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Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 20 times
…But in the meantime, we'll spend some time, and we'll make some deals , and we'll do some things that are good for both of our… …know, we won something at the Supreme Court, which is a big deal : merit. Everything now in this country is merit-based. I didn't think… …the election, because of the policy, because of the "Great Big Beautiful Deal "—it's what—I added the word "Great" because I was—it really…
Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…little bit of a discussion. We're going to make some great trade deals for both countries. We do a lot of business with Turkey. They… …CNN is fake news. I mean—but you sound like the real deal to me—— ——so I'll answer the question. We're going to be discussing… …think we're—I think we're close to getting some kind of a deal done. Yes, we want to—we want to get the hostages back…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…job pounding on that table. They said, "How would you like to deal with him all your life?" It's not easy. You did a great…
Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 7 times
…was the very first country with which we made a historic trade deal and a very good trade deal. He's a tough negotiator. I think… …done very quickly. We have also just signed a historic Technology Prosperity Deal —one of a kind—to ensure our countries lead the next great… …business and trade and technology. This trip has galvanized $350 billion in deals across many sectors, and we're committed to ensuring that the U.K. is…
Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…Spain—when they were doing so badly. But now we made a deal with the European Union where they're paying us almost a trillion dollars… …happy to do it. You know what? They're happy. It's done. These deals are all done. I guess we'd have to unwind them. We've done…
Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 22 times
…are going to want to make steel here. We just made a deal with U.S. Steel. As you know, we have a—an outside company… …a great job. Thank you, Brooke. And we have negotiated historic trade deals with the United Kingdom; China; Indonesia; Vietnam; the Philippines; Japan; South Korea… …that nobody has ever seen before. As you know, we made trade deals with a lot of countries, and many of those countries, just to…
Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 8 times
…have some additional trade, because I hear they want to renegotiate the deal , but that's okay. I don't mind that. That doesn't mean they're going… …meet, I think, before I have a meeting and probably close the deal . But I think it's appropriate they meet. They do not exactly get… …for $350 billion. As you know, I also got the rare earth deal done with Ukraine, which was worth much more than the $350 billion…
Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…von der Leyen, who is somebody that we just made a big deal with. With all of those countries, I don't know, I think you… …but we just, a couple of weeks ago, made the largest trade deal in history. So, that's a big—that's a big thing. And congratulations… …that's good news, but two willing parties that want to make a deal . And we'll journey together, and we'll go over, and we'll see if…
Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 9 times
…thousands of miles around them, they would say I made a bad deal . The level of hatred and animosity is incredible. Not with all. I… …quicker ones—one that was going to go into a full-blown deal very quickly. You know what—the one I'm talking about. It was… …a certain way. But no matter what I do, no matter what deal I make, from my standpoint, you'll come out good, maybe President Putin…
Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 33 times
…Minister. And you've done a fantastic job with regard to the trade deal . You know, they wanted a trade deal here for years, many years… …to congratulate you on that. And it's a great—it's a great deal for both. It brings unity. We didn't need unity, but we—it… …which is food, sanitation, and some other things. It's very difficult to deal with Hamas, as I said. You know, we got a tremendous amount…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 19 times
Thank you very much. So we have good news. We've reached a deal . It's a good deal for everybody, I believe. And it's—I think… …ever reached in any capacity, trade or beyond trade. It's a giant deal with lots of countries because, as you know, Ursula represents a lot… …above what they have. So—and I think that basically concludes the deal . I mean, those are the main factors. I don't think there are…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 26 times
…want to see fairness, but it's been a very, very one-sided deal , and it shouldn't be. And so we're here with her very brilliant… …we have that—that honor goes to Japan. We just struck a deal with Japan, as you know. And we're very close to a deal… …China, but we'll see how that goes. And we have numerous other deals , and mostly I'm just going to—I charge tariffs and, you know…
Jul 22, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…talk about trade today, and we're very close to finishing a trade deal —big trade deal, actually. And we do a lot of business with… …is that? And that was given by Biden. That was another Biden deal . And this guy is building this building that's severely overrun. And what… …just don't think that would have been good for you. You can deal with China, and you should deal with China. But when I got…
Jul 16, 2025 Meeting 14 times
…no rush because, you know, we said—we could have made a deal , they should have made a deal, and then we bombed the hell… …1 is when very substantial money comes into our country. We've made deals with a lot of great places, but—we had one yesterday, you… …know. We're in negotiation. When I send out a letter, that's a deal . In other words, that's a deal. They don't want to ever say…
Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 25 times
…going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days—tariffs at about 100 percent. You'd call them secondary… …I'm disappointed in President Putin, because I thought we would've had a deal 2 months ago, but it doesn't seem to get there. So, based… …we're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days. It's very simple. And they'll be at 100 percent…
Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…an attendance record, actually, and generated $2.5 billion in new economic deals for the United States. On June 27, the Foreign Ministers of the… …war and Gaza and all of the other places that we all deal with so much. But there's a very good chance that we'll have… …has been very bad, totally antisemitic. And yeah, they'll absolutely reach a deal . Peter. Hmm. Wow. It's very sad. It's very bad. A lot of…
Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 13 times
…for—decades. And we were like this big monolith that made bad deals with everybody. We—you know, we rebuilt South Korea. We stayed there… …to pay. And the incentive is that they have the right to deal in the United States. If they don't want to, they don't have… …ahead. Yes, we have a lot of them going out, but the deals are mostly my deal to them. We're picking a number that's low…
Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…other countries is, you know, some of them wanted to make a deal and want it to be fair. Others perhaps got a little bit… …it's all done. I told you—I told you, we'll make some deals , but for the most part, we're going to send a letter. We're… …a letter. This is exactly what I said. Now, we've made a deal with United Kingdom. We've made a deal with China. We've made a…
Jun 25, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…get—separately, even before this, we were very close to making a deal in Gaza. I think this helped. Yes. Okay? Thank you, Katie. Thank…
Jun 16, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…days. And, on the 61st day, I said: "We don't have a deal . They have to make a deal." And it's painful for both parties…
Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 22 times
…the popular vote, the—all seven swing States—— ——which is a big deal . It's pretty unusual to do that. And we have a great mandate… …questions, please? Yes. Well, because Egypt has been a country that we deal with very closely. They have things under control. The countries that we… …I think we're in very good shape with China and the trade deal . We have a deal with China, as you know, but we were…
May 22, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…to have 80 percent of the vote. Okay? Do you remember that deal ? You had to have 80 percent of the vote in order to…
May 21, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…I think I settled it through trade. We're— we're doing a big deal with India. We're doing a big deal with Pakistan. And I said… …of time, because you have the G–20, and that's a big deal . And it sees—it seems like—I mean, I want you to… …you know, I have great feeling for all countries. I—look, I deal with all countries, but I have a great feeling for South Africa…
May 20, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…size and scope. That's why we call it the great, big, beautiful deal . I mean, it really is. The bill is—I think it's going…
May 20, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…felt a little bit one way or the other. Not a big deal . And I covered them. It wasn't so much a speech. I covered…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…they said, "When he gives you a handshake, when he makes a deal , that's the deal." And your wonderful brother came to Washington a few…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…were very biting. They were top of the line. Nobody could even deal with them. You couldn't even—you couldn't make a phone call to… …nuclear weapon. And I think we're getting close to maybe doing a deal without having to do this—there's two steps. There's a very, very… …It's very hard to sell into India." And they've offered us a deal where—where basically they're willing to literally charge us no tariff. So…
May 14, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…confront the aggression that threatens us all. I want to make a deal with Iran. I want to do something, if it's possible, but for…
May 6, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…presented Gianni with the charter. And the charter is a very big deal . Just signed it. And, Gianni, I want to congratulate you and your…
May 6, 2025 Meeting 23 times
…was a very positive step from NAFTA. NAFTA was the worst trade deal in the history of our country—probably in the history of the… …served is we got rid of NAFTA. NAFTA was a very unfair deal for the United States, a very, very terrible deal. It should have… …situation—because everyone says: "When? When? When are you going to sign deals ?" We don't have to sign deals. We can sign 25 deals right…
Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 13 times
…But at a certain point, I hope we're going to make a deal with China. We're talking to China, but their factories are closing all… …Pete. Howard. It's very important. De minimis, it's very—it's a big deal . It's a big scam going on against our country—against, really, small… …Jamieson. By the way, in history. You know, this is the biggest deal ever done. If you sold IBM, ExxonMobil, and five other companies together…
Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 14 times
…in a week. I want to see if we can have a deal . No reason to answer it now. But it—I won't be happy… …putting a lot of pressure. I think he wants to make a deal . We're going to find out very soon. But it takes two to… …hit very hard, and I do believe they want to make a deal . Well, the former—— The former Secretary General happens to be right here…
Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…an ally of Norway because he wants to make the best business deal possible. And Norway and the Norwegians are great businesspeople. They're great traders…
Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 18 times
…well. We have a lot of countries that want to make a deal . Frankly, they want to make deals more than I do. Go ahead… …you say something, please? Go ahead, please. Well, we have a minerals deal , which I guess is going to be signed on Thursday, Scott? Next… …live up to the deal, so we'll see. But we have a deal on that. No, I have no comment on that. I have no…
Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 10 times
…countries, we have a very good relationship. Oh, there'll be a trade deal , a hundred percent. Oh, why? You think there won't be? Of course… …make one very, very much, and we're going to make a trade deal . I fully expect it, but it will be a fair deal. Everybody… …That's not going to happen anymore, but we're going to make fairer deals . At a certain point, yes. We're in no rush. We're in a…
Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…a day. There's no company—big like this. This is the biggest deal ever made. Now we're making $3 billion a day. We're a great… …I want to thank Jensen and all of the people that we deal with. They're great people. They're brilliant people. And without tariffs, they wouldn't… …Well, they have to solve their problem very quickly. Iran wants to deal with us, but they don't know how. They really don't know how…
Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 25 times
…here and Howard and some of the people that are working on deals , and the biggest problem they have is, they don't have enough time… …It's big. Senior Adviser Musk. I think it will—it's a big deal . The President. Yes, it's a big deal. Thank you very much. Great… …happens with China. We would love to be able to work a deal . They've really taken advantage of our country for a long period of…
Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 24 times
…see what can happen. And I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious. And the obvious is not… …at that. We have many, many countries that are coming to negotiate deals with us, and they're going to be fair deals, and, in certain… …And I think, you know, if we can make a really fair deal and a good deal for the United States—not a good deal…
Mar 25, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…do you think of that, Mike? Do you think that's a straight deal —$2 billion? It's sad. Just a—it's a horrible thing. And we… …look, we look at everything, and, you know, they've made a big deal out of this, because we've had 2 perfect months. We're bringing business…
Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…but that's the way it sort of ended up. We had a deal —and we have a deal—it's fine—but people took advantage of… …into Ukraine. It was a very unfair situation. So we made a deal on rare earths. But, most importantly, we want to stop the killing…
Mar 13, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…going to order 48, and Canada wants to be part of the deal . I say: "You've got to get your own icebreakers. I mean, if… …have to have protection. So we're going to have to make a deal on that. And Denmark is not able to do that. You know… …to talk about that. I hope Russia is going to make the deal too. And I think once that deal happens, you're never going to…
Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 8 times
…be made in another country and sold into us. Who did that deal for the United States? Okay? I looked at that long ago, and… …not just with Ireland, with everybody. You know, I looked at trade deals . I was telling the group yesterday, I looked at trade deals in… …I didn't see anybody that was going to. I looked at trade deals that were so bad, and actually saying: "How is it possible that…
Mar 11, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…the—you know, I've been saying, that Russia has been easier to deal with, so far, than Ukraine, which is not supposed to be the…
Feb 28, 2025 Meeting 39 times
…beyond both countries. And we have something that is a very fair deal , and we look forward to getting in and digging, digging, digging and… …that you want and that he wants. We have to negotiate a deal , but we've started the confines of a deal, and I think something… …President, this war would have never happened. We would have had a deal negotiated for you without having to go through what you've gone through…
Feb 27, 2025 Meeting 17 times
…know, you're talking about a peacekeeping force. We have to make a deal first. Right now, we don't have a deal. We have Russia. We… …a lot more. But I think we're very well advanced on a deal , but we have not made a deal yet, so I don't like… …Please. No. I don't think so. I think when we have a deal , it's going to be the deal. I don't think if—if I…
Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 17 times
…in a very bad position, but we've been able to make a deal where we're going to get our money back, and we're going to… …think that, very importantly, we're going to be able to make a deal . Most importantly, by far, we're going to make a deal with Russia… …if you can believe it. So I just say this. So the deal we're making gets us—it—brings us great wealth. We get back…
Feb 24, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…been very helpful also. And we're also talking about trade—various trade deals that we will be doing with France, and we'll be discussing a… …that a foolish question? It looks like we're getting very close. The deal is being worked on. And we're, I think, getting very close to… …agreement is being worked on now. They're very close to a final deal . It will be a deal with rare earths and various other things…
Feb 21, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…think it's important for the Democrats, common sense too. We're going to deal with you, and we're going to deal on a commonsense basis. And… …out of the country. These are rough people that we have to deal with. But ICE is incredible. Border Patrol is incredible. Law enforcement—the… …of what the costs are now. And that's based on a good deal for machines. And then when you go through the, you know, days…
Feb 20, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…Doug. I'm only kidding. So what I did—we have a weird deal . You know, we have the Department of Energy and the Department of… …everybody. It's like a health organization, and every one of the—every deal is no good, but we're changing it. We terminated health—you know… …waiting. Getting a little tired of it. I gave a fixed-price deal , but it was $5.7 billion. I negotiated with Boeing. It took…
Feb 13, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…going to work with India also. We have some very big trade deals to announce in the very near future. Well, there was no role… …This is a terrific man. We're going to make some wonderful trade deals for India and for the U.S. And thank you all very much…