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“China” said in 98 of 175 transcripts, 592 times.
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Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…as you know, and the investors are getting ready. And I think China wanted to see it stay open too. They wanted to see it…
…badly. And so, we were able to work out a deal with China. And it's a very good deal for us. It's a very—I…
…Save TikTok." So many people. It's a big thing. And you know, China can be very proud that they were able to get that started…
Sep 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…maintain that fight. We're right now—and I want to say leading China and the world by a lot in AI—a lot, and we're…
Sep 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: What will Trump say during his signing of the Presidential Memorandum? 3 times
…Jamieson Greer and others. And it was a very big meeting with China. And you know, they're treating us with respect. We treat them with…
…group, it's important. And it can maybe even bring us closer to China. We had a very good meeting with China. I was surprised. I…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…couldn't hook into the grid. We wouldn't have AI. We're substantially leading China. China knows it. We're substantially. And most of those people were here…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…going to keep Bagram, because Bagram is 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. We were going to have that all to…
…dollars of drugs are pouring out of Venezuela and other countries. Look, China—what they're doing with fentanyl is a terrible thing. It comes through…
…it's very exciting. We're going to end up with more electricity than China. And it's going to be built at no cost to us. And…
Sep 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…electric capacity and getting it for you, getting your permits. We're leading China by a lot—by a really—by a great amount. And I…
…our country to a new level. We're leading the world. We're leading China, but we're leading the world by a lot, and we're leading it…
Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…You know, we were losing the race in space very badly to China and to Russia, and now we're far and away number one in…
…they were dying by the thousands and millions. But we did with China, and China paid us billions and billions of dollars. And I started…
…factories under construction or being designed right now. And they're coming from China. They're coming from Mexico, I must tell you. And they're coming from…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…myself. I spent hours down there looking. That's in between Russia, Ukraine, China— —all the other stuff. We do it. I want to thank Doug…
…came along, nobody got it. We were abused by other countries. We're— China—I mean, take a look—that's what they—what they did is…
…take place. You know, we did it in my first term with China. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs, but when…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…Space Force. It's amazing what it's doing. We're leading in space now. China was killing us. Russia was beating us. China was killing us. We're…
…them that way anymore. You can't. But we left it, and now China is occupying that air base. This was the most incompetent administration in…
…good—a good favor, I think, with the fish, the carp—the China carp. Did you ever hear of it? China carp. And it's taken…
Aug 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…lot of stuff that's old. We wouldn't be able to compete with China AI, and now we're totally leading the AI race and—the artificial…
Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…what we're doing in terms of economics, we're blowing everyone away, including China. We're doing better than any other country in the world right now…
Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…back and brought it back in a very large way. You know, China is right now building 58 coal-fired plants—58 big ones. And…
…on India. On oil, they're the second largest. They're very close to China in terms of the purchase of oil from Russia. But—so I…
…it probably with a couple of others. One of them could be China, yes. Yes, we're pretty much getting close to it right now, but…
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…