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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.

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Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on the "Antifa" Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Roundtable on ANTIFA 11 times

  1. …against ICE agents and other officials charged with enforcing Federal law. In Chicago, anarchists have surveilled at least four local ICE facilities and posted diagrams…
  2. …example, you could say of Portland and you can say, certainly, of Chicago it's not lawful, what they're doing. They have to be very careful…
  3. …but the real people want us to be there. Same thing in Chicago. So they've had 60, 70 murders over a short period of time…

Remarks on Signing a Decision Statement on the 2025 Ambler Road Project Appeal and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times

  1. …out who's going after our Federal agents. So, when you look at Chicago, they've had probably 50 murders in the last 6 or 7 months…
  2. …safe city in Washington. Memphis will very soon have a safe city. Chicago could be very, very safe. It's going to be very safe, but…
  3. …the place in large numbers. I mean, we had a week in Chicago where 11 people were murdered and 38 people were shot. And then…

Remarks on Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …safe. We're doing one at a time, and we'll be going to Chicago. I told you the story. Union Pacific, head of the railroad, he…
  2. …He's now chairman. He came to me, and he said: "Sir, save Chicago. It's a great city. It's going down fast." They had 11 people…

Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …run by the radical-left Democrats—what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles—they're very unsafe places, and we're going to…
  2. …grounds for our military—National Guard—but military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent Governor—stupid Governor…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …went to Harvard to teach city management, along with the mayor of Chicago, who went to Harvard to teach—the two of them are teaching…
  2. …into some other cities, and very soon we're going to go into Chicago. It will be safe for the World Cup. If it—if I…
  3. …rather have—like, I'd rather have Pritzker's support when we go into Chicago. But if we don't have it, that's okay too, because we're paramount…

Remarks at a Memorial Service for Charles J. Kirk in Glendale, Arizona

Sep 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Charlie Kirk Memorial 5 times

  1. …so much to give. Had so much. Raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Charlie was filled with the patriotic spirit from his youth. And he…
  2. …of the last things he said to me is, "Please sir, save Chicago." We're going to do that. We're going to save Chicago from horrible…
  3. …then we're going into some others. But we're going to go do Chicago, and we're going to have Charlie very much in mind when we…

Remarks at the American Cornerstone Institute Founders Dinner in Mount Vernon, Virginia

Sep 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …see. And I must say, our next one is a place called Chicago. We're going to go into Chicago. And we've already—you know, the…
  2. …a little bit, but it's going to come down a whole lot. Chicago is going to be a very safe city. I was with the…
  3. …What are the best cities?" He said: "Sir, you have to save Chicago. It's a great city." And the way he said it, "You have…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times

  1. …As you know, we're going into Memphis. We'll soon be going into Chicago. We've already had people out there and—and in there, and FBI…
  2. …don't want to fight crime. They hate to fight crime. And in Chicago, last weekend, you had 11 people killed—murdered—and you had 28…
  3. …we're going there anyway. It doesn't make any difference. We're going to Chicago. We're going to Memphis next. And we're going to clean up the…

Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Restoring Law and Order in Memphis, Tennessee

Sep 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: What will Trump say during his signing of the Presidential Memorandum? 18 times

  1. …we're sending in the big force now. We also sent them into Chicago on a—sort of a moderate basis, and we brought down crime…
  2. …going to bring it down very big. We're going to be doing Chicago probably next. I was with a great businessman, a man who is…
  3. …be next after Memphis?" And he said, "Sir, you've got to save Chicago." We're going to wait a little while. But he said: "You've got…

Remarks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission

Sep 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …again. Cashless bail. And you try and reason with people—like in Chicago, with the Governor and the mayor. You try and reason with them…
  2. …do a damn thing about it. And we'd love to go into Chicago and straighten it out. You know, Washington, DC, you'll be happy to…
  3. …to do a fantastic job. And we're waiting for a call from Chicago. We'll fix Chicago. And again, DC is right now so safe. You…

Remarks at a Dinner With Republican Members of Congress

Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …with other cities throughout the country. I mean, when you look at Chicago, we have a Governor that says that things are okay with crime…
  2. …think of are, like, unsafe, you're safer there than you are in Chicago at night. But we're going to make Chicago like this. We're going…

Remarks on the Relocation of U.S. Space Command Headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama, and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …it end. Yes. I didn't say when, but the answer is—look, Chicago is very interesting, because I watched Pritzker get up and say about…
  2. …that you would think of—they don't even come close to this. Chicago is a hellhole right now. Baltimore is a hellhole right now. Parts…
  3. …saying, "Please, please, please, let the President send"—these were people from Chicago. "Please. We need help. We need help. We can't walk outside. We're…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders To Reduce Crime and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …be discussing it. And I watched as a very incompetent mayor from Chicago said: "Well, what do they know? They only arrested nine people." I…
  2. …incredible that the Democrats wouldn't be with us. So the mayor of Chicago, I watched him this morning. He said: "Trump doesn't know what he's…
  3. …than most. But you know, you have people—I watched in Illinois—Chicago, Illinois, is a disaster. I have property there. It's a disaster what's…

Remarks Announcing the 2026 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Draw Location and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times

  1. …country very safe. We're going to make our cities very, very safe. Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor—grossly incompetent. And we'll…
  2. …after this, and it won't even be tough. And the people in Chicago, Mr. Vice President, are screaming for us to come. They're wearing red…
  3. …African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, "Please, President Trump, come to Chicago. Please." I did great with the Black vote, as you know, and…

Remarks Announcing the 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …of this cashless bail nonsense. It's—if you look at New York, Chicago, Los Angeles—which is so badly run, Los Angeles. They can't get…
  2. …something. And that's going to serve as a beacon for New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other places all over the country. This whole—our…
  3. …numbers really started going up. In this city, in New York, in Chicago, in Los Angeles, no matter where they have it, the numbers went…

Remarks in Warren, Michigan

Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …she's not feeling so well. In January, Tren de Aragua member in Chicago kidnapped three women, took them in an alley, lined them up, and…

Remarks at a Greek Independence Day Reception

Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …represented with Kimberly. Do we agree? Thank you, Kimberly. From Washington to Chicago, from New York to Detroit, from Philadelphia to the famous Tarpon Springs…

Remarks at the Department of Justice

Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …allowed them in by the millions. In major cities like New York, Chicago, and Washington, mothers can't walk their children to the park without fear…

Inaugural Address

Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …best. From New York to Los Angeles, from Philadelphia to Phoenix, from Chicago to Miami, from Houston to right here in Washington, DC, our country…