Remarks During a Ballroom Dinner
Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 1 time
…a country that, a year ago, was dead. We were a dead country a year ago, as many of you know. And today, we're the…
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“Dead Country” said in 28 of 193 transcripts, 51 times.
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Remarks at the Middle East Peace Summit With Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Oct 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Middle East Peace Ceremony 2 times
…United States of America was in—I say it was a dead country. The King told me, and I use that. He said, "Sir, one…
Remarks to the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel
Oct 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Speech in Israel 2 times
…might say that the United States, a year ago, was a dead country. I say it to people. I heard it first from the King…
…countries. A year ago, the United States of America was a dead country. Now it's the hottest country anywhere in the world. It is the…
Remarks on Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reporters
Oct 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 3 times
…of the hottest places, just like this country. We were a dead country—and you've heard me say it a hundred times—we were a…
…said, effectively, the same thing: One year ago, we had a dead country. Now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. I just…
Remarks on Signing a Decision Statement on the 2025 Ambler Road Project Appeal and an Exchange With Reporters
Oct 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…actually, what's happened. We have a country that's—it was a dead country. And I say it all the time. We had a dead country…
Remarks on the Navy 250 Celebration at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia
Oct 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Announcement 3 times
…But 1 year ago, our country was dead. We had a dead country. People say: "Sir, you shouldn't say that. It's too—it's strong." We…
…ago, we thought we lost America. We thought it was a dead country, and now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world." He…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Unlocking Cures for Pediatric Cancer With Artificial Intelligence and an Exchange With Reporters
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…this coming in. We're a rich country again. We were a dead country one year ago, and now we're the richest country—we're hot. We're…
Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…a lousy job as President. A year ago, we were a dead country. We were dead. This country was going to hell. We were dead…
…done. So now we're—just think of it, we were a dead country. I was with the King of Saudi Arabia. Great guy. I was…
…the same thing. They said, "One year ago, you were a dead country, and now you're the hottest country anywhere in the world." We are…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…respected at a level—and a year ago, it was a dead country. We had a dead country a year ago. This country was dying…
Remarks at the American Cornerstone Institute Founders Dinner in Mount Vernon, Virginia
Sep 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…over there, "You know, sir, one year ago, you were a dead country." He actually said—he was—that's such a tough one. It's tough…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…I didn't get elected, this country would be—it was a dead country. Look, we were a dead country a year ago, and now we're…
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? 1 time
…year ago, we were a country in tremendous trouble, probably a dead country, if it continued. So we're very happy about it. And so just…
Remarks on the Anniversary of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks in Arlington, Virginia
Sep 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…prouder, and greater than ever before. Last year, we were a dead country. Now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. In New…
Remarks on Signing Executive Orders To Reduce Crime and an Exchange With Reporters
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…ago, our country was dead. Everybody said it. We had a dead country. We were not going to survive. Now we have the hottest country…
Remarks Announcing the 2026 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Draw Location and an Exchange With Reporters
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…country is respected again. And a year ago, we had a dead country. I'm telling you, it was a dead country. It was a country…
Remarks to Federal Law Enforcement Officers and National Guard Personnel
Aug 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…it's about leadership. But we had a country that was a dead country in many ways. We went to Saudi Arabia, I went to Qatar…
…of them said essentially the same thing, said we had a dead country. And we were. We felt that way, and we were. And this…
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 2 times
…East. And everyone essentially said the same thing: We had a dead country. One year ago, we had a dead country. Our country was dying…
Remarks on Domestic Investment by Apple Incorporated and an Exchange With Reporters
Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…ago. Everyone—virtually everyone said, in effect, that we were a dead country 1 year ago. America—this was dead country. We were dying. We…
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 2 times
…of the NATO countries. Essentially, they said that we were a dead country. One year ago, we were a dead country. Now we're the hottest…
Remarks on Signing the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act and an Exchange With Reporters
Jul 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to me—and almost in the same words—"You were a dead country one year ago. And today, you're the hottest country anywhere in the…
Remarks During a Tour of the Federal Reserve System Headquarters
Jul 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…lot, but we have a country that's thriving. We had a dead country 1 year ago. Today, we have the hottest country anywhere in the…
Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit
Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…That—1 year ago, your country was dead. It was a dead country." They were looking at China. They were looking at other places. But…
Remarks at White House Reception for Republican Members of Congress
Jul 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…was 2 months ago. But he said, "You went from a dead country"—which is pretty hard to hear that, but it's true. I mean…
…us like we were a bunch of fools. We had a dead country. Now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. There's no…
Remarks at the Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…about. They said: "It's amazing. One year ago, you had a dead country." We were dead. "We didn't think you could ever come back, and…
Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on the "Alligator Alcatraz" Migrant Detention Facility and an Exchange With Reporters in Ochopee, Florida
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…no confidence in the United—they really felt it was a dead country, and it was going to—so bad things were going to happen…
Remarks During a Tour of the "Alligator Alcatraz" Migrant Detention Facility and an Exchange With Reporters in Ochopee, Florida
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…he said: "You know what? A year ago, you had a dead country. Now you have the hottest country in the world." We do. We…
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 2 times
…said: "It's unbelievable what's happened to the U.S.A. You were a dead country. We didn't respect the country, the leader. You were dead as—as…
Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Jeanine Pirro as Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and an Exchange With Reporters
May 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…months ago, this country was stone-cold dead. We had a dead country. We had a country—people didn't think it was going to survive…