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.
“China” said in 155 of 298 transcripts, 831 times.
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Mar 31, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs Executive Orders 2 times
…we're not going to have anything to do with because these countries—China—China will go up, and they'll fuel up their beautiful ships, and…
Mar 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…have wanted it. When we have dignitaries coming, like President Xi of China or anybody else, we have very small rooms. They're not big enough…
…a way for rich countries and thousands and thousands of people from China coming in and getting citizenship for people within their family. This is…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 18 times
…States remains number one in artificial intelligence. We're doing great. We're leading China by a lot, and I'll not allow radical-left maniacs to sacrifice…
…really doing great. And if we're not going to do it, then China is going to take it over. They want to do it. We're…
…the hottest country anywhere in the world. I must say I respect China greatly, because it's amazing that with a system that, in theory, shouldn't…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to farmers 4 times
…trade deals, you're now sending over $40 billion in American soybeans to China. I want to thank President Xi of China because we had a…
…was very good. But the American soybeans are now being shipped to China in record amounts. And we expanded markets for American beef, dairy products…
…you could have a lot of people, so when the President of China, France—when somebody comes over from the U.K., including the King—we…
Mar 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…they should be thanking me because many of them get 90 percent. China, as an example, should be thanking us, but I don't expect a…
…know. We're working on that right now. I—well, we're speaking to China. I'd love to, but because of the war, I want to be…
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…coal. And it's back. And it's roaring back. You know, it's interesting. China uses a lot of coal. China's very smart. They use coal. What…
…it's a very powerful fuel. It's very powerful. And if it wasn't, China and some of these other big behemoths would not be using it…
Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…allowed to say coal without "clean, beautiful." Got to be "clean, beautiful." China uses coal. They're building about 65 massive coal plants right now. But…
…use the windmills. They make them, but try finding wind farms in China. There aren't too many of them. In my State of the Union…
Mar 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Tech Roundtable 5 times
…funding a colossal expansion of U.S. energy. We'll have—I read where China is building tremendous energy. I know, you've got to respect it. But…
…States is leading the world in AI by a lot. We're leading China. We're leading everybody by a lot. Without this, you wouldn't even—I…
…We don't do wind in this, because it's a loser, except for China. They make all the windmills. You know, China makes all the windmills…
Feb 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Corpus Christi 2 times
…enhanced as opposed to hurt. They wouldn't have been able—we're leading China, we're leading everybody, right now, in AI. And the reason we're doing…
…our country is strong, and we're respected again. They're respecting us again. China respects us. Russia respects us. They all respect. And they respect your…
Feb 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Governors Dinner 1 time
…for years. When they had a big event, when the President of China comes in, when somebody comes in of magnitude, they put a tent…
Feb 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…reason: tariffs." And we have to be between the Supreme Court, with China-centric people suing us, people from China suing us—they're all China…
Feb 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to Fort Bragg Military Families 1 time
…country. Starts with a "c." Can you imagine what I'm talking about? China. But we have $18 trillion being invested. As an example, in the…
Feb 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 4 times
…it's the most expensive energy you can get. They're all made in China—a little bit in Germany, but mostly in China. And we're putting…
…and I look very much forward to it. No, our relationship with China is very good right now, and this is, you know, not relevant…
Feb 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Champion of Coal Event 4 times
…a big fan of those crazy windmills that are all made in China. You know, they're made in China, but not used by China. Let's…
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 1 time
…if I say Russia, that—it's perfectly fine. But you could add China and about five other countries to it. But she's done a great…
Feb 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…if we don't do it, Scott, I think we can say then China is going to do it, right? If we don't do crypto, then…
…AI. We're leading AI by a lot. And if we weren't leading, China would have led. You know, they're very capable. They're very good. What…
…done. Yes. And do you agree that if we didn't do it, China and others would, but China would? Well, I can't tell you what…
Jan 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…even more dangerous, I think, for Canada to get into business with China. Canada is not doing well; they're doing very poorly. And you can't…
Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 4 times
…down a little bit, and they're starting to come down, pretty much. China has agreed to purchase over $40 billion of U.S.-grown soybeans. You…
…win that Supreme Court case. You know, we have people that are China-oriented. They have people from—literally, that—very China-oriented and foreign…
…So I just want to let you know that. Good? Right? And China will be sending me a bill very shortly, supporting year-round E15…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum 16 times
…And we're leading the world in AI by a lot. We're leading China by a lot. I think President Xi respects what we've done, in…
…doing. I read recently an article in the Wall Street Journal that China is creating so much energy—and they are, I've got to hand…
…more money that country loses, and the worse that country is doing. China makes almost all of the windmills, and yet, I haven't been able…
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in Southern Boulevard Dedication Ceremony 2 times
…just the AI. The AI is unbelievable, what's happening there. We're leading China by a lot. But we're building more car factories than at any…
…want to pay the tariffs. It's a pretty simple formula, you know? China became powerful because of that. They don't want to pay the tariff…
Jan 14, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in a signing ceremony 7 times
…It's not the highest level, but it's a very good level. And China wants them and other people want them, and we're going to be…
…If we don't go in, Russia is going to go in and China is going to go in. And there's not a thing that Denmark…
…not a thing that Denmark can do about it if Russia or China wants to occupy Greenland. But there's everything we can do. You found…
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 9 times
…you believe this? Brought—a case brought about by people that are China-centric—foreign-centric, but China-centric. I wouldn't want it if I…
…You know, China is our—one of our biggest taxpayers right now. China. Would you ever believe you'd hear that? And they've been great. My…
…Xi has been great. But we have a group that's foreign-centric, China-centric, suing. And we'll figure something out if we don't win, but…
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…you know, we have a tariff on Chinese autos. And in Europe, China is taking over the auto business—I would say, as a nice…
…We have a hundred-percent tariff on any car coming in from China, so that makes them able to do very nicely against China. Right…
Jan 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat 4 times
…a 25-percent tariff added on to you"—like I did with China on fentanyl. I put a 20 percent penalty tax on China, and…
…by far. The record was about $3 trillion many years ago by China. We've got $18 trillion pouring into our country. You know why? Because…
…they come in and they're building. By the way, this is what China did to us for many years. It's just reversing it. Other than…
Dec 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 5 times
…We have—we're at least 15 years ahead of any other competitor. China, Russia, nobody can come close. We're also building, right now, three large…
…And again, the biggest number was $3 trillion in history. That was China many years ago. Now it's $18 trillion, and that's just in 10…
…probably talking about 2½ years. It's a counter to everybody. It's not China. We get along great with China. I have a great relationship with…
Dec 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in North Carolina 3 times
…to save North Carolina's cherished furniture industry, which has been decimated by China. You know, I used to come here a lot for one reason…
…they—they were, like, geniuses. You lost the business. It went to China and other places, but mostly to China, because they never put tariffs…
Dec 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Mexican Border Defense Medal Presentation 2 times
…drug out our country. And you can look throughout history—look at China, when they were loaded up with drugs. They were suffering greatly, and…
…percent drop in the amount of fentanyl coming across the border, and China is working with us very closely on bringing down the number and…
Dec 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…We've never had anything like it. Again, there's never been any country—China, wonderful. I have a great relationship with President Xi. China has never…
Dec 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a signing ceremony 12 times
…with me. That's up to them. It's a massive industry. We're leading China, we're leading everybody by a tremendous amount. We're—the electricity is being…
…one winner here, and that's probably going to be the U.S. or China. And right now we're winning by a lot. China has a central…
…if we do this, if we're unified. We have to be unified. China is unified, because they have one vote. That's President Xi. He says…
Dec 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…have to go back to India, they have to go back to China, they have to go back to France. They have to go back…
…will. But we have made historic trade deals with the United Kingdom, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, the EU, Malaysia, Cambodia, El Salvador, Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala…
Dec 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in Pennsylvania 12 times
…year ago, you were a dead country." Dead. They were focusing on China. They were looking for, you know, who's next on line, frankly. And…
…It's a very powerful—it's a very powerful fuel. It's used by China. You know, China makes all our windmills, but they don't have any…
…have to change the windmills. And most of them are made in China, but China has very few wind farms. You know why? Because they're…
Dec 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: President Trump makes an announcement 2 times
…very bad people. They hate our country. They represent foreign countries, including China. But they represent—and China is paying us a lot of money…
Dec 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 1 time
…about $18 trillion in 10 months. And there's never been a country—China—no country has ever done anything even close to that. Even if…
Nov 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends US - Saudi Investment Forum 1 time
…things being built the likes of which nobody's ever seen. We're leading China by a lot in AI, and we're also bringing auto plants in…
Nov 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Arabia for dinner 1 time
…And the United Nations passed it, I guess, unanimously, you can say. China, which was against it, took a pass—didn't vote against it. And…
Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 2 times
…it's good for everybody—all that. We made a deal recently with China, where they buy our soybeans, but it's hundreds of billions of dollars…
…the world was ripping off our country. Not sustainable. Not even sustainable. China was making $722 billion. Think of that. Not million. Seven hundred and…
Nov 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump swears in the ambassador to India 10 times
…Indo-Pacific region. It's an amazing country actually—1.5 billion people. China has 1.4 billion. Those are two big countries. As Ambassador, Sergio…
…biggest number ever is a tiny fraction of that—for any country, China, the United States—the biggest number ever. If you look at the…
…the United States. It's unheard of. We have AI factories. We're leading China by a lot. We have cars and, you know, car plants coming…
Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts dinner with Central Asian Countries 4 times
…had a great relationship and a great meeting with President Xi of China. And we went—also, as you know, our new and fantastic Prime…
…we had a tremendous meeting, as you know, with President Xi in China. And my doctrine would be denuclearization, because we have enough nuclear. We're…
…building auto plants. We're building AI plants. We're leading in AI over China and everybody else. When all of these plants start opening, we're going…
Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an annoucement 6 times
…say that there's never been anything like this ever in—whether it's China or Europe or—you could take all of Europe; there's never been…
…COVID, we made almost no medicine here. We had to go to China, we had to go to Ireland, we had to go to other…
…discuss a round two. This is so important. If you look at China—and I covered this yesterday—but if you look at China, by…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 6 times
…the fairest trade deals anywhere in the world. You know, we're leading China, we're leading everybody by a lot in AI. And this was my…
…of the world, and the undisputed leader in artificial intelligence. We're leading China by a lot. And don't forget, if we don't do the crypto…
…horrible situation, if it ever has to be used. Russia is second. China is a distant third, but they'll catch us within 4 or 5…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…They were great to us in terms of the foreign visits with China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia. And they were actually terrific. So I want…
…your normal ways soon. But we did a great job over in China. And we've done a great job in turning off wars. We stopped…
…I couldn't have done it. I put a 100-percent tariff on China. As soon as I heard it—within 20 minutes, I put a…
Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with President of South Korea 2 times
…will work out very well. Tomorrow I meet with President Xi of China, and I look forward to that. And we've been talking a lot…
…going to have something that's going to be very, very satisfactory to China and to us. I think we're going to have a—I think…
Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump in South Korea for APEC CEOs Luncheon 1 time
…problems and imbalances. You know—probably you know that President Xi of China is coming tomorrow here, and we're going to be, I hope, making…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with Japanese business leaders 4 times
…no, he's kidding." I'd say, "I'm not kidding." That's why we're leading China. We're leading everybody in this race. So we're with you all the…
…as—I think, much faster than maybe any other country, other than China, because in China you have a good system. Also, you have a…
…we started hearing about people dying in different places of the world—China and other places. And we have a COVID. We have a pandemic…
Oct 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the following day, we—as you know, we meet President Xi of China. And that should be—are you going to be there? Oh, good…
Oct 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 3 times
…leaving tomorrow for some very big meetings, including with the president of China, where I think we're going to come out very well and everyone…
…dollars that they're paying. We're actually—on November 1, the tariff on China goes to 157 percent, which is record-setting territory. And we don't…
…trillion of investment. The alltime record is $3 trillion. I think it's China. We're going to have $20-or $21 trillion—we've never had anything…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Diwali Celebration 4 times
…the papers because I'm the one—right now, as of November 1, China will have about 155-percent tariff put on it. And I don't…
…sustainable for them. So I want to be nice to China, but China has been very rough with us over the years, because we had…
…Some were good politicians. Some weren't even good politicians. But they allowed China to take advantage of us, and every other country to take advantage…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 8 times
…a slog. We've got a slog. But remember this, other nations, including China, Japan, European nations, they used tariffs against us for many years. That's…
…doing good, and I took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China. I put the full tariffs on China. Biden left the tariffs because…
…make a good—I want him to make a good deal for China, but it's got to be fair. For years, they were making $5…
Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 2 times
…I like it. For me, it's like—I love it. In between China, Russia, and everything else that we deal with, it's going to be…
…they've wanted to have it. And when they have the head of China, the head of any country, we have many—many of the countries…
Oct 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…a place called Egypt, the oldest civilization. They say 6,000 years. China is 5,000 years, but you're out—you're actually number one, 6…