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.
“Covid / China Virus” said in 56 of 321 transcripts, 106 times.
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Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 1 time
…I've always had a good relationship with President Xi, except for the COVID situation, because I wasn't thrilled about that. He wasn't thrilled either, by…
Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…First time was great. Second time they cheated like hell. It was COVID, and their cheating was at an inspirational level. We can't let that…
Feb 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Angel Families Remembrance Ceremony 1 time
…that never left his basement—it was all run by crooked people. COVID was a little bit of a shield. We had a lot of…
Feb 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Black History Month Reception 1 time
…won by millions of votes, but they cheated. It was during a COVID period, and they cheated. And we did it again, and we made…
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 1 time
…up. You didn't have that 2 years ago. It was hurt by COVID, but it really—and they treated you terribly. The Democrats treated you…
Jan 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…I would think are very hard times for movies, frankly, with—since COVID. You know, since COVID it's been very hard. But people—I think…
…theaters are—it's a very tough business, theaters selling movie tickets after COVID. And you know, you look at it and you say—so I…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum 7 times
…do about it. All brilliant people, but there's nothing—one example was COVID. We had an economy going at levels like nobody had ever seen…
…a half, three years. And then I heard the word "pandemic"—not "COVID." They came up with that name over a period of time. We…
…in China." And so it began. And we ended up with the COVID, and the whole world suffered. We did a phenomenal job. I don't…
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Health Roundtable 1 time
…was going to do it in my first administration so—but when COVID came, toward the end, I said, "Oh, I can't believe it." It…
Dec 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in North Carolina 2 times
…first. But then we had a thing called—you know what happened—COVID. And it was sort of hard to go after France and Italy…
Dec 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…do it in my first term, but unfortunately, with the advent of COVID, as you would say, it was not— —I don't think it was…
Dec 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in Pennsylvania 2 times
…know that. We had the greatest economy in history, even with the COVID. COVID came, and it really hurt the world. It was a gift…
Dec 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Honors Medal Dinner 1 time
…third time—we won by 10 million votes, but it was a COVID year. A lot of things happened. And you know, crooked—a very…
Nov 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends US - Saudi Investment Forum 4 times
…And she was so proud, and her graduation got canceled because of COVID. But I say, if her name were something else, they probably wouldn't…
…any President has ever had. That's nice. And we got hit with COVID, remember. And we did a great job with COVID. But that was…
…I met with pollsters the day before I got the news about COVID. But I met with two pollsters because we were starting to think…
Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 1 time
…you wouldn't be a politician very long. I actually thought that with COVID that would be the end, because, you know, they didn't want you…
Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an annoucement 1 time
…of tariffs, we're bringing all our medicines. If you remember where, during COVID, we made almost no medicine here. We had to go to China…
Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump in South Korea for APEC CEOs Luncheon 1 time
…minerals—minerals, and, you know, very important pharmaceuticals. We learned that during COVID. We had to rely on other countries to give us pharmaceuticals. You…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with Japanese business leaders 3 times
…things can happen. You know, we were doing great and—even after COVID, we had the best 4 years. But all of a sudden COVID…
…places of the world—China and other places. And we have a COVID. We have a pandemic, all of the sudden. And you know, things…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 1 time
…economy in the history of our country, and first term we had COVID, and we did a good job with that. That was a curse…
Oct 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 1 time
…in the last administration, and then we had a little thing called COVID that came up. We had a focus on that. Did a good…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…happen. And, as you know, I started the process, but then when COVID came, we focused on COVID, not on this. And I said, if…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…set to go on it first term, but then you had the COVID, and we had a focus on that. But I said, "I want…
…first. He's done a fantastic job with—as you know, with the COVID. He did a fantastic job with a lot of things. He's a…
…is complex and big. It's a big change. But what happened is COVID came, and we focused on COVID. We focused on COVID very hard…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…to the next level—probably next level times three. But we had COVID come up, and we had to take care of that. We did…
…the therapeutics—it was just Regeneron. So many things we did for COVID, but we had to focus on that, and every other country in…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I happen to think, is amazing. A lot of people think that COVID is amazing. You know, there are many people that believe strongly in…
Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…I did a lot during my first term, but then we had COVID, and we had to focus on other things. You couldn't be tariffing…
…but then I had to end it a little bit because of COVID. We focused on that. But no, it's a very important decision. And…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…We took in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs, but when COVID came back, we focused on that. We did a really good job…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I was all set to do it, and then we had the COVID come up, and I had to focus on that, because we had…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…had the strongest economy in the history of our country. And despite COVID, we had the strongest economy in the history of our country, and…
Aug 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…your number. We're doing well. It's amazing. And that's taking into consideration COVID—— ——which, a lot of times, you don't have to do that. But…
Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…we took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China. But when COVID came, the last thing I was going to do is tell France…
…we're going to hit you with tariffs. We had to fight the COVID situation when that came. But if you look at my first term…
Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…had a service outside, and the reason outside because you had the COVID and you could go outside—they'd arrest everybody for even having the…
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…was rigged—millions and millions of votes. It had to do with COVID and a lot of things, but it really had to do with…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to blow it away. But during my time and especially prior to COVID, we had the greatest economy in the history of our country. I…
Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…it in my first term, and they didn't do it. We had COVID, and they didn't do it. And I told them to do it…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…directed the reinstatement of all patriots expelled from our military by the COVID vaccine mandate, which should've never happened. They're being returned at their former…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…along very well with President Xi. That relationship was greatly disturbed by COVID, when COVID came in. But we get along very well now. I…
…was hurt with a lot of people, a lot of countries when COVID came in. But I think we're going to have a very good…
…You know, it's very closed. We almost had it last time before COVID, and that didn't work out. But we made a great deal with…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…first to enter the halls of this university in the aftermath of COVID–19. Following a difficult senior year of high school, many of you…
Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…percent. The other markets were up almost 100 percent, and that's despite COVID and all of the crazy things happening. But we had a tremendous…
Apr 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I'm not going to say it—— No, I'm not going to mention COVID. I'm not going to say, "Oh, I'm going to play hardball with…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…different scamming operations. It was a very corrupt election. And they used COVID to cheat. And we're going to find out about this guy too…
…because we want them coming back. You know, I—we realized during COVID that we don't make our drugs and our pharmaceuticals in this country…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…started the process, but then we had to fix up from the COVID mess caused by China. We had to fix up from that, and…
…back the reins, the stock market was higher than it was before COVID coming in. So, you know, we did a great job, but we…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Xi. I have over the years, but, you know, you just—when COVID came, that was the end. That was it. That was called the…
Mar 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…time. We had one that was terminated because of a thing called COVID. I don't know if anybody's heard of that, but that was never…
Mar 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…greatest economy in the history of our country. And then we had COVID, which we had to straighten out, so I didn't want to be…
Mar 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…did it, to a certain extent, in the first administration. But with COVID coming in, we had to focus on that toward the end. But…
…else took in 10 cents from China. They never did. But when COVID came along, we had to focus on COVID. We did a great…
…over with a market that was higher than it was previous to COVID coming in. But this is very much about companies and countries that…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…any servicemember who was expelled from the Armed Forces due to the COVID vaccine mandate. They will be returned to their former rank with full…
Feb 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…We've never done that. We were getting ready to do it until COVID hit. We had the greatest economy in the history of the world…
Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…show up to work. This is a new phenomenon, you know, since COVID. Show up to work in person like the rest of us. So…
…actually an incredible success—we had the greatest economy in history until COVID, and even after that, we did great. The stock market was higher…
…that whole thing, it was higher than it was just prior to COVID coming in, which is a pretty amazing thing. But we did a…
Feb 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…do that, we'll be signing an Executive order having to do with COVID and schools. Lindsey. Okay, and that will—meaning they want to clear…
Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…done a long time ago. I would have done it, but then COVID hit. I was getting ready to do this years ago in first…
…called China, and China was very open to it. And then the COVID hit, and then we had a rigged election. But now there's no…
Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…our country has been so badly hurt. We're very hurt by what COVID did to religion. It really hurt it badly. People couldn't go to…