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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” said in 104 of 186 transcripts, 504 times.

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Remarks on Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 4 times

  1. …highest honor you get outside of the congressional Medal of Honor. One's military, one's civilian. But it's the greatest honor. And Erika, his beautiful wife…
  2. …It took 12 days for us. We sent in—not politically correct—military—we sent them in based on merit. You know, we won the…
  3. …and we're back to the merit system. And when they saw that military—that military is all about merit. They're big, strong people that want…

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

Oct 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Roundtable on ANTIFA 5 times

  1. …crime." They don't care. Frankly, they don't care if it's National Guard, military—"Send in anybody you want. Stop the crime." And they're afraid to…
  2. …it's a—— ——good point. Thank you. We'll always take care of our military. Yes, that probably will happen. We don't have to worry about it…
  3. …for me is a long time. We'll take care of it. Our military is always going to be taken care of. Yes, please. Blue dress…

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

Oct 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …free help from—regardless—I mean, whether it's National Guard or the military or anybody. I mean if—women raped and beaten and knocked to…
  2. …weren't able to recruit. The police weren't able to recruit, and the military wasn't able to recruit. We were really off. And I got elected…
  3. …somehow the country developed the spirit—financially, yes, but also with the military. And now we have record levels of people wanting to be—and…

Remarks on the Navy 250 Celebration at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia

Oct 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Announcement 4 times

  1. …missile submarine played an indispensable part in one of the most spectacular military feats the world has ever seen: the obliteration of Iran's nuclear sites…
  2. …do it. But I've also pledged the largest-ever investment in our military's history. We're spending over $1 trillion—we've never had anything like that…
  3. …admirals last Tuesday, we are getting wokeness the hell out of our military. It's gone. It's really gone. I don't know that it was ever…

Remarks on Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …is a very big announcement. We just, as you know, left the military. That was something—generals, admirals, all the top brass—and that was…
  2. …in the Supreme Court. It's called "merit." And so, that includes the military. Our soldiers—did you see what they look like? These guys, they…
  3. …put out recruitment, nobody would join. Nobody wanted to be in the military. Nobody wanted to be police. We just—it was just announced this…

Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 44 times

  1. …elite fighting force in the history of the world: the United States military. We're very proud of our military. I rebuilt the military during my…
  2. …achievements. We had the greatest economy in history, and I built the military. Those are the two things I say more than anything else. And…
  3. …well. Together, over the next few years, we're going to make our military stronger, tougher, faster, fiercer, and more powerful than it has ever been…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …had a very good conversation having to do with the purchase of military equipment, et cetera. Any other questions? I will be able to easily…
  2. …mean, you know, we're respected from all over the world as a military force. You know, I rebuilt the military during my first term, even…
  3. …amount compared to what we rebuilt it by. But I rebuilt the military, and we're very respected. We have the strongest military anywhere in the…

Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City

Sep 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Address to United Nations General Assembly 3 times

  1. …America is blessed with the strongest economy, the strongest borders, the strongest military, the strongest friendships, and the strongest spirit of any nation on the…
  2. …some great countries that are right nearby. Today, many of Iran's former military commanders—in fact, I can say almost all of them—are no…
  3. …reason, we've recently begun using the supreme power of the United States military to destroy Venezuelan terrorists and trafficking networks led by Nicolás Maduro. To…

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

Sep 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …see that? They were picking up trash. The National Guard, these great military people, the job they did has been unbelievable. And then, you know…
  2. …how about the liberals, where they're going, "We don't want to have military people in town." If you had your choice of not having military…
  3. …have a Governor that says: "We're doing well. We don't need the military." No, they need it. We're going to clean up Chicago. We're going…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …country for a period of time. And we'll take care of the military. We'll take care of Social Security. We'll take care of the things…
  2. …can take care of poor people. We can take care of our military. We can take care of everything. We can take care of beyond…
  3. …love crime. Explain it to me. They don't want to have our military go in and save lives. But when you go and ask the…

Remarks at a Dinner With Republican Members of Congress

Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …potential nuclear disaster in Iran with, I think, one of the greatest military trips ever taken. Nobody has ever seen anything like it. We flew…
  2. …the world. We have the best soldiers. We have the most powerful military anywhere in the world. We rebuilt it in my first term. As…
  3. …we rebuilt it in our first term. And we have the greatest military—we gave some away to Afghanistan, which was not exactly good. That…

Remarks on Signing the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act and Executive Orders and Announcing the 2026 Group of Twenty (G-20) Nations Summit in Miami, Florida, and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times

  1. …light of where the world is right now. We have the strongest military in the world. We have the greatest equipment in the world. We…
  2. …many other things. The Patriots are the best. Every element of the military, we make the best by far. So, Pete, I'd like to ask…
  3. …this happen in my first term. You know, we totally rebuilt our military. And then, of course, you had that catastrophe in Afghanistan where they…

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. …you took a small percentage of those teachers that were in the military, that were distinguished in the military, that were in the National Guard…
  2. …lot of people. We have a great force. We have a great military force. You know, Pete will tell you that when I was running…
  3. …me a couple of votes. But you couldn't sign people in the military. Nobody wanted to join the military—the Army, Air Force, any—the…

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

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times

  1. …do it. They're signing up like they've never signed up before. Our military—as you know, during the campaign, nobody was signing up. We were…
  2. …of their—we were understaffed. We—nobody wanted to be in the military. Nobody wanted to be a policeman. Nobody wanted to be a fireman…
  3. …They were way behind. We couldn't get anybody to go into the military, couldn't get any police. We have just set records on—everybody wants…

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

Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …with the police, and we haven't had to bring in the regular military, which we're willing to do if we have to. And after we…
  2. …to unrestrict the covenant—nothing to do with losing our powers or military or anything, because that I wouldn't do. But there are things you…
  3. …us, as long as it doesn't hurt us in a security or military way. And if I do that, I think the country should be…

Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the Social Security Act and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …is a very rich group of countries, and we make the best military equipment anywhere in the world, by far. And they're buying our equipment…
  2. …a dictator. He's a dictator." People are so happy to see our military going into DC and getting these thugs out. As you know, we…
  3. …said, "Thank goodness they came." If I didn't go and put our military there—or National Guard, in that case—and we'll go military if…

Remarks Prior to a Signing Ceremony With President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …new site, because they are—and I want to just say, our military—we have the greatest military in the world. We have the greatest…
  2. …NATO has stepped up in terms of their spending on— on buying military equipment. You know, we're in for probably, through Biden and his people…
  3. …we're making money because, you know, our great—we have the best military equipment in the world. We're selling it to NATO. But you're losing…

Remarks on National Purple Heart Day

Aug 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …my great honor. We're also joined by American patriots who love our military and our veterans, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. You're doing a…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …you can get outside of the congressional Medal of Honor. That's the military version, and the other is the Presidential Medal, and you got it…
  2. …And for years, we did it. We basically protect them with our military. They spend very little money on their military, as you know. Not…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit

Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …we got ourselves all set. We've done a great job with our military, as you know. You saw that 2 weeks ago, when you saw…
  2. …the United States of America 100 percent of the cost of all military equipment. They're going to ship it to the European Union, and then…

Remarks at White House Reception for Republican Members of Congress

Jul 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …wasn't meant for that. It was meant—it really meant for a military emergency. It wasn't meant to keep prices down so that somebody can…
  2. …going to be do that. Our great companies—we make the best military equipment in the world, and our great companies are going to be…

Remarks at the White House Summit of Faith and Business Leaders

Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …Because we were treated—we were ripped off on trade and the military for— you know, we protected other nations. Nobody paid us, nobody did…
  2. …in terms of perfection, they say—they think it was a perfect military—we sent the planes to Guam. Everybody thought we were flying to…
  3. …we have now, we have a real great machine. I rebuilt the military in my first term, and we left—we left some of it…

Remarks at an Independence Day Celebration With Military Families and Signing Ceremony for Tax Code Reform and Government Appropriations Legislation

Jul 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times

  1. …We have something that's happened miraculously so fast. You know that our military now is the most sought-after job there—there's ever been: being…
  2. …in our military. One year ago, people didn't want to join our military. They didn't want to join our police, our firefighters. They didn't want…
  3. …American power, let me just say, that God bless the United States military and God bless the U.S.A. God bless the U.S.A. And to all…

Remarks in Des Moines, Iowa

Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 14 times

  1. …of the things we did, with the tax cuts and rebuilding our military, not one Democrat voted for us. And I think we'll use it…
  2. …I said, "Good." We emptied out the fort. It was a beautiful military base in Qatar who treated us really fantastically well. And they said…
  3. …the greatest people anywhere in the world, and we have the strongest military anywhere in the world. But we're going to fully modernize our air…

Remarks During a Meeting With Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Francophonie Therese Kayikwamba Wagner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe of Rwanda and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 1 time

  1. …than anybody, but we don't want to. And we have the greatest military in the world. They showed that in Iran. Those pilots, they flew…

Remarks on the United States Supreme Court Decision on Nationwide Injunctions From Lower Federal Courts and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …bill, oh, they would be so happy. It's so great for our military. It's great for everything. And they would normally vote, but because their…
  2. …nobody's seen before. If we didn't go into Los Angeles with the military, which did a fantastic job—but if we didn't go into Los…
  3. …have the best equipment in the world. You know, I rebuilt the military during my 4 years—during my other term. We have the best…

Address to the Nation on United States Airstrikes on Iran

Jun 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. Thank you very much. A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian…
  2. …I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated…
  3. …erasing this horrible threat to Israel. I want to thank the Israeli military for the wonderful job they've done. And most importantly, I want to…

Remarks at the Congressional Picnic

Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …of the United States Army with a grand parade, a parade—a military parade—that I don't think we've ever seen the likes of what…

Remarks on Signing Legislation Regarding Congressional Disapproval of Environmental Protection Agency Rules Relating to Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards in California and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times

  1. …so ridiculous—by the way, you would—if I didn't bring the military in, Los Angeles would be burning down right now. It'd be burning…
  2. …water—they have so much water. We had to send in the military to free up the water, and we did that right after the…
  3. …3 days ago that we could not have done this without the military. They were going to take over this whole—they couldn't have done…

Remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …and paratroopers, pilots, warriors for that awesome display of pure, unrivalled American military might. I just saw something that was crazy. You don't want to…
  2. …years, it was crazy. And we just approved our largest budget for military operations: over $1 trillion. We've never even come close. But our Army…
  3. …came in with bricks, red bricks that they could throw at our military and at the police in L.A., who are very good, but they…

Remarks Following a Briefing on the Atlantic Hurricane and Wildfire Season and Preparedness Efforts

Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …bad. Last night, they had total control. If we didn't have the military in there, the National Guard—and then we also sent in some…
  2. …saw on your network—doing danger to the police and to the military and to the National Guard, no. It's okay. You know, you start…
  3. …people from this—a National Guard standpoint—we have a very big military—but the National Guard, they needed a little extra help, and we…

Remarks at an "Invest in America" Roundtable Discussion

Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times

  1. …the American workers, families. And there are so many things—rebuilding our military. We built it—just 8 years ago we started and did a…
  2. …a lot of things change. We did a great job with the military, but now we're going to have to do some little tweaks, to…
  3. …Bragg and others. But I think it's a time to celebrate our military. You know, we've rebuilt our military largely. A little low on ammunition…

Remarks at the White House Summer Soirée

Jun 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …trillion—think of that—5.1. We—they ordered massive amounts of military equipment, regular equipment, 200 Boeing aircraft, and we got one for free…
  2. …It's a big deal. Peacetime enlistment numbers for every branch of our military—every single branch—are at the highest levels in modern history. And…
  3. …ago, they couldn't fill a position. You couldn't fill it in the military. Now it's hot as a pistol. We have the best numbers—think…

Commencement Address at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York

May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 24 times

  1. …high school not so far away. Good—a good place. Also a military academy—not quite of this distinction, but it was a lot of…
  2. …done something right, based on what I'm looking at. America loves our military moms and dads. Nearly one-third of the cadets graduating today are…
  3. …a few moments, you'll become graduates of the most elite and storied military academy in human history, and you will become officers in the greatest…