important Presidency. And frankly, because of how bad they were, we're able to do things that…

Remarks at the Department of Justice

Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …us into a real mess with Russia, and everything else he did, frankly, but he didn't know about it. And he, generally speaking, signed it…
  2. …because we have to say "God bless." We're lucky we're still here, frankly. And this whole thing could lead, I think—I think we have…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …that that man did—or that administration did to this country is, frankly, not even believable. And in particular, allowing millions and millions of people…
  2. …very few people watch them anymore. They have lost such credibility. And frankly, what Nicolle Wallace said—I've never been a fan of hers, but…

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress

Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …We are opening up many of those power plants right now. And frankly, we have never seen anything like it. That's why, on my first…
  2. …steel and lots of other things, we don't have a military and, frankly, won't have—we just won't have a country very long. Here today…

Remarks on Semiconductor Manufacturing Investment and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …the biggest there is, at a level that you can't even calculate, frankly—C.C. Wei, to the White House for a very historic announcement. This…
  2. …tariff. So what they'll have to do is build their car plants, frankly, and other things in the United States—in which case, they have…
  3. …great deal for us, because, you know, Biden very, very, foolishly—stupidly, frankly—gave $300 billion and—$350 billion, more accurately— to a country to…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …particular, has been very violent in its lawsuits against our companies and, frankly, very violent and very bad to our airlines. Our—I've gotten calls…
  2. …yard area in between areas of trees. It stops the fires. And frankly, California should have been doing that for years. It's almost getting late…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …to bring our aluminum business back. It may go higher. I mean, frankly, it may go higher. And we're going to also be talking about…
  2. …will bring us to a new level of prosperity. And I think, frankly, our allies and our enemies all over the world expected this. They…

Remarks at a Republican Senate Conference in Palm Beach, Florida

Feb 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …And Maxine Waters is a lunatic. And you know, they're all lunatics, frankly. They're so—it's so sad to see. They should be happy. They…
  2. …going to sell. And their—they haven't changed. They haven't learned. And frankly, I hope they don't play this, because—I hope they don't learn…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …condoms to Hamas—condoms to Hamas—and many other things that are, frankly, even more ridiculous. And they're finding tremendous waste—really, waste, more than…
  2. …spending. You've been reading about, you've been writing about some of it, frankly, and some of the things that they've been doing is—is just…

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

Jan 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …And that's what we've been looking to do for many, many decades, frankly. Thank you. In addition, there was a short-term pause or funding…
  2. …it very much. So bad—so sad we have to be here, frankly. And Jocelyn, as you know, is in our hearts, as she was…

Remarks at a House Republican Conference Dinner in Miami, Florida

Jan 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …And—but that chart—I don't know if they have it now. Frankly, I didn't tell them to bring it. But they're very competent people…
  2. …make them lower. And that's not just rich people; that's everybody. It's, frankly, proportionately, the lower scale much more so than a higher scale. Not…
  3. …of credit for, because, you know, they have lousy policy. I think, frankly, half of them are totally crazy. But they do stick together. They…