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“Common Sense” said in 52 of 256 transcripts, 127 times.
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Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…But they didn't say that in this case. And no, it's common sense. It's all based on common sense, you know. It's not conservative or…
Jan 14, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in a signing ceremony 1 time
…would be so hard. You think it would be—— Yes, it's common sense. Yes, that's right, too. That's what they say. I think it's probably…
Jan 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat 4 times
…to believe the press could be so anti, because it's all common sense. You know, it's not: "We're conservative. We're conservative"—whatever. Doesn't matter. It's…
…believe I do. I think I have good instincts. I have common sense." But they said they—it was a very complimentary statement, but I…
…necessarily right. But I do have good policy. I have good common sense, and maybe they wield that into instincts. But—and I did become…
Dec 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…die with dignity, frankly. I promised to be the president of common sense, and that is exactly what we're doing. This is really something having…
Dec 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a signing ceremony 3 times
…support. I think we probably have Democrat support too, because it's common sense. I mean, you can't go to—every time you make a change…
…Cruz has been a very strong advocate of common—this is common sense. I mean, I think it's nothing more than common sense. Please, Ted…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 3 times
…not be more clear. We have a choice between communism and common sense. Does that make sense to you? Common sense. It's common sense or…
Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump in South Korea for APEC CEOs Luncheon 2 times
…was much smaller to do with trade, more to do with common sense. They were fighting for years. Ten million people were dead. And we…
…a richer, safer, and more peaceful Pacific. With fairness, persistence, and common sense—that's such an important two words—we will build together. We will…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Diwali Celebration 1 time
…to use the National Guard. You would think that would be common sense. We have the right to use the National Guard to put out…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…you know, when you think. It's—my campaign was run on common sense, and we did great. We had the highest numbers ever received in…
…people, but dumb as hell when it came to policy and common sense. And they allowed people from all over the world—from the Congo…
…doesn't want to hear that. But we're running it based on common sense and based on love of our country. But I want to salute…
Sep 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Announcement 3 times
…You know, life is commonsense too. And there's a lot of common sense in this. And I wish things like this were brought up, and…
…know, different results, different studies, I talk about a lot of common sense. And they have that too. They have that too—a lot. But…
…yes, but that just is for me. It's a lot of common sense involved in this. It's a process. But we're looking. But it should…
Sep 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Charlie Kirk Memorial 2 times
…freedom and justice, for God and country, for reason, and for common sense. He was assassinated because he lived bravely, he lived boldly, and he…
…was right about that. A lot of it was based on common sense, by the way. Charlie wrote back to the staff member, saying: "I'm…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…tonight here with what we had last night, meaning IQ of common sense and survival. Okay? I think you have a higher IQ in certain…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…a dictator. I'm not a dictator. I'm a man with great common sense, and I'm a smart person. And when I see what's happening to…
Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…because I've heard that. Yes, what they are trained in is common sense, and they're very tough people. And they have great common sense, and…
…the military is not trained in police, but they're trained in common sense, and they're trained in not allowing people to burn down buildings and…
…are very tough people that are trained in a thing called common sense, and they're also trained in doing what we're talking about right now…
Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…really need to be successful is a very simple phrase called "common sense," and that begins with a commonsense application of artificial and intellectual property…
Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…and liberty, law and order, and above all, we're bringing back common sense. Right? Common sense. On day one, I stopped the weaponization of Government…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…that, but this is a— really, also a decision based on common sense. It didn't work the other way. It was a disaster, where somebody…
…because it's tax cuts and so many other things that are common sense. They're basic things. I think they're doing fine. The Parliamentarian has been…
Jun 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…smart people, and they have the people—they're people of great common sense. They're not sending their good people out. They're sending their bad people…
…country around, we're getting our country back, and we're ruling with common sense. You know, whether you're a conservative or liberal or, as they like…
…country backwards. But no matter what you are, it's all about common sense, and I think that's the way I've ruled. I do what's right…
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…choice for education, and you have choice for cars now. Right? Common sense is right. You're right. Common sense is right. Okay. Now I can…
…too, hotels. We're going to have to use a lot of common sense on that. Yes, it's a very fair question. Look, I want to…
…going to haunt the Democrats, because most of the bill is common sense. It's tax cuts. It's border wall funding. It's military funding properly spent…
Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Until there's no danger. When the—it's easy. And look, it's common sense. You ask me that question. When there's no danger, they'll leave. You…
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…That's what you want. In everything we do, we are bringing common sense back to America. It's all about common sense. We can say we're…
…whatever you are, you know, most importantly, you have to have common sense because most of its—General, most of it's about common sense, when…
…of—lot of very smart people, but they have to have common sense. And we've liberated our troops from divisive and demeaning political trainings. There…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…I like him even more. But he has a—he has common sense. We talk about common sense all the time. But he's one of…
May 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…behalf of everyone. I won on behalf of the people with common sense, the people that want to have a country, the people with strength…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…even know how we would know this, but—because he's got common sense—"President, could I ask you a question?" "What?" "I'm in London, and…
May 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…too, so you can—— That's a big one, isn't it? Huh? Common sense. It's all about common sense, right? Okay. Will, go ahead. That's a…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…went very smoothly. Went quickly and smoothly, and a lot of common sense, as I like to say. There's tremendous common sense. But it's going…
May 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…but he had a lot of brilliance in business and great common sense, and everybody loves him: Steve Witkoff, as assistant to the president, senior…
May 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…through an open border policy, which is insane. We talk about common sense. That's not common sense. And they came in from the Congo, all…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…kind of revolution, a revolution of winning and a revolution of common sense. Common sense. Everywhere you look, broken systems, corrupt institutions, and tired dogmas…
…doing so well. So number seven is to trust your instincts, common sense. You can go very far in life with common sense. And I…
…everybody in the whole world flow into our country. That's not common sense. They had transgender for everybody. We ended that, if you noticed, okay…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…has witnessed in the past 14 weeks is a revolution of common sense. That's all it is, really. We're conservative. You're conservative, you're liberal, whatever…
…It's about common sense, when you think about it. We're for common sense. We like strong borders. We like good education. We like low interest…
…of dollars are now pouring into the United States, because of common sense. Just common sense. Apple, great company, was building everything in China. Now…
Apr 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…doesn't make sense to me. So, you know, we're about bringing common sense back to this country. And it may be popular or unpopular, what…
Apr 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…securities regulation—extremely complicated stuff—and he put a lot of common sense and saneness into it without heavy-handed bureaucracy and the harming of…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…memorialize just about everything we've done here because most of it's common sense. But the water is horrible. When you go into a new—anytime…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…America first. Put America first. And I said I ran on common sense. You know, I ran in—you—it sounds like a phrase that…
…a real sleazeball got up. He said: "Yes, I ran on common sense. That's what I did. Common sense. Yes." And I said, "Gee." But…
…hundred—and I think every single one of them is just common sense. Good—it's good politics, but the word "politics" doesn't matter to me…
Mar 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…We shouldn't have to be looking for them. I think it's common sense, right? If they don't pay, I'm not going to defend them. No…
Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…and taken more than 400 executive actions—a record—to restore common sense, safety, optimism, and wealth all across our wonderful land. The people elected…
…revolution that is now, because of us, sweeping the entire world. Common sense has become a common theme, and we will never go back. Never…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…or not that we're anything else, we are the party of common sense. It's about common sense, right? It's all about common sense. Over the…
…saying, "What a great political move." No, it's just—it's all common sense. Remember that. Remember that. Sean O'Brien was fantastic. The whole group, they…
Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…pretty simple. The Republican Party is, once again, the party of common sense. We're a party of common sense. We want strong borders. We don't…
…don't want to have transgender for everybody. We're the party of common sense. That's how we won the election in such a big manner. We'll…
…reason. I think that's changing, because, again, we're the party of common sense and they're the party of some real bad things. And I think…
Feb 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…different shows and everything. I said, "She's a woman of great common sense." And, you know, we like the common sense. It's a word that's…
Feb 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…I have high approval ratings because I'm—you know, I'm using common sense, whether it's getting men out of women's sports—I mean, have you…
…it indelible. But we—you know, it's—to me, it's all common sense. Who wants an open border where— where prisons are dumped into our…
Feb 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…happy, because we—we're dealing—because we've become the party of common sense. And when you have common sense and when you are the party…
Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…soaring, hope is returning, and we have brought back the words "common sense" to our Government. We are—we had a big day yesterday—you…
Feb 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…And this doesn't have to be long. It's just all about common sense. It doesn't have to be long. In a few moments, I'll sign…
…been so strong on this issue, because he's a man of common sense. I mean, it really is. It's common sense more than anything else…
…never let this happen again. So we are restoring sanity and common sense, very simply, to our Government. We're defending the rights and safety and…
Jan 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…a couple of words that I like to use, the words "common sense." Some really bad things happened, and some things happened that shouldn't have…
…this particular job. Yes. It's all under investigation. Because I have common sense. Okay? And unfortunately, a lot of people don't. We want brilliant people…
Jan 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…And we've broken from decades of failed Washington policies and restored common sense and sanity to our Government. We've unleashed American energy. And we've already…
…dumb policies, policies that aren't even believable, when you talk about common sense. I say we're the party of common sense. But the Democrats also…
Jan 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…hundred years. That's what we're doing. And what Mike said before: common sense—it is a little bit of common sense. Maybe it's a lot…
…I've been saying for a long time: We're the party of common sense. And we're the party that's going to have the best four years…
Jan 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…less than a revolution of wealth creation for everyone and also common sense. It's about common sense. It really is. We're the party of common…
Jan 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…like water. Little things, like water. You know, the party of common sense. See, we're the—Brad, we're the party of common sense. You're not…
Jan 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Tariffs are going to make it rich. And competence—we have common sense, competence, and tariffs. The word "tariff" is one of the most beautiful…
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…the past 72 hours is nothing less than a revolution of common sense. Our country will soon be stronger, wealthier, and more united than ever…
…became the rage, will occur very rarely. Finally, as we restore common sense in America, we're moving quickly to bring back strength and peace and…