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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.

“Military / Veteran” said in 34 of 64 transcripts, 136 times.

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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …and throughout the world where they know him. He's built a tremendous military, powerful military—uses a lot of our equipment. And it's an honor…
  2. …Seven thousand eight hundred and eighteen people were killed last week, mostly military people. Their people and Ukrainians. More Russians, actually, than Ukraine. A little…
  3. …they have the money there. And we're selling a tremendous amount of military equipment to NATO. We're selling. We're not giving like Biden did. We're…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 11 times

  1. …our Nation. It's also, obviously, for great defense. We have the greatest military in the world. We rebuilt it largely in my first term. Some…
  2. …the war or the killing in Ukraine. So we're selling missiles and military equipment—millions and millions and, ultimately, billions of dollars to the NATO…
  3. …as we can for them. They want the American product. The American military product is by far the best in the world, and that's what…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …a lot of other trade things. Their a big purchaser of our military equipment. We make the best military equipment in the world, and you…
  2. …bomb hit its target. So they understand that we make the best military equipment in the world. And South Korea is a big buyer of…
  3. …spending any money on—as you know, on Ukraine. But we're selling military equipment to NATO. NATO now is taking in—— Excuse me. NATO now…

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 5 times

  1. …at zero tariff. And they're agreeing to purchase a vast amount of military equipment. We don't know what that number is, but it's—the good…
  2. …ahead of every other country in terms of the quality of the military equipment. You saw that recently in Iran, and you see that—unfortunately…
  3. …will—very importantly, they'll be investing a lot of money. But the military is a big number, but that's one number we're not determining. It's…

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 3 times

  1. …it. But regardless, we are going to be—we make the greatest military equipment in the world, whether it's missiles—you saw that recently in…
  2. …very big deal we've made. This is—billions of dollars' worth of military equipment is going to be purchased from the United States, going to…
  3. …do make the best planes and missiles, and we make the best military equipment in the world, by far. And we have new things coming…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With African Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …2 weeks ago in Iran. But we make the best equipment—best military equipment—anywhere in the world by far. There's nobody close. And keep…
  2. …thousand people a week on both sides. Seven thousand people, young, mostly military people. Young souls are dead and dying, and it should be stopped…
  3. …they were wearing, it looked like it just came out of some military shop. So you have some very stupid people that, if anything ever…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …them out. So, Pete, you want to tell them about our great military and how well we did with respect to the bombers and the…
  2. …weren't watching, actually. But they watched every minute. It was a perfect military performance, the likes of which we haven't seen in a long time…
  3. …at other people, and they can't. But we're really proud of our military. It was—and the people that maybe don't like us or want…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the Hague, Netherlands

Jun 25, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …was an unbelievable hit by genius pilots and genius people in the military, and they're not being given credit for it, because we have scum…
  2. …me. I want it for the pilots. I want it for the military. They did such a good job. If you were in the Situation…
  3. …a great thing?" I mean, more importantly, for the pilots, for the military, you take their guts out. You take their absolute guts out. They…

Remarks in a Roundtable Meeting With Business Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters in Doha, Qatar

May 15, 2025 Meeting 13 times

  1. …it out," because nobody can beat us. No—we have the strongest military in the world, by far—not China, not Russia, not anybody. We…
  2. …the best military equipment in the world. And we have the strongest military in the world. If you remember ISIS—General "Razin" Caine, right?—we…
  3. …great ally in us, and there's nobody even close. In terms of military power, there is nobody close. And I'm not only talking about nuclear…

Remarks at a Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders Meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 14, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …put in a budget of a trillion dollars. It's our biggest budget—military budget we have ever put in. And the United States is very…
  2. …story that we're having hard—a hard time getting enlistments into the military, and it was at the lowest level almost ever. We just—people…
  3. …lines of people wanting to be police officers and go into the military—and it's really—it's a matter of spirit. We have great spirit…

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

May 6, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …be a massive tax cut for the Canadian citizens. You get free military. You get tremendous medical cares and other things. There would be a…
  2. …there are tremendous benefits to the Canadian citizens—tremendously lower taxes; free military, which, honestly, we give you essentially anyway, because we're protecting Canada, if…
  3. …they have. They have—I must say, Canada is stepping up the military participation, because—Mark knew—you know, they were low, and now they're…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 2 times

  1. …So you'll do that? Good. Get it out. It's out of the military, right? Is it 100 percent out, would you say? Get the rest…
  2. …it out. All right. We've got a—— We've got a much different military, I will tell you. Thanks very much. Good job. And eggs are…

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

Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 17 times

  1. …Pete, do you want to discuss that, please? We have a great military. There's no military like our military. And despite Biden having given a…
  2. …nevertheless, a pretty small piece, but it was a lot of our military away in Afghanistan in one of the dumbest situations, I think, and…
  3. …Afghanistan, what a disgrace that was. But left a lot of our military behind. Left—you see them in their annual parades, where they're parading…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and Meeting With United States Ambassadorial Nominees and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 25, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …by the media a lot. It's used by a lot of the military and, I think, successfully. But sometimes somebody can get onto those things…
  2. …I don't know. Well, I don't know. I'd have to ask the military about that, because, you know, maybe you wouldn't want that. I don't…
  3. …agree. He's been great on the border. He's been great on the military. But you know, he hasn't brought prices down." That's false. Gasoline is…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 27, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …we are. We are, and—— ——and we take good care of our veterans. And we're watching that very carefully, and we hope it's going to…
  2. …be making a statement on that, but we're taking care of our veterans. We love our veterans. We're going to take good care of them…
  3. …not evasive. You know, the British are—have been incredible soldiers, incredible military, and they can take care of themselves. But if they need help…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …of soldiers that are being killed. They're being decimated, because equipment today—military equipment is so powerful and so devastating. And number one, I want…
  2. …back. You know that Afghanistan is one of the biggest sellers of military equipment in the world. You know why? They're selling the equipment that…
  3. …There's no tariffs, no nothing. And I say that, we give them military protection. They have a very small military. They spend very little money…

Remarks at a Republican Governors Association Meeting

Feb 20, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …I declared a national emergency on our southern border. I sent our military to the border to secure the sovereign territory of the United States…
  2. …doing. It was terrible and all over. And by the way, our military is now free of that. Anybody that even tries it, they're gone…
  3. …theory and transgender ideology out of the schools and out of our military. It's all going out. It's no longer. And I heard men are…