Remarks at the White House Easter Egg Roll
Apr 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…most powerful military anyplace in the world. You saw what happened with Venezuela. And it's an honor. I built it in my first term, and…
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Address to the Nation on United States Military Operations in Iran
Apr 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…troops for the masterful job they did in taking the country of Venezuela in a matter of minutes. That hit was quick, lethal, violent, and…
…strongest military anywhere in the world. And now we're working along with Venezuela—and are, in a true sense, joint-venture partners; we're getting along…
…planet without even discussing the millions of barrels that we're getting from Venezuela. Because of the Trump administration's policies, we produce more oil and gas…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 31, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs Executive Orders 1 time
…at our military. We have the strongest military—look what happened in Venezuela. It was so incredible. People say the greatest military maneuver they've ever…
Remarks on United States Military Operations in Iran and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
Mar 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the Biden administration, where you have people—jails—jails or prisons from Venezuela, from the Congo, from all over the world. Every—from every continent…
Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Future Investment Initiative Priority Miami Summit in Miami Beach, Florida
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 4 times
…and we have the technology nobody has. Look at what happened in Venezuela. They had other equipment, not ours. They made the mistake of using…
…But they have—they've never seen anything like it. When we hit Venezuela, a—and you know, that's a very strong military country. They have…
…we have been very, very successful. You know, when I went into Venezuela, I said, "Eh," because I campaigned on the fact "peace through strength…
Remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee Annual Fundraising Dinner
Mar 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers Remarks at the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner 4 times
…bestowed on the captain, a helicopter pilot who helped us win in Venezuela by landing a helicopter when his leg was practically shot off, with…
…powerful military. We have the most powerful military. You saw that in Venezuela. One hour, the war was over. And, you know, this is a…
…strength and skill, we apprehended the outlaw victor—you know this, from Venezuela—named Nicolás Maduro and brought him to face American justice. He's been…
Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of Homeland Security and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts DHS swearing-in ceremony 3 times
…illegal alien monster charged with Sheridan's brutal murder had come illegally from Venezuela and been released into our country by Sleepy Joe Biden, the worst…
…a tremendous success, as you know, in Iran. We had one in Venezuela, and now we're having one in Iran. They have no navy left…
…a very successful one. Like, successful like nobody's ever seen before. Hey, Venezuela was equally as successful. That was a great—that was a great…
Remarks During a Roundtable Discussion With the Memphis Safe Task Force in Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Memphis Safe Task Force Roundtable 1 time
…built the greatest military in the world. We're showing it now with Venezuela, with Iran. We—everybody knows we have the greatest, most powerful military…
Remarks on Presenting the Commander in Chief's Trophy to the United States Naval Academy Midshipmen
Mar 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Commander in Chief Trophy Presentation 2 times
…job, as good as anybody has ever seen. Don't forget, we had Venezuela. That was the beginning, where people started to see the talent. I…
…the strongest, the greatest. And we're proving that, when you can take Venezuela in a matter of minutes, put somebody on a helicopter that was…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Establishing the Task Force To Eliminate Fraud and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…military or even close, and I think we've probably proven that with Venezuela and now with—because we have done a number on Iran. But…
Remarks at a Women's History Month Event and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…it so much. But when you look at what they did in Venezuela and now what they're doing in Iran, it's been amazing. But when…
Remarks at the House Republicans Issues Conference in Miami, Florida
Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…who just got the congressional Medal of Honor for landing safely in Venezuela. A helicopter with a lot of soldiers on that, lot of soldiers…
…different situation. And then you had, of course, what they did in Venezuela, how that was, that was just—so far, so good. We've done…
…by far. And that's before we showed off our military strength with Venezuela, and now with Iran. You know, Iran was supposed to be this…
Remarks at the Shield of the Americas Summit in Miami, Florida
Mar 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to the Shield of Americas Summit 9 times
…includes showing zero tolerance for the gang activity. Tremendous gang activity. In Venezuela, we've got—that's in much better shape than it ever has been…
…Since that operation, we've been working closely with the new President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, who's doing a great job working with us. I mean…
…just reached a historic gold deal—it's called the gold deal—with Venezuela to allow our two countries to work together to facilitate the sale…
Remarks During a Roundtable Discussion on Saving College Sports and an Exchange With Reporters
Mar 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Saving College Sports Roundtable 1 time
…with our military, and they admire our military with what happened in Venezuela and what's happening now, what's happened with the B–2 bombers before…
Remarks Honoring the 2025 Major League Soccer Champion Inter Miami
Mar 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Inter Miami CF 3 times
…it, we found out it certainly did work—when we look at Venezuela; when we look at the first attack, Midnight Hammer, in Iran, which…
…all the time. That was another one that wasn't supposed to happen. Venezuela is going great. It's been stabilized. We have a wonderful person as…
…very shortly, it will be more money than they've ever made. And Venezuela is working. So we've had a lot of countries in places that…
Remarks During a Roundtable Discussion on the Ratepayer Protection Pledge
Mar 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Tech Roundtable 3 times
…it a little bit more than I thought we would have to. Venezuela worked out really great. We have a wonderful relationship with the President…
…of barrels of oil, and that goes to our benefit and to Venezuela's benefit. And they'll be doing better than they've ever—ever done before…
…of that, and we'll also make life wonderful for the people of Venezuela who have been very, very badly hit. So that's a lot said…
Remarks on Energy in Corpus Christi, Texas
Feb 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Corpus Christi 8 times
…energy superpower, by far, anywhere on earth. And I want to thank Venezuela, because our relationship is a very good one. We're—very, very good…
…We're having a very good relationship. That boat—that ship is from Venezuela. For 4 long years before I took office, the Biden administration—Sleepy…
…oil exports are up by hundreds of thousands of barrels a day. Venezuela—think of it—eighty thousand—80 million, so far—we just started…
Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union
Feb 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: What will Trump say during the State of the Union?, What places will Trump mention in his State of the Union address?, Who will Trump mention during his State of the Union address? 3 times
…a day. And we just received from our new friend and partner, Venezuela, more than 80 million barrels of oil. American natural gas production is…
…it also opens up a bright new beginning for the people of Venezuela. We're working closely with the new President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, to…
Remarks at a Black History Month Reception
Feb 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Black History Month Reception 1 time
…and you saw that with our attack a few weeks ago on Venezuela. We have the greatest military in the world. We make the greatest…
Remarks to United States Servicemembers and Military Families at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Feb 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to Fort Bragg Military Families 2 times
…of you were involved in that—and what we did recently in Venezuela. Nobody ever saw anything like that happen. A Venezuelan general who was…
…right here—to ever live, frankly, successfully captured the outlaw dictator of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and brought him back to face American justice, where he's…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Domestic Coal Production
Feb 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Champion of Coal Event 1 time
…that we're very close to—become very close to, and that's called Venezuela, where we're taking in, in this case, oil. We had 50 million…
Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 3 times
…2 bombers in Iran and—and you saw it with—recently, with Venezuela, where we're getting along fantastically with leadership. But— —become a great relations…
…we get it. In his very quiet manner, he's brutal. Just ask Venezuela. Ask Iran. They're negotiating now. They don't want to—they don't want…
…say it when we give the okay for, like, the attack on Venezuela or the attack on Iran. He says, I say, we all say…
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 1 time
…to do that, and we will. We're getting along very well in Venezuela with the leadership. Very, very well. You know, we took in 50…
Remarks on the United States Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…it's a failed nation now, and they're not getting any money from Venezuela, and they're not getting any money from anywhere. It's a failed nation…
…have a—— ——a tremendous force going there, just like we did in Venezuela. Even bigger. And they'll be there soon, and I'd like to see…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Celebrating American Greatness With American Motor Racing
Jan 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…heading toward Iran right now. Even larger than what we had in Venezuela. It's still in front of Venezuela. The Venezuelan situation—the leadership is…
…They murdered people. We had 11,888 murderers. We had prisons, including Venezuela—but Venezuela opened its prisons. So did the Congo. The Congo, in…
Remarks in Clive, Iowa
Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 3 times
…over the world, they're open up—the Congo, all over South America, Venezuela, they opened up their jails. We've got to get them out. I…
…won—if they win, that group, that ideology wins, you will be Venezuela on steroids. It's—and I've said it for years. And you know…
…have a country. And just weeks ago, at a spectacular operation in Venezuela, we brought the outlaw dictator Nicolás Maduro to face American justice—in…
Remarks During a World Economic Forum Reception With Business Leaders in Davos, Switzerland
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…bad here. If they killed people in their country, whether it was Venezuela or the Congo or any of the countries where they came. In…
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 7 times
…a day. And last week, we picked up 50 million barrels from Venezuela alone. Venezuela has been an amazing place for so many years, but…
…they'll be making more money than they've made in a long time. Venezuela is going to do fantastically well. We appreciate all of the cooperation…
…they said, "Let's make a deal." More people should do that. But Venezuela's going to make more money in the next 6 months than they've…
Remarks at a Dedication Ceremony for the Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach, Florida
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in Southern Boulevard Dedication Ceremony 5 times
…have gotten in, this country would have been a place known as "Venezuela on steroids." It would have been in big trouble. So we did…
…the roughest people—Tren de Aragua. The jails are emptied out from Venezuela. Now, I like Venezuela very much. I say good things. I don't…
…a-Lago, we apprehended the outlaw known as dictator Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela for his crimes against the United States and the rest of the…
Remarks at a Roundtable Discussion on Rural Health Care Improvement Efforts
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Health Roundtable 3 times
…where we came up with a little concept about a place called Venezuela. How did that work out? And this is going to be the…
…is so big. It's going to work just like that. What is—Venezuela was so amazing, but I equate that to other things, because we…
…likes MAGA. So we want to make this precision just like a Venezuela; just like the attack on the Iran nuclear weapons, which wiped that…
Remarks on Signing the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 and an Exchange With Reporters
Jan 14, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in a signing ceremony 3 times
…found and is in jail right now. And that's the leaker on Venezuela. We had a very bad leaker. So there could be some others…
…there's everything we can do. You found that out last week with Venezuela. There's everything we can do about things such as that. Not going…
…lot of things. And I think we're getting along very well with Venezuela. Yes, please. Yes. He's fantastic. The person is fantastic. It's a he…
Remarks to the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 11 times
…all I'm doing is spewing off what the hell we've done. Even Venezuela wasn't too bad, was it? Huh? But you have people—Democrats—they…
…1 year ago, we would have been, as I have often said, Venezuela on steroids. Now I'm Venezuela's biggest fan. We're working with them. But…
…to a disaster—you know, a disaster. And we would have been Venezuela on steroids. And we're bringing Venezuela back, and we're going to be…
Remarks at the House Republican Members Retreat
Jan 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat 4 times
…we did such a great job on the border. By the way, Venezuela—everyone, they're marching in the streets. They love it. Except in New…
…come in from prisons from all over the world—but in particular, Venezuela, Tren de Aragua. Tren de Aragua comes in. And Tren de Aragua…
…had Kamala come in, I believe that our country would have been Venezuela on steroids. I used to say that during the campaign, "If I…
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 7 times
…Please. No. No. Anywhere. Anywhere drugs are pouring in. Anywhere. Not just Venezuela. No. Yes. Yes. Going to do with what? We're going to keep…
…the ships also. Yes, please. Yes. I have— We're talking about with Venezuela? Well, you had a different kind of a President before me. They…
…mind drugs pouring into our country. They didn't mind the jails of Venezuela and Tren de Aragua being emptied into the U.S., where they take…
Remarks on Efforts To Reduce Prescription Drug Prices
Dec 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…in that shouldn't be here. They came from the jails—all over Venezuela, all over the world—the Congo. And now, when they come in…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research and an Exchange With Reporters
Dec 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…you know, a lot of bad people from all over the world. Venezuela emptied their prisons into our country. We had Tren de Aragua, which…
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 3 times
…worst—most violent criminals anywhere on Earth—from many countries, not just Venezuela. Venezuela emptied their jails into our country, but others have also. The…
…pathetic man who was run by Tren de Aragua. The criminals from Venezuela took over sections of Colorado, and he was afraid to do anything…
Remarks on Signing the Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act and an Exchange With Reporters
Dec 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Bill Signing Ceremony 2 times
…don't want to say that. But it's not only land strikes on Venezuela, it's land strikes on horrible people that are bringing in drugs and…
…and that's what's happening. So it doesn't necessarily have to be in Venezuela. It's people that are bringing in drugs to our country are targets…
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 3 times
…11,888 murderers come into our country. Many of them are from Venezuela. We had thousands of Tren de Aragua, the gang, come in from…
…the most violent gang. That comes out of—from the prisons of Venezuela. It came out of the prisons of Venezuela. So it has to…
Remarks During a Roundtable Discussion With Business Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters
Dec 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela—a large tanker, very large. Largest one ever seized, actually. And other…
Remarks on the National Economy in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania
Dec 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in Pennsylvania 2 times
…war. The Congo, their entire prison population was sent into our country. Venezuela, their entire prison population was dumped into our country. And now we…
…knocks the crap out of them, that—with the drug dealers from Venezuela and others. That same missile, think of it, from hundreds of miles…
Remarks on Fuel Efficiency Standards and an Exchange With Reporters
Dec 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: President Trump makes an announcement 2 times
…told him a couple of things. We'll see what happens with that. Venezuela sends us drugs, but Venezuela sends us people that they shouldn't be…
Remarks at the Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation Ceremony
Nov 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Presidential Turkey Pardon 2 times
…700 people—career criminals and people that came to this city from Venezuela and many other places. They were let out of prisons and they…
…were Tren de Aragua—a lot of Tren de Aragua. That's from Venezuela. And we got them all the hell out of our country or…
Remarks at the American Business Forum in Miami, Florida
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 5 times
…are hell-bent on turning America into a communist Cuba or socialist Venezuela, and you see what happened to those places. For generations, Miami has…
…people from prisons. We don't want prisons dumped into our country like Venezuela did. They emptied their prisons into our country. We don't want that…
…terrorists and—we're blowing them up—linked to the Maduro regime in Venezuela and others. Look, it's not just—it's not just Venezuela. But a…
Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion With the Homeland Security Task Force and an Exchange With Reporters
Oct 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 5 times
…No, it's not accurate. No. It's false. But we're not happy with Venezuela for a lot of reasons, drugs being one of them. But also…
…years ago when everybody was pouring in. But we're very unhappy with Venezuela because of what they've done. They've emptied their prisons into our country…
…had running our country: very stupid people. So we're not happy with Venezuela, I will tell you. Yes. Yes, please. Go ahead. Are you okay…
Remarks During a Ballroom Dinner
Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 4 times
…they were literally emptying out insane asylums into our country. This is Venezuela, but other countries also, not only Venezuela. And speaking of Venezuela, we've…
…and drugs coming into this country, a lot of them coming from Venezuela. A lot of them come from Mexico and Colombia too, in all…
Remarks on Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reporters
Oct 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 1 time
…along the way. She—they've—they need a lot of help in Venezuela. It's a basic disaster. So—and you could also say it was…
Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…South America. No, but from all over. A lot came in from Venezuela. Venezuela emptied its prison population into our country. That's why they have…
…had that problem. It's very interesting. It's amazing. It's just like in Venezuela—you've seen the boats going. "We can't find any more boats." They're…
…any more boats on the ocean. You don't see any boats around Venezuela. There's nothing. As President, I will never hesitate to defend our people…
Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City
Sep 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Address to United Nations General Assembly 2 times
…There aren't too many boats that are traveling on the seas by Venezuela. They tend not to want to travel very quickly anymore. And we…
…world—MS–13 and Tren de Aragua. Tren de Aragua is from Venezuela, by the way. Such organizations torture, maim, mutilate, and murder with impunity…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…in 25 million people that—look, many criminals. Jails were open from Venezuela, from many other countries, and they were let out of jail and…