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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.

“Steel” said in 62 of 286 transcripts, 335 times.

Counted forms: steel, steels, steel's.

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Remarks on United States Naval Ship Development and an Exchange With Reporters in Palm Beach, Florida

Dec 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 6 times

  1. …I'd just like to point out that these ships are made of steel as opposed to aluminum. It's a big difference, as you know. The…
  2. …and these are going to be, likewise, made out of very powerful steel. Our steel industry is coming back very strongly, by the way. It's…
  3. …at record numbers, and we're going to be using them for the steel, but as opposed to an aluminum side, which, in all fairness, is…

Remarks on the National Economy in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

Dec 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in Pennsylvania 17 times

  1. …little group of people and me saved a little company called U.S. Steel, and it's hot as a pistol now. And we have the keys…
  2. …happens if it moves to Japan?" They said, "You can't move a steel mill to Japan." You can move a headquarters, but the steel mill…
  3. …be beyond what anyone thought possible. But we had to save U.S. Steel. U.S. Steel was one of the greatest companies. It was, really, for…

Remarks at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEOs Luncheon in Gyeongju, South Korea

Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump in South Korea for APEC CEOs Luncheon 7 times

  1. …times faster than it was just 1 year ago. Think of that. Steel production is way up by 155,000 tons a week. Oil production…
  2. …of the things you need is ships. I always say you need steel. You need aluminum. You need this—there's certain—there are things you…
  3. …are—a country doesn't need them. But things you need, you need steel. Got to have steel. And we're redoing our steel, and some of…

Remarks During a Ballroom Dinner

Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 9 times

  1. …me, giving it to the country. The—donated the air conditioning. A steel company. A great steel company. Great man, actually. He said, "Sir, I'd…
  2. …said: "Whoa. That's nice." And I found out—"How much is the steel?" I called the contractor. "Sir, it's down for $37 million." I said…
  3. …right?" He wants the steel. And he wants to make it great steel as opposed to garbage steel, because they dump a lot of garbage…

Remarks Announcing the 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …the specifications of the Border Patrol and ICE—the exact—they wanted steel. They wanted concrete inside. They wanted rebar inside that. They wanted it…
  2. …wall back. They sold the wall. Now, this is expensive stuff. Hardened steel, very expensive. Nine- thousand-pound concrete and rebar. Rebar is very expensive…

Remarks at the Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …really at the infant stage right now. It's only on cars and steel, mostly, and the rest is starting to kick in. We just made…
  2. …here to announce my approval of a historic investment deal with Nippon Steel—Nippon Steel of Japan—to keep U.S. Steel right here in Pittsburgh…
  3. …We just—that's the way it works. It's very impressive. But Nippon Steel—and we got it, and we have all sorts of protections because…

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 14 times

  1. …invested 10 cents if we didn't have tariffs—including for manufacturing American steel, which is doing great. American steel is doing great now, because of…
  2. …wouldn't have—if I didn't put tariffs on steel—they were dumping steel. China and a lot of other countries were dumping steel in our…
  3. …I didn't put tariffs—I put 25- and 50-percent tariffs on steel. Right, John James? We put tariffs on steel, and we were doing…

Remarks at the United States Steel Corporation Mon Valley–Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

May 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 56 times

  1. …the proud Pennsylvania patriots who are the heart and soul of U.S. Steel. Thank you very much. That's great. Oh, you're going to be happy…
  2. …of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where it belongs. For generations, the name "United States Steel" was synonymous with greatness, and now it will again be synonymous with…
  3. …this whole thing—during my first term, as we call it—U.S. Steel President Dave Burritt. Dave, thank you very much, wherever you may be…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients and an Exchange With Reporters

May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …on, that are our tariffs; and it doesn't include tariffs on cars, steel, aluminum, things such as that; or tariffs that may be imposed on…
  2. …we already have. Because, remember, we're already getting the 50 percent on steel and different things. That's not included in these numbers. So you can…
  3. …think they want the deal very badly. Again, this doesn't include the steel tariffs that—I put on a long time ago that Biden tried…

Commencement Address at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …apply your great skills that you've learned and had to forging the steel and pouring the concrete of new American factories, plants, shipyards, and even…
  2. …who blazed the trails, won the games, tilled the fields, forged the steels, built the ships, and gave us the victories that built America and…

Remarks on Domestic Business Investment

Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …José is investing $21 billion, including $5.8 billion for a new steel plant in Louisiana—which is a beauty; I saw a picture of…

Remarks in Warren, Michigan

Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …of our country, I've imposed 25-percent tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel. It's keeping our steel mills going. I did that. If I didn't…
  2. …with steel in the first—my first term, we wouldn't have a steel mill in the United States right now, and everybody knows it. I…
  3. …who laid the railroads, worked the factories, tilled the field, forged the steel, fought the battles, and won the victories that built the Motor City…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …mean, I think we're going to view it separately. We want U.S. Steel to remain in the hands of the United States and people from…
  2. …respect for Japan, but we don't want a foreign country buying U.S. Steel. U.S. Steel was one of our great companies of the world. When…
  3. …they're working on it very hard—I have great respect for Nippon Steel; I know a lot about it—but we can—they can invest…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …go a lot higher in some of the industries. So we have steel mills right now that are raging. The steel industry was gone. If…
  2. …put the tariffs on steel—because China was dumping massive amounts of steel in my first term, and I put tariffs on it. I saved…
  3. …maybe like never before. I mean, if you go back to U.S. Steel from 90 years ago, it was incredible. It was the number one…

Remarks at a National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner

Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …that we're doing—as you know, we have tariffs on automobiles, aluminum, steel—separate from the other tariffs—"the baseline," we call it— companies are…
  2. …when you put a tariff on them, they sell it, like with steel. They were dumping tremendous amounts of steel into our country during my…
  3. …50 percent, and it stopped. It stopped. They were dumping so much steel, we would have lost every single steel mill. The people that like…

Remarks on Domestic Coal Production

Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times

  1. …We have tariffs on cars. We have tariffs on lumber, tariffs on steel and aluminum. Steel plants are going up because of it all over…
  2. …country. We have 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum. And the steel—I think the steelworkers like me even more than the coal miners…
  3. …I'm pretty sure that that's true. We have—instead of having no steel business, I put them on—originally, in my first term, we would…

Remarks on Signing the Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States

Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …tariff on lumber. We, as you know, have a tariff already on steel and on aluminum of 25 percent, and we're taking in tremendous amounts…
  2. …just heard from Nucor, which is a big company—a very big steel company—and they're building a massive—a massive plant for steel that…
  3. …they make their cars here, they are thrilled. Same thing with the steel industry. Steel industry is now paying a 25-percent tariff, as you…

Remarks on Manufacturing Investment and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …What a great honor. Vice Chairman Jae Chang. Jae, thank you. Hyundai Steel President Seo Gang Hyun. Thank you very much. President, that's big stuff…
  2. …investment in American manufacturing. In particular, Hyundai will be building a brandnew steel plant in Louisiana, which will produce more than 2.7 million metric…
  3. …will be major expansion after that. This will be Hyundai's first-ever steel mill in the United States—one of the largest companies in the…

Remarks on Next Generation Air Dominance and Military Readiness and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …place to build. And we have many car companies coming here. The steel mills are going to be booming—going to be booming. And many…
  2. …there are certain things you have to have. You have to have steel. We would have had—if I didn't do, in my first term…
  3. …the onslaught, because they were dumping steel in order to destroy our steel plants—if I didn't do 50 percent and even 100 percent, in…

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress

Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …also imposed a 25-percent tariff on foreign aluminum, copper, lumber, and steel, because if we don't have, as an example, steel and lots of…
  2. …person from Decatur, Alabama. Jeff Denard has been working at the same steel plant for 27 years in a job that has allowed him to…
  3. …and gave us countless modern wonders sculpted out of iron, glass, and steel. We stand on the shoulders of these pioneers who won and built…