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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.

“Negotiate / Negotiation” said in 36 of 193 transcripts, 67 times.

Counted forms: negotiation, negotiations, negotiation's, negotiate, negotiates, negotiate's.

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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 5 times

  1. …was shocked, actually, he didn't want them. He wanted to do hostage negotiation. And pretty amazing. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Special…
  2. …our people out. We got them mostly back. We're in very deep negotiation with Hamas. We said: "Let them all out. Right now, let them…
  3. …I hope that's wrong. But you have over 30 bodies in this negotiation. Can you believe? I mean, we negotiate for people that are living…

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

  1. …Very importantly, we have also resolved the key issue that foiled previous negotiations. This declaration establishes what they are calling—a great honor for me…
  2. …today we initialed the peace deal, which was in the process of negotiations for quite a while. The fact that it is initialed here in…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit

Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …for some of the countries. They have so many countries, you can't negotiate deals with everyone, so we'll have a straight, simple tariff of anywhere…
  2. …offered such a deal to the European Union, where we're in serious negotiations, and if they agree to open up the Union to American businesses…
  3. …Howard. Great job you did. Appreciate it. Really—that was an interesting negotiation, wasn't it? These are tough people. These are good negotiators, I will…

Remarks at White House Reception for Republican Members of Congress

Jul 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …from the Oval Office, where a few people got to watch the negotiation with Japan. It was interesting. Doug Burgum, I think, might be here…
  2. …imagine Biden doing this?" I don't think so. There would be no negotiation. We'd just be ripped off like we have been for—we've been…

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. …foolish to do it. So I said we're going to stop all negotiations with Canada right now until they straighten out their act. Okay? No…

Remarks on the Installation of New White House Flagpoles and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …that Iran has got a lot of trouble, and they want to negotiate. And I said: "Why didn't you negotiate with me before all this…
  2. …destruction? Why didn't you—I said to the people: "Why didn't you negotiate with me 2 weeks ago? You could have done fine. You would…
  3. …I was telling them: "You've got to do something. You've got to negotiate." And at the end, last minute, they said, "No, we're not going…

Remarks at an "Invest in America" Roundtable Discussion

Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …with a country we just spoke about, Iran. I think you should negotiate this. You might be better. I think I'm going to send you…
  2. …been the idea of the day. We'll have Dara get up and negotiate. They are good negotiators, but they're tough. Sometimes they can be too…
  3. …now—— Yes. Gaza right now is in the midst of a massive negotiation between us and Hamas and Israel. And Iran, actually, is involved. And…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …mean, it's something that could be a part of it. But tariff negotiations are actually simpler than that. I mean, we're going to set a…
  2. …back and say, "Well, we think this is too high," and we'll negotiate, or they're going to say something else. They're going to say, "Well…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …that they held back. Well, a lot of times it's not a negotiation until it is. And that happens. And, you know, I said outside…
  2. …We brought everybody to the table, and it may not be a negotiation. It may not last. I mean, you know, things may be asked…
  3. …countries that don't need to be hurt. And they all want to negotiate. The only problem is, you know, you can only do so many…

Remarks at a National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner

Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …that wants to grandstand, say, "I think that Congress should take over negotiations." Let me tell you, you don't negotiate like I negotiate. Congress takes…
  2. …of your Congressmen said, "I think we should get involved in the negotiation of the tariffs." Oh, that's what I need. I need some guy…
  3. …got to be careful. And even the concept of it hurts your negotiation. When they see a little story like that, the other side, you…