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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…
Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 9 times
…China and others. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs . No inflation. The most successful period of time that we've ever had… …to doing that. We've already taken in over $100 billion worth of tariffs , and we haven't even started. And all I say to the other… …is—and this is also that, but it's also because of the tariffs , the tremendous success. We're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars in…
Jul 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…this week. What are you talking about? No, they're going to be tariffs . The tariffs are going to be the tariffs. I think we'll have…
Jul 4, 2025 Other 6 times
…Probably 12—12 different—— Well, different amounts of money, different amounts of tariffs , and somewhat different statements. You'll be announced—I have to announce it… …200 countries. I think the letters are better. I think a simple tariff is simpler than and better than sitting down and working 15 different… …You see the kind of money already. You know, we're taking in tariffs now on cars, usually about 25 percent. Every car that comes into…
Jul 4, 2025 Other 4 times
…covered, and they'll range in value from maybe 60- or 70-percent tariffs to 10- and 20-percent tariffs. But they're going to be starting… …going to explain what the countries are going to be paying in tariffs , and it's very important. It's a lot of money for the country… …get to the smaller countries, we're pretty much going to keep the tariffs the same. Not really. I mean, they'll start to pay on August…
Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…our stock market. We're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars on tariffs with no inflation. And today we just set another record: the highest… …what, the farmers here are going to do incredibly. Plus, we have tariffs on a lot of this stuff that was coming in and absolutely… …agreement with Vietnam to open their markets to American exports with zero tariffs . They get zero tariffs. And you're going to be giving them vast…
Jul 3, 2025 Other 2 times
…know, my inclination is to send a letter out and saying what tariff they're going to be paying. It's just much easier. We have, you… …to pay a 20-percent or a 25- or a 30-percent tariff ." And we're going to be sending some letters out starting probably tomorrow…
Jul 1, 2025 Other 2 times
…in this country. And you saw we took in $129 billion in tariffs already, and we haven't even started. No inflation. Our country is strong… …do that, we're going to have a deal for less—much less tariffs . Thank you for telling me, by the way. Yes. Yes. Well, the…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 4 times
…They've had farmers that are getting, like, 300, 400, 200 percent in tariffs . Nobody has ever seen anything like it. We have cases—you don't… …making a lot of money. We're taking in billions of dollars in tariffs . We have one—we have $15 trillion dollars of money that wants… …know, I said I was going to put on a 50-percent tariff . As soon as I said that—I put it out on Truth…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…but some will be disappointed because they're going to have to pay tariffs . And we've taken in already hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs… …the—call me back. You have to call me back. Check the tariff column." He calls me back 2 hours later. He says: "You're right… …leaders. And we took in $5.1 trillion just there. Without the tariffs —I mean, they also liked a thing called November 5, November 6…
Jun 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…about?" "About $80 billion." I said, "Do me a favor, check the tariff line." They called me back an hour later, "Sir, we've taken in… …maybe more importantly than the billions of dollars we're taking in with tariffs is the fact that we're—we've got hundreds of plants going up… …at him; I knew exactly what he meant. I said, "You mean tariffs , right?" He said: "That's right. If you ever get rid of those…
Jun 25, 2025 Press conference 2 times
…inflation. We have a tremendous economy. Hundreds of billions of dollars of tariff money is pouring in. Factories are being built because they don't want…
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…We don't know how to account for it." I said, "Check the tariffs ." Eighty-eight billion dollars came in from tariffs, no inflation, and it's… …don't know where it's coming from, sir." I said, "Check out the tariffs ." He calls back about a day later, "Wow, I think you were… …read, and they're coming here because they don't want to pay the tariffs . They can't pay the tariffs. Doesn't work. So I just want to…
Jun 16, 2025 Other 4 times
…a lot of money. You know, we took in $88 million in tariffs . And I was called by Congress about 2 nights ago saying: "We… …never seen anything like this. What is it?" I said, "Check the tariff column." And it's about $88 million that they've never seen before, and… …to make a car, you're going to pay a 25-, 30-percent tariff ," and they would have never left. Nobody said that to anybody until…
Jun 16, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…much holding up. I think we have different concepts. I have a tariff concept, and Mark has a different concept, which is something that some… …if we can get to the bottom of it today. I'm a tariff person. I've always been a tariff—it's simple, it's easy, it's precise…
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 14 times
…You know, all of these things—we've taken in $88 billion in tariffs in 2 months—$88 billion—with no inflation. And if we're smart… …announced yesterday they're going to spend about $6 billion on—because of tariffs and maybe because of my election on November 5. But because of… …Everybody knew that—the autoworkers knew better than anybody how good the tariffs were. And the head of the Auto Brakers —I don't know him…
Jun 11, 2025 Other 2 times
…saw them today, they're setting records. We took eight—$88 billion in tariffs in 2 months, far beyond what anybody expected. There's no inflation. People… …saw how good the numbers were. We took in $88 billion in tariffs in 2½, and that—we didn't even start yet. No, we're bringing…
Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…it. I took in hundreds of billions of dollars. I put on tariffs on China when I got in—first term— and we took in… …they saw the billions of dollars that were pouring in, and the tariffs hadn't even started yet, just about. They were on cars. They were…
Jun 6, 2025 Other 1 time
…are happening with our country. We're taking in billions of dollars of tariff money. The money is pouring in, and it hasn't even started yet…
Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…a trade deal or we'll do something. You know, we'll do the tariffs . I mean, I'm okay with the tariffs, or we make a deal… …the roof—the economic numbers—because of the election and because of tariffs and other things—a lot of things. But we've had some of…
May 30, 2025 Other 1 time
…place: the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania. The steelworkers are very happy we did the tariffs . It's going to put them even—make them even more competitive. And…
May 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 20 times
…south. They were all in trouble. He said, "If you could get tariffs , sir, it'd save this company." And I thought about it. I studied… …you happy, didn't we? We saved the company. We put 25-percent tariffs on your—on your company. So, we had protection. We were protected… …Oh, inflation. Inflation." We're taking in billions and billions of dollars in tariffs and other things. And we're keeping—our competitive nations, we're keeping them…
May 30, 2025 Press conference 11 times
…that helped produce those numbers. And it will only get better. The tariffs are so important, and that's why we were so happy with the… …wouldn't have any impact on me. I have great support on the tariffs . I mean, I was so honored that we got that ridiculous stay… …have left us vulnerable. We have a lot of countries that use tariffs on us and use them viciously, actually. Viciously. And if we didn't…
May 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…country"? And because I gave the European Union a 50-percent tax—tariff , and they called up and they said: "Please, let's meet right now… …know, little bit—they want me to hold that number—145-percent tariff . Even I said, "Man, that really got up." You know how it… …cold turkey with China. We were doing no business because of the tariff , because it was so high, but I knew that. But don't ever…
May 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…any longer. Yes. Well, I think this—— There's no—— There is no tariff , because what they'll do is they'll send their companies into the U.S… …have. And if they build their plant here, then they have no tariff at all. I'm not looking for a deal. I mean, we've set… …that product—now, again, when they build their plant here, there's no tariff . So, they're going to be building plants here. But I had an…
May 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…They've been so good. You might also say—you're talking about the tariffs . He has some of the biggest auto plants in the world moving… …Indiana. Only for one reason—maybe two reasons: November 5 and the tariffs . Okay? But the tariffs have driven tremendous business into this country, but…
May 20, 2025 Other 3 times
…into office, and we've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariff money, and we've had no inflation. You know, they kept saying inflation… …of the automakers is now my biggest fan. He said, "He did tariffs ." You know how many auto plants are being built now in this…
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…were losing, in trade, $5 billion a day. And now, because of tariffs and other things, we're making $1 billion a day. And the tariffs… …charge of the biggest deal ever made in history. That's the whole tariffs . We have taken in trillions of dollars—trillions. And we've been hurt… …inflation, and we're taking in billions—hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs , which we never did before. We got a hot country right now…
May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Just build your plant inside the United States, and you have no tariffs ," and that's exactly what they're doing. And that's what many, many companies…
May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…but if they do it here, they have to pay a big tariff to send it in. So you know what they're doing? They're building…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…a deal where—where basically they're willing to literally charge us no tariff . So we go from the highest tariff, you couldn't do business in… …Scott, you were working on that also—that there will be no tariff , right? Would you say that's a difference? They're the highest, and now…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…before. There's never been anything like it. And we let other people tariff us into losing a lot of money and a lot of jobs…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 21 times
…after productive talks in Geneva. Both sides now agree to reduce the tariffs imposed after April 2 to 10 percent for 90 days as negotiators… …that—a couple of things. First of all, that doesn't include the tariffs that are already on, that are our tariffs; and it doesn't include… …United States, and they're already starting to come back now based on tariffs , because they don't want to pay 25-, 50-, or 100-percent tariffs…
May 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…When I was President, they paid hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs and taxes, and then Biden screwed it all up. He—what he…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…have a discussion on that separately. And as you know, we're putting tariffs on that particular—film, he said; the moviemakers. And we're going to… …deficits—that this particular country is going to pay a 25-percent tariff or a 30 percent or a 50 percent or a 10 percent… …they haven't even spoken to us. They're doing it because of the tariffs . And tariffs have always been used against us, and I never understood…
May 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to be, I think, a much better term. And I think the tariffs are coming in— starting to come in. We're—we were losing $5…
May 6, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…the only reason—but because of they have now a 145- percent tariff , there's no trading. You can't trade with 145 percent. We are therefore… …dollars a day on trade. Those numbers are rapidly turning. Between the tariffs —don't forget: We're now getting 25 percent on cars, 25 percent on… …a cram course. But they're all moving into America because of the tariffs and the—I don't think people have appreciated it. Some people do…
May 4, 2025 Other 2 times
…do that, and we're looking at it right now. Yes. The movie tariffs , what they've done is, other nations have been stealing the—the movies… …make a movie inside the United States, then we should have a tariff on movies that come in. And not only that, governments are actually…
May 4, 2025 Other 3 times
…signing. I'm going to be setting the deal. I'll be setting a tariff . You keep asking the same question: "When will you agree?" It's up… …a day. Now we're not dealing with China at all because the tariff is so high that they basically can't deal. And because of that… …of. So, at a certain point, I'll be just setting a certain tariff number. Say it. Well, that shouldn't be happening. But the other thing…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…dollars. And it's all about November 5—the November 5 election and tariffs and incentives that we've given that are going to make this country… …at any time. And it's all because they want to avoid the tariffs . "We want to get here fast." And I said, you know, a…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…off anymore. You know, a lot of people like to talk about tariffs . Well, tariffs is exactly what they were doing for us. You know…
Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…think two things happened. November 5 happened. And November 5 gave you tariffs , intelligently used tariffs and various other forms of incentive. But it's really… …very big plant because they want to be able to beat the tariffs . It's the only way to beat them. The entire Trump economic agenda… …understand that if you build your factory in the United States, your tariff rate is zero—zero—and you have other advantages too and not…
Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…I just walked in—I heard Samsung is now—because of the tariffs , they're going to build massive facilities in the United States. If we… …money. What they need is an incentive to come in, and the tariffs —they're building because of the tariffs. If—without the tariffs—and I'd… …to say they're building because of November 5, the election, and the tariffs , but I'm going to be a little more blunt. They're building because…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times
…and build cars again. You know why? Because of our tax and tariff policy. They're coming from all over the world. They're coming up, and… …mandated to do anything. And I've already proudly imposed a 25-percent tariff on all foreign automobiles, any foreign car—like they do to us… …rapidly as possible, I've just signed an Executive order to give partial tariff rebates to any company that assembles its cars right here in the…
Apr 27, 2025 Other 6 times
…is way down. It's all coming down. It's all looking good. The tariffs are strong. It's—we're taking in a lot of money from tariffs… …of our country because the money is so great coming in from tariffs that I'll be able to reduce taxes to a very large extent… …it's possible we'll do a complete tax cut, because I think the tariffs will be enough to cut all of the income tax. Now, we…
Apr 25, 2025 Other 6 times
…But I'm speaking to people from all over the world on the tariffs , and we're making very good deals. Very good deals. It's going to… …it open. They don't want it open. The big thing are the tariffs . But because of tariffs, I could possibly get that. What do you… …but we'll also make deals. In other words, we'll just set the tariff , and we'll be reasonable—very reasonable, and that will be the end…