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“Tariff” said in 249 of 464 transcripts, 1,895 times.
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Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 9 times
…when I came into office, as you know, I put very severe tariffs , and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars in my first… …So it wasn't the same thing. But I put on very serious tariffs , and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars. And then we… …come back, and we are in a very strong position because of tariffs . We're in a very powerful position because of the fact that we…
Oct 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 3 times
…are agreeing to it, because if they don't, we put them—put tariffs on them, and then they agree. So it's amazing. It's amazing how… …the election result, November 5, and, maybe most importantly, because of the tariffs , because if they do it here, there are no tariffs. So we…
Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 5 times
…on trade. We're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars on the tariffs . The tariffs are making this country so rich, and they're making it… …phone, and I said, "Listen, we're going to put a 200 percent tariff on your country for any product you sell into the United States… …of trade. You know, the power of trade, but the power of tariffs . Tariffs have made us a very kind nation, because a lot of…
Oct 15, 2025 Press conference Kalshi: Trump Press Conference 22 times
…Yes. Yes. Well, you're in one now. Look, we have 100-percent tariff . If we didn't have tariffs, we would be exposed as being a… …us to be $37 trillion in debt, et cetera, et cetera. We—tariffs are a very important tool for our defense, for our national security… …Iran, and Pakistan was going to be in line. And because of tariffs , they all want to negotiate much differently. And we were making a…
Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 3 times
…wants to be in BRICS, that's fine, but we're going to put tariffs on your nation. Everybody dropped out. They're all dropping out of BRICS… …I said, "You want to play that game, I'm going to put tariffs on your—all of your product coming into the U.S." They said… …NATO. In fact, I was thinking about giving them trade punishment through tariffs because of what they did, and I may do that. I think…
Oct 14, 2025 Other 1 time
…Those people—those are the richest countries. I think with—now with tariffs , I think we're the richest country in the world, actually—the United…
Oct 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Speech in Israel 1 time
…powerful, the richest nations, really, in the world. Although now, with the tariffs , the United States is by far the richest nation in the world…
Oct 12, 2025 Other 6 times
…China, from other countries. We've become a wealthy country again. And the tariffs have given us diplomatic strength. They've given us negotiating strength. I settled… …a war and you have nuclear weapons, I'm going to put big tariffs on you both, like 100 percent, 150, and 200 percent." "No, no… …I had that thing settled in 24 hours. If I didn't have tariffs , you could have never settled that war. You knew that better than…
Oct 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 6 times
…would like to say it, but behind the scenes, he did say tariffs were a big reason he came here and also the fact he… …for almost everybody that's here, most of them are here because of tariffs . Because you have to understand, he has no tariffs. If you build… …largely through trade. I mean, that one, numerous of them, I talked tariffs . I said, "Look, if you're going to do that, we're going to…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump's Bilateral meeting with President of Finland 3 times
…made that—I did that based on trade and because of the tariffs . If we didn't have tariffs, you wouldn't have been able to do… …you—if you guys are going to fight, I'm putting 100-percent tariffs on each of you." And they immediately stopped fighting. And that was…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 6 times
…You don't have to do it, but I'm going to put a tariff of 9 percent or 7 percent, or whatever the amount of money… …to do that." And they would immediately agree. And I'd make the tariff substantially more than the number we're talking about, and they would immediately… …know that if they don't do it, we're going to put a tariff on for double the price, and then they're going to do it…
Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 11 times
…going talking about that with the Prime Minister. We'll be talking about tariffs . We'll be talking about a lot of that. But that's for a… …We continue to bring it in from Canada. But there is a tariff to pay. And I think that would be a normal thing to… …the November 5 election was a big factor, and I think the tariffs are a big factor. And again, we want Canada to do great…
Oct 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…want to—I would—— Well, I guess he's going to ask about tariffs , because a lot of companies from Canada are moving into the United… …back into the U.S. And he's probably going to be asking about tariffs . He—they're losing a lot of companies in Canada. They're coming into… …of them was because of my ability at trade and because of tariffs . If I didn't have tariffs to throw around a little bit, you…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…immediately. And we have a lot of money coming in with the tariffs . We've never had money like this coming in. We're a rich country… …plants in the United States. They're all coming back for two reasons: tariffs , and I think they liked November 5. You know, they liked the… …China is coming. They're all coming. And that way, they avoid paying tariffs . So, you know, they're coming for that reason. So, by opening up…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…but if they didn't go along, we were going to put extra tariffs on those countries. And we were going to charge them the amount… …I said if we don't make a deal, then we're going to tariff them an extra 5, 6, 7, 8 percent, whatever the difference is… …So we took away the advantage. By the fact that we have tariffs , we took away the advantage that they would have of just saying…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times
…principle of merit. That's the most important word—other than the word "tariff ." I love tariffs. Most beautiful word. But I'm not allowed to say… …anymore. I said "tariff" is my favorite word. I love the word "tariff ." You know, we're becoming rich as hell. We have a big case… …I said my favorite word in the English dictionary is the word "tariff ," and people thought that was strange. And the fake news came over…
Sep 26, 2025 Other 2 times
…companies are moving into the U.S. so they don't have to pay tariffs . If we didn't have that, they wouldn't do it. But they are… …of companies are moving into the U.S. in order not to pay tariffs , and I think because they like the election on November 5. Right…
Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…doing well. We've never done this well. We have—because of the tariffs that are coming in, the deals that are being made, and $950… …it lightly before—but we're taking in tremendous amounts of money with tariffs . We've never seen anything like it. Nobody has—no country has ever… …devote a little bit of that money, a little bit of the tariff money, to our farmers. Our farmers have been incredible. They are the…
Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 10 times
…the questions very much, actually. They're very nice questions. We'll see about tariffs . We're going to be talking about tariffs. Well, we're going to be… …and they want to take our money. We're doing well. Because of tariffs , we're doing unbelievable. We're making more money than we ever have made… …the subject for a second—we're going to take some of that tariff money that we made and we're going to give it to our…
Sep 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Address to United Nations General Assembly 9 times
…States is fully prepared to impose a very strong round of powerful tariffs , which would stop the bloodshed, I believe, very quickly. But for those… …that broke the rules. That's why the United States is now applying tariffs to other countries and much as these tariffs were, for many years… …administration, including my first term, where hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs were taken in. And by the way, we had the lowest inflation…
Sep 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Charlie Kirk Memorial 3 times
…country that has the chance to attain a level like never before. Tariffs are making us rich again, richer than anybody ever thought was possible… …of other countries better and better. But we're doing unbelievably well. The tariffs have really been a whole—the election was big, but the tariffs…
Sep 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…And if the nations give us a hard time, we're going to tariff them for the difference. Because, you know, the nations got very—all… …other places. We have a lot of money coming in because of tariffs . You know, we have a lot of money coming in because of… …stop the world from taking advantage of us through their use of tariffs . Right? Sort of interesting. But also here is FDA Commissioner—he's going…
Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…we're building plants all over the United States. And frankly, because of tariffs , we're taking in trillions of dollars. Trillions of dollars. And countries that… …of jobs. You're—the jobs are being created right now. And the tariffs are protecting our country, and we didn't use—you know, tariffs were… …dollars. Nobody has ever seen anything— even people that were against the tariffs , now they see the way they're working. And by the way, with…
Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 2 times
…17 trillion of investment coming in. A lot of it's because of tariffs , and a lot of it's for a lot of other reasons, but… …said—you know, I sanctioned them. China is paying a very large tariff right now to the United States. But I'm willing to do other…
Sep 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…virtually nonexistent. As you know, we're taking in trillions of dollars from tariffs , and they've been so incredible for our country—so incredible. We're keeping… …even believe it. And we've never seen investment like this. Without the tariffs , we would have just a fraction of that. And we're really the…
Sep 16, 2025 Other 11 times
…well. We're making—we're having trillions of dollars coming because of the tariffs . They'd like to see if they could get a little bit better… …good deal. Don't forget, European Union is paying our country, because of tariffs , $950 billion. Think of that. We're talking about a year—$950 billion… …nothing until I came along. And China is paying us a tremendous tariff . You know what the tariff is, right? You know what the tariff…
Sep 14, 2025 Other 1 time
…right now? Do you know what China is paying right now in tariffs ? Huh? A lot. Yes, I know exactly what's happened. A lot of…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…and I let them know that. And we put a very big tariff on India—a 50-percent tariff, very high tariff. I get along… …November 5. They were happy with the election. And number two, the tariffs are bringing countries. And, I mean, it's so vital to our country… …that we've never thought we'd be at, and it's because of the tariffs . Countries are pouring into our country because of the—you avoid tariffs…
Sep 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…it with the people here—chips and semiconductors. And we'll be putting tariffs on companies that aren't coming in. We'll be putting a tariff very… …putting a fairly substantial tariff on—not that high, but fairly substantial tariff —with the understanding that if they come into the country— if they're… …will not be a tariff. If they're not coming in, there's a tariff . Fairly substantial tariff. Well, I don't know. If they're building here—and…
Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 14 times
…crazy. Cars are pouring back. Because of the fact that we have tariffs , cars are pouring back into our—our—car plants are pouring back… …be. So, if you go back to—1913 is when they ended tariffs . We were the richest ever, from 1850—it was all tariffs. We… …1913. In the 1887—it's about 1887, they had the great national tariff act, and it was a group of people that got together because…
Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 25 times
…been incredible people. I think they've made very wise decisions. But the tariff question—because without the tariffs, this country is in serious, serious trouble… …investment is coming in. Most of it has come in because of tariffs . And if, for some reason, somebody wanted to be politically correct—I… …judges that was appointed by President Obama voted in favor of the tariffs because he felt it was imperative for our country to thrive and…
Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 13 times
…building plants all over the country. They're all coming in because of tariffs . They don't want to build—they don't want to pay the tariffs… …a week—steel a week. We are—we have a 50-percent tariff on steel, aluminum, and various other things—copper just got brought into… …it. If we would have said, costs 100-percent or 200-percent tariff , you wouldn't have lost one job. It's so sad. But we're going…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…doing so well. We're so strong now. And you saw where the tariffs came in at $4 trillion—$4 trillion—and they just—the CBO… …nobody knew where it came from. And they—I said, "Check the tariff shelf." And they said, "How did you know that's where it came… …term with China. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs , but when COVID came back, we focused on that. We did a…
Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…we're taking a lot of money in from China because of the tariffs and the different things, and it's a very important relationship. We're going… …don't give us magnets, then we have to charge them 200-percent tariff or something, you know? But we're not going to have a problem… …weren't giving them. But we have a much more powerful thing. That's tariffs . If we want to put 100-percent, 200- percent tariffs on, we…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…I want them to do well, in particular, now. Yes. So are tariffs . So are tariffs. So our—as you know, the stock market went… …announced the numbers, and as you know, they gave no credit to tariffs . They said they made a mistake, that the trade deficit reduce—will… …trillion. And the market went up like a rocket ship, because the tariffs are good. Well, tariffs aren't that usual. Of the seven wars I…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times
…announced that Trump was right, took in 4 trillion dollars' worth of tariffs , that the $4 trillion are going to reduce the deficit by numbers… …news that the release that just came out from Government, that the tariffs that everybody was talking about, that the whole world respects us for… …to go, and I better be very happy. Yes. He's removing his tariffs , yes. He's removing his retaliatory tariffs, which I thought was nice. And…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…numbers the economy is doing incredibly. Billions— trillions, actually, of dollars in tariffs are coming in. Then, maybe most important, we have about close to…
Aug 15, 2025 Other 6 times
…record again. We have hundreds of billions of dollars flowing in from tariffs . We have—we're the hottest country—we were a dead country, like… …every other—they're all coming in because they want to beat the tariffs , because if they open here, they don't have to pay tariffs. If… …cases, 200 percent, 300 percent. I haven't even set some of the tariffs yet. I'll be setting tariffs next week and the week after on…
Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…billions of dollars—and trillions of dollars, actually—trillions of dollars in tariffs . You know all about it. It's been amazing. They say, "Why are… …they couldn't figure out where it came from. I said, "Check the tariff shelf." And they said, "How did you know that's where it came… …highs. And yet we're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs . So it's turned out that Trump was right and they were wrong…
Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…already. We're coming in—we're—trillions of dollars is coming in from tariffs from all over the world, from countries that took advantage of our…
Aug 11, 2025 Press conference 6 times
…do. We have the hottest country in the world right now. The tariffs have helped. It's given us—not only the money—it's billions—trillions… …very nicely with China, as you probably have heard. They have tremendous tariffs that they're paying to the United States of America. And we'll see… …largest or second largest oil buyer that we're putting a 50-percent tariff on you if you buy oil from Russia. That was a big…
Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…but they also like the fact that they don't want to pay tariffs . And the tariffs—I think we'll be taking—well, we're taking in… …and they said, "Where did this come from?" I said, "Check the tariffs ," and they checked. They said: "You're right. That's where it came from… …treat them really well. We're going to be putting a very large tariff on chips and semiconductors. But the good news for companies like Apple…
Aug 3, 2025 Other 2 times
…and Italy and say, "Let's— you know, let's start talking about some tariffs ." But China was paying us hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs…
Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…It's all—it's very simple. They have been charging very, very high tariffs to our farmers. Some over 200 percent. And they've been treating our… …to a President that was duly elected. And we did do certain tariffs in the first term. If you look at China—China, we took… …a couple of other countries that we're going to hit you with tariffs . We had to fight the COVID situation when that came. But if…
Jul 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…to our country. Federal jobs are being cut. Critics said that our tariffs would hurt the economy, but the data shows the exact opposite, and… …opposite is happening. The U.S. Treasury has taken in $150 billion from tariffs , and we'll be adding about $200 billion next month, for totals that…
Jul 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…a bill. We send a letter saying that you'll pay a certain tariff . Obviously, that's most of them, because you have, as you know, hundreds… …into the equation, and we make a decision as to what that tariff will be. And it's pretty standard letter from that point on. And… …us, but we don't buy from them. You know why? Because the tariff is so high. They have one of the highest tariffs in the…
Jul 29, 2025 Other 1 time
…working with them. Wait. Be quiet. Be quiet. Finish what tomorrow? The tariffs ? No, we're not—won't be finished tomorrow. But our country is becoming…
Jul 29, 2025 Other 3 times
…India has been a good friend. But India has charged basically more tariffs than almost any other country—you know that, right?—over the years… …have a scoop. And then, you know, we're going to put on tariffs and stuff. And I don't know if it's going to affect Russia… …obviously—probably keep the war going. But we're going to put on tariffs and the various things that you put on. And it may or…
Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…going to be, why wait? And it—would be sanctions and maybe tariffs —secondary tariffs. You know what a secondary tariff is. And look, the… …know what they want, and—but we're going to be setting a tariff for, essentially, the rest of the world, and that's what they're going…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 9 times
…billion. They're agreeing to open up their countries to trade at zero tariff . So that's a very big factor: opening up their countries. All of… …will be opened up to trade with the United States at zero tariff . And they're agreeing to purchase a vast amount of military equipment. We… …billion, $600 billion, opening up the country. We are agreeing that the tariff , straight across, for automobiles and everything else will be a straight-across…