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“China” said in 86 of 150 transcripts, 550 times.
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Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…you know, when they have big events—you entertain the President of China or the President of any place and you have big crowds, they've…
…did do certain tariffs in the first term. If you look at China—China, we took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China. But…
Jul 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…working, just got back from a little excursion and a meeting with China in Europe, and that went well. We've done very well with the…
Jul 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…Okay? Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. We're moving along with China. We're doing fine with China. I think it's going to work out…
Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…their country. And we're in the process of completing our deal with China. And, as you know, the U.K.—we made a deal. It was…
…The European Union, we're getting along. We're getting along very well with China. I have a lot of respect for President Xi. We have a…
…working on right now, I know, but you just can't do it. China is not doing it, and if you're going to be beating China…
Jul 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…even possible. We've negotiated historic trade deals with the United Kingdom, Indonesia, China. Today Japan and the Philippines—we just did the Philippines today also…
Jul 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…America the crypto capital of the world, and that's what it's become. China wanted it. A lot of countries want it, but we are so…
Jul 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…It's true. For no reason. And we want to have it, not China. China wasn't actually—they were watching this. They like it. And we've…
Jul 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…know—and I have a very good relationship with President Xi of China, but I imposed a 20-percent tariff on China because of the…
…done. And I think we're going to work it out so that China is going to end up going from that to giving the death…
…penalty. The death penalty is going to be imposed on people from China that make fentanyl and send it into our country. I believe that's…
Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…be able to produce. You know, I'm looking at the numbers of China, where they're producing a lot of electric. Well, they only have one…
…before—I saw a board outside, and it showed how much electricity China is making. Well, we just started, but we're going to actually end…
…number-one superpower in artificial intelligence. And we are way ahead of China, I have to say. We're way ahead of China. And the plants…
Jul 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…you proceed it by saying "clean, beautiful" coal. It—what—you know, China is, right now, building 68 coal-generating plants, and we're putting up…
…and having very—being very weak and very expensive. All made in China. You know, I noticed something—that with all of the windmills that…
…them, the wind turbines—I have never seen a wind farm in China. Why is that? Somebody check that out. Tom Emmer, would you please…
Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…hours, actually. And how incredible. What equipment. What equipment. And you know, China, Russia, they were all watching. Everybody was watching. We have the greatest…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 1 time
…you right now. But Putin respects our country, and President Xi of China respects our country, and Kim Jong Un respects—they respect our country…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…what? Yes. Well, that's an interesting question. We've made a deal with China. We've made a deal with probably four or five different countries—with…
…that: go into Indian and trade. We're going to be trading in China. That's going to come a little bit down the road, but we're…
…obvious. I mean, we're taking in billions and billions of dollars from China and a lot of other countries. We took in—I had a…
Jun 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…you really have anybody of any interest?" Well, we just signed with China yesterday, right? Just signed with China. We have everybody—we're not going…
…very big one—where we're going to open up India. In the China deal, we're starting to open up China, things that never really could…
…lost our auto—we lost 50 percent of our auto industry to China, Mexico, Canada, and various other countries. Should have never happened. If you…
Jun 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I can't tell you about that. I get along very well with China. Get along very well with President Xi. I like him. He likes…
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…did they cheat—I guess you saw—yesterday it came out—with China and the license plates. Tens of thousands of cards. They used those…
…it. We're going to probably make a deal. I think we'll need China's blessing on it, and I think they'll bless it. Very good. He…
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…