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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.

“China” said in 116 of 208 transcripts, 656 times.

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Remarks at the American Business Forum in Miami, Florida

Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 6 times

  1. …the fairest trade deals anywhere in the world. You know, we're leading China, we're leading everybody by a lot in AI. And this was my…
  2. …of the world, and the undisputed leader in artificial intelligence. We're leading China by a lot. And don't forget, if we don't do the crypto…
  3. …horrible situation, if it ever has to be used. Russia is second. China is a distant third, but they'll catch us within 4 or 5…

Remarks at a Breakfast With Republican Senators

Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …They were great to us in terms of the foreign visits with China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia. And they were actually terrific. So I want…
  2. …your normal ways soon. But we did a great job over in China. And we've done a great job in turning off wars. We stopped…
  3. …I couldn't have done it. I put a 100-percent tariff on China. As soon as I heard it—within 20 minutes, I put a…

Remarks at a Dinner With Business Leaders in Tokyo, Japan

Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with Japanese business leaders 4 times

  1. …no, he's kidding." I'd say, "I'm not kidding." That's why we're leading China. We're leading everybody in this race. So we're with you all the…
  2. …as—I think, much faster than maybe any other country, other than China, because in China you have a good system. Also, you have a…
  3. …we started hearing about people dying in different places of the world—China and other places. And we have a COVID. We have a pandemic…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion With the Homeland Security Task Force and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 3 times

  1. …leaving tomorrow for some very big meetings, including with the president of China, where I think we're going to come out very well and everyone…
  2. …dollars that they're paying. We're actually—on November 1, the tariff on China goes to 157 percent, which is record-setting territory. And we don't…
  3. …trillion of investment. The alltime record is $3 trillion. I think it's China. We're going to have $20-or $21 trillion—we've never had anything…

Remarks at a White House Diwali Celebration and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Diwali Celebration 4 times

  1. …the papers because I'm the one—right now, as of November 1, China will have about 155-percent tariff put on it. And I don't…
  2. …sustainable for them. So I want to be nice to China, but China has been very rough with us over the years, because we had…
  3. …Some were good politicians. Some weren't even good politicians. But they allowed China to take advantage of us, and every other country to take advantage…

Remarks at a Lunch With Republican Senators

Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 8 times

  1. …a slog. We've got a slog. But remember this, other nations, including China, Japan, European nations, they used tariffs against us for many years. That's…
  2. …doing good, and I took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China. I put the full tariffs on China. Biden left the tariffs because…
  3. …make a good—I want him to make a good deal for China, but it's got to be fair. For years, they were making $5…

Remarks During a Ballroom Dinner

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

  1. …I like it. For me, it's like—I love it. In between China, Russia, and everything else that we deal with, it's going to be…
  2. …they've wanted to have it. And when they have the head of China, the head of any country, we have many—many of the countries…

Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …detect it. There's no way—we're 25 years ahead of Russia and China in submarines. Russia is actually second in submarines. China is third. But…
  2. …dominated. We really dominate in that sphere now. We were way behind China and Russia, and now we dominate. Space Force turned out to be…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …because to get it done properly, we really needed the support of China and the approval of China. Yes, ma'am. I always like MAGA-related…
  2. …going to get a lot of money in taxes. And you know, China wanted to see this go. This is a great legacy for China…
  3. …announcing different things, but the U.S. comes out great. And I think China comes out great, because they're going to have a very important legacy…

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 8 times

  1. …is: How many more lives will be needlessly lost on both sides? China and India are the primary funders of the ongoing war by continuing…
  2. …them out without massive subsidies. And most of them are built in China, and I give China a lot of credit. They build them, but…
  3. …by a global increase of 54 percent, much of it coming from China and other countries that are thriving around China, which now produces more…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …as you know, and the investors are getting ready. And I think China wanted to see it stay open too. They wanted to see it…
  2. …badly. And so, we were able to work out a deal with China. And it's a very good deal for us. It's a very—I…
  3. …Save TikTok." So many people. It's a big thing. And you know, China can be very proud that they were able to get that started…

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. …going to keep Bagram, because Bagram is 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. We were going to have that all to…
  2. …dollars of drugs are pouring out of Venezuela and other countries. Look, China—what they're doing with fentanyl is a terrible thing. It comes through…
  3. …it's very exciting. We're going to end up with more electricity than China. And it's going to be built at no cost to us. And…

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

Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …You know, we were losing the race in space very badly to China and to Russia, and now we're far and away number one in…
  2. …they were dying by the thousands and millions. But we did with China, and China paid us billions and billions of dollars. And I started…
  3. …factories under construction or being designed right now. And they're coming from China. They're coming from Mexico, I must tell you. And they're coming from…

Remarks on Signing a Proclamation on the Fourth Anniversary of the Terrorist Attack at the Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …myself. I spent hours down there looking. That's in between Russia, Ukraine, China— —all the other stuff. We do it. I want to thank Doug…
  2. …came along, nobody got it. We were abused by other countries. We're— China—I mean, take a look—that's what they—what they did is…
  3. …take place. You know, we did it in my first term with China. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs, but when…

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

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …Space Force. It's amazing what it's doing. We're leading in space now. China was killing us. Russia was beating us. China was killing us. We're…
  2. …them that way anymore. You can't. But we left it, and now China is occupying that air base. This was the most incompetent administration in…
  3. …good—a good favor, I think, with the fish, the carp—the China carp. Did you ever hear of it? China carp. And it's taken…

Remarks on Domestic Investment by Apple Incorporated and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …back and brought it back in a very large way. You know, China is right now building 58 coal-fired plants—58 big ones. And…
  2. …on India. On oil, they're the second largest. They're very close to China in terms of the purchase of oil from Russia. But—so I…
  3. …it probably with a couple of others. One of them could be China, yes. Yes, we're pretty much getting close to it right now, but…

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 4 times

  1. …you know, when they have big events—you entertain the President of China or the President of any place and you have big crowds, they've…
  2. …did do certain tariffs in the first term. If you look at China—China, we took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China. But…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit

Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …their country. And we're in the process of completing our deal with China. And, as you know, the U.K.—we made a deal. It was…
  2. …The European Union, we're getting along. We're getting along very well with China. I have a lot of respect for President Xi. We have a…
  3. …working on right now, I know, but you just can't do it. China is not doing it, and if you're going to be beating China…

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

Jul 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …know—and I have a very good relationship with President Xi of China, but I imposed a 20-percent tariff on China because of the…
  2. …done. And I think we're going to work it out so that China is going to end up going from that to giving the death…
  3. …penalty. The death penalty is going to be imposed on people from China that make fentanyl and send it into our country. I believe that's…

Remarks at the Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times

  1. …be able to produce. You know, I'm looking at the numbers of China, where they're producing a lot of electric. Well, they only have one…
  2. …before—I saw a board outside, and it showed how much electricity China is making. Well, we just started, but we're going to actually end…
  3. …number-one superpower in artificial intelligence. And we are way ahead of China, I have to say. We're way ahead of China. And the plants…

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 4 times

  1. …you proceed it by saying "clean, beautiful" coal. It—what—you know, China is, right now, building 68 coal-generating plants, and we're putting up…
  2. …and having very—being very weak and very expensive. All made in China. You know, I noticed something—that with all of the windmills that…
  3. …them, the wind turbines—I have never seen a wind farm in China. Why is that? Somebody check that out. Tom Emmer, would you please…

Remarks in Des Moines, Iowa

Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …hours, actually. And how incredible. What equipment. What equipment. And you know, China, Russia, they were all watching. Everybody was watching. We have the greatest…

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. …you right now. But Putin respects our country, and President Xi of China respects our country, and Kim Jong Un respects—they respect our country…

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 8 times

  1. …what? Yes. Well, that's an interesting question. We've made a deal with China. We've made a deal with probably four or five different countries—with…
  2. …that: go into Indian and trade. We're going to be trading in China. That's going to come a little bit down the road, but we're…
  3. …obvious. I mean, we're taking in billions and billions of dollars from China and a lot of other countries. We took in—I had a…

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

Jun 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …you really have anybody of any interest?" Well, we just signed with China yesterday, right? Just signed with China. We have everybody—we're not going…
  2. …very big one—where we're going to open up India. In the China deal, we're starting to open up China, things that never really could…
  3. …lost our auto—we lost 50 percent of our auto industry to China, Mexico, Canada, and various other countries. Should have never happened. If you…

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 11 times

  1. …beautiful vistas. And—but we want to produce it. You know, interestingly, China is opening up a coal plant every single week, but now I'm…
  2. …that happen. Meanwhile, all of the auto jobs would be shipped to China, because they're—very strong on electric, and it lives off an estimated…
  3. …been done by any one of the Presidents. I did it with China. The reason you don't have Chinese cars here is because I imposed…

Remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …Only if it's made in America. If it's made in Japan or China or anyplace else, we're not really interested in your deduction. I was…

Remarks at an "Invest in America" Roundtable Discussion

Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …But he's grossly incompetent. Okay. What? Louder. We are doing well with China. China is not easy, just like your home country is not easy…
  2. …I'll have my first call from them. We want to open up China. And if we don't open up China, maybe we won't do anything…
  3. …want to open up China. It will be a great thing for China, great thing for the rest of the world. Well, we're going to…

Remarks at the White House Summer Soirée

Jun 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …I'll see you tonight." And I've been so busy between Iran, Russia, China, and every other problem that we were left— —that I'm saying, "What…