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Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 10 times
…the questions very much, actually. They're very nice questions. We'll see about tariffs . We're going to be talking about tariffs. Well, we're going to be… …and they want to take our money. We're doing well. Because of tariffs , we're doing unbelievable. We're making more money than we ever have made… …the subject for a second—we're going to take some of that tariff money that we made and we're going to give it to our…
Sep 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Address to United Nations General Assembly 9 times
…States is fully prepared to impose a very strong round of powerful tariffs , which would stop the bloodshed, I believe, very quickly. But for those… …that broke the rules. That's why the United States is now applying tariffs to other countries and much as these tariffs were, for many years… …administration, including my first term, where hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs were taken in. And by the way, we had the lowest inflation…
Sep 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Charlie Kirk Memorial 3 times
…country that has the chance to attain a level like never before. Tariffs are making us rich again, richer than anybody ever thought was possible… …of other countries better and better. But we're doing unbelievably well. The tariffs have really been a whole—the election was big, but the tariffs…
Sep 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…And if the nations give us a hard time, we're going to tariff them for the difference. Because, you know, the nations got very—all… …other places. We have a lot of money coming in because of tariffs . You know, we have a lot of money coming in because of… …stop the world from taking advantage of us through their use of tariffs . Right? Sort of interesting. But also here is FDA Commissioner—he's going…
Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…we're building plants all over the United States. And frankly, because of tariffs , we're taking in trillions of dollars. Trillions of dollars. And countries that… …of jobs. You're—the jobs are being created right now. And the tariffs are protecting our country, and we didn't use—you know, tariffs were… …dollars. Nobody has ever seen anything— even people that were against the tariffs , now they see the way they're working. And by the way, with…
Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 2 times
…17 trillion of investment coming in. A lot of it's because of tariffs , and a lot of it's for a lot of other reasons, but… …said—you know, I sanctioned them. China is paying a very large tariff right now to the United States. But I'm willing to do other…
Sep 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…virtually nonexistent. As you know, we're taking in trillions of dollars from tariffs , and they've been so incredible for our country—so incredible. We're keeping… …even believe it. And we've never seen investment like this. Without the tariffs , we would have just a fraction of that. And we're really the…
Sep 16, 2025 Other 11 times
…well. We're making—we're having trillions of dollars coming because of the tariffs . They'd like to see if they could get a little bit better… …good deal. Don't forget, European Union is paying our country, because of tariffs , $950 billion. Think of that. We're talking about a year—$950 billion… …nothing until I came along. And China is paying us a tremendous tariff . You know what the tariff is, right? You know what the tariff…
Sep 14, 2025 Other 1 time
…right now? Do you know what China is paying right now in tariffs ? Huh? A lot. Yes, I know exactly what's happened. A lot of…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…and I let them know that. And we put a very big tariff on India—a 50-percent tariff, very high tariff. I get along… …November 5. They were happy with the election. And number two, the tariffs are bringing countries. And, I mean, it's so vital to our country… …that we've never thought we'd be at, and it's because of the tariffs . Countries are pouring into our country because of the—you avoid tariffs…
Sep 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…it with the people here—chips and semiconductors. And we'll be putting tariffs on companies that aren't coming in. We'll be putting a tariff very… …putting a fairly substantial tariff on—not that high, but fairly substantial tariff —with the understanding that if they come into the country— if they're… …will not be a tariff. If they're not coming in, there's a tariff . Fairly substantial tariff. Well, I don't know. If they're building here—and…
Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 14 times
…crazy. Cars are pouring back. Because of the fact that we have tariffs , cars are pouring back into our—our—car plants are pouring back… …be. So, if you go back to—1913 is when they ended tariffs . We were the richest ever, from 1850—it was all tariffs. We… …1913. In the 1887—it's about 1887, they had the great national tariff act, and it was a group of people that got together because…
Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 25 times
…been incredible people. I think they've made very wise decisions. But the tariff question—because without the tariffs, this country is in serious, serious trouble… …investment is coming in. Most of it has come in because of tariffs . And if, for some reason, somebody wanted to be politically correct—I… …judges that was appointed by President Obama voted in favor of the tariffs because he felt it was imperative for our country to thrive and…
Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 13 times
…building plants all over the country. They're all coming in because of tariffs . They don't want to build—they don't want to pay the tariffs… …a week—steel a week. We are—we have a 50-percent tariff on steel, aluminum, and various other things—copper just got brought into… …it. If we would have said, costs 100-percent or 200-percent tariff , you wouldn't have lost one job. It's so sad. But we're going…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…doing so well. We're so strong now. And you saw where the tariffs came in at $4 trillion—$4 trillion—and they just—the CBO… …nobody knew where it came from. And they—I said, "Check the tariff shelf." And they said, "How did you know that's where it came… …term with China. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs , but when COVID came back, we focused on that. We did a…
Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…we're taking a lot of money in from China because of the tariffs and the different things, and it's a very important relationship. We're going… …don't give us magnets, then we have to charge them 200-percent tariff or something, you know? But we're not going to have a problem… …weren't giving them. But we have a much more powerful thing. That's tariffs . If we want to put 100-percent, 200- percent tariffs on, we…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…I want them to do well, in particular, now. Yes. So are tariffs . So are tariffs. So our—as you know, the stock market went… …announced the numbers, and as you know, they gave no credit to tariffs . They said they made a mistake, that the trade deficit reduce—will… …trillion. And the market went up like a rocket ship, because the tariffs are good. Well, tariffs aren't that usual. Of the seven wars I…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times
…announced that Trump was right, took in 4 trillion dollars' worth of tariffs , that the $4 trillion are going to reduce the deficit by numbers… …news that the release that just came out from Government, that the tariffs that everybody was talking about, that the whole world respects us for… …to go, and I better be very happy. Yes. He's removing his tariffs , yes. He's removing his retaliatory tariffs, which I thought was nice. And…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…numbers the economy is doing incredibly. Billions— trillions, actually, of dollars in tariffs are coming in. Then, maybe most important, we have about close to…
Aug 15, 2025 Other 6 times
…record again. We have hundreds of billions of dollars flowing in from tariffs . We have—we're the hottest country—we were a dead country, like… …every other—they're all coming in because they want to beat the tariffs , because if they open here, they don't have to pay tariffs. If… …cases, 200 percent, 300 percent. I haven't even set some of the tariffs yet. I'll be setting tariffs next week and the week after on…
Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…billions of dollars—and trillions of dollars, actually—trillions of dollars in tariffs . You know all about it. It's been amazing. They say, "Why are… …they couldn't figure out where it came from. I said, "Check the tariff shelf." And they said, "How did you know that's where it came… …highs. And yet we're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs . So it's turned out that Trump was right and they were wrong…
Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…already. We're coming in—we're—trillions of dollars is coming in from tariffs from all over the world, from countries that took advantage of our…
Aug 11, 2025 Press conference 6 times
…do. We have the hottest country in the world right now. The tariffs have helped. It's given us—not only the money—it's billions—trillions… …very nicely with China, as you probably have heard. They have tremendous tariffs that they're paying to the United States of America. And we'll see… …largest or second largest oil buyer that we're putting a 50-percent tariff on you if you buy oil from Russia. That was a big…
Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…but they also like the fact that they don't want to pay tariffs . And the tariffs—I think we'll be taking—well, we're taking in… …and they said, "Where did this come from?" I said, "Check the tariffs ," and they checked. They said: "You're right. That's where it came from… …treat them really well. We're going to be putting a very large tariff on chips and semiconductors. But the good news for companies like Apple…
Aug 3, 2025 Other 2 times
…and Italy and say, "Let's— you know, let's start talking about some tariffs ." But China was paying us hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs…
Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…It's all—it's very simple. They have been charging very, very high tariffs to our farmers. Some over 200 percent. And they've been treating our… …to a President that was duly elected. And we did do certain tariffs in the first term. If you look at China—China, we took… …a couple of other countries that we're going to hit you with tariffs . We had to fight the COVID situation when that came. But if…
Jul 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…to our country. Federal jobs are being cut. Critics said that our tariffs would hurt the economy, but the data shows the exact opposite, and… …opposite is happening. The U.S. Treasury has taken in $150 billion from tariffs , and we'll be adding about $200 billion next month, for totals that…
Jul 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…a bill. We send a letter saying that you'll pay a certain tariff . Obviously, that's most of them, because you have, as you know, hundreds… …into the equation, and we make a decision as to what that tariff will be. And it's pretty standard letter from that point on. And… …us, but we don't buy from them. You know why? Because the tariff is so high. They have one of the highest tariffs in the…
Jul 29, 2025 Other 1 time
…working with them. Wait. Be quiet. Be quiet. Finish what tomorrow? The tariffs ? No, we're not—won't be finished tomorrow. But our country is becoming…
Jul 29, 2025 Other 3 times
…India has been a good friend. But India has charged basically more tariffs than almost any other country—you know that, right?—over the years… …have a scoop. And then, you know, we're going to put on tariffs and stuff. And I don't know if it's going to affect Russia… …obviously—probably keep the war going. But we're going to put on tariffs and the various things that you put on. And it may or…
Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…going to be, why wait? And it—would be sanctions and maybe tariffs —secondary tariffs. You know what a secondary tariff is. And look, the… …know what they want, and—but we're going to be setting a tariff for, essentially, the rest of the world, and that's what they're going…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 9 times
…billion. They're agreeing to open up their countries to trade at zero tariff . So that's a very big factor: opening up their countries. All of… …will be opened up to trade with the United States at zero tariff . And they're agreeing to purchase a vast amount of military equipment. We… …billion, $600 billion, opening up the country. We are agreeing that the tariff , straight across, for automobiles and everything else will be a straight-across…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…have numerous other deals, and mostly I'm just going to—I charge tariffs and, you know, there's not a deal, per se, but people are… …to see it resolved, but if it isn't, we'll, you know, have tariffs , and they'll do what they have to do. But we have a… …deals—other than steel and aluminum, which we've been getting 50-percent tariffs from, I guess, just about everybody. And those have come in, and…
Jul 25, 2025 Other 13 times
…you agree with me? I think it makes it easier, even for tariffs , yes. And it makes the tariffs worth much more. And it's easier… …it will be a deal where they have to buy down their tariffs , because they're right now at 30 percent, and they'll have to buy… …putting up $550 billion. That's a lot of money. And also paying tariffs . The biggest part of the Japan deal—and maybe we get this…
Jul 24, 2025 Press conference 6 times
…have no inflation. We have a lot of cash coming in. The tariffs have been unbelievable. Now—— ——people that didn't even believe in tariffs are… …Where did that come from?" I said, "Why don't you try the tariffs ?" And it was true. We took in—we're taking in hundreds of… …happens. That happens. It's a shame. No, I'm not negotiating on auto tariffs . Well, it depends. Japan—what Japan did is, they brought down their…
Jul 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…Japan. Japan is putting up $550 billion in order to lower their tariffs a little bit. That way, they have a little bit lower tariff… …which nobody thought was even a possibility. And we get a zero tariff in the free trade. We don't pay tariffs. And they're going to…
Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…a $550 billion signing bonus—for the country. And we had the tariff at 25 percent. As you know, we had a tariff at 25… …and profitable and wonderful country, frankly. And we will pay a zero tariff as we do business in Japan. So we're paying zero; they're paying… …some incredible transactions. But we're going to have a very, very simple tariff for some of the countries. They have so many countries, you can't…
Jul 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…country. We're strong. We have a lot of money flowing in. The tariffs are kicked in better than anybody, other than me and a few…
Jul 22, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…that because of the election and because of the fact that the tariffs are placed. So they're building their facilities in New York—$50 billion…
Jul 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…I send out the paper that you're paying 35- or 40-percent tariff , that's a deal. Then they'll call and see if they can make… …said, "Anybody that's in the BRICS consortium of nations, we're going to tariff you 10 percent." And they had a meeting the following day, and… …biggest deals in the world. Actually, the deal we're doing now on tariffs is the biggest—when you add it up, the biggest deal ever…
Jul 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…relationship with President Xi of China, but I imposed a 20-percent tariff on China because of the fentanyl. And I call it a penalty…
Jul 16, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…think of it—a trillion dollars a year. Add that with the tariffs and everything else. But he just doesn't want—he's a knucklehead. But… …you know, being penalized. You know that, right? They're being penalized with tariffs because of the fentanyl. But they want to do something. We'll see… …billion. We'll be bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars, and the tariffs really haven't kicked in that much other than automobiles and steel. August…
Jul 15, 2025 Other 6 times
…hasn't happened in many years. It happened because of good management and tariffs . Well, I might. I don't think it matters how much you release… …of the month. And we're going to start off with a low tariff and give the pharmaceutical companies a year or so to build, and… …you have them move here so they don't have to pay the tariff . Those are the two ways. The pharmaceutical companies are moving back to…
Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…that's peanuts compared to what it's—and it's good business practices. The tariffs are coming in by the hundreds of billions of dollars, and they… …up. And some that don't, they'll just be paying a very substantial tariff , but peanuts compared to what they should be paying. So we have…
Jul 15, 2025 Other 7 times
…don't have a deal, it's going to be too bad. Yes, the tariffs are going to go on, and other sanctions go on. No, he… …copper, but we have full access to everything. We will pay no tariffs . So they are giving us access into Indonesia, which we never had… …And now we're getting access because of what we're doing with the tariffs . So they're paying 19 percent, and we are not paying anything. And…
Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…to have to do—we have no choice but to do secondary tariffs . You call it secondary tariffs, which are pretty tough, which we don't… …did it come from?" It came from management, but it came from tariffs , and it came from, you know, good business skill. And I've always… …and we did $188 billion in—Scott, just now—$188 billion in tariffs —$188 bi-—and we haven't even started yet. That's only for cars…
Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…very unhappy with him, and we're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days—tariffs at about… …get there. So, based on that, we're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days. It's very simple… …don't have an agreement in 50 days, that's what we're doing: secondary tariffs , and they're biting. And I hope we don't get to the point…
Jul 13, 2025 Other 6 times
…of good management, and—number one—and maybe even more importantly, the tariffs that are pouring in. We have tariffs pouring in at levels that… …and certain countries that would rather have a deal than a regular tariff , and we're willing, if they're willing to open up. These are countries… …very, very rapidly. South Korea wants to make a deal, other than tariffs . Right now, as you know, they're paying a substantial tariff, but they…
Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…very good relationship, as you know. We—they're paying a lot of tariffs to the United States now. And so I'm not going to get… …have. You know, we've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs . Hundreds of billions. And we haven't even started yet, and it's going… …even believable that for so many years—you know, I was using tariffs in my first administration. We had the most successful—financially—administration that…
Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 27 times
…we have a big country, and we've been doing very well. The tariffs , as you know, are starting to come in at record levels. Tremendous… …never did that before. We're not used to it. We only have tariffs going out. We only adhere to the rules of other nations who… …it very strongly. Go ahead, please. I know. Isn't that amazing? The tariffs . Are we—Chairman of the Fed? Well, you'd do a better job…