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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.

“Budget” said in 53 of 309 transcripts, 91 times.

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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 3 times

  1. …up to 400. Otherwise, we're right now ahead of schedule. We're under budget. But depending on finishes, from $300- to $400 million are being given…
  2. …and it's a very unattractive building that's seriously late and seriously over budget. I think you're going to see a great one here, and it…

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

  1. …to find enough of that fraud, we will actually have a balanced budget overnight. It will go very quickly. That's the kind of money you're…
  2. …to continue to do so. Also, we just approved a trillion-dollar budget—we have no choice; we have to be strong—because, hopefully, we…

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 4 times

  1. …there's so much potential in so many nations. The result was record budget and trade deficits and a growing sovereign deficit driven by the largest…
  2. …jobs. We've cut Federal spending by $100 billion and slashed the Federal budget deficit by 27 percent in the single year—it's going to go…
  3. …my first term and continue to do so today—we have a budget of $1.5 trillion. We're bringing back battleships. The battleship is 100…

Remarks to the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan

Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 4 times

  1. …the United States Treasury, helped curb inflation, and helped cut the Federal budget deficit by a staggering 27 percent, and that's only for a short…
  2. …stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget. That's how much money you're talking. We'll have a balanced budget, without…
  3. …J.B. Pritzker, and Tim Walz, we will very soon have a balanced budget, and that's the kind of money that we're talking about. We're talking…

Remarks During a Ballroom Dinner

Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 3 times

  1. …we've started excavation. I'm very good at building things on time, on budget, that I can tell you. You're not going to see, like the…
  2. …How do you do a ceiling like this?" And they're way over budget. They decided they wanted to do a basement. But unfortunately, the basement…
  3. …a cost that's going to be—we're going to come in under budget. We started with a much smaller building, and then I realized—I…

Remarks at a Dinner With Republican Senators

Jul 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …know that—you know your business. Thank you, Mike. Great job. Senate Budget committee chairman, a gentleman named Lindsey Graham. Just took a big lead…

Remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …for 4 years, it was crazy. And we just approved our largest budget for military operations: over $1 trillion. We've never even come close. But…

Remarks at a Dinner for the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …got a tremendous amount—Lindsey Graham and some people put in the budget 200—either $200- or $250 million. Money was spent there—tremendous amounts…
  2. …previous leadership wasted millions and millions of dollars and handed us a budget deficit of $26 million. Can you believe that? In addition, the programming…
  3. …teach DEI. In just 12 weeks, our new Board has balanced the budget—think of that in—2026 budget. That's a pretty good—that's a…

Remarks to United States Servicemembers at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar

May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …better, stronger, and more powerful than ever before. We just did a budget. The budget was the highest by far, over a trillion dollars. That's…
  2. …a very special group of people. And that's why in—my 2026 budget includes, across the board—maybe you don't want it; look, for the…

Remarks Announcing Additional United States Tariff Actions on Foreign Imports

Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …you do that—and all of the other things that the Senate budget plan gives us, along with working— because I know they're working together…
  2. …new, prosperous path. We're going to cut spending and right-size the budget back to where it should be. We're going to do that very…

Remarks at a Republican Senate Conference in Palm Beach, Florida

Feb 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …and then I said: "You know, why don't we just balance the budget? Why don't we cut certain things and balance the budget? Don't touch…
  2. …can't do it. But just let's see if we can balance the budget. And they started, and they started screaming and shouting. And—and within…
  3. …I said to the Congressmen yesterday that: "Why don't we balance the budget? Why don't we balance the budget? Why should we wait 10 or…