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“Sanction” said in 22 of 176 transcripts, 39 times.
Counted forms: sanction, sanctions, sanction's.
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Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…be a very important decision, and that's whether or not it's massive sanctions or massive tariffs or both. Or do we do nothing and say…
Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…disgraceful. Yes, we have about 8 days. Yes, we're going to put sanctions. I don't know that sanctions bother him. You know, they know about…
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…a lot of time with him. Good guy. I took off the sanctions because if I didn't do that, they wouldn't have had a chance…
…I think it's going to work out great. I took off the sanctions, and they were very appreciative. They were shocked, but they were very…
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…they want to have a good country. You know, they have massive sanctions right now, biting sanctions. It's going to be very hard for them…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 1 time
…you think they want to meet me? Don't you think? We have sanctions on there that they can't do anything. Wouldn't you think that they…
Jun 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…whether or not a deal is done. And don't forget, you know, sanctions cost us a lot of money. When I sanction a country, that…
…Let's sign a document." You're talking about billions and billions of dollars. Sanctions are not that easy. It's not just a one-way street. We're…
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Israel problem. Iran was broke. They had no money. We had big sanctions on them. Biden immediately let them get rich—the $300 billion they…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…region to stand against the enemies of all civilization. We'd imposed unprecedented sanctions on Iran and starved the regime of resources to fund terror. They…
…know? Too much. I like you too much. Great guy. They lifted sanctions on Iran in exchange for getting nothing and sent the regime tens…
…had no money. We stopped their oil, effectively, with the embargoes and sanctions. But let me take this opportunity to thank the Kingdom of Saudi…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the way. We're going to have to make a decision on the sanctions, which we may very well relieve. We may take them off of…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…any money. They were just about bust. And in fact, I put sanctions on last night: Any oil that anybody takes from Iran is not…
Apr 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…because they had none. When Biden came in, he took all the sanctions off. China wasn't allowed to buy. I said, "You buy—if you…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…were broke. They were broke. They had no money because of the sanctions. They—nobody could buy oil. We did that to Venezuela just recently…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Oh, he wasn't tough on Russia." I was very tough with the sanctions and everything else. And by the way, just for your information, we're…
…pipeline that I told you about, that I put all sorts of sanctions on everything else. I never had—no—they never had a problem…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…time, as soon as Biden came in, he took out all the sanctions, and China and everybody else that wasn't buying oil from Iran was…
Mar 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Let's not make a deal." And they were right. He took the sanctions off. They became rich under Biden. They went from having no money…
Mar 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…them anti-tank missiles. That's what I gave them. I gave them sanctions on Russia—on Russia. I gave them Javelins. You know the Javelins…
…gave Russia nothing except grief. I gave them nothing. I gave them sanctions and Javelins. That's what I gave them. Obama gave them sheets. And…
Feb 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…something like that could take place, yes. No, we haven't lifted any sanctions on anybody. I guess it will be at some point. But right…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…giving money around. And when I got out, they took all the sanctions off—Biden—and Iran became rich very quickly. With oil, you can…
Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…when I left, they started selling their oil again. They took the sanctions off. They did everything wrong. I mean, I'd like to say the…
Jan 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…those countries. And then they're going to be met very harshly with sanctions, et cetera. It will be pretty quickly. I—not very much. It's…
Jan 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…immediately install massive tariffs that will be placed on them and other sanctions. But the tariffs—I told you: most beautiful word in the dictionary…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…you know, I would hope he wants to make a deal. Well, sanctions or tariffs. I think the word "tariff" is much better because it…
…dollar stronger. I think tariffs are more effective. I mean, I used sanctions on Iran. Iran—Iran was broke. When I left office, Iran was…