Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…way, there's never been anything like it. We have at least $7 trillion of new businesses coming in. If you go back and look at…
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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…making us rich. We were losing a lot of money under Biden—trillions of dollars, trillions—on trade. And now that's—that whole tide has…
Remarks on Presenting the Commander in Chief's Trophy to the United States Naval Academy Midshipmen
Apr 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…it like it hasn't been restocked before. We're going to have a trillion-dollar budget. Think of it. You know, it's, like, crazy. It's crazy…
Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez of El Salvador and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…other things, and they're all coming in. We have record numbers—$7 trillion since I announced, like, a month and a half ago. Since I…
…over $7 trillion being invested in the country. We didn't have $1 trillion. We didn't have a half a trillion dollars with some of these…
…our country very badly. We lost, with China, over the Biden years, trillions of dollars on trade. Trillions of dollars. And he let them fleece…
Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…on certain things. We have some—China has a surplus of a trillion dollars. I mean, the numbers are crazy. And others have basically no…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…And—which is correct. We have, I would say, more than $7 trillion now—right?—of investment—— ——coming in. Apple is coming in for $500…
…it's incredible. I don't think we've ever seen anything like it. Seven trillion dollars, and it's much more than that, because, you know, these are…
…allowed China to just take advantage of us. We had, like, a trillion-dollar deficit with China—trillion-dollar deficit. So that was going to…
Remarks at a Photographic Opportunity With Automobile Racing Champions From NASCAR, IndyCar, and IMSA and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…to stop, because it was not sustainable. Last year, China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States. That's not right. And now I've…
…us dry, and you can't do that. You know, we have $36 trillion of debt for a reason. We don't have a debt for fun…
Remarks at a National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times
…We have investment, they think, of about seven—think of this: $7 trillion. And that's been in a month and a half. Think of that…
…For about a month and a half, we got seven—almost $7 trillion spoken for. Trillion. We've never had that. I don't know if we've…
…chipmakers in the world, the biggest auto manufacturers in the world. Seven trillion dollars of investment, and that means jobs. I look at differently. Not…
Remarks on Domestic Coal Production
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…had a terrible situation. We were—we would have paid over a trillion dollars. Think of it: over a trillion dollars. And Russia was paying…
Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 10 times
…destroyed, what they've done to our system. You know, we have $36 trillion of debt for a reason, and the reason is that people allowed…
…which is in the facility—you'll like to hear this—of a trillion dollars. One trillion dollars. And nobody has seen anything like it. We…
…on trade. We lose billions of dollars. We lose close to $2 trillion a year on trade. We lose a trillion dollars a year to…
Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
Apr 6, 2025 Other 12 times
…countries— way over a billion per country. But with China, it's a trillion dollars, and we have to solve our trade deficit with China. We…
…deficit problem with China. They have a surplus of at least a trillion dollars a year. I think it's like a trillion one, and I…
…surplus with us that is not sustainable. And we're talking about a trillion dollars. You know that, right? We're not going to lose a trillion…
Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Miami, Florida
Apr 3, 2025 Other 3 times
…going to be amazing, actually. And we see it, because we have trillions of dollars committed to come in—trillions. Yes, I think the operation…
…we're taking in jobs, and we're taking in industry. We're taking in trillions of dollars. I think—I think our markets are going to boom…
Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Miami, Florida
Apr 3, 2025 Other 2 times
…would exactly be the way it is. We have $6- or $7 trillion coming into our country, and we've never seen anything like it. The…
…thing that people have to talk about: We're up almost to $7 trillion of investment coming into our county, and you'll see how it's going…
Remarks Announcing Additional United States Tariff Actions on Foreign Imports
Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…But now it's our turn to prosper and, in so doing, use trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our…
…never seen before, and our trade deficit reached a record $1.2 trillion, which is unheard of. Since the beginning of NAFTA, the worst trade…
…million manufacturing jobs were lost while racking up trade deficits of $19 trillion. That was the worst trade deal ever made. As a result of…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times
…the liberation of this country, because it's incredible. Look, we have $36 trillion in debt for a reason, and that accumulates over a long period…
…you haven't even heard of, but I think we'll be at $5 trillion very soon. And if you think about this, we've never been anywhere…
…a trillion dollars. We're—— We're 500—what do I mean by a trillion? I think that we're going to be at $5 trillion of investment…
Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Alina Habba as Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
Mar 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…to have—I think, Scott, I would say we're close to $4 trillion, even going close to $5 trillion. Now, we haven't had that for…
…are, in 2 months, we think we're up to close to $5 trillion of investment. They're going to build car plants. They're already building so…
Remarks During a Telerally for Florida Republican Congressional Candidate Randy Fine
Mar 27, 2025 Tele-rally 1 time
…everybody, the mutilation included—mutilation of children. He wants to spend $20 trillion on so-called reparations. He wants to give everybody reparations. Not you…
Remarks on Signing the Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…I think, ultimately, we could probably—anywhere from $600 billion to a trillion dollars will be taken in over the relatively short-term period—meaning…
…away. Starting right away. I think we'll go from 600 to a trillion within 2 years. And I think we'll be very—I mean, right…
…done something, and they didn't do it. And hence, we have $36 trillion in debt. We have asked a lot of questions, and we're going…
Remarks at a Women's History Month Event
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…never seen before. We're up to, I guess, close, Howard—to $5 trillion of investments already. And there's never been that much—for a year…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and Meeting With United States Ambassadorial Nominees and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 25, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…a little bit. And you're going to see billions of dollars, even trillions of dollars coming into our country very soon in the form of…
…have said—like, we're close to—I would say close to $4 trillion. We never had numbers like that. The number-one chipmaker in the…
Remarks at a Greek Independence Day Reception
Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…in terms of businesses coming in, I think we're close to $4 trillion now. Nobody's ever even heard of anything like that. And they're coming…
Remarks on Manufacturing Investment and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…before. There's never been anything like it. We're almost at a $4 trillion level, and that's something that's never happened. And I think, hopefully, it's…
…announced $250, $300 billion, but we're well into the $3 and $4 trillion mark, which has never happened to our country before. What it really…
Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…it seems they're all coming back. We have probably identified maybe $4 trillion worth of companies moving back or going to move back, and many…
Remarks on Next Generation Air Dominance and Military Readiness and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…many news conferences. But I would say, so far, at least $4 trillion. Four trillion dollars is coming in. Car companies—very importantly, a lot…
…We're going to have a very good relationship. But we have a trillion-dollar deficit, because of Biden, with President Xi. More than that. I…
…thing to see. I see it. So far, I would say $4 trillion. Nobody's ever heard of numbers—no country has ever heard of numbers…
Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 13, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…of great things are happening. But I've never seen investment like this. Trillions of dollars is being invested in the United States now that would…
…he really liked the idea. You know, he'd like not to spend trillions of dollars building weapons that, hopefully, he's never going to have to…
Remarks in a Question-and-Answer Session at a Business Roundtable Quarterly Meeting
Mar 11, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…add it up so far, and we're trying to get to a trillion dollars. That's a big number. And he did have an ability to…
…you know, it's—I don't know if it's going to reach a trillion, but it's going to reach a lot. And it was an honor…
Remarks at a Tesla Viewing and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…blowup down the road, maybe a long way. But we owe $36 trillion, and we're going to get it back. We're the biggest. We're the…
…All—you ought to see these companies yesterday. They're investing billions and trillions. They're investing trillions of dollars here. They wouldn't have invested 10 cents…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…all gotten older." So I said, "I'll go if you pay a trillion dollars—$1 trillion—to American companies," meaning the purchase, over a 4…
Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress
Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…I withdrew from the unfair Paris climate accord, which was costing us trillions of dollars that other countries were not paying. I withdrew from the…
…Korea, and other nations want to be our partner with investments of trillions of dollars each. There's never been anything like that one. It will…
…They don't even allow us in their market. We will take in trillions and trillions of dollars and create jobs like we have never seen…
Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 8 times
…and billions of dollars. We're looking to get it maybe to a trillion dollars. If we can do that, we're going to start getting to…
…you understand, if we sell a million—right?—a million, that's $5 trillion. Five trillion. Howard was using a different number, but that's $5 trillion…
…they'll be young, but they're talented, like a talented athlete—that's $50 trillion. That means our debt is totally paid off, and we have $15…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…it's a very big deal. It could so—it could be a trillion-dollar deal. It could be whatever. But it's rare earths and other…
…pretty good. As an example, a million cards would be worth $5 trillion—$5 trillion. And if you sell 10 million of the cards, that's…
…it—if you did 10 million, it would be—you'd have $15 trillion left over. But generally, what—it's going to be pay down debt…
Remarks at a Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…term, and then they lost it. You know, we lost over a trillion dollars to China this last year under Biden. Crooked Joe Biden. What…
…ever played on this country is the green new scam. We spent trillions of dollars on this nonsense and just a total hoax. It really…
…of our country, relatively. It would have been one and a half trillion in today's dollars. Thirty-eight thousand people died from our country building…
Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a National Governors Association Meeting
Feb 21, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…told these people, they spend—they're going to spend hundreds of billions— trillions of dollars, actually. So I need double the energy that we have…
…are incredible. It could be $500 billion, but it could be a trillion dollars. It could be even a trillion five. We're going to find…
Remarks at a Republican Governors Association Meeting
Feb 20, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…a one-way street. You know, under that accord, we pay $1 trillion. Think of it. We pay a trillion dollars. They pay nothing. China…
…are staggering: hundreds of billions of dollars of investment, hundreds and hundreds—trillions of dollars, when you add it up. To slash hundreds of billions…
…even done that. So we could find as much as $1.5 trillion worth of waste, fraud, and abuse. If we do that, we can…
Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Florida
Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…he anticipates Japanese investment in the United States of well over a trillion dollars, and we're working on an Alaska pipeline already, which is the…
…at 1.4 percent. And the annual Government spending over $1.5 trillion more than projected in 2020 alone—$1.5 trillion. But under the…
…to turn off all lights." I said, "You mean we spend $9 trillion, and we have to fly in on Air Force One with the…
Interview With Sean Hannity of the Fox News Channel's "Sean Hannity Show"
Feb 14, 2025 Interview 6 times
…Lago—you look at what they did, their reputation is shot. Two trillion—yes. We inherited it. Yes. And inflation is back. I'm only here…
…They spent money like nobody has ever spent. They were given $9 trillion to throw out the window—$9 trillion, and they spent it on…
…found. But what is found—I think he's going to find a trillion dollars. But I think it's a very small percentage compared to what…
Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…discussed this so much. And since 2003, there have been $2.7 trillion in improper payments, meaning payments that went to the wrong people or…
…this has been going a long—that's why we have a $36 trillion amount of money that we owe. We owe $36 trillion, but that'll…
…and this is going to what—be what pays down the $36 trillion in debt and all the other things. And this is going to…
Remarks During a Swearing-in Ceremony for Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence
Feb 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…more effective, and a lot less expensive. And we could find a trillion dollars, but we're being hindered by courts, where they file in certain…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Workforce Optimization Initiative
Feb 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…get down to it, it's going to be probably close to a trillion dollars. It could be close to a trillion dollars that we're going…
Remarks on Signing a Proclamation on Gulf of America Day and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to New Orleans, Louisiana
Feb 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…yes. I hope it decreases. When we have—— When we have $36 trillion in debt, and we're taking care of countries that are very rich…
The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan
Feb 7, 2025 Press conference 3 times
…higher than that number. Some, a little bit less. But we have trillions of dollars of investment pouring into our country now that you didn't…
…bear no relationship to anything and have no value. We're talking about trillions of dollars. It will be, in the end, trillions of dollars being…
The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel
Feb 4, 2025 Press conference 1 time
…We should have never gone in there a long time ago, spent trillions of dollars, and created so much death, so—and that includes Americans…
Remarks on Withdrawing United States Support for United Nations Organizations and Imposing Economic Sanctions on Iran and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…never seen. I've never seen—the deficit with China is about a trillion dollars. Think of it, a trillion dollars. They're—they're using our money…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…it up to now, it would have been the equivalent of $2 trillion. The most expensive we ever built, and we gave it away for…
…is not something that anybody could ever even imagine. It's probably $60 trillion that—all the countries in the world don't have $60 trillion. The…
…amount of destruction and the amount of money lost is probably $60 trillion. I had it figured by people about 3 months ago. I was…
Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Upon Arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
Feb 2, 2025 Other 1 time
…going to change it. It's been unfair. That's why we owe $36 trillion. We have deficits with everybody. We help everybody. We've been helping everybody…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation and an Exchange With Reporters
Jan 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…think great progress has been made. We're talking about cutting over a trillion dollars of waste. We're talking about waste. We're not talking about—we're…
Remarks at a House Republican Conference Dinner in Miami, Florida
Jan 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…were starting—you know, they got sucked into it. And we've spent trillions of dollars on just, like, throwing it out the window. You could…
…other countries didn't. We paid every—we were going to lose a trillion dollars over a short period of time on that. And we had…
…simply, they should have to pay a tariff, which will bring in trillions of dollars into our treasury from countries that never paid us 10…
Remarks on the National Economy in Las Vegas, Nevada
Jan 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…American energy; buried you in crippling regulation; imposed hidden taxes; and spent trillions and trillions of dollars on waste, corruption, and radical left lunacy. These…
…the election, by the way. And I believe they'll make it a trillion. I'm going to ask them to make it $1 trillion. What the…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Yes. Great. It was great. Six hundred. I'll ask them for a trillion. Well, if they do that, I would, yes. I would be glad…
…600, 650. And I'll see if I can talk them into a trillion. Well, no, I think he's great. But it's a very tricky place…
Remarks to the World Economic Forum and a Question-and-Answer Session With Business Leaders
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…last administration. Over the past 4 years, our Government racked up $8 trillion in wasteful deficit spending and inflicted nation-wrecking energy restrictions, crippling regulations…
…of these ruinous policies, total Government spending this year is $1.5 trillion higher than was projected to occur when I left office just 4…
…a tariff—which will direct hundreds of billions of dollars and even trillions of dollars into our Treasury to strengthen our economy and pay down…