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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 92 of 278 transcripts, 327 times.

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Remarks During a Roundtable Discussion on Saving College Sports and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Saving College Sports Roundtable 3 times

  1. …right. It—there's a lot. We're doing very—by the way, in Iran, we're doing very well. Somebody said, "How would you score it from…
  2. …before this, where they took out the nuclear capability or potential of Iran. I think our—I think we're, right now, we're a country that's…
  3. …sports, and it doesn't sound very important compared to what's happening in Iran and other places, but it is very important to me. And if…

Remarks Honoring the 2025 Major League Soccer Champion Inter Miami

Mar 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Inter Miami CF 7 times

  1. …what's going on with respect to our operation in the country of Iran. The United States military, together with the wonderful Israeli partners, continues to…
  2. …levels that people have never seen before, actually. We're destroying more of Iran's missiles and drone capability every single hour, knocking them out like nobody…
  3. …badly affected and hurt, it mostly came from—95 percent—Soleimani and Iran. And we—other Presidents lived with it. I didn't live with it…

Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Honor to Command Sergeant Major Terry P. Richardson, USA, and Posthumously to Master Sergeant Roderick W. Edmonds, USA, and Staff Sergeant Michael H. Ollis, USA

Mar 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Medal of Honor Ceremony 6 times

  1. …United States military continues to carry out large-scale combat operations in Iran to eliminate the grave threats posed to America by this terrible terrorist…
  2. …nuclear program in Operation Midnight Hammer a short while ago, we warned Iran not to make any attempt to rebuild at a different location, because…
  3. …nearly under threat. I was very proud to have knocked out the Iran nuclear deal by President Barack Hussein Obama. That was a horrible, horrible…

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

Feb 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: What will Trump say during the State of the Union?, What places will Trump mention in his State of the Union address?, Who will Trump mention during his State of the Union address? 3 times

  1. …if it were not for my involvement; Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Congo and Rwanda. And, of…
  2. …why, in a breakthrough operation last June, the United States military obliterated Iran's nuclear weapons program with an attack on Iranian soil known as Operation…
  3. …it had been the policy of the United States never to allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. Many decades. Since they seized control of…

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 4 times

  1. …a real force, and you see that with what we did in Iran with the B–2 bombers—a lot of you were involved in…
  2. …very much. Appreciate it. And last summer, I ordered devastating strikes on Iran's key nuclear facilities in something that was called Operation Midnight Hammer. That's…
  3. …medals. But that was Operation Midnight Hammer, achieving total obliteration of the Iran nuclear potential capability. Totally obliterated. And think: Every single one of those…

Remarks on the Environmental Protection Agency's Rescission of the "Endangerment Finding" With Respect to Greenhouse Gas Emissions and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 3 times

  1. …they got Midnight Hammer instead. And this will be very traumatic for Iran if they don't make a deal. Look, if they don't make a…
  2. …deal isn't a very fair deal and a very good deal with Iran, then it's going to be, I think, a very difficult time for…
  3. …strong. We've worked with him very well. We had tremendous success with Iran and everything else we've done. And he really has been—he's been…

Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 6 times

  1. …been stronger. And you saw that with the B–2 bombers in Iran and—and you saw it with—recently, with Venezuela, where we're getting…
  2. …it. In his very quiet manner, he's brutal. Just ask Venezuela. Ask Iran. They're negotiating now. They don't want to—they don't want us to…
  3. …the okay for, like, the attack on Venezuela or the attack on Iran. He says, I say, we all say—we're all in a room…

Remarks on the United States Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …you're going to have—a lot of things are happening. You have Iran, and you have Russia-Ukraine, and you have the Middle East. We…
  2. …it's something. Well, we're talking about that. We have ships heading to Iran right now, big ones—biggest and the best. And we have talks…
  3. …But I'm not—I have all I can handle right now, with Iran and with Russia and Ukraine and with all the things we're doing…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Celebrating American Greatness With American Motor Racing

Jan 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …large armada—flotilla—you can call it whatever you want—heading toward Iran right now. Even larger than what we had in Venezuela. It's still…
  2. …really well. We're now sending, actually, a larger number of ships to Iran, and hopefully, we'll make a deal. If we do make a deal…
  3. …know, they have to float someplace. They might as well float near Iran. But it's a rough situation going on. So I stopped 837 people…

Remarks in Clive, Iowa

Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 2 times

  1. …1 trillion we're spending on the military. And in June, we obliterated Iran's nuclear capacity in Operation Midnight Hammer. You saw that. People have been…
  2. …just—and by the way, there's another beautiful armada floating beautifully toward Iran right now. So we'll see. I hope they make a deal. I…

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum 5 times

  1. …fighters, and they did a good job. And we wiped out the Iran nuclear threat like nobody can believe. Nobody's ever seen anything like it…
  2. …Undetectable, like our B–2 bombers were undetectable. They flew right over Iran. They were undetectable, and they did their job, and they got the…
  3. …you would have had this dark cloud. And the dark cloud was Iran with nuclear. Iran would—if we didn't take them out, they would…

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…