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

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Remarks at a Hanukkah Reception

Dec 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Hanukkah Reception 5 times

  1. …did—the best job of all, is we knocked out the Iran nuclear power. And they would have had that in—within a month, I…
  2. …ditched the entire world for Iran. That's why they signed the Iran nuclear deal that I terminated immediately. It was the worst deal. And Bibi…
  3. …putting them in jails. We're deporting them. I terminated the disastrous Iran nuclear deal. And this summer, we obliterated Iran's nuclear program like nobody has…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a signing ceremony 10 times

  1. …if we could stop that. I've—— I've spoken to—— I'm talking about nuclear weapons. I've spoken to China about that. I've spoken to Russia about…
  2. …because it's been confirmed by the Atomic Energy Commission—we obliterated their nuclear capability, their potential. And their nuclear capability would have been there in…
  3. …very short period of time. They were very close to having massive nuclear weapons. And these guys went in and they did a job, and…

Remarks at the United States-Saudi Investment Forum

Nov 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends US - Saudi Investment Forum 8 times

  1. …dark cloud away from your country. It was called Iran and its nuclear capability, and we obliterated that very quickly and strongly and powerfully. But…
  2. …what happens. This week, our countries also signed groundbreaking agreements on civil nuclear energy, critical minerals, and artificial intelligence. And I want to congratulate a…
  3. …it's oil and gas, get them approved in two weeks. If it's nuclear, add another week." Because some are going nuclear, and they're doing very…

Remarks at a Dinner With Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia

Nov 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Arabia for dinner 2 times

  1. …have said that. This week, we're also signing exciting agreements on civil nuclear energy, critical minerals, and artificial intelligence, numbers that nobody has ever heard…
  2. …our beautiful B–2 bombers going in and obliterating a very serious nuclear threat, which would have taken place in about a month from that…

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 3 times

  1. …issue. I think we've done a great job in wiping out the nuclear capacity of Iran. Nobody else could have done that. No other President…
  2. …because it was the right thing to do. You can't have a nuclear Iran, and so we put you in a very good position. But…
  3. …don't—it's not urgent. You know, it's always—when you have civil nuclear, but you have more oil than almost anybody else. We actually have…

Remarks at McDonald's Impact Summit 2025

Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 3 times

  1. …it. And you saw that with the way we took out the nuclear capability of Iran, with those gorgeous B–2 bombers. They flew in…
  2. …it this way: They got hit. And it totally took out the nuclear capability. And I said to these guys when they came into the…
  3. …and it—I mean, it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability, and all of the Middle East became a different place. And…

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

Nov 14, 2025 Other 7 times

  1. …have a war." In that case—— Yes, in that case, it was nuclear war, and I stopped it by using tariffs. But oftentimes, and to…
  2. …be in a war right now with China. We're going to have nuclear testing because other people test. We have other countries that test. We…
  3. …have a meeting primarily of the top three to cut back on nuclear weapons. That would be a great thing. Pretty soon. Pretty soon. We're…

Remarks at a Veterans Day Ceremony in Arlington, Virginia

Nov 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Veterans Day address 2 times

  1. …thank you. He's a real general. And congratulations on wiping out the nuclear capability of Iran in about a matter of seconds, once they got…
  2. …what a job they did—that, in an instant, completely obliterated Iran's nuclear capability of which we have just ordered, I have say, many more…

Remarks at a Working Dinner With Leaders of Central Asian Countries and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts dinner with Central Asian Countries 4 times

  1. …because of the status of Iran. When Iran had a possibility of nuclear weapons, which they do not have now; when Iran was the bully…
  2. …Now that Iran has been very much decimated in terms of their nuclear and in terms of their regular, because of the actions we took…
  3. …in China. And my doctrine would be denuclearization, because we have enough nuclear. We're number one, Russia is number two, China is number three—way…

Remarks at the American Business Forum in Miami, Florida

Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 6 times

  1. …the most expensive electric plants you've ever seen—generating plants. Some buy nuclear, some buy oil and gas, some buy coal as a substitute. They're…
  2. …coming aboard. You know, the key was when we took out the nuclear capability of Iran. All of a sudden, everybody said, "Wow, that was…
  3. …the best missiles, the best rockets, the best everything. We redid our nuclear. We're the number-one nuclear power, which I hate to admit, because…

Remarks at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEOs Luncheon in Gyeongju, South Korea

Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump in South Korea for APEC CEOs Luncheon 4 times

  1. …agreements also include deepening collaboration of industries of the future, such as nuclear, quantum, artificial intelligence—where America is number one by a lot, actually…
  2. …I'll tell you what we have a long lead on is submarines—nuclear submarines. We are so far advanced that by perhaps 20, 25 years…
  3. …really starting to go. And it's a big thing. These are two nuclear nations, and they're really going at it. And I called Prime Minister…

Remarks at a Dinner With Business Leaders in Tokyo, Japan

Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with Japanese business leaders 10 times

  1. …planes were shot down, and they were going at it, two big nuclear powers. And I said to Prime Minister Modi and I said to…
  2. …said: "Yes, it does. A lot to do with the other." Two nuclear powers. We get that nuclear dust all over the place, all of…
  3. …been built before. They're using all different types of fuel. They're using nuclear. They're using oil and gas. They're using coal as a backup. Coal…

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 4 times

  1. …missile destroyers—never saw anything like it—to the spectacular sight of nuclear submarines all over the place to the unstoppable force of another great…
  2. …they said, "Well, guess we're not going to go to war." Two nuclear powers. We stopped it. But we stopped a lot of wars. Tariffs…
  3. …those B–2 bombers? They went in there. They took out that nuclear capability. They would have had—Iran would have had a nuclear weapon…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Ramstein Air Base, Germany

Oct 24, 2025 Other 4 times

  1. …don't have a lot of telephone service. They have a lot of nuclear weapons, but not a lot of telephone service. So I'm open to…
  2. …that point, we'll see. Well, I think they are sort of a nuclear power. I mean, I know how many weapons they have. I know…
  3. …Jong Un. When you say they have to be recognized as a nuclear power—well, they've got a lot of nuclear weapons, I'll say that…

Remarks at a Lunch With Republican Senators

Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 4 times

  1. …solely on trade and tariffs. India, Pakistan were going at it—two nuclear powers, and serious nuclear—seven planes shot down. They were ready to…
  2. …to do with the other?" I said: "It has a lot. You're nuclear powers, and if you do it, we're not doing a trade deal…
  3. …do it." We stopped a war. We stopped a potential disaster—a nuclear disaster because of trade. And it's been really amazing. But the tariffs…

Remarks During a Ballroom Dinner

Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 2 times

  1. …I'm not going to be a party to it." You have two nuclear nations, by the way. "No, no, no, you can't do that." I…
  2. …they stopped. They stopped, just like that. This could have been a nuclear war. Probably would have been. In fact, the Prime Minister of Pakistan…

The President's News Conference

Oct 15, 2025 Press conference Kalshi: Trump Press Conference 8 times

  1. …to is the fact that that would have been, with India, a nuclear war. That was getting very close. You know, seven planes—they don't…
  2. …we weren't involved, there wouldn't be peace. If we didn't destroy the nuclear capability of Iran, that deal would have never happened for two reasons…
  3. …heard the reports 2 weeks ago, Iran is looking to build a nuclear weapon. I said, "Don't worry about it." They've got a lot of…

Remarks to the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel

Oct 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Speech in Israel 11 times

  1. …They worked so well together. But many of Iran's top terrorists, including nuclear scientists and commanders, have been extinguished from this earth. And with Operation…
  2. …love being on television." So we dropped 14 bombs on Iran's key nuclear facilities, totally, as I said originally, obliterating them. And that's been confirmed…
  3. …making the deal that we have now—right?—if Iran had that nuclear weapon that they were about two months away from having. They would…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Lod, Israel

Oct 12, 2025 Other 5 times

  1. …this wouldn't have worked. And had we not taken out the Iran nuclear facility and we made the same deal, it would have a really…
  2. …you're making a deal, but we have a guy over there with nuclear weapons all over the place. He's going to knock the hell out…
  3. …when we did—because in 2 months, they would have had a nuclear weapon—this deal, even if it were done the exact same way…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

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

  1. …because, let's say that didn't happen. They'd probably, by now, have a nuclear weapon, numerous nuclear weapons. And therefore, even if we signed a deal…
  2. …be able to rebuild their country too, but they can't have a nuclear weapon. So I want to express my tremendous gratitude to the leaders…

Remarks on the Navy 250 Celebration at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia

Oct 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Announcement 4 times

  1. …spectacular military feats the world has ever seen: the obliteration of Iran's nuclear sites in Operation Midnight Hammer. How did that work out? Pretty good…
  2. …say Iran was not particularly thrilled. They were going to have a nuclear weapon within a month. And now they can start the operation all…
  3. …that hit." For 22 years they were training to take out the nuclear potential of Iran. He said, "But it was only when you came…

Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times

  1. …them all. Although, I don't know, Pakistan-India was very big, both nuclear powers. I settled that. But yesterday is—could be the settlement in…
  2. …and more powerful than it has ever been before. I rebuilt our nuclear, as you probably know, but we'll upgrade that also and just hope…
  3. …a little bit threatened by Russia recently, and I sent a submarine—nuclear submarine. The most lethal weapon ever made. Number one, you can't detect…

Remarks With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel Announcing a Cease-Fire Proposal Between Hamas and Israel

Sep 29, 2025 Press conference Kalshi: Trump and Netanyahu Press Conference, Trump meets Netanyahu 3 times

  1. …nobody thought that would be done—and withdrew from the horrible Iran nuclear deal that was imposed upon Israel by Barack Hussein Obama and Biden…
  2. …you ask him. He'd say, "What is that?" And we obliterated Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity, making it impossible for them to have a nuclear weapon…

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. …a pledge of full cooperation in exchange for a suspension of Iran's nuclear program. The regime's answer was to continue their constant threats to their…
  2. …bombers dropped the 14 30,000-pound-each bombs on Iran's key nuclear facility, totally obliterating everything. No other country on Earth could have done…
  3. …did something that, for 22 years, people wanted to do. With Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity demolished, I immediately brokered an end to the 12-day…

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 3 times

  1. …to the U.K. We also are joining forces on quantum computing and nuclear power, a natural partnership for close allies. The United States, as you…
  2. …as you know, it's an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. So a lot of things are happening. But I'm—I am…
  3. …to be settleable. We did India, and we did Pakistan. That's two nuclear—that was purely for trade. You want to trade with us, you're…

Remarks at a Reception for Business Leaders With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Sep 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …you're right. But it's pretty amazing. Quantum computing, fusion, 6G, and civil nuclear energy, and align our nations through the approach of centered deregulation and…
  2. …long while they've been talking about this deal—the deployment of modular nuclear reactors across the U.K.—all across the U.K. They've been—it's been…