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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.

“Car / Automobile” said in 28 of 63 transcripts, 137 times.

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

Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …for our seniors, no tax on overtime, deductions when you buy a car and you borrow money to buy a car. First time they've ever…
  2. …income people get deductions. You get a deduction when you buy a car. Nobody's ever seen—and by the way, they're selling cars like crazy…
  3. …fact that we have tariffs, cars are pouring back into our—our—car plants are pouring back into our nation. They're coming from all over…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …everything before I took office: Domestic auto production is up 18,000 cars a month, and we haven't even started yet because a lot of…
  2. …modern, beautiful auto plants—but think of that, we're up 18,000 cars a month, and essentially all they've done is try and utilize their…
  3. …going out of business in every way. We were losing. All the car plants were leaving this country. Now they're all coming back in, and…

Remarks Following a Meeting With President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …lot of very different countries—great countries, but some are strong with cars, some are strong with agriculture, some are strong with both, right? You…
  2. …up the country. We are agreeing that the tariff, straight across, for automobiles and everything else will be a straight-across tariff of 15 percent…
  3. …think your various countries are very happy about this. Yes. I think cars. Cars basically were not invited, were not—I—I don't know if…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …too. No, I—you know, Europe is very closed. We don't sell cars into Europe. We don't sell, essentially, agriculture of any great degree. They…
  2. …to have their farmers do it, and they want to have their car companies do it. Every—I'm just—I'm not saying anything that nobody…
  3. …allowed to. And, as you know, they sell millions and millions of cars—Mercedes, BMW, so many different—Volkswagen, so many different cars and so…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 16, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …dollars, and the tariffs really haven't kicked in that much other than automobiles and steel. August 1 is a big day. August 1 is when…
  2. …so many other things. You're allowed to deduct your interest from a car payment. That's never happened before. You borrow interest—you borrow money to…
  3. …America— and, by the way, factories are being built all over America—car factories, AI factories—but you get a deduction on your interest. Nobody…

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

May 21, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …right here— burial sites—over a thousand—of White farmers. And those cars are lined up to pay love on a Sunday morning. Each one…
  2. …them. They're all White farmers—the family of White farmers. And those cars aren't driving. They're stopped there to pay respects to their family member…
  3. …a dead person in every one of them. And those trucks or cars are paying their respects to all of those dead people on a…

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

May 6, 2025 Meeting 15 times

  1. …never. Never say never. Like, you know, we want to protect our automobile business, and so does Mark. But we want to protect—we want…
  2. …turning. Between the tariffs—don't forget: We're now getting 25 percent on cars, 25 percent on aluminum, 25 percent on steel. And maybe more importantly…
  3. …are moving into the United States. Honda—we have a tremendous—the car companies, they're moving in at levels we've never seen before. The biggest…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …There's never been a number like that. And that includes chip companies, car companies, every form of manufacturing, high-tech companies. Nobody's ever seen anything…
  2. …lot. You've been treated very unfairly. And that—— And it's a great car. But you have been treated unfairly. But the vast majority of people…
  3. …some point, I guess he wants to get back home to his cars and his—but we—want him to— . Done a really great job…

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

Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …to be doing that. That's going to be like we have on cars. We have, as you know, a 25-percent tariff on cars. We…
  2. …close. Yes, please. I'm looking at something to help some of the car companies where they're—switching to parts that were made in Canada, Mexico…
  3. …terrible advantage. They don't take our food products. They don't take our cars. We take—we have millions of their cars—BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 12 times

  1. …company. They're building massive new steel plants, and it's great. And, likewise, car companies. We have many, many car companies that—three of them— I'm…
  2. …nice. But I'm not looking to hurt them. But we have three car plants that were under construction in Mexico. They stopped constructing, and now…
  3. …you think you're going to come and sell your steel or your car or any product that you make, your pharmaceuticals"—which we're going to…

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

Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 14 times

  1. …going to have to open up your country," because we sold no cars, like zero cars, in Japan, and they sold millions of cars into…
  2. …what they do is, they charge tariffs so that if you sell cars or if you sell anything, nobody is going to buy it, because…
  3. …has been very negative—very bad to us. They don't take our cars— like Japan, in that sense. They don't take our agricultural product. They…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …a lot of building. All sorts of businesses, including the basics of automobiles. We have—as you know, Indiana is—Honda is coming in with…
  2. …to go to Mexico. You had to go to Canada. You—a car went all over the place. It was like—I don't know how…
  3. …long in the making, and it's very substantial. And we'll be announcing cars very shortly. And we already announced steel, as you know, and aluminum…

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 8 times

  1. …I'm not going to bend at all on aluminum or steel or cars. We're not going to bend. We've been ripped off as a country…
  2. …subsidize a country for $200 billion a year. We don't need their cars. We don't need their energy. We don't need their lumber. We don't…
  3. …more than they do. We don't need anything. We don't need their cars. I'd much rather make the cars here. And there's not a thing…

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

Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …European Union. They don't take our farm products. They don't take our cars. We take millions of cars—BMWs and Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagens and…
  2. …I will do that. Yes. Think of it. They have millions of cars coming in—millions and millions of cars. One of, probably, the largest…
  3. …big too. But—and they don't accept our cars. We make great cars. They don't have our cars, but we have their cars. They don't…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …plated trucks and vehicles—70,000. If you think of a used car lot, the biggest one in the country, you have—I would say…
  2. …subsidies one way or the other. We let them make millions of cars. We let them send us lumber. We don't need their lumber. We're…
  3. …the question. I said, "Why are we letting you make millions of cars and send them in?" He was unable to answer the question—Justin…

Remarks at a Republican Governors Association Meeting

Feb 20, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …think Canada—you know, they're going to have to pay tariffs on automobiles, lumber, and oil and gas, et cetera, et cetera. And they get…
  2. …The European Union—you know, we were at 2.5 percent for cars. European Union was much higher. They just reduced their tariffs on cars…