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Remarks During a Ballroom Dinner

Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 2 times

  1. …they came. Many of them were let in through the Biden open border. Brilliant thing, where they let people in from jails, from prisons and…
  2. …country that was dead, a country that was really in trouble—open borders, everything they did wrong—men in women sports, transgender for everybody. Every…

Remarks on Presenting Posthumously the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Turning Point U.S.A. Founder and Executive Director Charles J. Kirk

Oct 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Medal of Freedom Ceremony for Charlie Kirk 4 times

  1. …Charlie was a big person for "Sir, could we close up those borders, please, a little bit? You know, they're really leaking badly." I said…
  2. …people that were allowed in were people that came in legally. The borders are absolutely stone-cold closed, and they reported zero, zero, zero, and…
  3. …with countless young conservatives. He fought for free speech, religious liberty, strong borders, and a very strong and proud America. In everything he did, he…

Remarks on Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times

  1. …And no country can afford that. No country. And we have the border stopped up. We have it closed. We had nobody for 4 months…
  2. …have a big fight over that. We have a fight over open borders. They still want open borders. We're having a fight over men in…
  3. …right now. I mean, can you imagine we're actually talking about open borders? And we now have a great border, and we have a great…

Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times

  1. …more than anything else. And I also kept us safe at the borders. We had very good borders. We didn't have people coming in from…
  2. …want the credit for 46. I don't want to have their open borders and people coming in from all over the world, including jails and…
  3. …because people aren't believing it. We need an honest press. We need borders. We need borders, we need an honest press, we need fair elections…

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 15 times

  1. …country even close. America is blessed with the strongest economy, the strongest borders, the strongest military, the strongest friendships, and the strongest spirit of any…
  2. …The numbers far surpass my record-setting first term. On our southern border, we have successfully repelled a colossal invasion. And for the last 4…
  3. …they came. They just poured into our country with the ridiculous open-border policy of the Biden administration. Our message is very simple: If you…

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

Sep 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …Governor. "Do you know, sir, you won every single area on the border of Texas? All Hispanic. Eighty-eight percent, 92 percent. All these towns…
  2. …that. But we stopped the flood of illegal aliens stampeding across our borders, and for 4 months in a row, the numbers of illegals admitted…
  3. …a year, 2 years, there was millions of people coming across our border from mental institutions, from prisons—drug dealers, gangs—the toughest gangs anywhere…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times

  1. …they want to shut down the country. They want to have open borders. They want to stop the fighting of crime, where we've been very…
  2. …think these people are crazy. You know, again, anybody who wants open borders and don't want to fight—they don't want to fight crime. They…
  3. …nobody is coming in because we've succeeded in closing—we've closed the border very successfully. I think you will agree. We had nobody come in…

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? 5 times

  1. …person was killed. Now you're not seeing it all. It's like the border. Millions of people—a year ago, millions of people poured into our…
  2. …months, there have been zero, as reported by, largely, Democrats, actually. The border is secure. The country is secure. We've got the hottest country anywhere…
  3. …doing, where they're throwing bricks at cars of the—of ICE and Border Patrol. And they come in a beautiful new car. They're so proud…

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 4 times

  1. …Okay? What's that all about? Men playing in women's sports. Wants open borders. Again, wants—they want, actually—after what we've gone through, with millions…
  2. …they poured in. Now we have none coming in. We have—the border has been sealed for a long time—actually, almost since I got…
  3. …We need legislation"? I didn't have any legislation. I said, "Close the borders," and now the borders—for the last 4 months, not one person…

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

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times

  1. …Okay? He never approved any of this stuff. He wasn't for open borders and all the other things—he was never for open borders. I've…
  2. …was never very sharp, but he was never in favor of open borders and all of the other things he did to destroy our country…
  3. …ships out on sea. You know, we have nobody coming through our border anymore. Nobody. How—doesn't that feel good, to know that you don't…

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

Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …now we have total safety. We have total security. And for the border, in 3 months, zero people. These are done by liberal people that…
  2. …hundreds of miles of wall. I built the same wall that the Border Patrol asked me to build. It wasn't my first choice. I wanted…
  3. …you wouldn't have been able to see through it. So I had Border Patrol in, and they tested everything else. And we gave them steel…

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

Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times

  1. …in DC. They feel so safe already. And you know, at the border, we had—Frank, we had zero people come in. And this is…
  2. …I need"—I had no legislation. I just said, "We're closing the borders." And the whole world understood it, because they respect your country again…
  3. …does what we tell them to do. Because we had the two borders. We had the northern border, southern border. And they were both horrible…

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

Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …afraid anymore. And we'll—this will get—this will be like the border. We started off with millions and millions of people coming in from…
  2. …going to have this in good shape. And don't forget, in the border, everyone said it would take years and you'd have to go back…
  3. …I never went to Congress for anything. I just said, "Close the border," and they closed the border. And that was the end of it…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …That was one of the many issues that I talked about—open borders, the economy, taxes, all of the things—but that was certainly one…
  2. …and eighty-eight murderers were allowed into our country with Biden's open-border policy, with our border czar, who never spoke to the Border Patrol…
  3. …by the fact that they say it. We're very tough on the border, and people can come into our country, but they have to come…

Remarks at White House Reception for Republican Members of Congress

Jul 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …as you know, in June, we had zero people come through the border, right? Zero people come through the border. So we're doing a real…
  2. …American history, the largest spending cut in American history, and the largest border security investment in American history. And we got no tax on tips…

Remarks at a Dinner With Republican Senators

Jul 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …in American history, the most deregulation in American history, and the largest border security investment in American history and the biggest success on the border…

Remarks on Signing the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act and Exchange With Reporters

Jul 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …far. They did nothing. For four long years, Joe Biden surrendered our borders to the most evil and vicious traffickers, networks, and everything else on…
  2. …a massive footprint on American soil. We were doing nothing. This open-borders nightmare flooded our country with fentanyl and with people that shouldn't be…
  3. …Within moments of taking office, I deployed the U.S. military to our border and unleashed the patriots of ICE and Border Patrol to defend our…

Remarks at the White House Summit of Faith and Business Leaders

Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …bad ones, but he's the worst ever. What he did at our border can never be forgotten. Twenty-five million people allowed to pour into…
  2. …did you know that? They said we had nobody, zero crossed our border. That's the first time that ever happened. Zero. I—did you hear…
  3. …we can never, ever forget it, from the rigged elections to the border to the transgender from—for everybody, from men playing in women's sport…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on Flooding Damage and Recovery Efforts With First Responders and Local Officials and an Exchange With Reporters in Kerrville, Texas

Jul 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …is really incredible and in so many different ways, including with the border and every different way. Admired by everybody. Secretaries Kristi Noem, Brooke Rollins…
  2. …or enabled more than 1,500 rescues. Amazing—1,500. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Coast Guard have deployed numerous search- and-rescue…

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 7 times

  1. …you have the biggest tax cut, the biggest spending cut, the largest border security investment in American history. We want to have strong borders. And…
  2. …thing is, we want to have great elections too. You need strong borders and elections. And my people have promised me that we're going to…
  3. …are going to be fair. You need two things: You need strong borders, and you need fair elections. Now, we're going to make sure on…

Remarks in Des Moines, Iowa

Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …Medicaid and food stamps—and allows us to hire 3,000 new Border Patrol agents and 10,000 new ICE agents—and they are great…
  2. …happened. Very simply, the "One Big Beautiful Bill" would deliver the strongest border on Earth, the strongest economy on Earth, the strongest military on Earth…
  3. …I think I heard? But we've achieved the lowest level of illegal border crossings in U.S. history. Zero illegals. Think of it. We had zero…

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 12 times

  1. …Thank you, Joe. Joe is great. With the help of those incredible Border Patrol agents, we now have the lowest level of daily border crossings…
  2. …why the "One Big Beautiful Bill" includes funding for 3,000 new Border Patrol officers and 10,000 new ICE agents. And I've gotten to…
  3. …the Border Patrol and ICE very well, unlike Kamala. She was the border czar, but she never saw the border. She never made one phone…

Remarks With Governor Ronald D. DeSantis of Florida Upon Arrival at the Migrant Detention Facility and an Exchange With Reporters in Ochopee, Florida

Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …be. This is a very important thing. We're setting records at the border. You know, we had no people come through last month. Zero. No…
  2. …problem with this. There was never anything like this. We had great borders. It was bad when I came in. Within 3 months, I fixed…
  3. …come in, the difference is this was 20 times worse. Their open-border policy did so much damage to our country, and we're fixing it…

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. …everybody else, what they're doing at DOJ and all over—FBI, ICE, Border Patrol—these are incredible people. They're trying to keep our country safe…
  2. …approving it. But think of what they're not approving. They're not approving border security. We've done a great job at the border, but we have…
  3. …We have no money for that. We have no money for the border. We have no money for so many things. But if the Democrats…

Remarks on the President's Legislative Agenda and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 24 times

  1. …saying that, virtually everybody—the "One Big Beautiful Bill" to secure our borders, turbocharge our economy, and bring back the American dream. That's what's happening…
  2. …a record tax cut, a record spending cut, a record investment in border security. We've done so well on the border. You know, last month…
  3. …a—but, you know, people forget about that. They don't care. The border has been fixed. I wanted to talk about the border 2 days…

Remarks at a Greeting With the Juventus Football Club and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …biggest scandals. He wasn't making a decision. He was never for open borders, where people came in from all over the world—from prisons and…
  2. …mentally insane. He was never for that. He was never for open borders, and he was never for—if you think, he was never for…
  3. …a really good question. No, we had record-good numbers on the border, and people are coming in, but they have to come in legally…

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

Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …into the country. You know, if you come in through the southern border, you have no problem. You can be a criminal, you can be…
  2. …sign, because say what you want about Biden, he wasn't for open borders. He wasn't for transgender for everybody. He wasn't for men playing in…
  3. …to ask me that. Zero, yes. Because we really have a tight border. Now, we have let a lot of people in, but they came…

Remarks at the Congressional Picnic

Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …a period of 4 months. So we've reduced the number of illegal border crossers. And you know that because you look at the numbers. And…

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 2 times

  1. …previous administration. I could go point after point, everything they did: open borders, men playing in women's sports, transgender for everybody. "Everybody, let's go transgender…
  2. …because most of the bill is common sense. It's tax cuts. It's border wall funding. It's military funding properly spent. It's all things that are…

Remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …stupid people or radical-left people or sick people. But regardless, open-border policy, the dumbest policy yet—I would say, even dumber than men…
  2. …out. Their countries would bus them or drive them right to our border and say: "Go in there. You ever come back, we're going to…
  3. …was? He wasn't a radical-left lunatic. He never dreamt about open borders. He never said that when he was of sound mind, which actually…

Remarks at a Roundtable Discussion With the Fraternal Order of Police

Jun 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …appropriate. Upon taking office, I declared a national emergency on our southern border, and we reduced the number of illegal border crossers released into the…
  2. …plus. They're all coming in. It also includes the largest investment in border security in our Nation's history, equipping law enforcement with the tools to…

Remarks at the White House Summer Soirée

Jun 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …things. In a matter of weeks, we slashed the number of illegal border crossings released into the United States down to practically nothing. Three people…

Remarks at the United States Steel Corporation Mon Valley–Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

May 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …But what he did to this country is a disgrace—between the borders, millions and millions of peoples pouring through our borders from all countries…
  2. …And I thought they were kidding, but they weren't. They wanted open borders, and what they let into our country can never be forgotten. The…
  3. …999 percent. Can you imagine? That was our cut. It's been— the border is closed. But it's open—and it will always be open to…