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“Recruit / Recruiting / Recruitment” said in 45 of 326 transcripts, 113 times.
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May 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts the Indiana University National Football Champions 1 time
…after joining Indiana, Curt was asked how he communicates his vision to recruits, and he said: "It's pretty simple: I win. I just know how…
May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Military Mother's Day Event 7 times
…getting stronger, and it's so important. Every branch is setting records in recruitment. And I'm very proud of the Space Force because that was a…
…we're very proud of that. But every branch is setting records in recruitment. When—last year, if you remember before I came to office—actually…
…after that election, it started. But before that, we had the worst recruiting in the history of our country. People didn't want to be in…
Apr 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Turning Point USA 1 time
…can believe, actually. Every branch of our Armed Forces is setting new recruitment records, records that nobody thought would be possible because everyone wants to…
Mar 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers Remarks at the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner 3 times
…want to join during Biden. His last year, they had the worst recruitment in the history of our country. One year later, we set records…
Mar 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Commander in Chief Trophy Presentation 1 time
…term—they asked me—they said: "Sir, we have a hard time recruiting because a player, if he's really good, he can't do the 4…
Feb 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Corpus Christi 2 times
…years, and 4 years, under the last administration, we had the worst recruitment for our military in the history of our country. Nobody wanted to…
…the election. But since November 5, we have the highest record of recruitment in the history of our country. Think of that. And that includes…
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? 2 times
…a stagnant economy, inflation at record levels, a wide-open border, horrendous recruitment for military and police, rampant crime at home, and wars and chaos…
…in full. Every branch of our Armed Forces is setting records for recruitment. This is so exciting. And every service member recently— . Right? And every…
Feb 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Governors Dinner 1 time
…nobody wanted to join—we could not even come close to our recruitment numbers—and now we're setting records. We have never had anything like…
Feb 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to Fort Bragg Military Families 6 times
…we're making it stronger and bigger and better than ever before. The recruiting is through the roof. You know that. After years of recruiting shortfalls…
…year, the Navy and Air Force and Space Force all surpassed their recruiting goals by 5 months early, and the numbers are through the roof…
…Army did even better than the others, and you shattered your annual recruitment by almost 5 months and lots of days. But more importantly, the…
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 3 times
…goes for religion, but it also goes for the military. We couldn't recruit anybody to go into our great military. We were the worst, I…
…about even. So I use both. But we have now the greatest recruiting that we've ever had. Everybody wants to be in the military. We're…
…They had no spirit. And now we have had the single greatest recruitment in the history of our country. There's never been anything like it…
Feb 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…a half ago—so I'm running for election—they had the worst recruitment numbers in the history of our country. Nobody wanted to join the…
…now—Doug, as I told you before, now we have the best recruiting numbers that we've ever had in our military—Army, Navy, Air Force…
Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 1 time
…country, you couldn't get them. And today, we have the single greatest recruitment numbers in the history of our military. The police forces are loaded…
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in Southern Boulevard Dedication Ceremony 3 times
…a 98/2 issue. I don't even think it's 98/2. Military recruitment is setting records. A year ago—and now you have to go…
…year and a half ago, I guess—but a year ago, military recruitment was at an alltime low, and that included for police and firemen…
Dec 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds an address to the nation 1 time
…enlistment in our military, and last year we had among the worst recruitment numbers in our military's history. What a difference a year makes. In…
Dec 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in Pennsylvania 2 times
…November 5—because that's when it started. You see what's happening with recruitment in the military. The enrollment is the highest we've ever had. And…
…Right now, we have the highest enrollment we've ever had. The greatest recruitment days we've ever had in the military. It's amazing. So it's November…
Dec 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: President Trump makes an announcement 3 times
…Space Force. But we had—a very, very—we had the worst recruitment in the history of our country. A year later, we have the…
…get people in. And we now have gone from that to record recruitment. We're getting— and we're getting high-quality people, amazing people wanting to…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 1 time
…spirit of servicemembers is soaring like never before. We used to have recruiting shortages. A year ago, you remember, you couldn't get people to join…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump visits troops on USS George Washington 3 times
…that. The spirit of our country has been soaring. After years of recruiting shortages—and we had bad ones—it was embarrassing, frankly—during my…
…And I'm pleased to report that 2025 was the Navy's single best recruiting year in many generations. That's pretty good, isn't it? But you know…
…in big trouble. We were in big, big trouble. But the new recruits, every sailor aboard this ship, has answered a sacred call of duty…
Oct 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 3 times
…They didn't want to go into the military. We were having tremendous recruiting problems, and now we're setting records. We literally—last year at this…
…had—I mean, it's—as I understand it, it's like record-setting recruitment. This is in less than a year. It's been amazing. So this…
Oct 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…them, they weren't joining. The Space Force. And now we're setting records—recruitment. And that goes for police and fire. Now they want to be…
…want to do it, I tell you. But they weren't able to recruit. The police weren't able to recruit, and the military wasn't able to…
Oct 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Announcement 4 times
…we have more spirit than we've ever had before. After years of recruiting shortages—we couldn't get guys or gals to become sailors. One year…
…And I'm pleased to say that 2025 was the Navy's single best recruiting year ever. Not bad. So you went from those embarrassing headlines of…
…of fake scandals were created. All fake. One of those eager new recruits is 18-year-old Aiden Rollins, a recruit like I'm so proud…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…time. And we have a tremendous force because, as you know, in recruitment numbers—when we put out—2 years ago, when Biden would put…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…record highs, the highest we've ever had. And we used to have recruiting shortages. If you remember, about a year and a half ago, I…
…the Navy, Air Force, and Space Force all met or surpassed their recruiting goals 3 months early. That never happened before. And the Army did…
…more and more important. But we're now at 106 percent of our recruiting targets for the year, and that's the best in far more than…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…despite that, we're doing really well. Yes. Please, Brian . Yes. Well, the recruitment is the most exciting thing. So, when I was campaigning for the…
…recruitment numbers—General, you could speak to it better than anybody—the recruitment into the military, all branches of the military, and police, firemen, and…
…now they're record-setting good. We're setting every record every month for recruitment. We're packed in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard. My…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…words, please? They are. And I was going to say that our recruitment drive—so it was dead. During the campaign, they couldn't get—every…
Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…for—about time, right?—we're doing it for ourselves. After years of recruiting shortfalls—this is, to me, maybe the most exciting things—we're setting…
…recruiting records ever. Just think of this. Six months ago, we couldn't recruit anybody to join the military. Nobody wanted to join. That was 6…
…had the election of November 5, and now we have the strongest recruiting numbers in the history of our country. Can you imagine that? Can…
Jun 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…of them. I ordered other Federal agencies to boost funding for police recruitment, retention, and pay. And I've asked Attorney General Bondi to pursue the…
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…is soaring to the highest levels in many decades. After years of recruiting shortfalls—and we had years and years of recruiting shortfalls, and just…
…just less than a year later, we just set a brandnew peacetime recruiting record, the most people joined, and we are brimming. In fact, be…
…with confidence, and we're brimming with people. We had the most—best recruiting month that we've had in memory. Nobody remembers anything like it. And…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…me, this is the biggest thing—our military suddenly has the best recruiting numbers that perhaps they've ever had, but certainly in 30 years. Think…
…went from having the worst numbers we've ever had in terms of recruitment—that included police officers, also—firefighters, but police officers—but in the…
…stand for to deteriorate to a point where we weren't able to recruit. So just remember this: You have a job now that everybody wants…
May 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…know. It's really exciting. As you're hearing and seeing, after years of recruiting shortfalls into the military, enlistment has now reached the highest point in…
…including for police and firefighters. But our military, we have the highest recruitment we've ever had. And just about a year ago, you read headlines…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…where they came from. We have no choice. After years of military recruiting shortfalls, enlistments in the U.S. Armed Forces are now the highest in…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…it much better. And the U.S. military is suddenly seeing its best recruiting numbers ever. We've never had numbers like this. We now have waiting…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to join. And as of yesterday, we had the largest number of recruits in the history of our country. Think of that. And the Army…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…backpay. After years of missed targets, our military suddenly has the best recruiting numbers in 30 years. Every branch is setting records. No, think of…
…to join the military. Right? Now we've just set a record of recruitment that's stocked. We have a waiting list of people that want to…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…November, enlistment numbers for every branch of the Armed Forces have surged. Recruitment is now the highest it's been in 39 years. No, if you…
…prior to November 5, which was election day, I was hearing that recruitment was so bad. It was so impossible. It was hard to get…
Apr 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…country is doing very well. Our—we had the highest number of recruits, enlistments that we've had in, I think, 28 or 29 years, and…
Apr 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…proud to announce that, in February, the U.S. Navy had its best recruiting numbers since 2002. That's a long time ago. And under my administration…
…6 months ago. So that's an honor, but you have your highest recruiting numbers in—in about 20 years, and that's fantastic. That's pretty good…
Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…to report that, in January, the U.S. Army had its single best recruiting month in 15 years and that all armed services are having among…
…few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite. We couldn't recruit anywhere. We couldn't recruit. Now we're having the best results, just about…
Mar 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Ukraine is running a little bit low, and they're getting older. They're recruiting older people. It's a very, very sad thing that's happening over there…
Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…that in the last 15 years, we just broke the record: Army recruitment. And they think it's going to be 25 years, but right now…
…probably been reading that it's been way down in the dumps. And recruitment is the highest it's been in more than 15 years, and that's…
Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…We had a fantastic thing happen yesterday. The Army had the best recruitment numbers that they've had in more than 15 years. They think it…
Feb 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…ever seen before—4 years of this, we went through—and missed recruiting targets every single month, it was just announced that, in December, the…
Jan 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…I got to office recently, the second term. "The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer 'severe intellectual' disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and…
…Government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring,' the FAA's website states. 'They include hearing, vision, missing extremities…
Jan 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…that join. And one thing I'll say, if you looked at our recruitment over the last week or so, 2 weeks, it's through the roof…
…a lot of people weren't signing. We were having a hard time recruiting people, because they were looking at it these people that they were…
…getting tired of it." But no, they—we have, now, the best recruitment we've seen in a long time. There's tremendous number of people wanting…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…years. We will replenish the pride of our Armed Forces, end the recruitment crisis. And by the way, the recruitment numbers are through the roof…
…are they through—you know, you were having a little problem with recruitment. That's not good. And now the numbers are higher than they've just…
…It was ridiculous. It's a big thing, actually. There's big stories that recruiting has gone really through the roof, and that's good. I want to…