Remarks at a Rose Garden Club Dinner
May 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…It was dangerous to—for 4 years under the Biden administration, Sleepy Joe. And we took it from a really dangerous, horrible situation into one…
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Remarks During an Event With Seniors in Middleton, Florida
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say delivers remarks at The Villages 5 times
…vote. Remember all those frauds? They said, "Whoa." Remember? So—remember Sleepy Joe and Kamala? They came up. "Oh, we love you more than Trump…
…of Crooked Joe—I go "Crooked" and "Sleepy." Which is better: Sleepy Joe or Crooked Joe? Ready? Sleepy Joe. Crooked Joe. I love it. It's…
…bonds, bringing interest rates plummeting down—from nearly 8 percent, under Sleepy Joe, and 6 percent—even lower. And don't forget, we had a hostile…
Remarks on Health Care Costs and Affordability and an Exchange With Reporters
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Health Care Affordability Event 1 time
…It's terrible." And so they had bids from the Biden administration—Sleepy Joe. And they had bids for years. They were going to do something…
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 2 times
…words, I underexaggerated, which is good. And in 4 long years, Sleepy Joe Biden—have you heard of him? What a President. What a disaster…
…ran the party. Radical-left lunatics. But in 4 long years, Sleepy Joe Biden got less than $1 trillion invested in our country. Much less…
Remarks During a Roundtable Discussion on Tax Code Reform in Las Vegas, Nevada
Apr 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a roundtable on No Tax on Tips 1 time
…the highest inflation in the history of our country under Biden. Sleepy Joe. He's the worst President we've ever had by far. Average refund—the…
Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Future Investment Initiative Priority Miami Summit in Miami Beach, Florida
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 3 times
…was gunned down by a savage criminal alien, led in by Sleepy Joe Biden and released in a Democrat sanctuary city. He was an animal…
…Joe Biden—I have two terms for him, Crooked Joe and Sleepy Joe. And I've never—it's always been pretty—you know, I do sometimes…
…Crooked?" Pretty much even. I like Sleepy. In his entire term, Sleepy Joe Biden got less than $1 trillion of new investment in the United…
Remarks to Farmers
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to farmers 1 time
…H. Two great— . For 4 disastrous years before I took office, Sleepy Joe Biden and the Democrats in Congress crushed America's farmers with the worst…
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 5 times
…the United States of America through the totally open southern border—Sleepy Joe Biden border. The TSA agents have been hurt badly by the Democrats…
…come illegally from Venezuela, had been released into our country by Sleepy Joe Biden. He had no idea what the hell he was doing. That's…
…better term: Sleepy Joe or Crooked Joe? Crooked Joe Biden, please. Sleepy Joe Biden, please. A lot of people like "Sleepy Joe." Oh, he's pathetic…
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
…come illegally from Venezuela and been released into our country by Sleepy Joe Biden, the worst President in the history of our country. And I…
…a lot. You know, they were allowed into the country by Sleepy Joe and that group of incompetent people that were here. Worst President ever…
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
…patriots who are responsible for getting rid of the criminals that Sleepy Joe Biden, the worst President in the history of our country, and his…
Remarks on the National Economy in Walton, Kentucky
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…were going to give you, if they won—Kamala and Joe, Sleepy Joe—— But they were going to raise your taxes more than any—it…
…Great honor. So, a short time ago, under a man named Sleepy Joe Biden—has anyone heard of him? Audience members. Boo! Has anyone heard…
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
…we went from 25 million people coming in over the Biden—Sleepy Joe Biden, one of the worst Presidents in history—of the world. He…
Remarks on Energy in Corpus Christi, Texas
Feb 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Corpus Christi 1 time
…For 4 long years before I took office, the Biden administration—Sleepy Joe Biden, one of the worst Presidents in history. Not "one of the…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Domestic Coal Production
Feb 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Champion of Coal Event 1 time
…roaring back to life. Under 4 years of the Biden administration, Sleepy Joe, not a single permit was approved for a new coal mining project…
Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 3 times
…I think, it's ever been 2—2½ years ago, under the Sleepy Joe Biden administration. I call him Crooked Joe and Sleepy Joe. I find…
…I say—I do polls. Which is better: Crooked Joe or Sleepy Joe? And they poll about even. So I use both. But we have…
Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Celebrating American Greatness With American Motor Racing
Jan 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…countries where they came from. They came through open borders by Sleepy Joe Biden. And I will tell you, Washington is safe. If you look…
Remarks in Clive, Iowa
Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 4 times
…did less than $1 trillion. Just over 1 year ago, under Sleepy Joe Biden and the radical-left lunatics— —we were a dead country. We…
…focused on the person you're running against. So we're running against Sleepy Joe Biden, Crooked—I call him "Crooked Joe," "Sleepy Joe." They're both accurate…
…love our law enforcement? They work very quickly here. But under sleepy Joe, we had the largest trade deficit in world history. But in 1…
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 2 times
…entirely different populations from faraway lands. This was the path that Sleepy Joe Biden administration and many other Western governments very foolishly followed, turning their…
…factories to the world's worst polluters. They are, indeed, polluters. Under Sleepy Joe Biden, new domestic oil and gas leases fell by 95 percent. Think…
Remarks to the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 3 times
…the hostages all over the place. Remember that one? Think about Sleepy Joe Biden with Afghanistan. What a disaster, the most embarrassing day in the…
…to not having a good 4 years, right? In other words, Sleepy Joe and the people that ran the autopen were a complete and total…
…we're living in. After real wages plummeted by $3,000 under Sleepy Joe Biden, real wages are up by $1,300 in less than 1…
Remarks on the National Economy in Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Dec 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in North Carolina 5 times
…one-third to get here than it would have cost under Sleepy Joe Biden. Right? If you drive. You—this time, you can drive. It's…
…were stuck for years. And no President did anything about it. Sleepy Joe Biden didn't know he was alive. The last thing he cared about…
…our country. The people in this room built our country. Under Sleepy Joe Biden, car prices, gasoline prices, hotel rates, airfare, and more went up…
Remarks at a Hanukkah Reception
Dec 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Hanukkah Reception 1 time
…the healthiest of all? Was it Barack Hussein Obama?" "Was it Sleepy Joe Biden?" "Or was it Donald Trump?" And he said Trump was by…
Remarks at a Christmas Reception
Dec 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…never been anything like it. As an example, the previous administration, Sleepy Joe Biden, took in less than $1 trillion in 4 years. We took…
Remarks on the National Economy in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania
Dec 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in Pennsylvania 4 times
…But the smart people really understand it. One year ago, under Sleepy Joe Biden—have you heard of him? You know—okay, look, the King…
…this guy is out. But we have four members appointed by Sleepy Joe Biden. Which is better: Sleepy Joe or Crooked Joe? Historically, when I've…
…arena. We have 20,000 people. I say, "Which you like: Sleepy Joe or Crooked Joe?" And I learn. I saved millions of dollars. I…
Remarks at the Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation Ceremony
Nov 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Presidential Turkey Pardon 1 time
…White House"— —into a terrible situation caused by a man named Sleepy Joe Biden. He used an autopen last year for the turkeys' pardon, so…
Remarks at the United States-Saudi Investment Forum
Nov 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends US - Saudi Investment Forum 2 times
…with Barack Hussein Obama. You didn't have a good relationship with Sleepy Joe Biden. But you had a great relationship with me, and now it's…
…number?" After 4 years of economic nightmares under the previous regime—Sleepy Joe Biden. He was a sleepy guy, wasn't he? Think he would have…
Remarks at McDonald's Impact Summit 2025
Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 2 times
…Thanksgiving is 25-percent less than it was last year under Sleepy Joe Biden. So that's a big statement. And others have followed up by…
…an example, if you take me at 20 for one year—Sleepy Joe Biden, you know what he was? Less than one for 4 years…
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
…up and the cost of Thanksgiving from a year ago under Sleepy Joe Biden, and we're 25 percent lower this year than we were a…
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
…for Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings than it was under Sleepy Joe Biden's administration. So we talk about affordability. I think that's the best…
Remarks on Efforts To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs and an Exchange With Reporters
Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an annoucement 1 time
…Thanksgiving, this year coming up, will cost 25-percent less than Sleepy Joe Biden's. Now, to me, that's better than anything there is. That's better…
Remarks at the American Business Forum in Miami, Florida
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 1 time
…we're going to have $21 trillion within the first year. So Sleepy Joe did—think of that—in 4 years, he did less than a…
Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…than you had 4 years ago, 3 years ago during the Sleepy Joe Biden era. And the Army did it 4 months early. And you…
Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters
Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…through the worst inflation in the history of our country under Sleepy Joe Biden. He was sleeping, and the inflation was really bad. Worst ever…
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 1 time
…for decades, including the most corrupt, incompetent administration in history, the Sleepy Joe Biden administration. Brazil now faces major tariffs in response to its unprecedented…
Remarks at a Dinner With Republican Members of Congress
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…allowed to come into our country by the Democrats and by Sleepy Joe. And that was a thing. No, they had the worst inflation in…
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 1 time
…European Union. The Russians worked very hard on it. Never happened. Sleepy Joe Biden tried, but you know what happened there. He tried for probably…
Remarks at the Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…United States. That's under Biden. That's not under Trump. That's under Sleepy Joe. Under the Trump administration, America is getting back in the game, and…
Remarks on the Installation of New White House Flagpoles and an Exchange With Reporters
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…of the highest inflation in the history of our country with Sleepy Joe Biden. And—Sleepy Joe. And he didn't know what the hell he…
Remarks in Warren, Michigan
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…border. You have seen the change on your southern border that Sleepy Joe said couldn't happen. Sleepy Joe, the worst president in history, said it…
…going to believe me when you get out there that it's Sleepy Joe Biden's fault. So, Brooke, you've got to—get going, Brooke, please." And…
…day. Billions, not millions. Billions of dollars a day and—under Sleepy Joe Biden. What's better: Crooked Joe or Sleepy Joe? Ready? A poll—a…
Remarks at a National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…being mentioned again, but it was never mentioned when we had Sleepy Joe in office. I used to have a big—the hardest thing I…
…do with Joe Biden is the nickname. Do I call him "Sleepy Joe" or "Crooked Joe"? Could we take a vote, please? Who wants to…
Remarks Announcing Additional United States Tariff Actions on Foreign Imports
Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…the American worker, and we are finally putting America first. In Sleepy Joe Biden's last year in office, the United States hemorrhaged 100,000 manufacturing…
…virtually no inflation for 4 years, but after transitioning over to Sleepy Joe, it went from almost nonexistent to the highest in the history of…
Remarks on Signing the Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…talking about. This is something that should have been done by Sleepy Joe Biden, but he was asleep at the wheel, other than when it…
Remarks at a Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…Crooked Joe Biden. What do we like better: Crooked Joe or Sleepy Joe? Ready? Ready? Crooked Joe or Sleepy? Ready? Crooked Joe? Sleepy Joe? Got…
…the only thing. I could never do it. No, he was Sleepy Joe, but he was crooked as hell. You know, there's no question. He…
Remarks on the National Economy in Las Vegas, Nevada
Jan 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…If they liked me, you've got a problem, right? They liked Sleepy Joe. What's not to like? You know, they'd call up—it's funny. I…