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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.

“Russia / Ukraine” said in 42 of 54 transcripts, 338 times.

Counted forms: ukraine, ukraines, ukraine's, russia, russias, russia's.

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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Karol Nawrocki of Poland and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …that was no action? That cost hundreds of billions of dollars to Russia. You call that no action? And I haven't done phase two yet…
  2. …people—you had 7,819 people killed last week. Russian soldiers and Ukraine soldiers, right? Not American soldiers, not soldiers from Poland, but they're human…
  3. …tough wars to end— much tougher, I thought, than the war with Ukraine and Russia. I thought that Ukraine and Russia—I have a very…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 16 times

  1. …making. I want to talk about: We're no longer involved with funding Ukraine, but we are involved with trying to stop the war or the…
  2. …had somebody in here before. The war should have never started with Ukraine and Russia. It would have never started. And Putin said that himself…
  3. …solved very quickly with regard to Gaza and also with regard to Ukraine and Russia. Yes, please. Well, we have some very good people for…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 15 times

  1. …know, I'm—I've always had a very good relationship, despite a fake "Russia, Russia, Russia" haunt that we had, but we've always had a great…
  2. …the meantime, we're not spending any money on—as you know, on Ukraine. But we're selling military equipment to NATO. NATO now is taking in…
  3. …is distributing that equipment to wherever they are. I mean, perhaps to Ukraine. So NATO is working with Ukraine. Biden was giving hundreds of billions…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With European Leaders

Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …as we work to end the killing and stop the war in Ukraine. We're all working for the same goal. A very simple goal: We…
  2. …I believe that. In a very significant step, President Putin agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine. And this is one of the…
  3. …we can reach an agreement that would deter any future aggression against Ukraine. And I actually think there won't be. I think that's even overrated…

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

Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …thank you very much. It's an honor to have the President of Ukraine with us. We've had a lot of good discussions, a lot of…
  2. …as you know, just a short while ago with the President of Russia. And I think there's a possibility that something could come out of…
  3. …France, Germany, Italy, Finland, EU, NATO—I mean, all—all partners around Ukraine supporting us. Thanks them and thank you very much for invitation. Thank…

Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 12 times

  1. …I don't need your help with Iran. I need your help with Russia." And so that's the one deal that continues to linger. And, you…
  2. …is. And look, the Russian—I don't want to do that to Russia. I love the Russian people. They're great people. I don't want to…
  3. …then they get blown away. And Ukrainian too. Look what—look at Ukraine. It's a disaster what's happened there. But it continues to go on…

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

Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 11 times

  1. …today is to hear that we are very unhappy—I am— with Russia, but we'll discuss that maybe a different day. But we're very, very…
  2. …as you know, we've spent $350 billion, approximately, on this war with Russia and Ukraine, and we'd like to see it end. It wasn't my…
  3. …The only one we haven't been able to get to yet is Russia, and I'm not happy. And I will tell you that Ukraine wants…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …I watch the Democrats, and they have standard lines, like they had "Russia, Russia, Russia." They had the "laptop from hell." "It all came from…
  2. …a story out of the laptop from hell, saying it came from Russia, but it actually came from Hunter Biden's bedroom or worse. And just…
  3. …scam"—greatest scam in the history of our country, other than maybe "Russia, Russia, Russia." That might have been. But the "green new scam" was…

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

Jun 16, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn't want to have Russia in. And I would say that that was a mistake, because I…
  2. …that, 9 years ago?—8 years ago?— ——it switched over. They threw Russia out, which I claimed was a very big mistake. Even though I…
  3. …was a mistake in that you spend so much time talking about Russia, and he's no longer at the table. So, it makes life more…

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

Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 23 times

  1. …what's going on. We both feel that way. What's going on with Russia-Ukraine and other things we talk about, but Russia-Ukraine in particular…
  2. …thing. I thought he wanted the entire—everything having to do with Ukraine. That's something that would have never happened if I were President. The…
  3. …The war would have never—would have never happened. The war with Ukraine, with Putin would have never happened, ever. Not even a chance. And…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and an Exchange With Reporters

May 21, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …them both, and we just did something good. We're trying to settle Russia-Ukraine. We spoke with President Putin for 2½ hours the day before…
  2. …It's not our people, it's not our soldiers, it's not our—it's Ukraine, and it's Russia. But if we can save 5,000 souls, we'll…
  3. …but also, you know, I'm trying to save lives. I'm working with Russia and Ukraine. I don't have to do that. It's not our war…

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

May 15, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …fast and deadly—horrible, actually. When you look at what's happening with Russia and Ukraine, the drone is killing tremendous numbers of people. You hide…
  2. …have the strongest military in the world, by far—not China, not Russia, not anybody. We have the best military equipment in the world. And…
  3. …the world psychologically. So we think we're going to do well with Russia-Ukraine. Five thousand soldiers are being killed every single week, on average…

Remarks During a Meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026

May 6, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …there. So we're going to—get that war stopped. Okay. Yes. Well, Russia used to be a member of what was called, then, the G…
  2. …but I know that President Obama didn't like it, and they voted Russia out. And I say if they didn't vote Russia out—which I…
  3. …them. And you get to know them. And I say that if Russia—if it was the G–8, if Russia were in it, I…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …I came here, I said, "How much money have we given to Ukraine?" The real number is about $350 billion. That's—it's unthinkable. And we…
  2. …Wasn't even thought of. I discussed it with President Putin a lot—Ukraine. It was the apple of his eye, but there was no way…
  3. …I didn't want to make a deal that couldn't be made, because Ukraine doesn't have very much money. They're going through a very bad period…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 13 times

  1. …beloved in his country. And we've had talks on the war with Ukraine-Russia and trade. We're doing very well, I think, on both. We've…
  2. …say 2,500 people a week dying—young people, mostly soldiers, from Russia and Ukraine. And we want to end that war. We want to…
  3. …a lot of pressure. You don't know what pressure I'm putting on Russia. They're dealing. You have no idea what pressure I'm putting on Russia…

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

Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …up. They say they were the most beautiful in the world, in Ukraine, for whatever reason—but the most beautiful in the world. They're mostly…
  2. …that happened. You know, I came back. We had no war in Ukraine. We had no war with—we had no October 7 Middle East…
  3. …didn't have any of that. You wouldn't have had the war with Russia-Ukraine. You wouldn't have had the Middle East problem, because Iran was…

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. …call them—we call them sections, but they're much more than that—Russia-Ukraine and also the Middle East. And we'll see what happens. We're…
  2. …were way behind. And if you look even—if you look at Ukraine—so we're in for $350 billion because of Biden. Should have never…
  3. …the world, the most beautiful spires in the world. The spires in Ukraine were said to be the most beautiful of all. Just about every…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …say a few words on what's happening with respect to, in particular, Russia-Ukraine, where we have some pretty good news, I think. We want…
  2. …And if you look at the ships outside of Greenland, you have Russia, you have China, you have lots of different people and lots of…
  3. …Well, probably they have been influenced to get this thing settled, because Ukraine wants to see it settled. I think they have to have it…

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 20 times

  1. …lot of things. Obviously, we'll be discussing what's happening with respect to Ukraine and Russia. At this moment, we have people talking in Russia. We…
  2. …Witkoff and others. And they're in very serious discussions. As you know, Ukraine has agreed, subject to this—what's happening today—to a complete cease…
  3. …from the Netherlands for the most part—— They're not from—they're from Russia and they're from Ukraine, but they're people. And I think everybody feels…

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

Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 20 times

  1. …it—if it kicks in. We have to see. It's up to Russia now. But we've had a good relationship with both parties, actually, and…
  2. …as we speak. And hopefully, we can get a cease-fire from Russia. And if we do, I think that would be 80 percent of…
  3. …because we just found out and we just were able to get Ukraine to agree. So we're going to know very soon. I've gotten some…

Remarks in a Question-and-Answer Session at a Business Roundtable Quarterly Meeting

Mar 11, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …you don't mind, we'll jump in. The President. Okay. Yes. Well, it's Ukraine, but we hope to get Russia. It turned out to be the…
  2. …saying, that Russia has been easier to deal with, so far, than Ukraine, which is not supposed to be the way it is, but it…
  3. …hope to get Russia, but we have a full cease-fire from Ukraine. That's good. Yes. Well, it's basically make America great again. We have…

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

Feb 28, 2025 Meeting 17 times

  1. …thank you very much. It's an honor to have President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. And we've been working very hard, very close, and we've actually known…
  2. …continue to do that. We have had some very good discussions with Russia. I spoke with President Putin, and we're going to try and bring…
  3. …will say, until we came along, the Biden administration didn't speak to Russia whatsoever. They didn't speak to anybody. They just allowed this to continue…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 27, 2025 Meeting 15 times

  1. …But we're going to be discussing many things today. We'll be discussing Russia- Ukraine. We'll be discussing trade and lots of other items. And I…
  2. …a deal first. Right now, we don't have a deal. We have Russia. We have Ukraine. I think we're very well advanced. I think Russia…
  3. …don't want to do that. But we've had very good talks with Russia, and we've had very good talks, as you know, with Ukraine. Yes…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 18 times

  1. …going to solve a lot of problems. We're doing very well with Russia-Ukraine. President Zelenskyy is going to be coming on Friday. That's now…
  2. …deal. Most importantly, by far, we're going to make a deal with Russia and Ukraine to stop killing people. They'll stop killing young Russian soldiers…
  3. …very difficult situation. We're right now negotiating very successfully, I think, with Russia and with Ukraine, and we have a lot of countries involved. And…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Emmanuel Macron of France and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 24, 2025 Meeting 20 times

  1. …of progress has been made. We've had some very good talks with Russia. We've had some very good talks with others, and we're trying to…
  2. …think once we settle, there's going to be no more war in Ukraine, and you're not going to have it. It's not going to be…
  3. …no? Did you say? It's not a correct story. No, we're helping Ukraine like nobody has ever helped Ukraine before. And I can say this…

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

Feb 21, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …we have a couple of things in the works. We're negotiating with Russia, Ukraine, trying to get that horrible situation over with. It's terrible. It's…
  2. …week, and we got to get it over with. It's bad for Russia, and it's bad for Ukraine, and it's bad for us on a…
  3. …good talks with Putin, and I've had not-such-good talks with Ukraine. They don't have any cards, but they play it tough. But we're…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 4, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …to get it done. We're also dealing, I think, very successfully, with Russia-Ukraine. We're going to, hopefully, get that one done at some point…
  2. …you know, when I left, we had no problem. There was no Ukraine and Russia fighting. There was no October 7. There was nothing. And…
  3. …allowed it to happen. It would have never happened. And that includes Russia-Ukraine would have never happened—not even a little bit, not even…