Official transcripts
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.
“Drone” said in 20 of 427 transcripts, 53 times.
Counted forms: drone, drones, drone's.
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Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 8 times
…think we're—— We are. Yes, we would—we have a lot of drones right now. We build our own drones, but we also buy drones…
…nothing like the jets. You know, we knocked out a lot of drones in Israel. We were knocking them out for Israel, and we were…
…them. So it's—you know, we've—we know a lot about the drones , and we know a lot about the great jets—the great ones…
Oct 15, 2025 Press conference Kalshi: Trump Press Conference 2 times
…will be the first to tell you, including shooting down thousands of drones that were coming into Israel. You know, we shot them down. We…
…down like it was target practice. But we shot down thousands of drones and missiles also going into Israel. But between what we did to…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…sometimes, you know, in Kyiv, they'll lob a missile in or some drones and kill some people, but mostly it's soldiers. Russia and Ukraine are…
…We had a good meeting. Then he went back and started sending drones into Kyiv. I said, "I thought we had a good meeting." But…
Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…very little. And you've been reporting on all the bombing, all the drones all over the place—900 drones coming into certain areas, like Kyiv…
Sep 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Address to United Nations General Assembly 1 time
…And some in cities—much smaller numbers—where rockets are shot, where drones are dropped. This war would never have started if I were President…
Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…week later, his head's blown off in a stupid war by a drone , a whole new form of military problem. So, no, I'd like it…
Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…of warfare—wars. It's a whole new form of fighting. It's a drone fighting. It's a drone war. No—a drone war never existed before…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…And a week later, they get their head blown off by a drone . New form of military. It's a whole new form of fighting. So…
Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…rebuild it again, plus technology change. All of a sudden, it's about drone —you know, we have a new form of warfare. It's drone warfare…
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…very different warfare out there today. Now they've introduced a thing called "drone ." A drone is a little bit different. It makes—you have to…
…is build. We're going to have the best missiles—we already do—drones , and much, much more. And earlier this week—I think you'll like…
…study. But we're seeing the different forms of warfare. We're seeing the drones that are coming down at angles and with speed and with precision…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…light armored vehicles, amphibious combat vehicles, the MQ–9B—and the SkyGuardian drones . That's all the best stuff is, isn't it? If it isn't, please…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…with new systems. And we're coming up with a new system of drones , because drones are really—if you look at the war that's going…
…you're going to come up with some nice, inexpensive engine for a drone so that we don't have to spend so much. I asked one…
…And you know, in the case of Iran, they make a good drone , and they make them for $35-, $40,000, so I said to…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Houthis from the list of foreign terrorist organizations, even while missiles and drones were being launched right here at your beautiful city of Riyadh and…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…since the Second World War, and it's every week. A lot of drone fighting. It's a whole new form of warfare, and it's violent and…
Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…in Ohio. On display next to me is their 125-pound Roadrunner drone . Where is that little sucker? Where is it? Which is that? Wow…
…say, "Isn't it beautiful?" Now you see the Moon, but you see drones all over the place, and I say, "Let's get the hell out…
Mar 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…we're looking at a report. You're right. They make a lot of drones , Iran makes a lot of drones. They make very effective drones too…
Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…speak in just a couple of seconds. But this plane flies with drones . It flies with many, many drones—as many as you want. And…
…but it—it doesn't fly by itself. It flies by—with many drones , as many as we want. And that's something that no other plane…
Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…these fields that are dead because the weapons today are unbelievable, between drones and various types of guns. I'm not even talking about—beyond that…
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…being killed are soldiers just facing each other with guns, rifles, and drones —the new form of warfare—drones. And it's a very sad thing…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…No, no, no. No security, because they had everything shut down to drones . You know, you can shut that down pretty easily if you're sophisticated…