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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.

“NATO” said in 27 of 64 transcripts, 119 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 5 times

  1. …be talking about that. We're going to be seeing about that. The NATO countries were disappointing in that regard, but they've been very amazing in…
  2. …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 selling it to…
  3. …close to a deal. Go ahead. Yes, go ahead, please. We're in NATO, —and you know, they're paying now 5 percent of GDP. Nobody thought…

The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 6 times

  1. …vital commitment to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense at the NATO summit this year. We've worked together very closely in so many ways…
  2. …along with a lot of other great countries. I want to thank NATO and our wonderful head of NATO, who's really worked very hard—Mark…
  3. …And we appreciate that, and we're sending a lot of weapons to NATO. NATO is paying for those weapons in full, but we're sending them…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …all over the world like—like never before, probably. We went to NATO, as you know, and they went from 2 percent to 5 percent…
  2. …as you know, we are selling a tremendous amount of equipment to NATO. We're not spending any money. We're making money. But I don't want…
  3. …military equipment—millions and millions and, ultimately, billions of dollars to the NATO people, where I'm very friendly and we have great relationship. But that…

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. …on—as you know, on Ukraine. But we're selling military equipment to NATO. NATO now is taking in—— Excuse me. NATO now is taking in…
  2. …paid the 2 percent, most of them—or a lot of them. NATO has a lot of money. We are selling military equipment to NATO…
  3. …that equipment to wherever they are. I mean, perhaps to Ukraine. So NATO is working with Ukraine. Biden was giving hundreds of billions of dollars…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With European Leaders

Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …War has there been anything like this. So I'm honored to welcome NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who's a great gentleman; a great, great political…
  2. …very good. And great remarks. I appreciate it. Mark, as head of NATO, maybe you could say a few words, please. Right. Well, NATO also…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …who are around us—the U.K. and France, Germany, Italy, Finland, EU, NATO—I mean, all—all partners around Ukraine supporting us. Thanks them and…
  2. …it was always a statement that they would never allow Ukraine into NATO. So that was a statement that was made. But we haven't discussed…
  3. …percent. It's 99 to 100 percent. So we sell the equipment to NATO, and NATO does what—I don't know what the arrangement is that…

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 6 times

  1. …I say it all the time. Every leader—when I went to NATO the other day, every leader said, "You have the hottest country in…
  2. …a lot more on—you know, and we've been very generous to NATO for many, many years. And—no, but we had a terrific meeting…
  3. …we're going to be sending now military equipment and other equipment to NATO, and they'll be doing what they want. But I guess it's, for…

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 13 times

  1. …years. We knew each other before, but Mark is the head of NATO—Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO. Highly respected by everybody that knows…
  2. …make the best, and we're going to be sending the best to NATO and, in some cases, to maybe—at Mark's suggestion, if we go…
  3. …they're going to send, early on, missiles. And they'll be replaced, and NATO is going to take care of it. It's going to be coordinated…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …pleasure to have my friend who did such a good job at NATO—my great friend, right? So you really did. We started off they…
  2. …I think everybody at— in this—you know, at this time, in NATO, they want to see this thing happen. So we have a deadline…
  3. …when I was there, a very big role in making sure that NATO is funded by the 28—at that time, they had 28 countries…

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

Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …hurt the United States and—on trade. And they get us on NATO because they don't pay their bills. But now, since I got involved…
  2. …been paying their bills. I took in $600—over $600 billion for NATO. Nobody took in anything. I mean, we were—they were all delinquent…
  3. …anybody to pay." Because the United States was footing the bill for NATO. Well, we got hurt there, and we got hurt on trade, likewise…

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 12 times

  1. …had a great relationship always. Mark Rutte. Now he's Secretary General of NATO and doing a fantastic job. Everybody—every report I've gotten is what…
  2. …do that. What Mark is saying is: When I first went to NATO, my first meeting, I noticed that very few people were paying. And…
  3. …you're not going to pay." And the money started pouring in. And NATO became much stronger because of my actions and working along with a…

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

Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …I hope to be able to get there. Yes. What's that? Well, NATO has to treat us fairly. If they pay their bills and if…
  2. …do what they're supposed to do. When I first got involved with NATO, as you know, they weren't paying their bills. There were 28 countries…
  3. …made a certain statement that I'm not going to be involved with NATO unless you're going to pay your bills. And I was asked the…

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

Feb 27, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …trade. Then you could take it a step further and go into NATO, and that was a very tough situation for us. I mean, that's…
  2. …money that we're talking about. You know, we're helping, and we're helping NATO, but we're helping a lot more than anybody else, by far, and…
  3. …try and get as much as we can back. But on the NATO, it's just not—that's not going to happen. Yes, please. The relationship…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 2 times

  1. …a very small military. They spend very little money on military. Or NATO, they're just about last in terms of payment, because they say, "Why…
  2. …don't want to tell right now. But I can tell you that NATO, you can forget about. That's been—I think that's probably the reason…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Emmanuel Macron of France and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 24, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …Harvard poll—saying that it's massively popular what we're doing. So—— Look, NATO is—— ——very much involved in this. When I first got elected at…
  2. …beginning, first term, I got hundreds of billions of dollars put into NATO. NATO had no money because they hadn't paid for years. And I…
  3. …if you don't pay, we're not going to be a part of NATO. We're not going to protect. We're not going to do what we're…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 7, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …you know, Europe is putting up much less money than us—much—NATO, Europe— call it whatever you want. And we're at, probably, $300-billion…
  2. …put in more money, and it got out of hand, just like NATO. NATO, we were in—we were paying almost 100 percent of NATO…
  3. …So what—and now, if you speak to the Secretary General of NATO, who was very nice when he was here 2 weeks ago, he…