Official transcripts

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.

“Autopen” said in 11 of 63 transcripts, 47 times.

Counted forms: autopen, autopens, autopen's.

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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ferdinand R. "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., of the Philippines and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 22, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …history of our country, and it really goes on to even the autopen, because it all relates to the same thing. It all started—the…
  2. …is a tremendous—where we don't have a President, we have an autopen that signs everything. I'll bet you sign everything. You don't have autopens…
  3. …Leading right up to the—to the end of it is the autopen. And the autopen was used by people, and Biden knew nothing about…

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 8 times

  1. …to use it. Yes, please. Well, I mean, you're talking about the autopen. Look, the autopen, I think, is maybe one of the biggest scandals…
  2. …figure it out, and we'll see what happens. But to me, the autopen—you know, you're elected President—you know what the autopen is supposed…
  3. …many, many people working, responding and sending letters back. That's what an autopen is supposed to be—to write to a young 7-year- old…

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

Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 15 times

  1. …watching him. I'm kidding. Yes, Biden? You said "Biden"? Well, look, the autopen, I think, is the big scandal—outside of the rigged election of…
  2. …I think the biggest scandal of the last many years is the autopen and who's using it. I happen to think I know—okay?—because…
  3. …really deserve—that person deserves to get a real signature, not an autopen signature. And I can tell autopen easily. I can look at it…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With Republican Members of Congress

May 20, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …out that it wasn't him. He autopenned it. Who was operating the autopen? This is a very serious thing. We had a president that didn't…
  2. …signed it? Radical-left lunatics that were running our country and the autopen signed it. And they didn't want him, and they were disappointed in…
  3. …this is a gift. He'll do anything. We're going to use the autopen." And they used the autopen on everything. He didn't approve this stuff…