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Dec 8, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds roundtable meeting 5 times
…we're knocking it down. It's starting to go very good. In fact, China , as you know, is buying a tremendous amount of soybeans. And the… …having to do with the farmers or any of it. It's crazy. China committed. He was the worst President in the history of our country… …made and soybeans are being exported out of the United States to China as we speak. And I say that our soybeans—I told this…
Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 10 times
…from all over the world—from Mexico; from Canada; from Europe; from China ; from Japan, a lot. We just had—Toyota is going to spend… …the auto business. That's not even to mention AI, where we're leading China . You know, we're leading China by a lot. They're not going to… …a gasoline-powered car—and we have so much gasoline. You know, China doesn't have gasoline. We do. And whether it's a hybrid, which really…
Nov 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Prince 4 times
…own electric with the plant, because no country, frankly, will have this. China is working very hard to produce enough electric, but we're beating China… …again, we're leading by a lot on AI, by actually a lot. China would be in second place, but we're leading by a lot. And…
Nov 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a meeting on the World Cup 3 times
…number is 50,000 pages. Fifty thousand pages. And it's just a "Russia , Russia, Russia" hoax as it pertains to the Republicans. Now, I believe…
Nov 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister 11 times
…be talking trade. We're going to be talking a little bit of Russia -Ukraine. We'll be talking about energy and energy prices. We have energy… …those problems, and they buy a lot of oil and gas from Russia . And, as they know, I'm very disturbed by that, because we're helping… …different position. But many European countries are buying oil and gas from Russia , and they have been for years. And I say, "What's that all…
Oct 30, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…you think about it, the very, very distinguished and respected President of China . And we will be having some discussions. I think we've already agreed…
Oct 29, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…of one, which we'll—I think we're going to get straightened out—Russia -Ukraine. But we got them all done, all finished. And you know…
Oct 26, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…done eight, and we're looking to do number nine, which would be Russia and Ukraine. So we've done a lot of work— —— We've done a… …of your business. No, I think we're going to do well with China . I think we're going to have a deal with China. We meet… …President Xi. I think we're going to have a good deal with China . And they want to make a deal, and we want to make…
Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 17 times
…discussions today, and things are going along pretty well as regarding Ukraine-Russia . We thought it would be a little bit easier. That's turned out… …and Japan. In South Korea, I'll be meeting with President Xi of China . We'll have a pretty long meeting scheduled. We can work out a… …they've really band together. They are not happy about what's happening with Russia and Ukraine. They're not happy at all. Neither am I. Jeff . Yes…
Oct 20, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral with Prime Minister of Australia 26 times
…they're getting them. Excuse me. You're next. Go ahead. Yes. I think China's been very respectful of us. They're paying tremendous amounts of money to… …countries took advantage of the U.S. They're not taking advantage anymore. No, China's paying 55 percent and a potential 155 percent come November 1 unless… …see what we can do. We have a very good relationship with China , but you know, it's been probably a little bit like your relationship…
Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 14 times
…see what happens there. But India will not be buying oil from Russia , and they've already deescalated, and they've more or less stopped. They're pulling… …I think we're doing very well. I think we're getting along with China . China is—would like to have something. As of this moment, we'll… …happens. But you know, for years, we were taken advantage of by China very badly. We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year…
Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 14 times
…and it's helpful—it's good for us also. I would say so. China —— China likes to draw wedges. Yes, sure. I mean—I guess that's… …Certainly shouldn't be doing anything having to do with the military with China . And if that's what's happening, I'd be very upset about that. Yes… …to make him look bad. I believe he's going to win out. China ? Well, you have to be careful with China. Look, we have—— Everybody…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump's Bilateral meeting with President of Finland 7 times
…through. You know, you have a great military. And you've been fighting Russia for a long time. So how many years have you been indirectly… …But we are really working more closely together, having to do with Russia -Ukraine. And I would have thought that would have been easier, because… …number eight for me—number eight. And I would have thought the Russia deal maybe would have been one of the easier ones. And unfortunately…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 4 times
…that I thought would be maybe the quickest of all would be Russia -Ukraine. And I think that's going to happen too. But in the… …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… …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…
Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 7 times
…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… …know, great. And we're—you know, things are happening with respect to Russia -Ukraine. That's one that—last week, Mark, 7,812 people were killed… …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…
Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…about both. I'd like to have him stop buying any oil from Russia while Russia continues this rampage against Ukraine. And they've been fighting. They've… …best thing he could do is not buy oil and gas from Russia . If he didn't—if he did that, that would be probably the… …And I'm not going to ever call anybody a paper tiger, but Russia has spent millions and millions of dollars in bombs, missiles, ammunition, and…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…fighting on a lot of fronts. He's helping with regard to the Russia -Ukraine catastrophe. And his words of wisdom mean a lot. And we've… …ways. And that's been a terrible war. It should have ended. And Russia should have stopped it, but they've been 3½ years, and they've gotten… …too, and they've proven that. Maybe it's a—it could be that Russia is a paper tiger. I don't know what they are, but 3…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…involved. It's still going on. And that's not a good thing for Russia . This was supposed to be quick. And so, you know, Russia doesn't… …on 3½ years. And people thought it would be over quickly, because Russia is a big military power. And Ukraine—I'll tell you, they are…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…is really doing its job. I know they were involved originally with Russia -Ukraine, and that didn't get done, because that was the time to…
Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 10 times
…me down. He's really let me down. It was going to be Russia and Ukraine, but we'll see how that turns out. But that turned… …going to get done. It will all get done right. And likewise, Russia and Ukraine will get done. But it's—you never know in war… …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…
Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 9 times
…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… …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… …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…
Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 23 times
…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… …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… …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…
Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 27 times
…know, I'm—I've always had a very good relationship, despite a fake "Russia , Russia, Russia" haunt that we had, but we've always had a great… …country other than Ukraine—for the most part, other than Ukraine and Russia . But it's a very important thing to me to stop it. I… …we are the most powerful nuclear country in the world by far. Russia is second. China is third. China is going to catch, eventually—5…
Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…I believe that. In a very significant step, President Putin agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine. And this is one of the…
Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…as you know, just a short while ago with the President of Russia . And I think there's a possibility that something could come out of… …We're going to make sure that everything is good. We'll work with Russia . We're going to work with Ukraine. And we're going to make sure…
Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 19 times
…I don't need your help with Iran. I need your help with Russia ." And so that's the one deal that continues to linger. And, you… …is. And look, the Russian—I don't want to do that to Russia . I love the Russian people. They're great people. I don't want to… …ball game. We settled it. This is one that should be settled, Russia -Ukraine. This is one that really should be settled. Well—— Well, I…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…Japan, as you know. And we're very close to a deal with China . We really sort of made a deal with China, but we'll see… …the most expensive form of energy. It's no good. They're made in China , almost all of them. When they start to rust and rot in…
Jul 22, 2025 Meeting 10 times
…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… …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… …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…
Jul 16, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…the world. There's nothing close, right? Yes. Thank you. Yes, I think China has been helping out. I mean, it's been—it's been a terrible… …much business. It's not like the ones that we've agreed with, like China —like Japan, where we're negotiating with them. But I think probably we'll… …Democrats, and they're following a Democrat playbook, and no different when—than Russia , Russia, Russia and all the other hoaxes. They're started by the Democrats…
Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…today is to hear that we are very unhappy—I am— with Russia , but we'll discuss that maybe a different day. But we're very, very… …as you know, we've spent $350 billion, approximately, on this war with Russia and Ukraine, and we'd like to see it end. It wasn't my… …The only one we haven't been able to get to yet is Russia , and I'm not happy. And I will tell you that Ukraine wants…
Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…in and they're building plants. AI—I mean, we're leading everybody, including China , by a lot with AI. They're building their own plant. You heard… …to be dropping those tariffs. But we treat Africa far better than China or anybody else—any place else. Yes. Yes. I love the fact…
Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 19 times
…I watch the Democrats, and they have standard lines, like they had "Russia , Russia, Russia." They had the "laptop from hell." "It all came from… …a story out of the laptop from hell, saying it came from Russia , but it actually came from Hunter Biden's bedroom or worse. And just… …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…
Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…was willing to do this. I did it my first term with China and others. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs… …out with a Biden-created monster: this whole thing that's happening with Russia and Ukraine. It's a horrible—it's a horrible thing. And I'm not… …I hate to see people killed. Like, as an example, Ukraine and Russia . They're not Americans there being killed. They're not Israeli that are being…
Jun 25, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…said, "No, I don't need help on Iran. I need help on Russia ." Okay? I said, "Do me a favor: Help us on Russia, not…
Jun 16, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn't want to have Russia in. And I would say that that was a mistake, because I… …that, 9 years ago?—8 years ago?— ——it switched over. They threw Russia out, which I claimed was a very big mistake. Even though I… …was a mistake in that you spend so much time talking about Russia , and he's no longer at the table. So, it makes life more…
Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 17 times
…what's going on. We both feel that way. What's going on with Russia -Ukraine and other things we talk about, but Russia-Ukraine in particular… …think we have everything—I think we're in very good shape with China and the trade deal. We have a deal with China, as you… …had a really good conversation. By the way, he invited me to China , and I invited him here. We've both accepted. So I'll be going…
May 21, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…them both, and we just did something good. We're trying to settle Russia -Ukraine. We spoke with President Putin for 2½ hours the day before… …people, it's not our soldiers, it's not our—it's Ukraine, and it's Russia . But if we can save 5,000 souls, we'll do it. You… …but also, you know, I'm trying to save lives. I'm working with Russia and Ukraine. I don't have to do that. It's not our war…
May 20, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…people, very big people, very rich people. They respect our country again. China was going to take them over. You know, China was going to… …But they were abandoned by this country. And they're not going to China anymore. They love us, and we love them. We're going to take…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…the space war, and now we're leading it by tremendous margins over Russia and China, primarily. And so we're very proud of it. But I'm…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…fast and deadly—horrible, actually. When you look at what's happening with Russia and Ukraine, the drone is killing tremendous numbers of people. You hide… …good. We put up with all the plants that you built in China for years. Now you've got to build us—we're not interested in… …No—we have the strongest military in the world, by far—not China , not Russia, not anybody. We have the best military equipment in the…
May 14, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…much involved in helping us in other regions, like what's happening with Russia -Ukraine, et cetera. And I think we're having some pretty good news…
May 6, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…there. So we're going to—get that war stopped. Okay. Yes. Well, Russia used to be a member of what was called, then, the G… …but I know that President Obama didn't like it, and they voted Russia out. And I say if they didn't vote Russia out—which I… …them. And you get to know them. And I say that if Russia —if it was the G–8, if Russia were in it, I…
May 6, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…and that will be fine. We're going to also be discussing Ukraine-Russia — the war—because Mark wants it ended as quickly as I do… …So we're two countries that are very lucky. If you look at China , they don't have that. You know, it's a big disadvantage. Other countries… …important. But we'll see. I mean, over time, we'll see what happens. China . They want to meet, and they're doing no business right now. And…
Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 8 times
…that— and I don't want this to happen, but I—know that China is doing very poorly right now. I just saw some reports coming… …actually saddened to hear it. But they are getting absolutely hammered in China . And you know, they're sending boats, the biggest boats in the world… …a certain point, I hope we're going to make a deal with China . We're talking to China, but their factories are closing all over China…
Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 10 times
…in his country. And we've had talks on the war with Ukraine-Russia and trade. We're doing very well, I think, on both. We've had… …say 2,500 people a week dying—young people, mostly soldiers, from Russia and Ukraine. And we want to end that war. We want to… …a lot of pressure. You don't know what pressure I'm putting on Russia . They're dealing. You have no idea what pressure I'm putting on Russia…
Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…later, but they had meetings this morning, and we've been meeting with China . And so I think you have—Jeff , as usual, I think you…
Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…Now I'm trying to get him to stop, because, as you know, Russia is a lot bigger. It's a bigger military force. And if you're… …steel, 25 percent on aluminum, 10-percent baseline. We put penalties on China for sending us fentanyl. We put penalties on Mexico and Canada—25… …put on previous to Biden, which were the tariffs I put on China , where we took in, up and to this point, probably $700 billion…
Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…until I came along, and then I put very substantial tariffs on China , if you remember, and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars… …a—— I think we're going to make a very good deal with China . I think that you will see we'll make a very good deal…
Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 13 times
…didn't have any of that. You wouldn't have had the war with Russia -Ukraine. You wouldn't have had the Middle East problem, because Iran was… …got to solve a war that should have never started, Ukraine and Russia , and we'll get that solved. And we have to solve problems, and… …really good. Yes, please. Go ahead. Well, I already have sanctions on Russia . I put them there. If you remember Nord Stream 2, that was…
Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 11 times
…And I tariffed. I took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China and others—taxes on China—but we took in hundreds of billions… …to have a statement on that? Well, we'll see what happens with China . We would love to be able to work a deal. They've really… …we're going to be able to make a deal relatively soon with Russia and Ukraine to stop the fighting. It's so senseless. It's such a…