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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
“Middle East” said in 42 of 96 transcripts, 153 times.
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Mar 26, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 6 times
…In other words, there was a big black cloud over the Middle East . They were concerned. But all of a sudden, the war starts, and… …they're sick, and they had a plan to take over the Middle East . And some of those missiles that were shot at them were locked… …and aimed at those countries. They wanted to take over the Middle East , but we happened to come along, so it wasn't so easy. So…
Mar 19, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Bilateral Meeting with Japan 1 time
…does. Iran is a serious threat to the world—to the Middle East and to the world, and everybody agrees with me. I think virtually…
Mar 17, 2026 Meeting 5 times
…problem I've ever had. Well, we've had great support from the Middle East . Qatar has been great. U.A.E. has been absolutely—they've been great. Saudi… …or so. You would have had a nuclear war in the Middle East and maybe beyond. I think it would have hit Europe. Maybe not… …standpoint. And again, we've had great support from countries in the Middle East . Great support. But we've had no support from—essentially, no support from…
Mar 16, 2026 Meeting 3 times
…And I'll say a few words about what's happening in the Middle East . And if you have a couple of questions, we'll do that, and… …in the last 50 years have a nuclear weapon, because the Middle East will be gone. Israel will go first, without question. And they'll certainly… …weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East . Those missiles were set to go after them. So they hit Qatar…
Mar 3, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts a Bilateral Meeting with Germany 6 times
…story when they said that it was given away to the Middle East . Not to the Middle East. It was given away to Ukraine. Very… …said it—you could never have had true peace in the Middle East if Iran was allowed to go. Even beyond the nuclear, if Iran… …deal I've ever seen, because he gave all power in the Middle East to Iran. He went the exact opposite way, and I terminated that…
Feb 19, 2026 Meeting 20 times
…to ensure the brighter future for the people of Gaza, the Middle East , and the entire world. I think that the Board of Peace—because… …much for the people, and he cares so much for the Middle East . So I want to thank you very much, and send my regards… …done the biggest thing of all. We have peace in the Middle East right now. That's bigger than—people said it couldn't be done. For…
Jan 29, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 3 times
…us a brief description of how well we're doing in the Middle East because we have peace in the Middle East now. There's a couple… …about the large fleet of ships that's heading over to the Middle East . Thank you. Great job you're doing. Just to finish up on that…
Jan 21, 2026 Meeting 5 times
…there'd be no peace. It's peace—we have peace in the Middle East now. And you might have Hamas. We have a little flame here… …problems, but those are small. We actually have peace in the Middle East , and the President was very instrumental. He really helped us—one of… …great. The President's been great. And we have peace in the Middle East . It's an amazing thing. Nobody thought that we'd ever see that. Now…
Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 3 times
…terms of its fear factor. They were the bully of the Middle East , and they're really not the bully of the Middle East anymore. And… …that was basically equal to Iran, they had Iran ruling the Middle East for a long period of time. But Iraq [Iran], from the day…
Nov 21, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zohran Mamdani 5 times
…and, frankly, everybody else. And we actually have peace in the Middle East . As you know, the King of Saudi Arabia just left yesterday. We… …problem. We're working with Lebanon. We're working with everybody in the Middle East . That's another thing I think we have in common. We want to… …we actually have now, for the first time, peace in the Middle East after 3,000 years, and now we're going to refine it. And…
Oct 25, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…one of the great rulers of the world, not just the Middle East . He's loved. He's beloved and respected by his country. I don't know… …the last year. What we've done is incredible: peace to the Middle East . And they were a very big factor in it. So I just… …just say we express our thanks. And you have a safe Middle East right now, and you're going to keep it that way for a…
Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 4 times
…little bit easier. That's turned out to be tougher than the Middle East . The Middle East was supposed to be the tough one, and we've… …a long time. I thought that we'd go long before the Middle East . And, Mark, as you know, we did the Middle East plus seven…
Oct 20, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral with Prime Minister of Australia 6 times
…a lot of good things happen. If you look at the Middle East , I would say, prior to us hitting Iran so hard, we could… …that deal, because you would've had a dark cloud over the Middle East . When we took out their nuclear capability, which was one of the… …just like a flawless mission. And when it was finished, the Middle East just opened up. Amazing. And they've wanted to do it for 22…
Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 6 times
…have to make it long-lasting. As I said in the Middle East , "everlasting," right? Everlasting. And the Middle East is a much more complicated… …President Putin. We'll see what happens. But the war in the Middle East was far more complicated. We got that one done. And I think… …will be number nine for me. I've solved eight. Including the Middle East , I've solved eight. This, I thought, would have been among the easiest…
Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 3 times
…great weekend, we had a great period of time in the Middle East . It was very comprehensive. It went very rapidly, and I think it's… …lead to something that's going to be unrecognizable, certainly for the Middle East . What's taken place in the last few days, people can't believe it… …love. And it has to do with the mystique of the Middle East , I think, because if I did other countries—I did seven other…
Oct 13, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…And I think you'll see some tremendous progress, both in the Middle East —this country is doing very well. It has good leadership. It's about… …what it is, and it's—you know, it's peace in the Middle East , and everybody said it's not possible to do, and it's going to…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump's Bilateral meeting with President of Finland 1 time
…Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It's peace—peace in the Middle East . That's actually—— And every country came together. Every single country came together…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 6 times
…you know, last night we reached a momentous breakthrough in the Middle East , something that people said was never going to be done. We ended… …be a lasting peace, hopefully, an everlasting peace. Peace in the Middle East . We secured the release of all of the remaining hostages, and they… …seen anything quite like it. But it's really peace in the Middle East . And you remember, October 7 was terrible, but also, from the Hamas…
Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 7 times
…think there's a possibility that we could have peace in the Middle East . It's something even beyond the Gaza situation. We want a release of… …do—we are very close to making a deal on the Middle East that will bring peace to the Middle East. After all of these… …people being killed, there's a chance to bring peace to the Middle East . In addition to that, I made seven other deals, and they're, you…
Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…the leaders of that area, of that region—generally speaking, the Middle East . We had a great meeting the other day at UNGA, as you… …meeting with the representatives of the most powerful countries in the Middle East . And I think we're going to be close to a deal. Go…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…great leaders from a very important part of our planet, the Middle East . And we want to end the war in Gaza. We're going to… …get the war over and get back to life in the Middle East , which is a beautiful life. But it's much more beautiful without wars…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…of commission. Very important. That was called the bully of the Middle East , and they're out of commission. Now we're going to have a meeting…
Jul 16, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…as I understand it. And somebody—he's respected all over the Middle East and all over the world. And thank you very much for being… …had, and all of the things we've done, including in the Middle East . I mean, you see it. Instead, they want to talk about the…
Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…of many countries, not just one. ——last 2 months—— ——in the Middle East and all the NATO—all of the NATO countries. And I will…
Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…you. Been pretty busy. Now it's Africa. First, Europe, then the Middle East , now Africa. Great people with us. Well, thank you very much, everybody…
Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…are going to be really settled down a lot in the Middle East . And they respect us, and they respect Israel. They respect a lot… …of a lot of countries in the surrounding area of the Middle East , including Bibi, we will—we took the sanctions off Syria. And I… …they were doing. You know, they were the bully of the Middle East , and now they're not the bully anymore. But they were saying terrible…
Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…but it's the death that's being caused. We went to the Middle East —I went last week to the Middle East. We took in $5…
May 22, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…very big week. You saw that. We got back from the Middle East , and we brought $5.1 trillion back with us. We had a… …even think it's close. I was told that also in the Middle East . The three rulers, three very good men that were very nice to…
May 20, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…world was a—we were a laughingstock. I went to the Middle East , and those rulers of those three countries are very powerful people, very…
May 20, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…a "t," not a "b"—$5.1 trillion out of the Middle East . And they're investing more than that. It's going to be, ultimately, more…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…know you, there's tremendous respect. And you're so respected in the Middle East , and it's really amazing. You know, we've done the tour with two…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…But it's a special country. You know, we were losing the Middle East because the past administration didn't handle the relationship properly, didn't show the… …fight, fight. We had a President that blew up half the Middle East , and then he left. That was it. You know, it was like…
May 14, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…are at the forefront of creating a stable, peaceful, and prosperous Middle East , and I have to say that I've seen such progress. It's really… …tremendous unity, tremendous friendship. And the whole world is watching the Middle East , and many are watching with envy. You have something very special going… …on November 5th with the election. But a stable and peaceful Middle East will be a successful and prosperous Middle East, and that's what you've…
May 6, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…we'll have, maybe, before—we're going to, as you know, the Middle East and Saudi Arabia. We're going to U.A.E. and Qatar, and that will…
Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…Ukraine. We had no war with—we had no October 7 Middle East problem. We had nothing. We had—no inflation. We didn't have the… …had the war with Russia-Ukraine. You wouldn't have had the Middle East problem, because Iran was broke. They had no money because we had…
Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…safe field, because you're right smack in the middle of the Middle East . You're right along Israel. It should have never, ever been given away…
Mar 25, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…but they're much more than that—Russia-Ukraine and also the Middle East . And we'll see what happens. We're in deep discussions with Russia and… …even think about. It should have never happened. And, on the Middle East , that's been going on for a lot of years. Centuries and centuries…
Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…you want to say something? Thank you, Marco. And on the Middle East —another hot spot that we didn't have a problem with. There was… …we left, and now there's a lot of problems in the Middle East , but we're working on that. But I think we've seen significant progress…
Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…this to happen. This shouldn't have happened. October 7 in the Middle East should have never happened, with Israel. The horrible leaving—the way they…
Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…other countries. And then, by the way, let's talk about the Middle East . We've got to solve that problem too. And that's come a long… …a good relationship with China and Russia and Ukraine and the Middle East . We're doing things that—look, when I left, we had no wars…
Feb 21, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…that it began. But we're also working very hard on the Middle East . Another one that wouldn't have happened. We would never have had—you…
Feb 11, 2025 Meeting 18 times
…large piece of land—you're going to have stability in the Middle East for the first time. And the Palestinians or the people that live… …be a wonderful thing. It's going to be wonderful for the Middle East . I think it will turn the Middle East. I think you're going… …the Middle East. You're going to eventually have peace in the Middle East . Yes, please. No, because that's not—we're not talking about a big…