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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 205 of 567 transcripts, 855 times.

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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 During a Press Briefing With White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 20, 2026 Press conference Kalshi: Trump joins the WH Press Briefing 8 times

  1. …country is proud for—the attack on Venezuela, the attack on the Iran nuclear capability. Wiped it out. I mean, be—first administration, Soleimani, the…
  2. …America is respected again on the world stage. That's another topic. Obliterated Iran's nuclear enrichment capability, and Operation Midnight Hammer was one of the most…
  3. …and maybe much more than that." They're both nuclear countries. Israel and Iran. Egypt and Ethiopia were going to fight over a dam, and I…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Palm Beach, Florida

Jan 16, 2026 Other 2 times

  1. …you saw that with Venezuela. You saw that with the attack on Iran, with the knocking out their nuclear capability, potentially. So yes, we're going…
  2. …about that. Go ahead. Well, we're going to see. As you know, Iran canceled the hanging of over 800 people. They were going to hang…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Jan 13, 2026 Other 5 times

  1. …We're going to look at the whole situation that's going on in Iran. It's really bad stuff. Minnesota is going to have to take care…
  2. …Governor and a corrupt Governor. But we'll straighten that out. But the—Iran is on my mind. When I see the kind of death that…
  3. …I think so, yes. I think it's going to happen. Yes. Yes. Iran said that the last time I blew them up with the nuclear…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Jan 11, 2026 Other 7 times

  1. …through it for years with me, being hit—Soleimani, al-Baghdadi, the Iran nuclear threat wiped out—don't you think—and then you just had…
  2. …want peace. They want to have freedom. The protesters are after freedom. Iran has not allowed freedom for a long time. And the protesters, I…
  3. …companies have totally abused. I'm not going to let it happen. With Iran? They do. They called—— ——yesterday. Iran called to negotiate, yes. Yesterday. The…

Remarks During a Meeting With Executives of Oil and Gas Companies and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 9, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Oil & Gas Executives 8 times

  1. …are very familiar with taking oil out of the ground. Yes. So Iran is in big trouble. It looks to me that the people are…
  2. …totally backed down, but this is something pretty incredible that's happening in Iran. It's an amazing thing to watch. They've done a bad job. They've…
  3. …That's never happened before, although I heard that's also taking place in Iran. They named a street, the protesters. I just hope—you know, just…

The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Palm Beach, Florida

Dec 29, 2025 Press conference 10 times

  1. …hundred percent. Don't forget, we made the plan possible by taking out Iran. And speaking of Iran, I hope they're not trying to build up…
  2. …no choice but very quickly to eradicate that buildup. So I hope Iran is not trying to build up, as I've been reading that they're…
  3. …know, these are major factions, and it started with our negotiation with Iran. I think it probably started with Soleimani. That was really where—you…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters During a Greeting With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Palm Beach, Florida

Dec 29, 2025 Other 4 times

  1. …we were extremely victorious, to put it mildly. Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again, and if they are, we're going…
  2. …the hell out of them. But hopefully, that's not happening. I heard Iran wants to make a deal. If they want to make a deal…
  3. …overthrow of a regime. It's—they've got a lot of problems in Iran. They have tremendous inflation. Their economy is bust. Their economy is no…

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 Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 7 times

  1. …than they were prior to us taking out the nuclear capability of Iran. You know, Iran has gone down many, many steps in terms of…
  2. …bully of the Middle East anymore. And Iraq was being bullied by Iran, yes. We had a President that thought it was brilliant to blow…
  3. …a sudden, instead of having a power that was basically equal to Iran, they had Iran ruling the Middle East for a long period of…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Prince 6 times

  1. …we've done a great job in wiping out the nuclear capacity of Iran. Nobody else could have done that. No other President would have done…
  2. …22 years—they said, "Our predecessors and us practiced the attack on Iran, but no President ever gave us the go-ahead." Three times a…
  3. …it was the right thing to do. You can't have a nuclear Iran, and so we put you in a very good position. But I…

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 in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to West Palm Beach, Florida

Nov 14, 2025 Other 4 times

  1. …missiles. You saw that when we took out the nuclear capability of Iran. Know—you know, for 22 years they wanted to do that. No…
  2. …We did it. And Iran is a different place. By the way, Iran wants to negotiate a deal too. Everybody wants to negotiate with us…
  3. …shortly. We've had tremendous interest in the Abraham Accords since we put Iran out of business. Okay? Thank you much. Thank you, everybody. Thank you

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…

The President's News Conference

Oct 15, 2025 Press conference Kalshi: Trump Press Conference 11 times

  1. …there wouldn't be peace. If we didn't destroy the nuclear capability of Iran, that deal would have never happened for two reasons. The Arab nations…
  2. …to do it, because you have a very powerful—at that time—Iran is not powerful anymore, between what we—what Israel and us did…
  3. …and missiles also going into Israel. But between what we did to Iran that way, with the, you know, "conventional," we will call it, and…

Remarks During a Meeting With President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt and an Exchange With Reporters in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Oct 13, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …important role. I appreciate it very much. Thank you. Right. No, not Iran. But I think Iran will come along. They've been battered and bruised…
  2. …the sanctions off." We're going to end up with peace. I think Iran is going to be fine. I know so many Iranian people. They're…
  3. …all come together. Every country has come together. And by the way, Iran did put out a statement, you know, that they support this deal…

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 in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Lod, Israel

Oct 12, 2025 Other 7 times

  1. …and he begged that you not do what they were doing with Iran? You remember that, right? Begged them. And they wouldn't even listen to…
  2. …get along, and they had the opposite, because Biden and Obama backed Iran. And just so, when you talk about a thing like that, if…
  3. …Iran, this wouldn't have worked. And had we not taken out the Iran nuclear facility and we made the same deal, it would have a…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 6 times

  1. …just everything came together. I think the attack was very important on Iran, because, let's say that didn't happen. They'd probably, by now, have a…
  2. …dark cloud over it, and it wouldn't be the same thing. So Iran is different, but Iran wants to work on peace now, they've informed…
  3. …it's a great thing. So, we appreciate that, and we'll work with Iran. As you know, we have major sanctions on Iran and lots of…

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 With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel Announcing a Cease-Fire Proposal Between Hamas and Israel

Sep 29, 2025 Press conference Kalshi: Trump and Netanyahu Press Conference, Trump meets Netanyahu 6 times

  1. …I have just concluded an important meeting on many vital issues, including Iran, trade, the expansion of the Abraham Accords, and, most importantly, we discussed…
  2. …this will also lead to packing them. And who knows? Maybe even Iran can get in there. I hope. We expect—we hope we're going…
  3. …a member. I long ago said, "I'll bet you at some point Iran will be a member of the Accords." And little did I realize…