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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.

“California” said in 66 of 272 transcripts, 197 times.

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Remarks to United States Servicemembers and Military Families at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Feb 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to Fort Bragg Military Families 2 times

  1. …are museums right now, like the Iowa's in Rancho Palos Verdes in California. You have a couple of them, and they're still very powerful-looking…
  2. …is going on with their husbands because they're, you know, traveling to California. They're all over the place. But they've gone to almost 200 rallies…

Remarks at a Roundtable Discussion on Rural Health Care Improvement Efforts

Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Health Roundtable 3 times

  1. …say, with all of the fraud that we're seeing in Minnesota and California and other places, I actually think that if we do an unbelievable…
  2. …all corrupt politicians, from the Governor of Minnesota to the Governor of California to the—everybody. They're just corrupt politicians. And you're talking about hundreds…
  3. …do. They're precision. We want to make it the opposite of Minnesota, California, and all these places that are so badly run. So, to further…

Remarks to the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan

Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 7 times

  1. …numbers. Because, you know, you get these guys like the Governor of California. He likes to say how well he's doing. California is doing horrendously…
  2. …tailpipe emission standard, one of the worst ever. And I revoked the California emissions waiver to stop San Francisco Communists from regulating automobiles all over…
  3. …Minnesota—have you heard of them?—they're lovely people— —is monumental. And California, Illinois, New York, and others are just as bad. Our country has…

Remarks at the House Republican Members Retreat

Jan 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat 4 times

  1. …he was the leader of the Western Caucus, a fierce champion on California water issues. He was great on water. He wanted—"Release the water…
  2. …on it. You ought to insist on it. Can you imagine? In California, they not only don't have voter ID, but if an official at…
  3. …Okay? We got to straighten this out before it gets too crazy. California is more corrupt than any place. California is more corrupt than Minnesota…

Remarks at a Christmas Reception

Dec 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …than two little blue stripes along the outer edge, where one is California, one is New York. And California's election—New York also, but California…
  2. …Hispanic vote. So a lot of people say a Republican wouldn't win California, but I won the Hispanic vote. I won in Miami. The—think…
  3. …90-percent Hispanic. We won the Hispanic vote. If the vote in California was legitimate—which it's not—they have 38 million ballots. Everything is…

Remarks at McDonald's Impact Summit 2025

Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 4 times

  1. …talking about. You're going to have to fight. We were talking about California—Gavin Newscum from California. And I knew he's laying siege on the…
  2. …let's say we're at $2.50, $2.70. Other than places like California, that's not fair, because they put so high a tax on that…
  3. …seven decades, two—when two hardworking brothers with a hamburger stand in California partnered with a hard-driving entrepreneur from Illinois to revolutionize the restaurant…

Remarks at a Breakfast With Republican Senators

Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …that we want to pass. Make our elections secure and safe, because California is a disaster. Many of the States are disasters. But can you…
  2. …to be. But these people don't want that. They have legislation in California where it's illegal to ask somebody for voter ID. If you ask…

Remarks on Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …it keeps them coming into our country, and—like they do in California. And no country can afford that. No country. And we have the…
  2. …immigrants health care. And you know, Gavin Newsom wants that too in California, and it's destroying California. We can't have that. We're not going to…

Remarks on Children's Health and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Announcement 2 times

  1. …yesterday. For boys, it's 1 in 12. I was told that's in California, where they have a—for some reason, a more severe problem. But…
  2. …1 in 10, because I've heard 1 in 10 also. And in California, it's really bad. I want it to be—let's get it back…

Remarks on National Purple Heart Day

Aug 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …order to open the National Center for Warrior Independence in Los Angeles, California, which will house up to 6,000 homeless vets. It's going to…

Remarks at the White House Summit of Faith and Business Leaders

Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …and she saw the same girl she grew up with, Kelly, in California. Same girls. You know, that young age, they sort of rise to…
  2. …1.98 cents. And I saw $1.95 at certain states. Not California, because every time it goes down, they add taxes onto it. You're…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on the "Alligator Alcatraz" Migrant Detention Facility and an Exchange With Reporters in Ochopee, Florida

Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …wasted. And you know, you—like the railway that they have in California that cost, like, 40 times more than it was supposed to cost…
  2. …out. And every farm, almost, in the country—but every farm in California, every farm in Iowa, almost all the farms went bankrupt. They had…
  3. …to 4—$4 and going up to $5, $6, and $7. In California, it was $7.70. But we just hit, in five—five States…

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 17 times

  1. …good. This is really something. And it has to do with the California auto regulation CRA. It's been a disaster for this country. And I…
  2. …here. We officially rescue the U.S. auto industry from destruction by terminating California electric vehicle mandate once and for all. So good. They said it…
  3. …up in knots for years. And they'd pass these crazy rules in California, and would it—would be—17 States would go by them. The…

Remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …want to say a few words about the situation in Los Angeles, California—have you heard of the place?—where I've deployed thousands of National…
  2. …invasion and third-world lawlessness here at home, like is happening in California. As Commander in Chief, I will not let that happen. It's never…
  3. …to them. Not only are these servicemembers defending the honest citizens of California, they're also defending our Republic itself. And they are heroes. They're in…

Remarks Following a Briefing on the Atlantic Hurricane and Wildfire Season and Preparedness Efforts

Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …case, he said: "You know, our trees are much more flammable than California, but we don't have forest fires because we clean the floor. We…
  2. …goes up. It virtually explodes. Well, we don't take the trees out. California is a disaster, what they've done in California. They don't do anything…
  3. …ever like what we've seen, where we're sending billions of dollars to California all the time because, obviously, in California, they are not doing a…

Remarks at an "Invest in America" Roundtable Discussion

Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …about he's an incompetent Governor. Look at the job he's doing in California. He's destroying one of our great States. And if I didn't get…
  2. …philosophy. But it's lucky for the people in Los Angeles and in California that we did what we did. We got it just in time…
  3. …talk about the trains. We talk about all of the costs in California. You talk about all of the people that are flowing and destroying…

Remarks on Domestic Business Investment

Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …to worry about, "Do we have enough?" Because if you look at California, they have brownouts, blackouts, and everything else. They don't know what the…
  2. …last thing you want to do is be hooking up to the California grid so that we can go in and you'll say: "Gee, we…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …an area we're talking about. It's an area the size of three Californias. They can't fish there. And so what do you do? How do…
  2. …did it—— You mean they just, one day—just took away three Californias? It's such an honor to do this. You know, normally, I sign…

Remarks on Domestic Coal Production

Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …not be subject to the incredible blackout situation that's taking place in California, where they have blackouts all the time. It's an amazing thing with…
  2. …heard, I released billions of gallons of water going in from upstate California, from the most northern parts of California. It probably comes in from…
  3. …of gallons—billions, actually, they say, of gallons of water pouring into California from the Pacific Northwest, I guess they would say—mostly Pacific Northwest…