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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.

“Election” said in 30 of 51 transcripts, 142 times.

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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …That's pretty good. So you say during the war, you can't have elections. So, let me just see, 3½ years from now—so, you mean…
  2. …a long time. I've lived with it since just before the first election. I used to get great publicity. Now I get the worst publicity…
  3. …in. And of the—and frankly, if the right results of the election were given, if I were President, this war would have never taken…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ferdinand R. "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., of the Philippines and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 22, 2025 Meeting 17 times

  1. …that's an honor. And you said they did that because of the election and because of the fact that the tariffs are placed. So they're…
  2. …him cutting rates—I mean, he cut the rates just before the election to try and help Kamala or whoever he was trying to help…
  3. …but going up all the way—going up to 2020 of the election, they tried to rig the election, and they got caught. And there…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …that—great health care. And frankly, they—every Democrat should lose their election because it was purely political—they were told not to vote for…
  2. …helicopters going down, the sandstorms, the prisoners—they got captured—then the election and the prisoners and Reagan and all the problems. It was nothing…
  3. …next year, we have to talk." And then we had a rigged election, and we never got to talking. And you know what Biden did…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …to have you. As you know, the Chancellor just won a great election. Very, very strong election. Very respected man, I can tell you. We've…
  2. …a very good run. We had a—I also had a great election, great win. Won everything. Won the popular vote, the—all seven swing…
  3. …the autopen, I think, is the big scandal—outside of the rigged election of 2020, I think the biggest scandal of the last many years…

Remarks in a Roundtable Meeting With Business Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters in Doha, Qatar

May 15, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …term. We—I—we had a really successful first term. Then the election was rigged, and I had to wait. And it became more historic…
  2. …at it, the map—it was a—it was an obliteration, this election, and we got 312 electoral votes. So it's—it was just an…
  3. …we have a mandate that nobody's had. They said, "The most consequential election"—and this was a enemy paper—"the most consequential election in 129…

Remarks at a Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders Meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 14, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …no attack if I were President, but bad things happened in that election. And I said, "Let's do it again." And by doing it again…
  2. …much more historic. It's a much more historic election, much more powerful election. And we have a mandate. We won every swing State. We won…
  3. …have—I believe we would have had it filled out had the election been called fairly, which it wasn't. It was a rigged election. I…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters

May 6, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …you know, just a few days ago, he won a very big election in Canada. And I think I was the probably the greatest thing…
  2. …know? But I wanted to just congratulate you. That was a great election, actually. We were watching it with interest, and I think Canada chose…
  3. …very talented person, a very good person, because we spoke before the election quite a few times. And it's an honor to have you at…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 2 times

  1. …of our country, and that's the basis under which we won the election. Core GDP—and this is—you know, you probably saw some numbers…
  2. …and I'd like to say they're building because of November 5, the election, and the tariffs, but I'm going to be a little more blunt…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez of El Salvador and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …it, because I want to save it for just before the next election. I say to my people, "Don't even talk about it, because they'll…
  2. …and Putin wouldn't even bring it up. And as soon as the election was rigged and I wasn't here, that war started. There was no…
  3. …It's big. And the reason they did it is because of the election on November 5 and because of a thing called tariffs—as I…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and Meeting With United States Ambassadorial Nominees and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 25, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …taken place decades ago or longer. Okay. You all understand that? Yes? "Election fraud." You've heard the term. We'll end it, hopefully. At least we'll…
  2. …weeks, and we think we'll be able to end up getting fair elections. Perhaps some people think I shouldn't be complaining, because we won in…
  3. …straighten out our election. This country is so sick because of the election—the fake elections and the bad elections—and we're going to straighten…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …why they're coming back. I think they're coming back because of the election that took place on November 5 and because of the fact that…
  2. …it. That should have been filled up within a year of the election. It would have been filled up. So, countries are starting to want…
  3. …mine. He's become a friend of mine. He supported me in the election. That's when I got to know him really. I knew him a…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 13, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …the Republicans, I said, "Don't bring that subject up, because there's no election right now. But about a week before the election, bring it up…
  2. …I was—I—look, the reason is two things. Number one, the election—November 5. And the other thing is tariffs. I think, probably, in…
  3. …investment by Apple in the United States, and that's because of the election result and it's because of the tariffs and the tax incentives too…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Micheál Martin of Ireland and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …very well right now. But we're doing well because I won the election. If I didn't win the election, you would have had a very…
  2. …and they called for two reasons. Number one, we had a great election of somebody that they want running the country. And we ran—we…
  3. …transgender. That's all you hear about. No, that's why we won the election in record numbers. But very importantly, now—it is what it is…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 15 times

  1. …billion investment in the country only because of the results of the election and, I think, because of tariffs. He's going to want to be…
  2. …went up 42 points in a period of, like, days after the election, since the election. So, since the election, the confidence in our Nation…
  3. …answer. They gave her an answer. This was 2 days before the election, right before—the Sunday night before the election. And they wrote out…

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a National Governors Association Meeting

Feb 21, 2025 Meeting 12 times

  1. …been amazing. And it was really tough, because this last—this last election, I go to a person. They say, "Sir, I just gave you…
  2. …shouldn't be doing. And one of the reasons that we won the election by so much, because we won it in every way. We won…
  3. …in Serbia. Four hundred and eighty-six million dollars to Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening, which $22 million was for inclusive participatory political…

Remarks at a Republican Governors Association Meeting

Feb 20, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …what it is. You go back to the last, I think, eight elections in a row, the midterms haven't been great for the person that…
  2. …them too hard until just about a week or two before the election. Just let them go. Don't convince them not to. You know, I'm…
  3. …that. Let them keep going. And then about a week before the election, just blast the hell out of them. It's like in a race…