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Dec 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 1 time
…of that, no country has done 20 percent. And it's because of tariffs and because every—and I think because of November 5—the election…
Nov 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends US - Saudi Investment Forum 9 times
…thought were possible. And we're taking in trillions and trillions of dollars. Tariffs have been, frankly, the best things that's ever happened to our country…
…them, and they're all coming back. They're all coming back because of tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs—I mean, they liked the fact that…
…your product back into this country, there will be a 250-percent tariff," nobody would've left. Nobody would've left. And Intel would have been a…
Nov 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Arabia for dinner 4 times
…back into the United States and, I have to say, because of tariffs. I'll also say because of November 5, the election. But because of…
…their stock has gone through the roof because what I did with tariffs last week on certain kinds of vehicles. I won't get into it…
…mid-size and the large trucks because of what we did with tariffs is incredible. It's incredible. So I congratulate both companies, and thank you…
Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 3 times
…ever invested in any country ever before. And it's largely because of tariffs and, I think, November 5 election. But it's the largest amount. As…
…factories. That's AI. It's everything. They're all coming back. Because of the tariffs, they're all coming back, because they don't want to pay 15-, 20…
Nov 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Veterans Day address 1 time
…What a job he's done. We've taken in trillions of dollars in tariffs, and we want to keep it that way. It's been good for…
Nov 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump swears in the ambassador to India 14 times
…be able to do the job. Absolutely. Right. Well, right now, the tariffs are very high on India because of the Russian oil. And they've…
…It's been reduced very substantially. Yes, we're going to be bringing the tariffs down on India. I mean, at some point—— No, at some point…
…people of about $2,000, and we're going to use the remaining tariffs to lower our debt. We're going to be lowering our debt, which…
Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts dinner with Central Asian Countries 1 time
…to have that kind of economic power. This was helped greatly by tariffs. It was helped greatly by November 5, which was the election—Presidential…
Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an annoucement 32 times
…most-favored-nations drug pricing, something that has been helped greatly by tariffs, because when nations refuse to do it—we should have put this…
…to do it, we're going to charge you a like amount of tariffs." And they immediately say, "We'll do it." Which means that Americans should…
…21 trillion, based off the way we're going. And by the way, tariffs are very important. Without tariffs, perhaps it could be a little bit…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 7 times
…or 1 percent." And it's been really helped a lot by the tariffs. It's been really helped incredibly, because this is really a transition period…
…you don't have a country, do you? At the same time, my tariffs are bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars and are helping slash…
…peace." They stopped. I said, "Thank you. Let's trade." Isn't that great? Tariffs did that. You know what? Tariffs—without tariffs, that would have never…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…that people talk about. It was all worked out very quickly. Without tariffs, I couldn't have done it. I put a 100-percent tariff on…
…as I heard it—within 20 minutes, I put a 100-percent tariff on China—on President Xi, who's really a friend of mine—as…
Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with President of South Korea 2 times
…that is the national security, you know, given to us by the tariffs—properly used tariffs, very properly used. And other countries, as you know…
Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump in South Korea for APEC CEOs Luncheon 13 times
…opening up big. And again, it's national security, and it's because of tariffs. We're reclaiming our heritage as nation of builders and doers, and we're…
…got to all balance out a little bit. When I announced reciprocal tariffs last April, some people thought it was wonderful, and others really weren't…
…didn't understand tariffs because tariffs were used against us. We didn't use tariffs, stupidly, and we do now. National security. This week, we proved once…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with Japanese business leaders 10 times
…United States, a lot of them, and that's great, because of the tariffs and because of the November 5 election. I think both. But the…
…the—a lot of the wars that I stopped were because of tariffs. And be—frankly, I did a great service to the world, because…
…the—we have a lot of car plants opening up because of tariffs. They don't want to pay tariffs. And they come and, frankly, Japan…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I think, because of the November 5 election and because of the tariffs, and I was just authorized to make that statement. And we have…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump visits troops on USS George Washington 12 times
…it's because of November 5, election day, but it's also because of tariffs. The tariffs have been so good. It—we're taken in trillions and…
…all of them. And you're all—and they were talking about the tariffs. The tariffs have—nobody understood tariffs like I understood tariffs. And the…
…not going to do any trade." I was going to put big tariffs on both countries. And they said, "Well, guess we're not going to…
Oct 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 8 times
…doing that, yes. But they are paying right now a 20-percent tariff because of fentanyl. That's billions and billions of dollars that they're paying…
…country. A hundred million. They lose $100 billion with the 20-percent tariff. So it's not a good business proposition. It's $100 billion approximately that…
…Economically, the country is the strongest it's ever been. Thank God for tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs, we'd be a third-world nation. But…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Diwali Celebration 14 times
…that election result didn't happen. I think, much more importantly, we have tariffs that—you build in the United States, you don't have a tariff…
…have agreed, and the countries have agreed. Now, if I didn't have tariffs, I wouldn't have been able to get it. I said, "Well, if…
…would be generally more difficult. If we didn't have the power of tariffs, they wouldn't have agreed. They would have said, "Nope, you've got to…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 23 times
…things. They want to discuss the fact that they're paying 157-percent tariff. It's a little higher than they thought. And we're doing very well…
…together; we made a deal, and it was all based—without the tariffs, you could have never made the deal. I'll tell you what, tariffs…
…by nations that used to take it from us, and they used tariffs on us. We never used it on them because we were foolish…
Oct 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 3 times
…are agreeing to it, because if they don't, we put them—put tariffs on them, and then they agree. So it's amazing. It's amazing how…
…the election result, November 5, and, maybe most importantly, because of the tariffs, because if they do it here, there are no tariffs. So we…
Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 5 times
…on trade. We're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars on the tariffs. The tariffs are making this country so rich, and they're making it…
…phone, and I said, "Listen, we're going to put a 200 percent tariff on your country for any product you sell into the United States…
…of trade. You know, the power of trade, but the power of tariffs. Tariffs have made us a very kind nation, because a lot of…
Oct 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Speech in Israel 1 time
…powerful, the richest nations, really, in the world. Although now, with the tariffs, the United States is by far the richest nation in the world…
Oct 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 6 times
…would like to say it, but behind the scenes, he did say tariffs were a big reason he came here and also the fact he…
…for almost everybody that's here, most of them are here because of tariffs. Because you have to understand, he has no tariffs. If you build…
…largely through trade. I mean, that one, numerous of them, I talked tariffs. I said, "Look, if you're going to do that, we're going to…
Oct 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…want to—I would—— Well, I guess he's going to ask about tariffs, because a lot of companies from Canada are moving into the United…
…back into the U.S. And he's probably going to be asking about tariffs. He—they're losing a lot of companies in Canada. They're coming into…
…of them was because of my ability at trade and because of tariffs. If I didn't have tariffs to throw around a little bit, you…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…immediately. And we have a lot of money coming in with the tariffs. We've never had money like this coming in. We're a rich country…
…plants in the United States. They're all coming back for two reasons: tariffs, and I think they liked November 5. You know, they liked the…
…China is coming. They're all coming. And that way, they avoid paying tariffs. So, you know, they're coming for that reason. So, by opening up…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…but if they didn't go along, we were going to put extra tariffs on those countries. And we were going to charge them the amount…
…I said if we don't make a deal, then we're going to tariff them an extra 5, 6, 7, 8 percent, whatever the difference is…
…So we took away the advantage. By the fact that we have tariffs, we took away the advantage that they would have of just saying…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times
…principle of merit. That's the most important word—other than the word "tariff." I love tariffs. Most beautiful word. But I'm not allowed to say…
…anymore. I said "tariff" is my favorite word. I love the word "tariff." You know, we're becoming rich as hell. We have a big case…
…I said my favorite word in the English dictionary is the word "tariff," and people thought that was strange. And the fake news came over…
Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…doing well. We've never done this well. We have—because of the tariffs that are coming in, the deals that are being made, and $950…
…it lightly before—but we're taking in tremendous amounts of money with tariffs. We've never seen anything like it. Nobody has—no country has ever…
…devote a little bit of that money, a little bit of the tariff money, to our farmers. Our farmers have been incredible. They are the…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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…