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Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 8 times

  1. …to get out. And, you know, there's this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about: "affordability." They just say the word. It doesn't mean anything…
  2. …were before. But the word "affordability" is a con job by the Democrats. They say "affordability"—I watched the other day where some very low…
  3. …that comes down, everything comes down. But the word "affordability" is a Democrat scam. They say it, and then they go on to the next…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Prince 4 times

  1. …going on the Epstein files. And what the Epstein is, is a Democrat hoax to try and get me not to be able to talk…
  2. …it in my pocket, of all the money that he's given to Democrats. He gave me none. Zero. No money to me. But he gave…
  3. …So I've answered your question. You should go and look at the Democrats who received money from Epstein, who spent their time—Larry Summers was…

Remarks at McDonald's Impact Summit 2025

Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 2 times

  1. …affordable." And affordable is—should be our word, not theirs, because the Democrats got up and talked, "Affordability, affordability," and they don't say that they…
  2. …down enough. We'll come back. We'll come back, Mr. Chairman. But while Democrats wanted to give Americans the largest tax hike in history, in July…

Remarks During a Meeting With the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a meeting on the World Cup 10 times

  1. …You know, we had a little shutdown that was caused by the Democrats, and this will make up for it many times over. So that's…
  2. …to this country—and I really say this: What Biden and the Democrats have done to this country can never ever be forgotten. Probably would…
  3. …here's what I want: We have nothing to do with Epstein. The Democrats do. All of his friends were Democrats. You look at this Reid…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure From West Palm Beach, Florida

Nov 16, 2025 Other 5 times

  1. …am. We're negotiating with lawmakers. And I've had personal talks with some Democrats—I can't tell you who they are—I just don't want to…
  2. …cavalierly, but it sounded good. And everybody has picked it up, including Democrats. And we—I am talking to some Democrats right now about doing…
  3. …now. We have a great economy. The prices are coming down. The Democrats like to use the word "affordability," but their affordability was terrible. The…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to West Palm Beach, Florida

Nov 14, 2025 Other 8 times

  1. …And, in terms of affordability, it's not a good word for the Democrats, it's a good word for us, because our prices are much lower…
  2. …I think they have 50,000 pages already. Look, this is a Democrat hoax. This is a hoax put out by the Democrat, and a…
  3. …along with it because they're weak and ineffective. But this is a Democrat hoax to get away from the fact that they just lost the…

Remarks on Signing the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

Nov 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump ends the government shutdown 13 times

  1. …if people don't know what they're doing. For the past 43 days, Democrats in Congress shut down the Government of the United States in an…
  2. …to extortion, because that's what it was. They tried to extort. The Democrats tried to extort our country. In just a moment, I'll sign a…
  3. …many, many others—unions and nonunions. Over the past 7 weeks, the Democrat shutdown has inflicted massive harm. They caused 20,000 flights to be…

Remarks Upon Arrival From Landover, Maryland

Nov 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …really, prisoners, illegals that come into our country. And I think the Democrats understand that. And it looks like we're getting close to the shutdown…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister 13 times

  1. …very well. We have a shutdown, as you probably know, because the Democrats have gone—they're crazy. They're crazy. But they don't care if they…
  2. …right now—other than the shutdown, obviously, which is caused by the Democrats. Could be ended by the Democrats in two minutes. They feel much…
  3. …con job. "Affordability," they call it, was a con job by the Democrats. The Democrats are good at a few things: cheating on elections and…

Remarks on Efforts To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an annoucement 10 times

  1. …gasoline goes down and energy goes down, everything else follows. What the Democrats do is they lie. We are the ones that have done great…
  2. …they go out and they took—they take commercials how under the Democrats you have affordability. It's just the opposite. We have much lower prices…
  3. …the ones that have done a great job in affordability, not the Democrats. And yet we just lost a couple of elections. They were very…

Remarks at the American Business Forum in Miami, Florida

Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 7 times

  1. …job—they didn't do a damn thing. Yet, as we speak, the Democrats in Congress are trying to put all of this progress at risk…
  2. …That's what Biden gave us, all of those things. With the reckless Democrat shutdown, virtually every Democrat in Congress has voted to hold the American…
  3. …we just had. They were the worst years. Meanwhile, the radical-left Democrats are causing millions of Americans who depend on food stamps to go…

Remarks at a Breakfast With Republican Senators

Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times

  1. …was, you know, not expected to be a victory. It was very Democrat areas. But I don't think it was good for Republicans. I don't…
  2. …So, as you know, we are in the midst of a disastrous, Democrat-created Government shutdown—and it is Democrat-created, but I don't think…
  3. …they should—that's now officially the longest shutdown in American history. The Democrat radicals in the Senate have shown zero interest in reopening the Government…

Remarks During a Telerally for New Jersey Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli

Nov 3, 2025 Tele-rally Kalshi: Trump joins NJ Tele-Rally 5 times

  1. …lower energy costs. Your energy costs have gone through the roof under Democrat leadership, even though, on a national basis, they've gone way down. You're…
  2. …be true. But we're at a—position where it's incredible, but the Democrats, if they got in—your energy costs in New Jersey are very…
  3. …energy is a big factor. You want high energy, vote for the Democrat. If you want to see really low energy costs, vote for Jack…

Remarks During Telerally for Virginia Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Winsome Earle-Sears and Attorney General Candidate Jason S. Miyares

Nov 3, 2025 Tele-rally Kalshi: Trump joins VA Tele-Rally 4 times

  1. …a big, big celebration. So please go out and vote. The entire Democrat ticket in Virginia is totally unfit to hold office, frankly. I mean…
  2. …for the Governor. Despite Jay Jones's calls for murdering his opponents, the Democrat candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Abigail Spanberger and Ghazala Hashmi, still…
  3. …during the course of a year. Very, very dangerous. The radical-left Democrats in the race are the—supporting something called "no-cash bail." And…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Upon Arrival in West Palm Beach, Florida

Oct 31, 2025 Other 2 times

  1. …dollars. And our country is doing well. The shutdown proceeds because the Democrats just don't know what they're doing. I don't know what's wrong with…
  2. …fault. It's so easily solved. You know, we have a number of Democrats that have already voted for this. But the Republicans are very unified…

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

Oct 31, 2025 Other 5 times

  1. …was wrong, but he apologized. Well, there always is. But all the Democrats have to do is say let's go. I mean, you know, they…
  2. …do is say the Government is open. And we only need five Democrats. But they're—you know, they've become a radical-left party—they really…
  3. …you know, largely, when you talk about SNAP, you're talking about, largely, Democrats. But I'm President; I want to help everybody. I want to help…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Gyeongju, South Korea

Oct 29, 2025 Other 6 times

  1. …The country is doing great. We have the shutdown caused by the Democrats. And at some point, they'll get—they'll come back. I think they…
  2. …great people. On what? Well, we're going to get it done. The Democrats have caused the problem on food stamps, because all they have to…
  3. …worked, it never will work, and we can do something with the Democrats much better than Obamacare. Less money and better health care. And that's…

Remarks to United States Servicemembers With Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan in Yokosuko, Japan

Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump visits troops on USS George Washington 3 times

  1. …category? But now, all we really have to do is get the Democrats to approve it. But they'll come along. They always do, you know…
  2. …it would be nice to have more help from some of the Democrat Governors that don't mind. In Chicago, 2 weeks ago, 4 people murdered…
  3. …the submarine? They said, "No, that was just fishing." The radical-left Democrats said, "Well, it was a submarine, but they were just fishing." Submarines…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Force One En Route to Tokyo, Japan

Oct 27, 2025 Other 4 times

  1. …to meet, I'd love to meet him. Yes, there is. But the Democrat should just do a simple extension. That's the best way. The Democrats…
  2. …see better health care, period. We're not looking to do that. The Democrats can solve that problem with air traffic control. All they have to…
  3. …country is doing so well economically. It's doing so incredibly well. The Democrats should let it open. I guess they don't do that because it's…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion With the Homeland Security Task Force and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 13 times

  1. …children and, I think, wife. And he continues to run, and the Democrats continue. He's running for what—attorney general in Virginia? Look what he…
  2. …you vote for somebody like that? But I don't view that every Democrat would say that because not every Democrat would say that. So you…
  3. …Sometimes the Republicans are too nice. They're a very nice party. The Democrats play a much dirtier fight. You know, it's amazing, you go after…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 4 times

  1. …that aren't working right now that should be. And it's because the Democrats want to try and renegotiate a deal that they had negotiated. They…
  2. …happen. And I will tell you, there are a lot of good Democrats that really want to make a deal. And I think—all we…
  3. …great support on the Republican side. So I think we need five Democrats, and there are a lot of them that want to make a…

Remarks at a Lunch With Republican Senators

Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 17 times

  1. …you very much. Thank you. What a friendly group this is. No Democrats are here, right? Well, I want to thank everybody. This has been…
  2. …leave, because anytime you have—as you know, anytime you have a Democrat Senator—not even two, just one—they'll say: "Because of the time…
  3. …have to leave," and I put somebody else in. And I've had Democrat Senators say, "The only one we'll ever approve is a Democrat." This…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Oct 19, 2025 Other 7 times

  1. …do whatever we can do to have great health care. But the Democrats want to destroy all health care, because they want to give $1…
  2. …institutions, and we're not going to destroy our health care for the Democrats. Yes, he's going to stop purchases. Well, then they're going to just…
  3. …me. And as of now, it's terminated, and it's terminated—— ——because the Democrats are so foolish. What they've done to the country—I mean, we…

The President's News Conference

Oct 15, 2025 Press conference Kalshi: Trump Press Conference 5 times

  1. …would have had some that didn't even get in all because of Democrat obstruction. So John Thune did a great job. I signed—I must…
  2. …want to do, but he was forced to do it by the Democrats. And as far as the shutdown is concerned, this is a Democrat…
  3. …got the people that we want paid. And I'll tell you, the Democrats, they don't talk about this. You know, we're getting rid of programs…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With President Javier Milei of Argentina and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 11 times

  1. …a lot of trade, and then—if you look at what the Democrats—well, they didn't know. They didn't know. Honestly, they didn't know what…
  2. …troops." But this was a position that's being forced upon us by Democrats, and all they have to do is just sign a piece of…
  3. …a failed politician. He's allowed the radical left to take over the Democrat Party. So, if they write books about that, if they write books…

Remarks on Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 8 times

  1. …averaging about 654-percent reduction in price. You believe that one? The Democrats will say, "Well, he should have gotten more." It's crazy. In addition…
  2. …So nobody ever thought they were going to see. And don't let Democrats take the credit, because, you know, they'll try. They'll say, "Oh, we…
  3. …House. Yes, please. Well, it'll be a lot. And it will be Democrat-oriented, because we figure, you know, they started this thing, so they…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo of Finland and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump's Bilateral meeting with President of Finland 3 times

  1. …looking to do that at all. Go ahead, please. Yes, blame the Democrats. They ought to call their local Democrat representative, whether it's a senator…
  2. …Congressman or Senator, and tell them to get on the ball. The Democrats have caused this problem. Yes, please. Where are you from? I love…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 15 times

  1. …despite the radical-left lunatics that shut down our Government. You have Democrats that they've lost their way. They have no leadership. We don't even…
  2. …funding levels both parties have supported in the past. So the radical Democrats have chosen to put the economy to our country—we have the…
  3. …we have an economy that's blowing it away. And we have the Democrats who are trying to obstruct. They don't want to have a good…