Remarks During a Visit to National Mall Reflecting Pool and an Exchange With Reporters
May 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…we have to. They asked us not to do it during the negotiation. It could—well, no, gas prices have come down today. Have you…
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Remarks at a Celebration of Military Mothers and an Exchange With Reporters
May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Military Mother's Day Event 1 time
…see what happens. They want to make a deal, they want to negotiate, and I think that military mothers would want to hear that. Do…
Remarks During a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…stop and the—and people ask me: "How the hell do you negotiate like that? You're destroying them." Every day I read—think of it…
…But you know, I'm supposed to be negotiating. And they make you negotiate from weakness, not strength, but the difference is, I don't care. And…
Remarks at a Turning Point, U.S.A., Event in Phoenix, Arizona
Apr 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Turning Point USA 1 time
…process should go very quickly that most of the points are already negotiated and agreed to. You'll be very happy. The U.S.A. will get all…
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 3 times
Hello, everybody. So we've had very good negotiations today with Iran, getting a lot of the things that we—they should have given us a…
…I would only say that we are doing extremely well in that negotiation, but you never know with Iran, because we negotiate with them, and…
Remarks to Farmers
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to farmers 2 times
…they crippled the American agriculture industry with brutal restrictions and failed to negotiate even a single new trade deal on your behalf. Not one trade…
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 1 time
…of any nation anywhere in the world. But, under the deals I negotiated, we go from the highest price ever paid to the lowest price…
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 2 times
…was a big victim of it. Yes, please. Yes, well, we're in negotiations—as it turned out. And now you've seen what I said yesterday…
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
…you have to understand, I know my whole life has been a negotiation, but, with Iran, we've been negotiating for a long time. And this…
Remarks With Prime Minister Micheál Martin of Ireland at a St. Patrick's Day Reception
Mar 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…location in terms of the shot. So he has a lot to negotiate with. But the United States will soon return to the Moon. We…
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 1 time
…out. They have to leave their planes behind. And they want to negotiate. And they are negotiating with Marco and myself and some others. And…
Remarks During a Roundtable Discussion on the Ratepayer Protection Pledge
Mar 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Tech Roundtable 1 time
…investment. So they'll be upgrading existing power delivery infrastructure. They will, third, negotiate separate rate structures with utilities to clearly and cleanly assign them to…
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? 4 times
…will continue to work along the same successful path that we had negotiated before the Supreme Court's unfortunate involvement. So, despite the disappointing ruling, these…
…their electric utility bills. Tonight I'm pleased to announce that I have negotiated the new "Rate Payer Protection Pledge." You know what that is. We're…
…he'll go down as the best ever. Under the cease-fire I negotiated, every single hostage, both living and dead, has been returned home. Can…
Remarks on Announcing the TrumpRX Prescription Drug Website and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 1 time
…anything about it. Under the most-favored-nation agreements, my administration has negotiated the United States will pay the lowest price paid by any other…
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
…don't think they want that happening again. But they would like to negotiate. We are negotiating with them right now, yes. I can't tell you…
Remarks on the United States Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve and an Exchange With Reporters
Feb 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…And they'll be there soon, and I'd like to see a deal negotiated. I don't know that that's going to happen. But I mean, if…
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 1 time
…Europe and good for us. And that's the reason I'm seeking immediate negotiations to once again discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States…
Remarks at a Roundtable Discussion on Rural Health Care Improvement Efforts
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Health Roundtable 4 times
…lowest nation. So, the lowest nation, whatever that is—I hope they negotiate a great deal. I hope they—somebody out there, of all those…
…and you can choose your own health care. You go out and negotiate your own health care. It makes people entrepreneurs. Many entrepreneurs. They'll pick…
…going to have your heart ripped out, and you're not allowed to negotiate. This is a giant scam. It's, in certain ways—look, nothing can…
Remarks to the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 2 times
…Mark. Hi, Mark. Thank you. Great job you've done. This guy, he negotiates better than anybody around. Thank you. You need it with Iraq. You…
…they can buy the health care that's right for them. They can negotiate their own deal. Health care savings account. But they'll buy their own…
Remarks on the National Economy in Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Dec 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in North Carolina 2 times
…it, and we—nobody's ever even thought of doing it before. I've negotiated and really did it directly with 17 of the world's largest drug…
…in? I've got to make—I've got to make a deal. I negotiate with myself. From the skyscrapers of Charlotte to the rolling hills of…
Address to the Nation on the Economy
Dec 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds an address to the nation 1 time
…the special interests to dramatically reduce the price of prescription drugs. I negotiated directly with the drug companies and foreign nations, which were taking advantage…
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 1 time
…the war, other than the fact that we are involved in a negotiation because people want us there. Ukraine wants us involved very much. Europe…
Remarks on the National Economy in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania
Dec 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in Pennsylvania 1 time
…they're starting to do really well. But, in order to try and negotiate—some countries played a little cute. And we just gave them, right…
Remarks on Signing the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
Nov 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump ends the government shutdown 1 time
…you'll go out, and you'll buy your own health insurance, and you'll negotiate different plans, and you'll get much better insurance, and you will be…
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 1 time
…Accords. And one of the reasons is, we are right now in negotiations or talks with many countries that really wanted to come in, but…
Remarks to United States Servicemembers With Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan in Yokosuko, Japan
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump visits troops on USS George Washington 1 time
…have to have fun. Although, sometimes it's never fun. She's tough to negotiate with, I want to tell you. But I'm delighted to report that…
Remarks at a White House Diwali Celebration and an Exchange With Reporters
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Diwali Celebration 2 times
…nothing. They're not negotiating. What they're doing is saying—they lost the negotiation, and when we got the "Great Big Beautiful Deal" done, they lost…
Remarks at a Lunch With Republican Senators
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 1 time
…doing very well. I think we're going to do well in that negotiation. We've done well, as you know, with Japan, with South Korea, with…
Remarks on Expanding Access to Fertility Care and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and an Exchange With Reporters
Oct 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 1 time
…dreamed about. That's why today I'm pleased to announce that, after extensive negotiations, EMD Serono, the largest fertility drug manufacturer in the world, has agreed…
Remarks During a Ballroom Dinner
Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 1 time
…If you're going to go and do it, we're cutting off all negotiations. There'll be no trade with the United States of America." Both nations…
Remarks to the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel
Oct 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Speech in Israel 2 times
…had tremendous negotiating skills—but I know a lot of people that negotiate pretty well, although it is an art; but there are people that…
Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on the "Antifa" Organization and an Exchange With Reporters
Oct 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Roundtable on ANTIFA 2 times
…Sunday, actually. And we'll see. But there's a very good chance. The negotiations are going along very well. We're dealing with Hamas and many of…
…It's never happened before. Nothing like that's happened before. And our final negotiation, as you know, is with Hamas. And it seems to be going…
Remarks on Signing a Decision Statement on the 2025 Ambler Road Project Appeal and an Exchange With Reporters
Oct 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…in that. You know, we talk about Hamas, and we talk about negotiations that we have going on right now. We have a negotiation going…
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 4 times
…countries are now, I believe, closer than ever before. My administration has negotiated one historic trade deal after another, including with the United Kingdom, the…
…there. I thought of it really after the fact, not during these negotiations, which were not easy. That being the case, what is the purpose…
…to stop it. We have to get it done. We have to negotiate. Immediately, have to negotiate peace. We got to get the hostages back…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…genocide. That's genocide also, I guess, right? Well, it hasn't been fully negotiated, but we'll get something from the standpoint that we worked hard—— ——we…
Remarks on Signing the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act and Executive Orders and Announcing the 2026 Group of Twenty (G-20) Nations Summit in Miami, Florida, and an Exchange With Reporters
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…was shocked, actually, he didn't want them. He wanted to do hostage negotiation. And pretty amazing. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Special…
…our people out. We got them mostly back. We're in very deep negotiation with Hamas. We said: "Let them all out. Right now, let them…
…I hope that's wrong. But you have over 30 bodies in this negotiation. Can you believe? I mean, we negotiate for people that are living…
Remarks on the Relocation of U.S. Space Command Headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama, and an Exchange With Reporters
Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Tariff gets us even those other things, plus it gets us great negotiations—I settled seven wars. And numerous of those wars were because of…
Remarks Prior to a Signing Ceremony With President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia and an Exchange With Reporters
Aug 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Very importantly, we have also resolved the key issue that foiled previous negotiations. This declaration establishes what they are calling—a great honor for me…
…today we initialed the peace deal, which was in the process of negotiations for quite a while. The fact that it is initialed here in…
Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit
Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…at 25 percent, and this was—these are great people that we negotiated with. But we agreed to reduce it to 15, based on the…
…for some of the countries. They have so many countries, you can't negotiate deals with everyone, so we'll have a straight, simple tariff of anywhere…
…offered such a deal to the European Union, where we're in serious negotiations, and if they agree to open up the Union to American businesses…
Remarks at White House Reception for Republican Members of Congress
Jul 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…from the Oval Office, where a few people got to watch the negotiation with Japan. It was interesting. Doug Burgum, I think, might be here…
…it's an amazing thing. And nobody thought that was even possible. We've negotiated historic trade deals with the United Kingdom, Indonesia, China. Today Japan and…
…imagine Biden doing this?" I don't think so. There would be no negotiation. We'd just be ripped off like we have been for—we've been…
Remarks on the Flooding in Central Texas and an Exchange With Reporters in Morristown, New Jersey
Jul 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…be there, I can tell you that. So, if they want to negotiate a little tough, that's okay with me. Well, you want me to…
Remarks During a Meeting With Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Francophonie Therese Kayikwamba Wagner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe of Rwanda and an Exchange With Reporters
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 1 time
…foolish to do it. So I said we're going to stop all negotiations with Canada right now until they straighten out their act. Okay? No…
Remarks on the United States Supreme Court Decision on Nationwide Injunctions From Lower Federal Courts and an Exchange With Reporters
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…They've been making billions and billions of dollars. There was nobody to negotiate with. They could do whatever they want. They charged us tariffs, by…
Remarks on the Installation of New White House Flagpoles and an Exchange With Reporters
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…that Iran has got a lot of trouble, and they want to negotiate. And I said: "Why didn't you negotiate with me before all this…
…destruction? Why didn't you—I said to the people: "Why didn't you negotiate with me 2 weeks ago? You could have done fine. You would…
…I was telling them: "You've got to do something. You've got to negotiate." And at the end, last minute, they said, "No, we're not going…
Remarks on Signing Legislation Regarding Congressional Disapproval of Environmental Protection Agency Rules Relating to Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards in California and an Exchange With Reporters
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I'd love to avoid the conflict. Iran is going to have to negotiate a little bit tougher, meaning they're going to have to give us…
Remarks at an "Invest in America" Roundtable Discussion
Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…with a country we just spoke about, Iran. I think you should negotiate this. You might be better. I think I'm going to send you…
…been the idea of the day. We'll have Dara get up and negotiate. They are good negotiators, but they're tough. Sometimes they can be too…
…now—— Yes. Gaza right now is in the midst of a massive negotiation between us and Hamas and Israel. And Iran, actually, is involved. And…
Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Jeanine Pirro as Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and an Exchange With Reporters
May 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…people were killed in the middle of what you would call a negotiation. I'm very disappointed by that. Very, very disappointed. Yes, please. No, we're…
…to survive. And you ask a nasty question like that. It's called negotiation. You set a number, and if you go down—you know, if…
Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Sacrifice and an Exchange With Reporters
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to say what that line is, because I think it makes the negotiation even more difficult than it is. Yes, please. Well, he's in a…
Remarks at a State Dinner With Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar in Doha, Qatar
May 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…represents. Our Qatari partners showed that spirit last weekend when you helped negotiate the release of the last living American hostage in Gaza, Edan Alexander…
Remarks at the Saudi-United States Investment Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…a lot already, but we're bringing back more. This weekend, we successfully negotiated the release of the last American hostage, Edan Alexander. He just came…