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“Chicago” said in 45 of 288 transcripts, 193 times.
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Mar 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…honor. Nice to see you. Great. And from the banks of the Chicago River to the streets of South Bend, Indiana—we know what that…
Mar 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Those cities are terrible. New York is terrible. What's going on in Chicago, Illinois, with that slob of a Governor, is terrible. And the kind…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…Memphis or in New Orleans or in some of these places, including Chicago. You know, we have crime down in Chicago, despite the fact that…
…women with Make America Great Again—MAGA—caps on. They're all over Chicago. They want MAGA to come in. And we went in in a…
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Health Roundtable 1 time
…know, 15 percent of what I pay in New York or in Chicago." And they're all nodding their heads. That's right. That's not going to…
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 1 time
…the murderers—11,888. That's what we're trying to get out of Chicago and Minnesota and these places. So they stick together—which I admire…
Jan 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat 1 time
…much, it would definitely be more. We did a great job in Chicago. They don't want to talk about it. We—you know, against all…
Dec 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…we knock down crime. Too bad that we're not invited more into Chicago, because we could save Chicago very quickly. But even that, we're doing…
…people don't want to stop crime. We could stop the crime in Chicago in about 2 weeks. Go ahead. Howard. Basically, it's a green card…
Dec 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Honors Medal Dinner 2 times
…people. They want to have crime. I mean, it's the craziest thing. Chicago. But we've brought down crime and just giving it a little dose…
…We won't have any crime, and we'll have very little crime in Chicago. Almost none. We'll stop it everywhere. We do stop it everywhere. And…
Nov 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Presidential Turkey Pardon 10 times
…to where there won't be crime. And we could do that in Chicago, by the way, if they would let us. If—the mayor, who's…
…again. But we're ready to go. You know, we've been moving toward Chicago. We have a Governor that thinks it's wonderful that only, like, seven…
…and we're going to—if crime gets—it's horrible, what's happening in Chicago. We could make Chicago a safe city in a period of 4…
Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an annoucement 1 time
…overrun, or the Obama—the beautiful Obama building that he's building in Chicago for the museum, which is now shuttered up and dead. They got…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 2 times
…believe it? They took de Blasio, and they took that mayor from Chicago, the woman—the one that gets her hair done very expensively, right…
…the mountain back to Mount McKinley. Is that okay? I think so. Chicago—you know, I'll tell you what, who's happy about that is the…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump visits troops on USS George Washington 2 times
…rid of all the bad ones. And we're going to go into Chicago, we're going to go into our cities, we're going to clean them…
…more help from some of the Democrat Governors that don't mind. In Chicago, 2 weeks ago, 4 people murdered, 11 people shot. This weekend, it…
Oct 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 9 times
…far better than what we would have thought at this time. And Chicago—I just saw the number. Last week—it was last weekend—4…
…I have Pritzker get up and say how great they're doing in Chicago. They're doing very poorly. So four were murdered—four. Eleven were shot…
…We need people that are going to take care. And I love Chicago, and I love those beautiful women—Black women, beautiful women wearing MAGA…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Diwali Celebration 2 times
…it." You know, you have great—I built a great building in Chicago, as you know—a big, beautiful building, one of the tallest buildings…
…built very quickly, very well. And we used the construction workers of Chicago. They're great workers. They're great construction people, and I suggest that he…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 2 times
…want security. They don't want to have their city destroyed. Women in Chicago—beautiful, Black women walking around with red MAGA hats, because they don't…
…a Democrat get up and tell you how safe it is in Chicago. Do you know they've had, in a fairly short period of time…
Oct 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Medal of Freedom Ceremony for Charlie Kirk 3 times
…We're going to make sure our cities are safe. When you have Chicago, where they had 4,000 people murdered over a very short period…
…Oh, things are going swimmingly." No, they're not. We're going to make Chicago safe, just like we're going to make—look what we did in…
…Charlie's—one of his biggest dreams was that. He couldn't believe it. Chicago is going to be a great city again. We've already—you know…
Oct 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 3 times
…it will take probably a month over there. And we're heading to Chicago, because we want to save Chicago. Do you know they had over…
Oct 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Roundtable on ANTIFA 11 times
…against ICE agents and other officials charged with enforcing Federal law. In Chicago, anarchists have surveilled at least four local ICE facilities and posted diagrams…
…example, you could say of Portland and you can say, certainly, of Chicago it's not lawful, what they're doing. They have to be very careful…
…but the real people want us to be there. Same thing in Chicago. So they've had 60, 70 murders over a short period of time…
Oct 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…out who's going after our Federal agents. So, when you look at Chicago, they've had probably 50 murders in the last 6 or 7 months…
…safe city in Washington. Memphis will very soon have a safe city. Chicago could be very, very safe. It's going to be very safe, but…
…the place in large numbers. I mean, we had a week in Chicago where 11 people were murdered and 38 people were shot. And then…
Oct 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Announcement 2 times
…Memphis. We're doing the same thing in Memphis, and we're going to Chicago. You know, we have a Governor that thinks it's wonderful when 50…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…again. We're going to—very safe. We're going to be going to Chicago pretty soon, because a friend of mine, a guy—great guy, the…
…great city. I know it very well. And we have to save Chicago. So we're going to Memphis, Tennessee, right now. We've had a home…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…safe. We're doing one at a time, and we'll be going to Chicago. I told you the story. Union Pacific, head of the railroad, he…
…He's now chairman. He came to me, and he said: "Sir, save Chicago. It's a great city. It's going down fast." They had 11 people…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…run by the radical-left Democrats—what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles—they're very unsafe places, and we're going to…
…grounds for our military—National Guard—but military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent Governor—stupid Governor…
Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…went to Harvard to teach city management, along with the mayor of Chicago, who went to Harvard to teach—the two of them are teaching…
…into some other cities, and very soon we're going to go into Chicago. It will be safe for the World Cup. If it—if I…
…rather have—like, I'd rather have Pritzker's support when we go into Chicago. But if we don't have it, that's okay too, because we're paramount…
Sep 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Charlie Kirk Memorial 5 times
…so much to give. Had so much. Raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Charlie was filled with the patriotic spirit from his youth. And he…
…of the last things he said to me is, "Please sir, save Chicago." We're going to do that. We're going to save Chicago from horrible…
…then we're going into some others. But we're going to go do Chicago, and we're going to have Charlie very much in mind when we…
Sep 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…see. And I must say, our next one is a place called Chicago. We're going to go into Chicago. And we've already—you know, the…
…a little bit, but it's going to come down a whole lot. Chicago is going to be a very safe city. I was with the…
…What are the best cities?" He said: "Sir, you have to save Chicago. It's a great city." And the way he said it, "You have…
Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times
…As you know, we're going into Memphis. We'll soon be going into Chicago. We've already had people out there and—and in there, and FBI…
…don't want to fight crime. They hate to fight crime. And in Chicago, last weekend, you had 11 people killed—murdered—and you had 28…
…we're going there anyway. It doesn't make any difference. We're going to Chicago. We're going to Memphis next. And we're going to clean up the…
Sep 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: What will Trump say during his signing of the Presidential Memorandum? 18 times
…we're sending in the big force now. We also sent them into Chicago on a—sort of a moderate basis, and we brought down crime…
…going to bring it down very big. We're going to be doing Chicago probably next. I was with a great businessman, a man who is…
…be next after Memphis?" And he said, "Sir, you've got to save Chicago." We're going to wait a little while. But he said: "You've got…
Sep 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…again. Cashless bail. And you try and reason with people—like in Chicago, with the Governor and the mayor. You try and reason with them…
…do a damn thing about it. And we'd love to go into Chicago and straighten it out. You know, Washington, DC, you'll be happy to…
…to do a fantastic job. And we're waiting for a call from Chicago. We'll fix Chicago. And again, DC is right now so safe. You…
Sep 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…with me? Yes. No, it's a safe place now. But—— No, no. Chicago has been talking a lot. So Chicago, last week, lost—9 people…
…shot. The week before that, it was the same kind of numbers. Chicago is a very dangerous place, and we have a Governor that doesn't…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…with other cities throughout the country. I mean, when you look at Chicago, we have a Governor that says that things are okay with crime…
…think of are, like, unsafe, you're safer there than you are in Chicago at night. But we're going to make Chicago like this. We're going…
Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…it end. Yes. I didn't say when, but the answer is—look, Chicago is very interesting, because I watched Pritzker get up and say about…
…that you would think of—they don't even come close to this. Chicago is a hellhole right now. Baltimore is a hellhole right now. Parts…
…saying, "Please, please, please, let the President send"—these were people from Chicago. "Please. We need help. We need help. We can't walk outside. We're…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…be discussing it. And I watched as a very incompetent mayor from Chicago said: "Well, what do they know? They only arrested nine people." I…
…incredible that the Democrats wouldn't be with us. So the mayor of Chicago, I watched him this morning. He said: "Trump doesn't know what he's…
…than most. But you know, you have people—I watched in Illinois—Chicago, Illinois, is a disaster. I have property there. It's a disaster what's…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times
…country very safe. We're going to make our cities very, very safe. Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor—grossly incompetent. And we'll…
…after this, and it won't even be tough. And the people in Chicago, Mr. Vice President, are screaming for us to come. They're wearing red…
…African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, "Please, President Trump, come to Chicago. Please." I did great with the Black vote, as you know, and…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…there?" Well, I have calls from politicians begging me to go to Chicago, begging me to go to New York, begging me to go to…
Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…that's when the—that's when this all started, in New York, in Chicago, Los Angeles. You take a look. If we didn't go to Los…
Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…of this cashless bail nonsense. It's—if you look at New York, Chicago, Los Angeles—which is so badly run, Los Angeles. They can't get…
…something. And that's going to serve as a beacon for New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other places all over the country. This whole—our…
…numbers really started going up. In this city, in New York, in Chicago, in Los Angeles, no matter where they have it, the numbers went…
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…they are. More than the populations of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, and Philadelphia combined—that's what came into our country from…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…she's not feeling so well. In January, Tren de Aragua member in Chicago kidnapped three women, took them in an alley, lined them up, and…
Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…represented with Kimberly. Do we agree? Thank you, Kimberly. From Washington to Chicago, from New York to Detroit, from Philadelphia to the famous Tarpon Springs…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…allowed them in by the millions. In major cities like New York, Chicago, and Washington, mothers can't walk their children to the park without fear…
Mar 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…of citizens decked in Irish green will parade through the streets of Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and, of course, New York—a site that I've witnessed…
Feb 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the place, if you look at New York, if you look at Chicago, if you look at Los Angeles—which is half burned down, unfortunately…
Feb 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…watch some of the crimes being committed in New York City and Chicago—look at Chicago. The—volume of crime they have—and the—the…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…best. From New York to Los Angeles, from Philadelphia to Phoenix, from Chicago to Miami, from Houston to right here in Washington, DC, our country…