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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.

“China” said in 220 of 436 transcripts, 1,194 times.

Counted forms: china, chinas, china's.

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Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 26 times

  1. …I did it in a different form with tariffs and taxes on China. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars. No other President, as…
  2. …everybody. This is something that should have been done many years ago. China did it. I mean, China did it at a level that probably…
  3. …seen before. If you manufactured a car, you couldn't send it into China, the tariff was so high. So, everybody went and they built in…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …Nobody wants to do business. They say: "Look, we can deal with China. They can do whatever they want. We can deal with Russia. We…
  2. …but they didn't do anything. As you know, I put tariffs on China. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars with those tariffs, and…

The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan

Feb 7, 2025 Press conference 4 times

  1. …look at Norway, Denmark, Sweden, various countries all up and down—Finland—China does very well in education—and then you look at us. We…
  2. …expect the strongest military, by far, in the world—far stronger than China, far stronger than anybody, and that's the way it is. Thank you…
  3. …of LNG immediately. Actually, we did it a few days ago. And China—and right now, not only China, everybody wants to buy it. We…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times

  1. …see whether or not we can work something out on the tariffs. China—we'll be speaking to China probably over the next 24 hours. We…
  2. …coming into our country. Now, we had another big thing. Speaking of China, China is involved with the Panama Canal. They won't be for long…
  3. …get something very strong, or we're going to take it back. And China will be dealt with. And we didn't give that to China. We…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Upon Arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Feb 2, 2025 Other 7 times

  1. …terrible. They violated the agreement. They're not allowed to violate the agreement. China is running the Panama Canal. That was not given to China; that…
  2. …used. And we have to focus on our country. Tremendous deficits with China, tremendous deficits with the European Union, tremendous deficits with Mexico and Canada…
  3. …was written in Chinese. That's not right. So it wasn't meant for China. It should have never been made. The deal was a ridiculous deal…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …come through Canada, and a lot of fentanyl comes through Canada. And China makes the fentanyl. You know, China makes the fentanyl, gives it to…
  2. …the great wonders of the world. And we didn't give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and Panama has been ripping down all…
  3. …people because they didn't enforce the deals. We have a deal with China, which is phenomenal for the farmers, but there was nobody to enforce…

Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on an Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …250 billion, $300 billion a year—and Mexico is a method of China sending in its product—and, with China, I'm also thinking about something…
  2. …because of that, they're causing us hundreds of thousands of deaths. So China is going to end up paying a tariff also for that, and…
  3. …that. We'll make that determination on what it's going to be, but China has to stop sending fentanyl into our country and killing our people…

Remarks at a House Republican Conference Dinner in Miami, Florida

Jan 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times

  1. …if we can save all that voice and all the jobs and China won't be involved—you don't want China involved. But we'll see what…
  2. …was so one-sided. You know, we had obligations, but Russia didn't, China didn't, other countries didn't. We paid every—we were going to lose…
  3. …the World Health Organization, where we paid $500 million a year—and China paid just $39 million a year, despite a much larger population. How…

Remarks on the National Economy in Las Vegas, Nevada

Jan 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …the World Health Organization, where we paid $500 million a year and China paid $39 million a year, despite a much larger population. Think of…
  2. …we would. They have to clean it up a little bit. But China pays $39 million for 1.4 billion, and we're paying $500 million…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …huge positive impact. And you know, we want to be ahead of China. We're, right now, way ahead of China. David Sacks is one of…
  2. …It's a world. That's a whole different world. And we're ahead of China now because of what I'm doing, and I think it's going to…
  3. …But I have certain hatreds of people too—— ——you know? Which one? China? They have a lot of power over Russia. They supply energy to…

Remarks to the World Economic Forum and a Question-and-Answer Session With Business Leaders

Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times

  1. …everything, and it's so unfair." I said, "How does it compare to China?" He said, "It's much worse." And the other thing, as you know…
  2. …it. Because it's a very competitive—it will be very competitive with China and others. So I'm going to give emergency declarations so that they…
  3. …actually, you could look worldwide, we—we're—we were beating everybody from China to everybody else. So—and we think we really—now, with what…

Remarks on Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Development and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …want to do is, we want to keep it in this country. China is a competitor, and others are competitors. We want it to be…
  2. …know what's happening. This is money that normally would have gone to China or other countries—but, in particular, China. In total, before the end…
  3. …I had that talk with President Xi the other day, too, of China. I said, "We don't want that crap in our country." We've got…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 26 times

  1. …immigration. Which one? No. You're talking about which? Say it again. Oh, China. Well, you—as you know, I put on—large tariffs on China…
  2. …amounts of steel. We've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars from China because they—and they were unable to terminate the tariffs that I…
  3. …other things too. And the very big thing is the Panama Canal. China controls the Panama Canal. What's that all about? They're not supposed to…

Remarks and a Document Signing Ceremony Following the Inaugural Parade at Capitol One Arena

Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …energy that you can have by far, and they're all made in China, by the way—practically all of them. And they kill your birds…
  2. …rip-off. The United States will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity. You know, China, I—and look, they use a…
  3. …any business with us. You're not going to do business with America. China passed. Everybody passed. They were broke. They didn't have money for Hamas…

Inaugural Address

Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …or form. And that includes the United States Navy. And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn't give it to China…