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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.

“Nuclear” said in 138 of 464 transcripts, 527 times.

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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 2 times

  1. …problem. It was a perfect attack, and it knocked out any possible nuclear capability for Iran, which nobody wanted to see, and we weren't going…
  2. …Bagram, because Bagram is 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. We were going to have that all to ourselves—a big…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …even "very clean coal." But we have coal going up. We have nuclear going up. Nuclear is very much in vogue now. It's safe and…
  2. …fossil fuel is the thing that works, and then you can add nuclear with it and other things. But fossil fuel is what works if…
  3. …I think it's important that we—these are two very major powers—nuclear powers at that—but two very important powers. You know, when I…

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

Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …India and Pakistan, which was probably 2 weeks away from being a nuclear war. They were shooting down airplanes all over the place. So I…
  2. …because they feel I've saved—I think you would have had a nuclear war if I weren't—I think you would have had a nuclear…
  3. …disaster. You're only 60 miles away from Seoul. They don't even need nuclear. They have their cannons, you know, howitzers, and they have them buried…

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

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …not including in there the—what we did with Iran, stopping their nuclear play. They would have had—within a month or two, they would…
  2. …Pakistan, that was the next level. That was going to be a nuclear war. They already shot down seven jets. That was raging. And I…
  3. …day for other things, because, you know, we're also talking about missiles, nuclear—we're talking about a lot of different things. We're talking about limiting…

Remarks Prior to a Signing Ceremony With President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …prior to what would've been a tremendous conflict, as you know—a nuclear conflict, probably. Also, the Congo and Rwanda. No, that was one where…
  2. …And numerous others. In addition, as you know, we took out the nuclear capability of Iran. And to use a term that people tried to…
  3. …trying to blow up themselves and maybe the world." You know, they're nuclear nations. That was a big one. Getting that one settled, I think…

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

Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …five wars. Plus, add to that Iran, where we wiped out their nuclear capacity for weapons. They would have had a weapon within 2 months…
  2. …It was amazing. And that was a big threat. That was a nuclear threat. And here's the new one that we just ordered, a large…
  3. …stopped wars in the Middle East by stopping Iran from having a nuclear weapon. And they are—they're—you know, they can say they're going…

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 6 times

  1. …know, there's a whole new thing happening with regard to energy from nuclear. And the Prime Minister is looking at that very strongly. And I…
  2. …brand that is. But you're also doing the Rolls-Royce or the nuclear plants—the smaller plants. We're doing smaller and bigger, but the small…
  3. …you're very far progressed. But that's a great thing you're doing on nuclear. We opened up nuclear about 2 months ago. And it's now safe…

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

Jul 25, 2025 Other 2 times

  1. …know, we have restrictions, and they have restrictions, as you know, on nuclear. That's not an agreement you want expiring. We're starting to work on…
  2. …that is a big problem for the world. When you take off nuclear restrictions, that's a big problem. I think that Jerome Powell—I think…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit

Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …those incredible B–2s flew into Iran and took out an entire nuclear potential deadly force. But I want to thank some of the incredible…
  2. …them done. I said: "Lee, you have one week—one week for nuclear, and you have a couple of days for oil and gas—okay…
  3. …also signed an Executive order to rapidly begin construction of safe, reliable nuclear reactors. That's a big thing now. And many of you will—many…

Remarks at White House Reception for Republican Members of Congress

Jul 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …the way, India-Pakistan was probably going to end up in a nuclear war if they kept—you know, they had—they shot down five…
  2. …not going to be good." But they have both—they're both powerful nuclear nations, and that would have happened, and who knows where that would…
  3. …stopped it. Iran—you saw, we took out their entire capability of nuclear. Kosovo and Serbia—we stopped that. And a couple of others that…

Remarks at a Dinner With Republican Senators

Jul 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …was looking like it was going to go—these are two serious nuclear countries, and they were hitting each other. You know, it seems like…
  2. …looked at what we did in Iran, where we knocked out their nuclear capability—totally knocked out that—it's going to be gone for a…
  3. …trade deal if you're going to be throwing around weapons, and maybe nuclear weapons." Both very powerful nuclear states. We did the Congo. This was…

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

Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …a week. Would you say? Now, if you go—if you go nuclear, I promised him I'd give him 2 weeks. Okay? Nuclear, we'll give…
  2. …the longest serving professor in the history of MIT. Three degrees in nuclear, chemical, and math. That's a smart man. Kaczynski was one of his…
  3. …to own your own electric plants, and they'll be powered by maybe nuclear, maybe gas, maybe coal. You know, we brought coal back in. They…

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

Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …what they were doing, which is trying to come up with a nuclear weapon, a nuclear bomb. And we did it very successfully. And we…
  2. …30 years. India, by the way, and Pakistan would have been a nuclear war within another week, the way that was going. That was going…
  3. …the world. We make equipment like no other. You know, our submarines—nuclear submarines are so powerful. They are the most powerful weapon ever built…

Remarks in Des Moines, Iowa

Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …end of that. But the big thing was the attack on their nuclear facilities. What those people did—and you know, they're going to be…
  2. …criminals. A lot of them are on their way out, however. Iran's nuclear enrichment has been obliterated. Remember when CNN said, "It wasn't obliterated"? "It…
  3. …big—for a different reason. I mean, they have little things called nuclear weapons. You would have had, pretty soon, a nuclear war. We stopped…

Remarks During a Meeting With Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Francophonie Therese Kayikwamba Wagner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe of Rwanda and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 8 times

  1. …it—and it was going to get very bad. And they are nuclear nations—very powerful nuclear nations. In the months and years ahead, my…
  2. …was exactly a 12- day war, and we ended up with no nuclear weapons. That's what we wanted. And they were just absolutely blown to…
  3. …very happy about India and Pakistan, because they have—they actually have nuclear weapons. You know, when you talk about Iran, they were trying to…

Remarks on the United States Supreme Court Decision on Nationwide Injunctions From Lower Federal Courts and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times

  1. …to meet. As you know, their sites were obliterated—their very evil nuclear sites. They were—now has been proven. We had some fake news…
  2. …tell—but I don't believe that they're going to go back into nuclear anytime soon. They spent over a trillion dollars on nuclear, and they…
  3. …top, at the hatch, as you know—the hatch going into the nuclear site. They wanted to reinforce it, and they had some masons there…

The President's News Conference in the Hague, Netherlands

Jun 25, 2025 Press conference 18 times

  1. …the United States successfully carried out a massive precision strike on Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities. And it was very, very successful. It was called "obliteration…
  2. …Not only have we dealt decisively with the critical threat of Iran's nuclear program, which was what I wanted—I said, "Iran cannot have a…
  3. …inoperable." It was devastated. "We assess that the American strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities has set back Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons for many…

Remarks on the Situation in Israel and Iran and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jun 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times

  1. …it to happen again. And Iran is not going to have a nuclear weapon, by the way. I think it's the last thing on their…
  2. …not going to have enrichment, and they're not going to have a nuclear weapon—— ——and they know that. They're going to get on to being…
  3. …oil. They're going to do well. They're not going to have a nuclear weapon. The last thing on Iran's mind right now is nuclear weapons…

Address to the Nation on United States Airstrikes on Iran

Jun 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime: Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. Everybody heard those…
  2. …built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the…
  3. …the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of…

Remarks on United States Diplomatic Efforts and an Exchange With Reporters Upon Arrival in Morristown, New Jersey

Jun 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …there were. And that was somewhat prenuclear. You know, it was the nuclear age, but nothing like it is today. And it looked like I'm…
  2. …matter of months—they were going to be able to have a nuclear weapon. We can't let that happen. I was very much opposed to…
  3. …Hey, I want to have a certain amount where I can go nuclear a little bit, because we need it for electricity, we need it…

Remarks at a Greeting With the Juventus Football Club and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 16 times

  1. …not to keep going with that war. That could have been a nuclear war. Those are two nuclear powers—big ones. Big, big nuclear powers…
  2. …been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I've been saying it for a long time, and I think…
  3. …know, it's very—I say it very simply: Iran can't have a nuclear weapon. Too much devastation. And they'd use it. You know, I believe…

Remarks on the Installation of New White House Flagpoles and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …think I'm going to answer that question. "Will you strike the Iranian nuclear component? And what time exactly, sir? Sir, would you strike it? Would…
  2. …more." Then we go blow up all the—you know, all the nuclear stuff that's all over the place there. No, they had bad intentions…
  3. …you know, zealots, really—but to have a hostile country have a nuclear weapon that could destroy 25 miles, but much more than that—could…

Remarks on Signing Legislation Regarding Congressional Disapproval of Environmental Protection Agency Rules Relating to Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards in California and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times

  1. …get nervous when I talk to him. He's doing a great job. Nuclear, I say, "Okay, you can take 2 weeks for that approval." It…
  2. …take 20 years, then they wouldn't approve it. Now I say: "Lee, nuclear, I'll give you 2 weeks for an approval. A coal- fired plant…
  3. …plant that produces electricity. And you'll produce it through natural gas, coal, nuclear." They're—we don't want to produce it through wind, because we don't…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Morristown, New Jersey

Jun 6, 2025 Other 7 times

  1. …don't talk about very much, but we solved a big problem—a nuclear problem, potentially—with India and with Pakistan. And I spoke to Pakistan…
  2. …they were going at it, and they could have gone at it nuclear. Both nuclear countries. Strong nuclear countries. And I talked about trade, and…
  3. …as you know, that was going much further, and hopefully, not to nuclear, but it might have gone to nuclear. In fact, it might have…

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

May 30, 2025 Other 2 times

  1. …we're dealing with Pakistan, and we were able to stop, potentially, a nuclear war through trade as opposed through bullets. You know, normally they do…
  2. …That was getting very bad. That was getting very nasty. They're both nuclear powers. The Pakistan representatives are coming in next week. And India—as…

The President's News Conference With White House Senior Adviser Elon R. Musk

May 30, 2025 Press conference 4 times

  1. …Pakistan from fighting. I believe that could have turned out into a nuclear disaster. And I want to thank the leaders of India, the leaders…
  2. …trade with people that are shooting at each other and potentially using nuclear weapons." And they were—they're great leaders in those countries, and they…
  3. …I—that would be a very good thing. They can't have a nuclear weapon. We want them—we want them to be safe. We want…

Remarks at an Executive Order Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

May 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …have a very big announcement today and it has to do with nuclear energy and other things. And this is all nuclear. It's a hot…
  2. …impressed. Go ahead. So you think it's got a great future, the nuclear? Are we doing something about the regulatory in here? Because that's going…
  3. …in many of those plants? Will a lot of them be using nuclear, or some are using oil and gas? Some are using different things…