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“Defense” said in 11 of 63 transcripts, 19 times.
Counted forms: defense, defenses, defense's.
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Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 2 times
…on making the vital commitment to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense at the NATO summit this year. We've worked together very closely in…
…British and American warriors have shed their blood side by side in defense of liberty and freedom, and that's why it's so imperative that the…
Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…the worst conflict, and it's just going on and on. It's—one's defense, one's offense. The offense moves a little bit—just a little bit…
Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…rebuild the industrial bedrock of our Nation. It's also, obviously, for great defense. We have the greatest military in the world. We rebuilt it largely…
…up, where they make the Patriots and other—really, you could say defense and offensive weapons. The wages for blue-collar workers are now rising…
Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…the "Department of War." You know, we call it the "Department of Defense," but I—between us, I think we're going to change the name…
…on that maybe soon. But I think because, you know, Department of Defense—we won the World War I, World War II. It was called…
…Department of War." And to me, that's really what it is. It's—defense is a part of that, but I have a feeling we're going…
Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…of help. It's going to be good. They are first line of defense because they're there. They're Europe. But we're going to help them out…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…more, two more. They are. Well, they're spending a lot of —on defense, but we're spending a lot more on—you know, and we've been…
Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…there. We encourage the countries here today to make greater investments in defense—hopefully, of course, buying our equipment, because we do make the best…
Jun 25, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…It's going to be a lot of money too, a lot of defense. Yes. And we have a great relationship, and we've had a great…
…oil, they're going to have some misses—missiles, and they'll have some defense. I think they've had it. I mean, they just went through hell…
Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…discussed it very much. I know that you're spending more money on defense now and quite a bit more money. That's a—— That's a positive…
…think about that. When he says, "Sir, we're spending more money on defense," I say, "Ooh, is that a good thing or a bad thing…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…we make the greatest planes in the world, the greatest missiles and defense systems. The Patriot system is the best—acknowledged to be. This isn't…
Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…That doesn't sound too good." But we have a deal where—a defense deal—we pay hundreds of billions of dollars to defend them, but…