Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…it comes to Gaza and it comes to Israel and the Middle East. So we have a long time to go. But—— ——you know a…
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Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Restoring Law and Order in Memphis, Tennessee
Sep 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: What will Trump say during his signing of the Presidential Memorandum? 1 time
…said. Well, I'm doing a great job for peace in the Middle East. I should get lots of awards for that, right? With the Abraham…
Remarks on Public Safety in the District of Columbia and an Exchange With Reporters
Sep 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I'm never surprised by anything, especially when it comes to the Middle East. I'll be giving a full statement tomorrow, but I would tell you…
Remarks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission
Sep 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…say, "Your country is in trouble." And I just left the Middle East—King of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, U.A.E., a lot of the big countries…
Remarks Upon Arrival and an Exchange With Reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
Sep 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…problem. Again, it's a problem we want to solve for the Middle East, for Israel, for everybody. But it's a problem we're going to get…
Remarks During Visit to the People's House Exhibit "A White House Experience" and Exchange With Reporters
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…people that forced Bush to do the ridiculous bombings in the Middle East, Bolton. He—you know, he wants to always kill people, and he's…
Remarks Prior to a Signing Ceremony With President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia and an Exchange With Reporters
Aug 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…of proved it. So getting rid of that threat from the Middle East was very big. And I think a lot of people are going…
…of NATO. I met—I went, as you know, to the Middle East. I was with the King of Saudi Arabia, the leaders of great…
Remarks on Domestic Investment by Apple Incorporated and an Exchange With Reporters
Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…that—and, Tim, I'll tell you—but I went to the Middle East, and I was with Qatar, I was with U.A.E., and the King…
…well. Yes, ma'am, please. Well, we have stopped wars in the Middle East by stopping Iran from having a nuclear weapon. And they are—they're…
…words. But no, we've stopped a lot of wars in the Middle East. If you think about what we did with Iran, Iran was the…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test and an Exchange With Reporters
Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…every leader—I was at NATO, and I was in the Middle East with the three great countries, three great leaders: Qatar, you know; Saudi…
Remarks on Health Technology Improvement Efforts
Jul 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…about every leader I can even imagine. We were in the Middle East and Qatar, U.A.E., Saudi Arabia. They said, "One year ago, your country…
Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit
Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…happen. That could be the end. When I traveled to the Middle East in May, every leader I met was thrilled to do business with…
Remarks at the Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…country—and I just left the NATO leaders. I left the Middle East. The King of Saudi Arabia, Qatar—as you know, the Amir, so…
…month and a half ago, when we came back from the Middle East, we came back with $5.1 trillion of investments from the three…
…what a golden share? A lot of these people from the Middle East, they don't have to worry about golden shares. But we have a…
Remarks During a Tour of the "Alligator Alcatraz" Migrant Detention Facility and an Exchange With Reporters in Ochopee, Florida
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…anything like it. I told you I was with—in the Middle East. The King of Saudi Arabia said to me very strongly—he said…
Remarks During a Meeting With Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Francophonie Therese Kayikwamba Wagner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe of Rwanda and an Exchange With Reporters
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 1 time
…and I say it to everybody, when I was in the Middle East, the King of Saudi Arabia and Qatar and U.A.E.—all great leaders…
Address to the Nation on United States Airstrikes on Iran
Jun 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be…
…lost over a thousand people, and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East and around the world have died as a direct result of their…
…and we love our great military. Protect them. God bless the Middle East, God bless Israel, and God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank…
Remarks on the Installation of New White House Flagpoles and an Exchange With Reporters
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to come back, obviously, for the—for what's happening in the Middle East. But I got everything done. He's a good man. I think Carney…
Remarks With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom After Signing the United States of America–United Kingdom Economic Prosperity Deal and an Exchange With Reporters in Kananaskis, Canada
Jun 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…And yet, despite that, you saw how we did in the Middle East. We took in $5.1 trillion. We have $15 trillion almost—looking…
Remarks at the Congressional Picnic
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…hottest country in the world. I just came back from the Middle East, and the King of Saudi Arabia and Qatar—we have a great…
…hear—$5.1 trillion we brought back with us from the Middle East. So that's a— . That's an alltime record by far. But the U.S.A…
Remarks at the White House Summer Soirée
Jun 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…talked-about country anywhere in the world. I went to the Middle East. We went to Qatar, Saudi Arabia. We went to U.A.E. We went…
Commencement Address at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…quickly, we've turned it around. I just got back from the Middle East. And I was at, as you know, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, U.A.E. And…
Remarks on United States Missile Defense and an Exchange With Reporters
May 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…doing a great job. We had a tremendous trip to the Middle East, as you know. It was a really amazing trip. And now I…
…in $5.1 trillion in the last 4 days in the Middle East. And when you think about it, that's—this is a tiny fraction…
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
…things are happening now. We had a tremendous visit in the Middle East. We went to—saw Qatar, we saw the—Saudi Arabia—all the…
Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Sacrifice and an Exchange With Reporters
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…made much more than that just in 4 days in the Middle East. It's a lot of money, but it's—we're—we do much. This…
Remarks at a U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council Breakfast Roundtable in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…level, the relationship and friendship is good. It's a really unified Middle East. It's something that we haven't seen. The U.S. was absent for 4…
…and things were not going good. Other people were courting the Middle East, but they won't even waste their time in courting them any longer…
…grow $34 billion a year, America's second- highest total in the Middle East. The—and catching—I mean, going—but you know, the other one…
Remarks During a Signing Ceremony With Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar in Doha, Qatar
May 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…And it's good to see all the relationships forming in the Middle East, because the Middle East is really being talked about all over the…
Remarks at the Saudi-United States Investment Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 16 times
…come this afternoon to talk about the bright future of the Middle East. But first, let me begin by sharing the abundance of good news…
…anywhere in the world as leaders of a modern and rising Middle East. So exciting. So exciting. Muhammad, do you sleep at night? How do…
…tired divisions of the past and forging a future where the Middle East is defined by commerce not chaos, where it exports technology not terrorism…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients and an Exchange With Reporters
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to be at that particular point. I'll be someplace in the Middle East. But I would fly there if I thought it would be helpful…
Remarks During a Swearing-in Ceremony for Steven C. Witkoff as United States Special Envoy to the Middle East and an Exchange With Reporters
May 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…assistant to the president, senior adviser, and special envoy to the Middle East. I've known Steve for 40 years, and he's been with me, more…
…it to an end, and we're working—Steve is in the Middle East, where I think we're having some very good success, and you'll be…
Remarks to the Michigan National Guard in Harrison Township, Michigan
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…and the Russia front with Ukraine and what's happening in the Middle East. And a lot of good things—you're going to be hearing a…
Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Paul S. Atkins as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…with Gaza. But we've made a lot of progress in the Middle East. Tremendous. Should have never happened. That date—that very special date, October…
Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Mehmet Oz as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…happened, so you wouldn't have had all the problems in the Middle East. The Afghanistan embarrassment—probably the most embarrassing day in the history of…
Remarks Announcing Additional United States Tariff Actions on Foreign Imports
Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…I'm pretty busy trying to stop Russia and Ukraine. And the Middle East, we've got to stop that. We're going to stop the Houthis, which…
…that war ended and another war from not starting in the Middle East. We have to get Russia. They're losing 2,000—on average, 2…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…Please. Yes. So I have a very good relationship with the Middle East. In fact, if you look at Michigan, I won the vote by…
…be making equipment for Saudi Arabia and other places in the Middle East. And for that, I think it's worth it. I did it last…
…them. And then we'll go other places also. But in the Middle East, those seem to be the three. And, again, tremendous amounts of jobs…
Remarks at the Iftar Dinner
Mar 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…engaged in relentless diplomacy to forge a lasting peace in the Middle East, building on the historic Abraham Accords, which everybody said would be impossible…
Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress
Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…in Mozambique; $20 million for the Arab "Sesame Street" in the Middle East—it's a program—$20 million for a program; $1.9 billion to…
…sister, son, daughter was killed for no reason whatsoever. In the Middle East, we're bringing back our hostages from Gaza. In my first term, we…
…the entire region. A lot of things are happening in the Middle East. People haven't been talking about that so much lately with everything going…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…No. No, not that I know of. No, Steve . And the Middle East has been great. Saudi Arabia has treated us really well. They really…
…too. They want to get that whole mess ended in the Middle East. You know, we don't even talk about that anymore. You guys haven't…
Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Howard W. Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…to get you out of it. The same thing in the Middle East. We're going to have some good news in the Middle East. What…
Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Florida
Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…actually, anywhere in the world, and many distinguished guests from the Middle East, and, in particular, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a special place with…
…that, huh? As well as my own Special Envoy to the Middle East, who has really done a fantastic job, Steve Witkoff. Thank you, Steve…
…was over: 100 percent of people that are really hurting the Middle East, hurting the world, and it was done. And we have—I'm telling…
Remarks at an Executive Order Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…have happened. And you know what else wouldn't have happened? The Middle East wouldn't be all blown up, and October 7 wouldn't have happened either…
Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…a little bit. You know, when I left, we had no Middle East problem. We had no Russia going into Ukraine. They never would have…
Remarks During a Swearing-in Ceremony for Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence
Feb 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…and October 7th would have never happened, either, by the way. Middle East. But we'll get it—I think we'll get it—we'll get something…
Remarks on Signing a Proclamation on Gulf of America Day and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to New Orleans, Louisiana
Feb 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…no rush—develop it. We're going to bring stability to the Middle East, to a totally war-torn part of the Middle East, a part…
…be building—through other of the very rich countries in the Middle East, they'll be building some beautiful sites for the people, for the Palestinians…
…rebuilding it, we may give it to other states in the Middle East to build sections of it. Other people may do it through our…
Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast
Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…cease-fire agreement to stop the bloodshed and killing in the Middle East and return the hostages held captive by Hamas back home to their…
…And I came back—we have Russia-Ukraine. We have the Middle East has exploded. All of these things would have never happened. We have…
…I get into office, all hell will break loose in the Middle East, and I think they respected that statement. So we'll see. But we…
Remarks on Withdrawing United States Support for United Nations Organizations and Imposing Economic Sanctions on Iran and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…measure at all. It'd be great if we could have a Middle East—and maybe a world—at total peace. Right now, you don't have…
…see great countries, and I want to see peace in the Middle East and elsewhere. We're also working very hard with respect to Russia, Ukraine…
…nice housing of sorts—and we have the money in the Middle East to build that. Not necessarily, no. I just support cleaning it up…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Steve? Steve Witkoff, everybody. He's done a great job in the Middle East—really great. But we'll see how it all turns out. It's complex…
…take— See this pen—this wonderful pen? My desk is the Middle East, and this pen—the top of the pen, that's Israel. That's not…
Remarks to the World Economic Forum and a Question-and-Answer Session With Business Leaders
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…taking office, my team negotiated a cease-fire agreement in the Middle East, which wouldn't have happened without us, as I think most of the…
…building. So we really should get that stopped. Likewise, in the Middle East, I think we've made a lot of progress in the Middle East…
Remarks on Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Development and an Exchange With Reporters
Jan 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…about approximately—approximately 25 percent. We're thinking about going to the Middle East. Not yet. We have a thing called "the hostages are coming back…
…people. He's smart. He understands. He disrespected Biden. And also, the Middle East would have never happened because Iran was broke. They had no money…
…convinced Bush, which was a terrible decision, to blow up the Middle East. You know, we blew up the Middle East and we left. We…
Remarks and a Document Signing Ceremony Following the Inaugural Parade at Capitol One Arena
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…which are the biggest—it's the biggest deal made in the Middle East in many, many years. And it's really something. Jared—stand up, Jared…
Inaugural Address
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…yesterday, 1 day before I assumed office, the hostages in the Middle East are coming back home to their families. Thank you. America will reclaim…