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“Tariff” said in 140 of 252 transcripts, 1,219 times.
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…being absolutely destroyed. But, in a matter of months, largely because of tariff income and the election result, we've slashed that gaping trade deficit by…
…biggest reasons for this unbelievable success has been our historic use of tariffs. There was the tariff that made America strong and powerful in past…
…Roosevelt and some others. But we were really strong. It was all tariffs. And I know what happened. Some of these countries got together, and…
…expansions. And they're building more plants in the United States because of tariffs. And Jim said, and Bill very strongly confirmed, they've never seen anything…
…be honest with you, Bill, every industry exciting. Just like this. Right. Tariffs and the relief I gave them ——from the most ridiculous standards, where…
…they make a great product. Well, as you know, we have a tariff on Chinese autos. And in Europe, China is taking over the auto…
…that happy with me, because, you know, they're paying a lot of tariffs now because they're not doing the oil, but they are. They've now…
…very substantially, as you know, from Russia. We're getting rich because of tariffs, by the way. I hope everyone understands that. They hate to report…
…650 billion poured into our country, or coming in shortly, because of tariffs. You know, they're—they're finding all of these pockets of money. A…
…plants, including auto plants, all over the United States of America. Without tariffs, they wouldn't be doing anything, although they were very happy with the…
…20, because the rest of the world took advantage of us. Without tariffs, I could have never done it. I called up the heads of…
…if you don't do it, I'm going to put a 25-percent tariff on everything France sells into the United States of America, and that's…
…in billions and billions and billions—hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs. Remember, they said, "Oh, the tariffs will cause inflation." They just came…
…you don't do it, I'm going to charge you a 25-percent tariff on everything you sell into America." And I said—because that was…
…tripling, or quadrupling of the price. But I said: "A 25-percent tariff. It's much more money than what you're talking about." So they would…
…They're incredible. They're our finest people. They're protecting us. And because of tariffs, we're taking in billions and billions of dollars more than we ever…
…far greater national security. Much of this success has been accomplished by tariffs—my favorite word, "tariffs"—which for many decades have been used successfully…
…anymore. Companies know that if they build in America, there are no tariffs, and that's why they're coming home to the U.S.A. in record numbers…
…to be the largest tax refund season of all time. Because of tariffs, along with the just-passed "One Big Beautiful Bill," tonight I am…
…would have had a President that didn't have the courage to use tariffs the way they should be used. And because of the tariffs, we've…
…we have over 18. That's—again, because they don't want to pay tariffs, so in order not to pay tariffs, they come in and they…
…coming in because there's—they don't have—they don't want to pay tariffs. Very simple. They're coming in and they're spending a tremendous—they're spending…
…little while ago. They're all coming here. They're coming here because of tariffs, because they don't want to pay tariffs. But they're coming here because…
…as an example, but Switzerland paid almost nothing in terms of a tariff or tax, or whatever you want to call it. License. They paid…
…and hire a lot more people? Anything you need? Do you mean tariffs? Because are they—are these country tariff—are they tariffing you any…
…thought were possible. And we're taking in trillions and trillions of dollars. Tariffs have been, frankly, the best things that's ever happened to our country…
…them, and they're all coming back. They're all coming back because of tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs—I mean, they liked the fact that…
…your product back into this country, there will be a 250-percent tariff," nobody would've left. Nobody would've left. And Intel would have been a…
…ever invested in any country ever before. And it's largely because of tariffs and, I think, November 5 election. But it's the largest amount. As…
…factories. That's AI. It's everything. They're all coming back. Because of the tariffs, they're all coming back, because they don't want to pay 15-, 20…
…or 1 percent." And it's been really helped a lot by the tariffs. It's been really helped incredibly, because this is really a transition period…
…you don't have a country, do you? At the same time, my tariffs are bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars and are helping slash…
…peace." They stopped. I said, "Thank you. Let's trade." Isn't that great? Tariffs did that. You know what? Tariffs—without tariffs, that would have never…
…opening up big. And again, it's national security, and it's because of tariffs. We're reclaiming our heritage as nation of builders and doers, and we're…
…got to all balance out a little bit. When I announced reciprocal tariffs last April, some people thought it was wonderful, and others really weren't…
…didn't understand tariffs because tariffs were used against us. We didn't use tariffs, stupidly, and we do now. National security. This week, we proved once…
…doing that, yes. But they are paying right now a 20-percent tariff because of fentanyl. That's billions and billions of dollars that they're paying…
…country. A hundred million. They lose $100 billion with the 20-percent tariff. So it's not a good business proposition. It's $100 billion approximately that…
…Economically, the country is the strongest it's ever been. Thank God for tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs, we'd be a third-world nation. But…
…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…
…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…