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“Defense / Security” said in 96 of 170 transcripts, 331 times.
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Sep 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: What will Trump say during his signing of the Presidential Memorandum? 1 time
…the National Guard, as well as the FBI, ATF, DEA, ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, and the U.S. Marshals. And more along the prosecutors, we're going…
Sep 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…will triumph without question. That's why we named the former Department of Defense the Department of War. It will be different. We won the First…
Sep 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…hoax and it was all their fault, including Nancy Pelosi turning down security and all—you know, turning down soldiers. It all came out bad…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…country. When you think, no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime—these are working class things. We get a…
…You do a phenomenal job. Mike, you surround yourself with—whether it's Defense or anything else, everyone—I could name every single person here and…
…3-hour press conference— —on changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Because, you know, we won World War…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…decided to go woke and we changed the name to "Department of Defense." So we're going "Department of War," and I'd like to ask our…
…should have gone to Bagram, not the local little airport with no security, with tight quarters, et cetera. You know what happened. I think it…
…and there will be no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. One of the big things you get: If…
Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…a big thing; everybody wants to be a participant in it—missile defense shield. We're going to be having a Golden Dome that—the likes…
…this political. What we want to do is put the safety and security of Americans first, we want to make sure that our war fighter…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to me, seems like just a much more appropriate— the other is—"defense" is too defensive. And we want to be defensive, but we want…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 18 times
…and mugged, and you people could not walk to your office without security. That's how unsafe it was. So I think we should really let…
…anymore. And so, Pete, you started off by saying the "Department of Defense," and somehow it didn't sound good to me. You know? It didn't…
…World War II. We won everything. Now we have a Department of Defense. We're defenders. I don't know. If you people want to—standing behind…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…those numbers continued. But now we have total safety. We have total security. And for the border, in 3 months, zero people. These are done…
…good for us, as long as it doesn't hurt us in a security or military way. And if I do that, I think the country…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…we can keep it going, good. And we're going to watch the security concerns. And we have buyers—American buyers. We have American buyers. And…
Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 30 times
…in a second, has done an amazing job with respect to Social Security. He's running it, and he's running it like nobody ever even dreamt…
…the most significant pieces of legislation ever signed into law: the Social Security Act of 1935. And we're going to make it stronger, bigger, and…
…a sacred pledge to our seniors that I would always protect Social Security. And under this administration, we're keeping that promise and strengthening Social Security…
Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…tax cuts in history—no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security. Think of it. The—think of that for the seniors. No tax…
…paid, five percent that is paid, which is trillions of dollars in defense capability. No, it was always going to be I was going to…
…walls are wired for, you know, all of the internet stuff and security things. And we built it. Hundreds of miles. We did great. That's…
Aug 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…say ever before. And we just started. We're also lifting restrictions on defense cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States of America. The President—that's…
…with President Putin. It would have been sooner, but I guess there's security arrangements that, unfortunately, people have to make. Otherwise, I'd do it much…
Aug 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…American patriots who love our military and our veterans, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. You're doing a great job, Pete. Thank you. We're working…
Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…jobs on—think of this: whether it's tips or overtime or Social Security, no tax. So, no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security…
…country, and that means jobs, and it means wealth, and wealth means security for our people. Okay? Brian . Thank you. Well, we do have a…
Aug 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…General, Pam Bondi. Pam. Thank you very much, Pam. Secretary of Homeland Security Cristie Kerr—. Do you know who Cristie Kerr is? She's a friend…
…the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Secret Service, the Department of Transportation, and many other…
Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…they're going to spend that money in the United States with our defense companies, and we're going to send it to them, and they'll distribute…
…domain of human knowledge, from medicine to manufacturing to warfare and national defense. Whether we like it or not, we're suddenly engaged in a fast…
…granted other taxes, like no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. A lot of great things. One of the…
Jul 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…history, the largest spending cut in American history, and the largest border security investment in American history. And we got no tax on tips. Think…
…the country life. It gives—you could look at Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security— gives it life. It means it's going to be here. They're going…
…That's going to have a huge impact on Medicaid, Medicare, even Social Security. It's going to have a huge impact on everything. So I just…
Jul 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…American history, the most deregulation in American history, and the largest border security investment in American history and the biggest success on the border in…
Jul 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…right? On day one, I signed Executive orders to create new Homeland Security Task Forces marshaling the full power of Federal law enforcement to eradicate…
…the biggest everything in history. Biggest—we have things in terms of security, in terms of securing our country, taking care of our police officers…
…it's no tax on tips—think of that—no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. If you buy a car, you want to…
Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…so many other things: no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. But the biggest tax cut in the history…
Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…history, the largest spending cut in American history, and the largest border security investment of all time. And, again, we're doing great on the border…
Jul 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…have the biggest tax cut, the biggest spending cut, the largest border security investment in American history. We want to have strong borders. And the…
…tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors. And that's why—when you hear things like…
Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors. Right? Front Row Joe. We got a lot…
…our great "Big Beautiful Bill," it will build the Golden Dome missile-defense shield. We're going to have the best shield. And you saw that…
…have agreed to pay over a trillion dollars a year for our defense. You saw what happened in NATO. In fact, we have our Ambassador…
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…I want to thank Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier—where is James? Where…
…gave. And we really—we're very, very cognizant of three things: Social Security—we're going to take care of it beautifully, Medicare, and Medicaid. And…
…we're going to have no problem with Medicaid or Medicare or Social Security. Thank you. Yes. Yes. Well, we're very much cognizant of that. And…
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…I would normally be home waiting for the vote—— Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem. Yes, we would, but—— The President. ——or we'd be…
…killer—— ——we don't send them anywhere. We put them in a maximum security. Look, what we inherited from this guy, this incompetent man and his…
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…Ron worked beautifully with Kristi and all of the people at Homeland Security and got it done in how many days, Ron? It can be…
…States are doing it. The blue States don't do very well at security and policing, unfortunately. What would you say, Kristi? And there is a…
…ever passed—even for you, as an example, tremendous amount of Homeland Security money. Tremendous amount. It's going to keep the border secure. Because, you…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…it. But think of what they're not approving. They're not approving border security. We've done a great job at the border, but we have to…
…for a tax increase of 68 percent. They're voting to destroy Social Security, destroy Medicare, and destroy Medicaid. And we're voting to make them perfect…
…going to destroy Medicaid and they're going to destroy Medicare, and Social Security will follow. If you vote for the Democrats, you're dead on those…
Jun 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…record tax cut, a record spending cut, a record investment in border security. We've done so well on the border. You know, last month, we…
…tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors. Among the countless citizens who will benefit from…
…it's border or economic development or no tax on tips and Social Security and no tax on overtime and all these different things—there are…
Jun 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…place just a little while ago. Tomorrow General Caine and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will have a press conference at 8 a.m. at the…
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to go on. I mean, they're totally defenseless. They have no air defense whatsoever. We've totally captured—— ——you know, we've totally captured the air. Brian…
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…bill. No tax on tips, no tax on—you know, the Social Security payments. It's unbelievable, what happens. No tax on overtime. You work overtime…
…destroy them, because under their policies, Medicare and Medicaid go away. Social Security, under them, is going to be devastated. With us, it's going to…
…it, because for 4 years, I never hurt Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. I've already been there. But they're going to destroy Medicare, Medicaid, and…
Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…want to thank so many great leaders here today, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who has been great, by the way. Pete, thank you…
…necessary funding for ICE, for Border Patrol, and for the Department of Defense, and, I told you, at a level that we've never had before…
…No tax on tips. Think of that. No tax—seniors on Social Security. No tax on overtime. It's going to—they're going to pay for…
Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…be from the President's office. We'll have somebody here—could be Homeland Security—but we're going to give it out through a method where it's…
Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…cuts in the history of our country, including the most powerful border security measures ever, it delivers major economic relief to the American workers, families…
Jun 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…They're all coming in. It also includes the largest investment in border security in our Nation's history, equipping law enforcement with the tools to stop…
Jun 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…all with people that we want. Really great people. The Department of Defense, Commerce, and Treasury is over 90 percent of the political hires. They're…
…a record at this time, so early. And the Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Labor are all over and up to about…
…a little bit out of line—they may be big big shots—Defense, they may be at Commerce, they may be the biggest—they're scared…
May 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…dignity or prosperity and pride. It's, above all, a matter of national security. And it is. You're going to see some amazing things here. That's…
…tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our seniors. And we're going to make the interest payments, as…
May 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Judge Jeanine," has devoted her life to the pursuit of justice; the defense of freedom; and the fair, equal, and impartial rule of law, and…
May 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…man who has devoted his life to servicemembers and veterans, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who's doing really well. He went through a lot, didn't…
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…only ones with the great technology. We're building the Golden Dome missile defense shield to protect our homeland and to protect West Point from attack…
May 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…half was a battle over every point, with both teams playing ferocious defense in the lowest scoring first half of a championship game since 2011…
May 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times
…world, as we make a historic announcement about the Golden Dome missile defense shield. That's something we want. And Ronald Reagan wanted it many years…
…promised the American people that I would build a cutting-edge missile defense shield to protect our homeland from the threat of foreign missile attack…
…can. This design for the Golden Dome will integrate with our existing defense capabilities and should be fully operational before the end of my term…
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…don't understand that. We can understand that. But we're—in terms of defense and offense of our country, it's going to be very, very important…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…I want to recognize a true warrior, and that's our Secretary of Defense. They put him through hell, the radical left did. And he's incredible…
…special applause for somebody that's been so good, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Saoud. Where are you, Saud? Thank you very much. Great. Thank…
…let's not forget the top-notch Army soldiers from the 11th Air Defense Artillery—the "Imperial Brigade." Thank you, fellas. That's great. We also have…
May 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…that our growing friendship is blossoming into a full-fledged economic and security partnership, as we've seen clearly on this trip, because we're setting records…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Quincy in 1945, the U.S.-Saudi relationship has been a bedrock of security and prosperity. Today we reaffirm this important bond and we take the…
…you've done right here—a cultural and commercial crossroads of the planet. Security and stability will lift millions into lives of safety and success, and…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…really—we've helped them a lot over the years in terms of security and safety, I felt they—I think they—and very, very nicely…
…And if we can get a 747 as a contribution to our Defense Department to use during a couple of years while they're building the…
…we're giving not only no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime, but also, we're going to get a deduction…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…deal include plans that will bring the United Kingdom into the economic security alignment with the United States. It's the first of its kind. So…
…a deal very badly too. Both countries have agreed that the economic security is national security, and we'll be working together as allies to ensure…
May 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…happened. Any other questions? I don't know. You'll have to ask Homeland Security, please. When did he say that? Well, it's possible that's right. He…