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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 228 of 464 transcripts, 1,237 times.

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Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 3 times

  1. …We have—we have import and we have export. We import from China massive amounts, and maybe we'll have to stop doing that. But I…
  2. …one of the things is soybeans. I had a great deal with China where they would buy $50 billion worth of our farm product and…
  3. …up President Xi every 2 weeks, or I'd call up people in China, say: "You've got to keep going. You're not buying the amount that…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 6 times

  1. …over the world. When you look at Europe, when you look at China, when you look at all of the—any—almost every country charged…
  2. …you have to be able to compete. We have big advantages over China for lots of different reasons. And I think we're doing very well…
  3. …But you have to be able to compete to do well with China. If you can't compete, you're not going to do well with China…

Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …detect it. There's no way—we're 25 years ahead of Russia and China in submarines. Russia is actually second in submarines. China is third. But…
  2. …dominated. We really dominate in that sphere now. We were way behind China and Russia, and now we dominate. Space Force turned out to be…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …because to get it done properly, we really needed the support of China and the approval of China. Yes, ma'am. I always like MAGA-related…
  2. …going to get a lot of money in taxes. And you know, China wanted to see this go. This is a great legacy for China…
  3. …announcing different things, but the U.S. comes out great. And I think China comes out great, because they're going to have a very important legacy…

Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City

Sep 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Address to United Nations General Assembly 8 times

  1. …is: How many more lives will be needlessly lost on both sides? China and India are the primary funders of the ongoing war by continuing…
  2. …them out without massive subsidies. And most of them are built in China, and I give China a lot of credit. They build them, but…
  3. …by a global increase of 54 percent, much of it coming from China and other countries that are thriving around China, which now produces more…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …as you know, and the investors are getting ready. And I think China wanted to see it stay open too. They wanted to see it…
  2. …badly. And so, we were able to work out a deal with China. And it's a very good deal for us. It's a very—I…
  3. …Save TikTok." So many people. It's a big thing. And you know, China can be very proud that they were able to get that started…

The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 4 times

  1. …the base is, as you know, it's an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. So a lot of things are happening. But…
  2. …they'll do a great job. And we're doing it in conjunction with China, but we are getting—the United States is getting a tremendous fee…
  3. …we're pretty close to a deal. We may do an extension with China, but it's an extension based on the same terms that we have…

Remarks on Signing the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act and Executive Orders and Announcing the 2026 Group of Twenty (G-20) Nations Summit in Miami, Florida, and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …going to keep Bagram, because Bagram is 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. We were going to have that all to…
  2. …dollars of drugs are pouring out of Venezuela and other countries. Look, China—what they're doing with fentanyl is a terrible thing. It comes through…
  3. …it's very exciting. We're going to end up with more electricity than China. And it's going to be built at no cost to us. And…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Karol Nawrocki of Poland and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …is over the next week or two. I think that—we helped China very much, as you know, when they talk about freedom. And I…
  2. …don't believe that America, that the United States was acknowledged for helping China to get—to gain its freedom. But perhaps that was just a…
  3. …should have been mentioned last night during that speech, because we helped China very, very much. Yes, go ahead. How do you know there's no…

Remarks on the Relocation of U.S. Space Command Headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama, and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …You know, we were losing the race in space very badly to China and to Russia, and now we're far and away number one in…
  2. …they were dying by the thousands and millions. But we did with China, and China paid us billions and billions of dollars. And I started…
  3. …factories under construction or being designed right now. And they're coming from China. They're coming from Mexico, I must tell you. And they're coming from…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 17 times

  1. …these things open up, I'll tell you what, our country—we're leading China now in AI—substantially leading China. And the reason is because we're…
  2. …Three times more. And the way we are able to succeed: because China goes out and builds these massive plants. They're right now building 58…
  3. …You see these big, ugly patches of black plastic that comes from China. And the solar is—you know, I like solar in some ways…

Remarks on Signing a Proclamation on the Fourth Anniversary of the Terrorist Attack at the Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …myself. I spent hours down there looking. That's in between Russia, Ukraine, China— —all the other stuff. We do it. I want to thank Doug…
  2. …came along, nobody got it. We were abused by other countries. We're— China—I mean, take a look—that's what they—what they did is…
  3. …take place. You know, we did it in my first term with China. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs, but when…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 19 times

  1. …most powerful nuclear country in the world by far. Russia is second. China is third. China is going to catch, eventually—5 or 6 years…
  2. …One of the things we're trying to do with Russia and with China is denuclearization, and we're—it's very important. One of the things I…
  3. …big aim. But Russia is willing to do it, and I think China is going to be willing to do it too. We can't let…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders To Reduce Crime and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …Space Force. It's amazing what it's doing. We're leading in space now. China was killing us. Russia was beating us. China was killing us. We're…
  2. …them that way anymore. You can't. But we left it, and now China is occupying that air base. This was the most incompetent administration in…
  3. …good—a good favor, I think, with the fish, the carp—the China carp. Did you ever hear of it? China carp. And it's taken…

The President's News Conference

Aug 11, 2025 Press conference 7 times

  1. …it's a disgrace what's happened in Los Angeles. We'll see what happens. China has been—we've been dealing very nicely with China, as you probably…
  2. …mean the 20s. No, no. That's—this is an old chip that China already has. And I deal with Jensen, who is a great guy…
  3. …chip that we're talking about, the H20, it's—it's an old chip. China already has it in a different form, different name, but they have…

Remarks on Domestic Investment by Apple Incorporated and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …back and brought it back in a very large way. You know, China is right now building 58 coal-fired plants—58 big ones. And…
  2. …on India. On oil, they're the second largest. They're very close to China in terms of the purchase of oil from Russia. But—so I…
  3. …it probably with a couple of others. One of them could be China, yes. Yes, we're pretty much getting close to it right now, but…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …you know, when they have big events—you entertain the President of China or the President of any place and you have big crowds, they've…
  2. …did do certain tariffs in the first term. If you look at China—China, we took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China. But…

Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …meeting right now. And, you know, we have a good relationship with China, but China is tough and—like you're tough. You know, we're all…
  2. …opened up their country. They were very closed. I'd love to see China open up their country. So we're dealing—we're dealing with China right…
  3. …It doesn't work. It's extremely expensive. All the windmills are made in China. They used to be Germany and China; now they're mostly in China…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Turnberry, Scotland

Jul 25, 2025 Other 4 times

  1. …currency, but you remember the battles I had with the yuan, with China and with Japan—Japan being the yen. They always wanted a weak…
  2. …different fights with President Xi, with—I mean, with—between Japan and China, all they want to do is have a weak currency. They're always…
  3. …weak dollar. I—we—you take a look at the history of China over the last 20 years. All they do is fight for a…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit

Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …their country. And we're in the process of completing our deal with China. And, as you know, the U.K.—we made a deal. It was…
  2. …The European Union, we're getting along. We're getting along very well with China. I have a lot of respect for President Xi. We have a…
  3. …working on right now, I know, but you just can't do it. China is not doing it, and if you're going to be beating China…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ferdinand R. "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., of the Philippines and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 22, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …have a lot of meetings possible. President Xi has invited me to China, and we'll probably be doing that in the not-too-distant future…
  2. …pretty soon. Please. And I don't mind if he gets along with China, because we're getting along with China very well. We have a very…
  3. …well. We're—they're sending them in record numbers. We're getting along with China very well. And I don't mind if the president dealt with China…

Remarks on Signing the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act and Exchange With Reporters

Jul 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …know—and I have a very good relationship with President Xi of China, but I imposed a 20-percent tariff on China because of the…
  2. …done. And I think we're going to work it out so that China is going to end up going from that to giving the death…
  3. …penalty. The death penalty is going to be imposed on people from China that make fentanyl and send it into our country. I believe that's…

Remarks at the Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times

  1. …be able to produce. You know, I'm looking at the numbers of China, where they're producing a lot of electric. Well, they only have one…
  2. …before—I saw a board outside, and it showed how much electricity China is making. Well, we just started, but we're going to actually end…
  3. …number-one superpower in artificial intelligence. And we are way ahead of China, I have to say. We're way ahead of China. And the plants…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 11 times

  1. …kept Bagram, the big air base, which right now is controlled by China. One—among the most powerful runways in the world—thick, thick with…
  2. …could land. And right now—they were 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. I was keeping it. Outside of that, we…
  3. …to deal with. Actually, in many respects, they were much worse than China. Look at what they do to our companies. They sue Apple. They…