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“Tariff” said in 168 of 304 transcripts, 1,336 times.
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Apr 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Turning Point USA 2 times
…our jobs and plundering our wealth, thanks to our strong policy on tariffs, we cut our gaping trade deficit. Now, if you do 1 percent…
…world. I got the nations to agree because I threatened them with tariffs if they don't do it. And I got the insurance companies, I…
Apr 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a roundtable on No Tax on Tips 7 times
…selling more cars now. A lot of it has to do with tariffs. You pay no tariffs if you come here. If you don't come…
…the United States because of a lot of reasons, but because of tariffs. Because of tariffs. If they sell their product into our country, they…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 8 times
…said, "If you keep fighting, I'm going to put a 250-percent tariff on each one." "No, no, no, you cannot do that." I said…
…right, we won't fight anymore." That's how I stopped them. I used tariffs to stop. You ever hear of anything like that? It was too…
…maybe the election, but number two, and a close number two, is tariffs. The tariffs are driving people in from Canada, Mexico, Germany, Japan, South…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to farmers 3 times
…help farmers recovering from the Biden catastrophe, we use money taken from tariffs. The tariffs—we've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars from the…
Mar 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers Remarks at the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner 2 times
…it. I got other countries to do it with the threat of tariffs. I said, "If you don't approve it"—because they got the insurance…
…And the decisions that these people make—I got a decision on tariffs that's going to cost our country. Not me. I'll do it a…
Mar 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…just want to have smart decisions. They gave us a decision on tariffs the other day that won't change tariffs. I can do it a…
…billion to pay people back, because now I have to start the tariffs all over again. Very simple. And what happens with the money I've…
Mar 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…it is—and the $12 billion in farm relief we issued using tariff revenue. We get $12 billion. We took in tremendous amounts of money…
…It was because of November 5, but it was also because of tariffs. So, Lexie, please come up and say a few words. Lexie. Come…
…Because if you don't do it, I'm going to put a big tariff on everything coming in from France," or whatever country, because I made…
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…billion in domestic manufacturing, all because of what we've done with the tariffs and with the deductions and all of the other things that we've…
…convince foreign nations that it's not fair, and I used the word "tariff," the beautiful word. I always said one of my most favorite, most…
…after. I said, "It's my favorite word in the dictionary, the word 'tariff,'" and they killed me. These guys, they are the worst. For decades…
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…get every single country to almost immediately approve. I threatened them with tariffs. I said, "Look, if you're not going to do this—you're going…
…you going to do?" I said: "I'm going to put very substantial tariffs if you don't do it. And they go into effect tomorrow morning…
Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…the lowest price, that's what we pay. And I did that through tariffs. We had a little disappointing decision, to put it mildly, from the…
…doing the same thing with a lot of work. But I used tariffs to get this, because I went to other countries. The drug companies…
…to put," in the case of Emmanuel, I said, "a 100-percent tariff on all wines and champagnes coming into the United States." "No, no…
Mar 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to the Shield of Americas Summit 2 times
…Can you get more? Can you get more?" He's the king of tariffs, right? But he's very gentle. We want to be very gentle with…
…for a number of days. I did that through trade. I used tariffs and trade. And it was amazing. But we did amazing. One was…
Mar 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Tech Roundtable 2 times
…All you would've had to do is put a charge or a tariff on. If you wanted to leave the United States, that's fine. You…
…here, you're going to pay 100-percent or 200- or 300-percent tariff. And nobody would've ever left. But they missed that opportunity. But it's…
Feb 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Corpus Christi 1 time
…not going to do it, we're going to charge you a massive tariff that's many times more." Because they had to approve it. The drug…
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? 5 times
…000, where it wasn't supposed to do it for many years—were tariffs. I used these tariffs, took in hundreds of billions of dollars, to…
…many of the wars I settled was because of the threat of tariffs—I wouldn't have been able to settle them without—will remain in…
…time-tested and approved. And as time goes by, I believe the tariffs, paid for by foreign countries will, like in the past, substantially replace…
Feb 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…in big trouble 2 years ago, and then I put on the tariffs, and now he's going around the clock, making the racks, making the…
…And it's just amazing what's happened. That anybody can be complaining about tariffs. He just said, "I'd give you a big hug if the press…
…business, hiring people, can't get enough people, and it's all because of tariffs. I had Novartis come in yesterday, a big drug company. They're building…
Feb 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to Fort Bragg Military Families 1 time
…ago. We had a lot of money coming into our country from tariffs. And I said, "Let's send a little to our soldiers." You know…
Feb 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 6 times
…jobs have been just decimated, although they're all coming back because of tariffs. They're all coming back into our country at levels we've never seen…
…to $3,000. These regulation cuts, combined with our tax cuts and tariffs, are the reason why the world's largest automakers have announced that they're…
…in a position like this, and a lot of it's due to tariffs, and a lot of it's due to the fact that we had…
Feb 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Champion of Coal Event 4 times
…of the world. Another one of my favorite words is the word "tariff." You know, tariff is very—I know they want to hear that…
…it to be a little bit later than that. But because of tariffs, you saw that we just—it was just announced our trade deficit…
…of my first year. So that's some difference. And that's because of tariffs. So we're doing numbers that nobody thought were possible. The economy is…
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 7 times
…They had to agree. And the reason they agreed is, I used tariffs. I said, "If you don't put them up, then we're going to…
…far greater national security. And it's really—a big factor was the tariffs. We're charging very substantial tariffs for companies that don't want to make…
…States, they have to pay very big penalties in the form of tariffs. And what that means is, they're all coming here. Every industry is…
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 2 times
…were doing very well. We just handed them $12 billion out of tariff money because they were taken advantage of by foreign countries, various foreign…
…joke. Other countries laughed at us and took advantage of us with tariffs, and we weren't allowed to charge, and they were allowed to charge…
Feb 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs Bill to Reopen the Government 1 time
…the countries to go along with it, and I had to threaten tariffs against them if they didn't approve. And the health care companies—who…
Jan 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…a rich country. We've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariff money. We're—we've never been in a position like this. We're strong…
Jan 28, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks on Trump Accounts 1 time
…coming here to make their cars because they don't want to pay tariffs. Very simple. It wasn't very complicated. You'll see those numbers starting to…
Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 6 times
…And you just said you're opening up two massive plants because of tariffs. You're opening up one in North Carolina, one someplace else. And you're…
…investment coming into the country. And it's amazing. And it's because of tariffs, and it's also because of the fact that we had such a…
…was easy? I said, "If you don't agree, we're going to put tariffs on you." And they said: "We agree. We agree." So you'll have…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…but the election gave us a view—and it's a view on tariffs—to protect our country, because our country was being plucked like you…
…and we've had—we'll have—Scott, I'd say $600 billion worth of tariff money coming in. And I think we're going to have maybe more…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum 17 times
…projected by the IMF just last April. And with my growth and tariff policies, it should be much higher. I really believe we can be…
…of raising taxes on domestic producers, we are lowering them and raising tariffs on foreign nations to pay for the damage that they've caused. In…
…everything in 1 year; used to be 38 to 41 years. With tariffs, we've radically reduced our ballooning trade deficit, which was the largest in…
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in Southern Boulevard Dedication Ceremony 3 times
…of our country. Who would think that? And that's largely because of tariffs. They don't want to pay the tariffs. It's a pretty simple formula…
…China became powerful because of that. They don't want to pay the tariff. But it only works, really, here. It works best here. What a…
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Health Roundtable 10 times
…in the United States. You know why he's doing that? Because of tariffs. He's doing that because of tariffs. Without tariffs, he wouldn't be doing…
…If you don't do it, I'm going to put a 25-percent tariff on all goods: wine, champagnes, and everything else coming into the United…
…do that." I said, "No, we're going to put a 25-percent tariff," which is, by the way, about seven times more than they would…
Jan 14, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in a signing ceremony 5 times
…anti-American people, frankly—people that don't want us to do well. Tariffs have helped us stop eight wars. They've helped us get the best…
…all else, they've given us tremendous national security, just the threat of tariffs. You saw that just yesterday when I put tariffs on a certain…
…lot faster. So we have made hundreds of billions of dollars with tariffs. We have very little inflation. Think of it. Inflation has gone down…
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 31 times
…being absolutely destroyed. But, in a matter of months, largely because of tariff income and the election result, we've slashed that gaping trade deficit by…
…biggest reasons for this unbelievable success has been our historic use of tariffs. There was the tariff that made America strong and powerful in past…
…Roosevelt and some others. But we were really strong. It was all tariffs. And I know what happened. Some of these countries got together, and…
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…expansions. And they're building more plants in the United States because of tariffs. And Jim said, and Bill very strongly confirmed, they've never seen anything…
…be honest with you, Bill, every industry exciting. Just like this. Right. Tariffs and the relief I gave them ——from the most ridiculous standards, where…
…they make a great product. Well, as you know, we have a tariff on Chinese autos. And in Europe, China is taking over the auto…
Jan 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat 18 times
…that happy with me, because, you know, they're paying a lot of tariffs now because they're not doing the oil, but they are. They've now…
…very substantially, as you know, from Russia. We're getting rich because of tariffs, by the way. I hope everyone understands that. They hate to report…
…650 billion poured into our country, or coming in shortly, because of tariffs. You know, they're—they're finding all of these pockets of money. A…
Dec 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…9, 4.3. We've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs. We gave the military—the entire military—$1,776. Seventeen hundred and…
Dec 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 5 times
…plants, including auto plants, all over the United States of America. Without tariffs, they wouldn't be doing anything, although they were very happy with the…
…20, because the rest of the world took advantage of us. Without tariffs, I could have never done it. I called up the heads of…
…if you don't do it, I'm going to put a 25-percent tariff on everything France sells into the United States of America, and that's…
Dec 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in North Carolina 16 times
…in billions and billions and billions—hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs. Remember, they said, "Oh, the tariffs will cause inflation." They just came…
…you don't do it, I'm going to charge you a 25-percent tariff on everything you sell into America." And I said—because that was…
…tripling, or quadrupling of the price. But I said: "A 25-percent tariff. It's much more money than what you're talking about." So they would…
Dec 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times
…them, "If you don't do it, we're going to have to use tariffs, and we're going to charge you a 10-percent tariff," which is…
…countries agreeing to do it. If we didn't have the use of tariffs, we would never be able to do this. But we used tariff…
…will do the same. And if they don't, we're going to put tariffs on them, and we'll get the same amount of money, plus we'll…
Dec 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…They're incredible. They're our finest people. They're protecting us. And because of tariffs, we're taking in billions and billions of dollars more than we ever…
Dec 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds an address to the nation 6 times
…far greater national security. Much of this success has been accomplished by tariffs—my favorite word, "tariffs"—which for many decades have been used successfully…
…anymore. Companies know that if they build in America, there are no tariffs, and that's why they're coming home to the U.S.A. in record numbers…
…to be the largest tax refund season of all time. Because of tariffs, along with the just-passed "One Big Beautiful Bill," tonight I am…
Dec 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Mexican Border Defense Medal Presentation 11 times
…and there's never been anything like it. And the reason are the tariffs have brought vast amounts of wealth into our country; that countries that…
…ever seen before. That's going to be a massive industry. Without the tariffs, we wouldn't have that. Chips are coming in. The chip companies are…
…and they run. That was under Biden. The fact that I set tariffs up and that, if they don't make their chips here, they have…
Dec 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…would have had a President that didn't have the courage to use tariffs the way they should be used. And because of the tariffs, we've…
…we have over 18. That's—again, because they don't want to pay tariffs, so in order not to pay tariffs, they come in and they…
…coming in because there's—they don't have—they don't want to pay tariffs. Very simple. They're coming in and they're spending a tremendous—they're spending…
Dec 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Congressional Ball 3 times
…heard of a number like that. You know why? A thing called tariffs. The tariffs are so big and so substantial. And it was just…
…deficit goes down by 2 percent, it's like a great thing. The tariffs have reduced the deficit by 64 percent. Nobody has ever seen—and…
Dec 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a signing ceremony 6 times
…shriveled down, and, really, we lost a lot. And now, because of tariffs, which have been so incredible, we've taken in hundreds of billions of…
…people don't know how to do it. The second reason is the tariffs. We're charging countries that were really hurting us badly, were really decimating…
…trillion in debt, which we'll start paying off pretty soon with the tariff money coming in. But the countries that were really decimating us used…
Dec 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…little while ago. They're all coming here. They're coming here because of tariffs, because they don't want to pay tariffs. But they're coming here because…
…as an example, but Switzerland paid almost nothing in terms of a tariff or tax, or whatever you want to call it. License. They paid…
…and hire a lot more people? Anything you need? Do you mean tariffs? Because are they—are these country tariff—are they tariffing you any…
Dec 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in Pennsylvania 13 times
…I mean, 2 years ago. Now it's starting to fill up. The tariffs have filled it up because people are coming here. Other steel companies…
…they don't want to spend 100 percent, 50 percent, 25 percent on tariffs. They're all coming in. It's amazing. You know, they—the word—remember…
…up early on. I said my favorite—it's turning out. You know, tariffs are bringing us hundreds of billions of dollars. I just helped our…
Dec 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: President Trump makes an announcement 12 times
…very much. Right. And this is largely coming in because of the tariff situation. You know, we have—we're taking in trillions of dollars, actually…
…sell your car here, but we're going to put a hundred-percent tariff," and you would have never had the auto industry leave. We—again…
…not, like, "Well, maybe we'll do it." They're doing it because of tariffs, and they're doing it because of maybe they like the President and…
Dec 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 1 time
…of that, no country has done 20 percent. And it's because of tariffs and because every—and I think because of November 5—the election…
Nov 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends US - Saudi Investment Forum 9 times
…thought were possible. And we're taking in trillions and trillions of dollars. Tariffs have been, frankly, the best things that's ever happened to our country…
…them, and they're all coming back. They're all coming back because of tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs—I mean, they liked the fact that…
…your product back into this country, there will be a 250-percent tariff," nobody would've left. Nobody would've left. And Intel would have been a…
Nov 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Arabia for dinner 4 times
…back into the United States and, I have to say, because of tariffs. I'll also say because of November 5, the election. But because of…
…their stock has gone through the roof because what I did with tariffs last week on certain kinds of vehicles. I won't get into it…
…mid-size and the large trucks because of what we did with tariffs is incredible. It's incredible. So I congratulate both companies, and thank you…
Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 3 times
…ever invested in any country ever before. And it's largely because of tariffs and, I think, November 5 election. But it's the largest amount. As…
…factories. That's AI. It's everything. They're all coming back. Because of the tariffs, they're all coming back, because they don't want to pay 15-, 20…
Nov 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Veterans Day address 1 time
…What a job he's done. We've taken in trillions of dollars in tariffs, and we want to keep it that way. It's been good for…