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“DC / District of Columbia” said in 30 of 155 transcripts, 55 times.

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Remarks Announcing the 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

…proud of, along with, in the bigger picture, a place called Washington, DC. That is the bigger one, and we'll talk about that in a…
…things. And we're going to also fix up a place called Washington, DC. We're going to make it so beautiful again. We're going to be…
…250 years. But, as I said earlier, I'm determined to make Washington, DC, safe, clean, and beautiful again. It's going to take place very rapidly…

Remarks on Domestic Investment by Apple Incorporated and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

…because the crime is ridiculous. I could show you a chart comparing DC to other locations, and you're not going to want to see what…
…fact, they—the lawyers are already studying it. We have to run DC. This has to be the best run place in the country, not…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…young man who was beat up by a bunch of thugs in DC. And either they're going to straighten their act out, in the terms…

Remarks at the Grand Opening Ceremony of Trump International Golf Links Aberdeen in Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Jul 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…today. We'll play it very quickly, and then I go back to DC and we put out fires all over the world. We did one…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit

Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…for organizing this very important summit and especially for putting it in DC, where it's a little bit easier. I don't know if it's easy…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on Flooding Damage and Recovery Efforts With First Responders and Local Officials and an Exchange With Reporters in Kerrville, Texas

Jul 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…to thank you very much. And we'll be helping you from Washington, DC, like no other President would do. Nobody else would do it. Nobody…

Remarks in Des Moines, Iowa

Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…than the Nation itself. And we had a beautiful parade in Washington, DC, the other day. It was fantastic. You know, it is amazing, because…

Remarks at a Greeting With the Juventus Football Club and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…have a game tonight. The game is—where is it—over in DC, at the stadium? And it's totally sold out, I hope, right? Okay…

Remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…be. And Saturday is going to be a big day in Washington, DC. You know, a lot of people said, "We don't want to do…

Remarks at a Roundtable Discussion With the Fraternal Order of Police

Jun 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…few words; followed by FOP national president, Patrick Yoes; and then Washington, DC, FOP trustee, Gregg Pemberton; and vice president of the Fraternal Order of…

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 3 times

…incredible woman—as our new interim United States attorney for the District of Columbia. That's a big deal. And I'd like to congratulate Jeanine and…
…have no doubt, will be an exceptional U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, one of the truly most important positions in our country, of…
…justice under the law. You'll see very, very big improvements in the DC area. That, I can promise you. So I want to congratulate Jeanine…

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

May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…up, and this building is going to be a primary focus in DC. And it's got the potential for greatness. If it didn't, I wouldn't…

Remarks at a U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council Breakfast Roundtable in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…heading back now, and I look forward to that—going back to D.C. I just had a little announcement of a beautiful grandchild, a boy…

Remarks During a Tour of the U.S.-U.A.E. Investment Exhibit and an Exchange With Reporters in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…media has been great. And we'll see you guys back in Washington, DC. See, even Peter is being nice today. Have a good time. Say…

Remarks at a Guestbook Signing With President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…be here? Could you be there?" But probably going back to Washington, DC, tomorrow. Some of you are going to be traveling with us. And…

Remarks to United States Servicemembers at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar

May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

…going to have a big parade this year, you know, in Washington, DC. A real parade. And I'll tell you just a little story. A…
…I was told 4 years, General, by your television generals in Washington, DC." And he didn't want to be disrespectful to them. He said, "Sir…
…I went out and I said to a certain General in Washington, DC—a television general. Not much a—there's a real general on television…

Remarks at a State Dinner With Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar in Doha, Qatar

May 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…many Iranians. I know many Iranians living in New York and Washington, DC, and they're great people. And we want to have this end peacefully…

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 1 time

…he's done a very good job. Crime is down 25 percent in DC. during his period of time. I'm very disappointed in that. But I…

Remarks During a Swearing-in Ceremony for David A. Perdue, Jr., as United States Ambassador to China and an Exchange With Reporters

May 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

…know, I know Ed. He's very talented. Crime is down in Washington, DC—street crime, violent crime—by 25 percent. And that's— people have seen…
…time that he's been there, crime is down 25 percent in Washington, DC. But that's really up to the Senators. If they, you know, feel…

Remarks on the 2027 National Football League Draft and an Exchange With Reporters

May 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

…you. It's a very important announcement. Very, very amazing, I think, for DC, but even for the country because it's, to me, a very big…
…thank NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell; Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris; and Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser; Secretary Scott Turner; Secretary Doug Burgum; and I see…
…big thing—will be held right here in our Nation's Capital, Washington, DC, on the National Mall. And you get a little glimpse of it…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…you could have a life—like some beautiful, leisurely life in Washington, DC—— ——where you get mugged when you go to work— —but other than…

Remarks on Signing the Executive Order on Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities

Mar 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…period of time, and it employs bureaucrats in buildings all over Washington, DC. And as a former real estate person, I will tell you, I…

Remarks at the Department of Justice

Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

…Patel, we're getting the FBI agents out of the headquarters in Washington, DC, and back on the streets in pursuit of dangerous criminals, where they…
…have far fewer people, but we also want to have them in DC. And if for no other reason, we like having law enforcement walking…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…they're going to do a lot better than somebody sitting in Washington, DC, that couldn't care less about the pupils out in the Midwest. Well…

Remarks During a Swearing-in Ceremony for Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence

Feb 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

…And so, we have a Department of Education where people from Washington, D.C., who, many—in many cases, don't care about the kids out in…
…and the father's—farmer's sons. We have a massive bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. We have buildings that are all over the city—Department of Education…

Remarks on the Collision of a United States Army Helicopter and an American Airlines Aircraft Near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

…Hawk helicopter carrying 3 military servicemembers over the Potomac River in Washington, DC, while on final approach to Reagan National Airport. Both aircraft crashed instantly…
…flight. For the family members back in Wichita, Kansas, here in Washington, DC, and throughout the United States, and in Russia—we have a Russia…

Remarks on the National Economy in Las Vegas, Nevada

Jan 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…Hundreds of people were persecuted, including Christians, pro-life activists, two Washington, DC, police officers just yesterday, whose lives were destroyed from chasing down a…

Remarks on Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Development and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

…In fact—— ——I'm going to be letting two officers from Washington police—DC—I believe they're from DC, but I just approved it. They were…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…hundred percent of the people are convicted. A hundred percent. It's Washington, DC. People go into a trial, and they say, "Oh, I have a…

Inaugural Address

Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

…Phoenix, from Chicago to Miami, from Houston to right here in Washington, DC, our country was forged and built by the generations of patriots who…