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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.

“Iran” said in 76 of 250 transcripts, 272 times.

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Remarks at a Hanukkah Reception

Dec 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Hanukkah Reception 12 times

  1. …we did—the best job of all, is we knocked out the Iran nuclear power. And they would have had that in—within a month…
  2. …good President——don't forget, you had a President previously that believed in Iran. They ditched the entire world for Iran. That's why they signed the…
  3. …not 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…

Remarks on Presenting the Mexican Border Defense Medal and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Mexican Border Defense Medal Presentation 4 times

  1. …Netanyahu has been, obviously, a very good one. Look, we took out Iran. We wiped out—with that plane right there, we wiped out—the…
  2. …would have never been able to do that if—for instance, if Iran—if we didn't—with that B–2 bomber, right there on the…
  3. …they did. Atomic Energy Commission confirmed it. So did—actually, so did Iran confirm it. They got knocked to hell. But if we didn't knock…

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 12 times

  1. …a job, and that made peace possible, because everybody was afraid of Iran, and now they're not afraid of Iran anymore. And Iran would like…
  2. …And the people that have seen the site said obliterated. And frankly, Iran said it was obliterated. And to show you how accurate it was…
  3. …like, gone-zo. It's—one person actually used the term "obliterated," but Iran actually said that they probably can never go there again. They can…

Remarks at McDonald's Impact Summit 2025

Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 5 times

  1. …saw that with the way we took out the nuclear capability of Iran, with those gorgeous B–2 bombers. They flew in there, and they…
  2. …Room that you wouldn't believe. And they said, "Sir, they have entered Iran airspace." All of a sudden, you see da-da-da-da-da…
  3. …they flew 37 hours flawlessly. Now, compare that to the Jimmy Carter Iran situation, with the helicopters crashing and the this and—oh, what a…

Remarks at a Veterans Day Ceremony in Arlington, Virginia

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

  1. …a real general. And congratulations on wiping out the nuclear capability of Iran in about a matter of seconds, once they got there. They traveled…
  2. …much, 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…

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 6 times

  1. …wanted to come in, but they couldn't because of the status of Iran. When Iran had a possibility of nuclear weapons, which they do not…
  2. …had a hard time going against that. I understand that. Now that Iran has been very much decimated in terms of their nuclear and in…
  3. …we took the sanctions off to give them a chance. And frankly, Iran has been asking if the sanctions could be lifted. Iran has got…

Remarks at the American Business Forum in Miami, Florida

Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 2 times

  1. …know, the key was when we took out the nuclear capability of Iran. All of a sudden, everybody said, "Wow, that was nice." They've been…
  2. …know what? Tariffs—without tariffs, that would have never happened. Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Cambodia and Thailand. All of…

Remarks to the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel

Oct 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Speech in Israel 17 times

  1. …with you. Loved it. They worked so well together. But many of Iran's top terrorists, including nuclear scientists and commanders, have been extinguished from this…
  2. …other guys 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…
  3. …wouldn't feel comfortable making the deal that we have now—right?—if Iran had that nuclear weapon that they were about two months away from…

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

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

  1. …most 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…
  2. …a submarine. Every one of them hit too. So I would say Iran was not particularly thrilled. They were going to have a nuclear weapon…
  3. …22 years they were training to take out the nuclear potential of Iran. He said, "But it was only when you came along that we…

Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …of violence, from the horrible plague that's taking place from within. The Iran nuclear power, the Iran—all of the—the great power that we…
  2. …war, we went 14 for 14. We had 14—this is with Iran. We had 14 missiles coming at us. All 14 were knocked out…

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 7 times

  1. …Rwanda—a vicious, violent war that was; Pakistan and India; Israel and Iran; Egypt and Ethiopia; and Armenia and Azerbaijan. It included all of them…
  2. …made containing these threats a top priority, starting with the nation of Iran. My position is very simple. The world's number-one sponsor of terror…
  3. …extended 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…

Remarks at the American Cornerstone Institute Founders Dinner in Mount Vernon, Virginia

Sep 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …that. We have—let's see, Cambodia, Armenia. We have Kosovo-Serbia, Israel-Iran, Egypt-Ethiopia. That's a beauty. They built a little dam in Ethiopia…
  2. …that: India- Pakistan, Thailand-Cambodia, Armenia-Azerbaijan, Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Rwanda and the Congo. Right? We stopped all of…
  3. …get it done one way or the other. But I also obliterated Iran's nuclear hopes by totally annihilating their enriched uranium. And I'll tell you…

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. …that one maybe even more than an attack, what he did with Iran. You saw the success of that operation. It was perfect. In fact…
  2. …a perfect attack, and it knocked out any possible nuclear capability for Iran, which nobody wanted to see, and we weren't going to put up…

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

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …couple, and we're not including in there the—what we did with Iran, stopping their nuclear play. They would have had—within a month or…
  2. …ahead, please. Yes. Well, look at the mission you just accomplished with Iran. Thirty-six hours back and forth. Flawless. Every bomb hit its target…

Remarks on National Purple Heart Day

Aug 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …that's what happened. Great job. And he did an incredible job in Iran. I want to thank you very much. Great job, General. Deputy Secretary…

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

Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …this one. You know, we've solved five wars. Plus, add to that Iran, where we wiped out their nuclear capacity for weapons. They would have…
  2. …please. Well, we have stopped wars in the Middle East by stopping Iran from having a nuclear weapon. And they are—they're—you know, they…
  3. …in the Middle East. If you think about what we did with Iran, Iran was the perpetrator of hate, a very evil place, and I…

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 2 times

  1. …you people didn't cover it very well. Yes, please. Go ahead. Well, Iran has been acting very badly. They were decimated. Their nuclear capability, that…
  2. …again, but they haven't been saying the right thing. I will say, Iran has not been saying the right thing. They have not been speaking…

Remarks at a Dinner With Republican Senators

Jul 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …You saw it recently when you looked at what we did in Iran, where we knocked out their nuclear capability—totally knocked out that—it's…

Remarks in Des Moines, Iowa

Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …have days like that. We have days like we just had in Iran. That's the kind of days we have. Complete obliteration. It turned out…
  2. …tell me they have to take a shot at us. This was Iran, very respectful. That means they respect us. Because we dropped 14 bombs…
  3. …to tell you. Can you imagine? They were nice enough—this is Iran—to call me and tell me that they would like to shoot…

Remarks During a Tour of the "Alligator Alcatraz" Migrant Detention Facility and an Exchange With Reporters in Ochopee, Florida

Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …be prosecuted also for having given false reports—— ——on the attack in Iran. They were giving totally false reports. It was totally obliterated. And our…
  2. …He wants to end it too. We had a tremendous success with Iran. They weren't happy. Somebody said, "When are you going to sign?" I…
  3. …we'll have whatever we want. We'll get from—whatever we want from Iran. And I think, and I hope, they want to have a good…

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 3 times

  1. …short months, we've now achieved peace between India and Pakistan, Israel and Iran, and the D.R.C. and Rwanda, and a couple of others also. Serbia…
  2. …we have the greatest military in the world. They showed that in Iran. Those pilots, they flew for 36 hours and—think of that—and…
  3. …have—they actually have nuclear weapons. You know, when you talk about Iran, they were trying to get it. But India has nuclear weapons. Pakistan…

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 5 times

  1. …a hell of a week, hasn't it? It's been some week. So Iran wants to meet. As you know, their sites were obliterated—their very…
  2. …Putin called up, and he said, "I'd love to help you with Iran." I said: "Do me a favor: I'll handle Iran. Help me with…
  3. …ahead. You tell me when it gets boring. Okay? Are you from Iran? Okay. Yes. Sure. Without question, absolutely. Turned out to be unbelievable. But…

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 7 times

  1. …very hard, and that shouldn't have happened. And then, as you know, Iran hit them very hard last night because of that. I don't think…
  2. …of it. I think they don't want it to happen again. And Iran is not going to have a nuclear weapon, by the way. I…
  3. …They're not going to have a nuclear weapon. The last thing on Iran's mind right now is nuclear weapons. Which? No, no. If there was…

Address to the Nation on United States Airstrikes on Iran

Jun 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …they 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…
  2. …report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the…
  3. …attacks will be far greater and a lot easier. For 40 years, Iran has been saying: "Death to America. Death to Israel." They have been…

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. …losing. But we're ready, willing, and able, and we've been speaking to Iran, and we'll see what happens. We'll see what happens. Just time to…
  2. …to their senses. That's all it is. No, they didn't help. No. Iran doesn't want to speak to Europe. They want to speak to us…
  3. …well, in terms of war. And I think you would say that Iran is doing less well. It's a little bit hard to get somebody…

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

Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …war, is doing pretty well. Yes, please. Yes. No, well, they know Iran very well—better than most—and they're not happy about anything. It's…
  2. …Israel. They know them both, actually, but they probably—maybe they know Iran better. But they see what's going on, and they—he agreed with…
  3. …involved either, but I've been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I've been saying it for a long…

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

Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …knows what I'm going to do. I can tell you this, that Iran has got a lot of trouble, and they want to negotiate. And…
  2. …They're human. They're human beings. I know a lot of people from Iran—from New York, from Washington—mostly from New York. They're incredible people…
  3. …just not a threat you can have. And we've been threatened by Iran for many years. You know, if you go back and look at…

Remarks With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom After Signing the United States of America–United Kingdom Economic Prosperity Deal and an Exchange With Reporters in Kananaskis, Canada

Jun 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …Israel is doing very well, as you probably noticed. And I gave Iran 60 days, and they said no, and on the 61st, you saw…
  2. …something will happen, but a deal will be signed. And I think Iran is foolish not to sign one. No. No. They—— Look, Iran should…
  3. …to talk in person. I want to see no nuclear weapon in Iran, and we're well on our way to making sure that happens. What…

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 5 times

  1. …in aviation history. Yes, second. Well, I'd love to avoid the conflict. Iran is going to have to negotiate a little bit tougher, meaning they're…
  2. …something that could very well happen. Look, it's very simple, not complicated: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Other than that, I want them to…
  3. …none of it would have happened. You wouldn't have the Israel problem. Iran was broke. They had no money. We had big sanctions on them…