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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.

“Fraud” said in 55 of 296 transcripts, 141 times.

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Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Establishing the Task Force To Eliminate Fraud and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …it. This is a very big thing that we're doing. It's about fraud—having to do with all the fraud that's taking place in our…
  2. …Minnesota: $19 billion. But that's only for one little aspect of the fraud. It's $19 billion. And California, as they say, is 10 times worse…
  3. …do what you have to do. If we found half of the fraud that's taking place in this country—and I think you have a…

Remarks on Signing the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs Bill to Reopen the Government 5 times

  1. …Minnesota—and it's worse in some places, like California—$19 billion in fraud. And we're going to find out—and, you know, we have—we're…
  2. …try and, you know, hide what's going on with respect to the fraud. They have 19—at least $19 billion. You know, you're hearing 9…
  3. …about incompetence. I think it's not incompetence. I think it's just pure fraud. These are dishonest people. They're bad people. I think they hate our…

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 3 times

  1. …But equally importantly, we're cracking down on more than $19 billion in fraud that was stolen by Somalian bandits. Can you believe that Somalia—they…
  2. …costs. Now, if you take a look at Minnesota, $19 billion in fraud and other things. People going to airports—they came into the country…
  3. …state. If we were able to cut out 50 percent of the fraud—50 percent, and we should be able to do better than that…

Remarks at a Roundtable Discussion on Rural Health Care Improvement Efforts

Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Health Roundtable 5 times

  1. …And this made possible—and was made possible by cutting massive waste, fraud, and abuse from Medicaid and reinvesting those funds to revitalize hospitals in…
  2. …in rural communities. And I want to say, with all of the fraud that we're seeing in Minnesota and California and other places, I actually…
  3. …corrupt politicians. And you're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud—waste, fraud, and abuse. But in fraud, you're talking about hundreds of…

Remarks to the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan

Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 11 times

  1. …for bringing down the cost of living is to stop the colossal fraud that is bleeding American taxpayers absolutely dry. The fraud being committed by…
  2. …Our country has been losing over a half a trillion dollars to fraud every single year, but those days are over. We have the best…
  3. …other places, many other people—the whole country. If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget. That's how…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

May 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …questions on that? Yes, please. Well, we're looking very closely at waste, fraud, and abuse, of which there's tremendous amount—people on that shouldn't be…
  2. …us to do that. They don't want to have the waste, the fraud—and the fraud is big, by the way—or the abuse. Question…

Remarks on the National Day of Prayer

May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …We will not let the Democrats destroy it and all the waste, fraud, and abuse that they seem to love. And they will decimate Medicaid…

Remarks in Warren, Michigan

Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …indoctrination of our children; slashing billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse; and above all, we're saving the American dream. We're making…
  2. …really helped us. And, you know, they've saved $150 billion on waste, fraud, and abuse. DOGE. So we want to thank him. He's an incredible…

Remarks at a National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner

Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …that you're hearing this week about tariffs are the same scoundrels and frauds who never thought twice about when the United States lost 90,000…
  2. …to include the elimination of hundreds of billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse in the bill. We've already found hundreds of billions of…
  3. …really terrific. But we've found hundreds of billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse. But now we need to get the budget resolution, and…

Remarks at a Tesla Viewing and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …he's able to find billions and billions and billions of dollars of fraud and waste and all of the things, I mean, our country is…
  2. …find—and we're up to almost $500 billion worth of waste and fraud and abuse—$500 billion. We give—we're giving $2 billion here, $2…
  3. …care. Everyone knows this. But it's also—I believe it's also large fraud. I think it's that. But I think it's also large fraud. So…

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress

Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …And we appreciate it. We've found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud. And we've taken back the money and reduced our debt to fight…
  2. …beginning. The Government Accountability Office, a Federal Government office, has estimated annual fraud of over $500 billion in our Nation, and we are working very…
  3. …We're going to. We're also identifying shocking levels of incompetence and probable fraud in the Social Security program for our seniors and that our seniors…

Remarks at a Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland

Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …haven't heard of it—which is now waging war on Government waste, fraud, and abuse. And Elon is doing a great job. He's doing a…
  2. …20 million. "Sesame Street"—a play. We're also uncovering outrageous incompetence and fraud in the Social Security. We have— look, let's assume that people, generally…
  3. …country. Under our administration, there will be no tolerance for Social Security fraud. We will not allow anyone to cheat our seniors, and those who…

Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Howard W. Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …and thrive. And we're finding billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse—billions, and I mean numbers like you wouldn't believe. And…
  2. …people. It'll only affect the people that get caught stealing. The waste, fraud, and abuse is at a level like nobody has ever seen. It's…
  3. …looking into something: environmental protection, $20 billion. And it's out-and-out fraud. So, I think the people are very happy. Yes, please. Yes. The…

Remarks at a Black History Month Reception

Feb 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …where we've—where we found billions—tens of billions of dollars of fraud and waste and abuse, and that's just the beginning. And Elon Musk…

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Florida

Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …many of them. Which is now really waging war on Government waste, fraud, and abuse, and they're curbing inflation and saving taxpayers billions and billions…
  2. …because they're too incenduary [incendiary]. We're also finding tremendous abuse, waste, and fraud in Social Security. Social Security is—what's happening there is going to…

Remarks Following a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters in Palm Beach, Florida

Feb 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …not so smart, because when you look at some of the waste, fraud, and abuse that's being uncovered by DOGE and the people at DOGE…
  2. …people, incredible computer scientists and other things. And they're finding levels of fraud and waste and abuse like, I think, nobody ever thought possible. But…
  3. …federalism in Nepal. Listen to these numbers. These are—this is all fraud. Nineteen million dollars for biodiversity conservation in Nepal. One-point-five million…

Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …numbers have come out. And as you know, we're looking for waste, fraud, and abuse. And this just came out from the Government Accountability Office…
  2. …staggering numbers. The Federal Government loses as much as $521 billion in fraud every single year. That's what Elon is working so hard on with…
  3. …security income: $6.5 billion. This is all bad stuff, bad payments—fraud, largely fraud. Unemployment insurance: $5.6 billion. According to House Ways and…

Remarks During a Swearing-in Ceremony for Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence

Feb 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …very simply. But we're going to be—— Oh, yes, there were tremendous fraud. There's tremendous fraud, and it's hard to believe that you can have…
  2. …almost 100. People are joining to help them because there's a massive fraud that's taken place. And then you have judges that are activists, and…
  3. …And—but a judge says, "Well, even though it may be a fraud, you have to send the money in anyway. Send the money." I…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Workforce Optimization Initiative

Feb 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …we've found, which is shocking: billions and billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse. And I think it's very important. And that's one of…
  2. …we're talking about billions of dollars that we've already found. We found fraud and abuse. I would say those two words, as opposed to the…
  3. …We got elected to—to, among other things, find all of this fraud and abuse, all of this—this horrible stuff going on. And we've…

Remarks on Signing a Proclamation on Gulf of America Day and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to New Orleans, Louisiana

Feb 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …happens. We have a long way to go. And we're talking about fraud, waste, abuse. And when a president can't look for fraud and waste…
  2. …go. We have to look. We have to find all of the fraud that's going on. We have tremendous fraud, tremendous waste, and tremendous abuse…
  3. …way. And the day you're not allowed to look for theft and fraud, et cetera, then we don't have much of a country. So no…