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May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner 1 time
…two fish, they want to put you in jail, give you the electric chair. If you're lucky, you'll go to jail for the rest of…
Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…going wild. We're doing great, and we're letting them build their own electric. But we're actually making them build their own electric plant so they…
…And they're building all of the new ones. They're building their own electric plant like a utility. And any extra they'll either give it or…
Apr 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump meets with the Artemis II Astronauts 3 times
…lot in AI, as you know. I'm letting them build their own electric plants. They're building them. Otherwise, you could never do it. It was…
…with. I'm very proud of it. And by the way, they're building electric plants that people in the utility industry have never seen before. They're…
…massive buildings that cost billions of dollars, and they're building their own electric plants, so they're not taking from a source or the old grid…
Apr 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric-generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously. We have not hit their…
Mar 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts DHS swearing-in ceremony 2 times
…were going to have the privilege of shooting down a very big electric-generation plant, one of the biggest in the world. And one shot…
…end this without more lives being down, without knocking out $10 billion electric plants that are brand-new and the apple of their eye, I'd…
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…big. We made it too big to rig. We terminated the insane electric vehicle mandate, where you were mandated—and I like electric cars. I…
…great. I like Elon. I said, "Elon, look, not everybody wants an electric car." And I like him, and he does—it's a great product…
…hybrid. You can have whatever the hell you want. You can have electric. They wanted you to buy an electric car by 2030. There—only…
Mar 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Tech Roundtable 8 times
…believed me. They said, "You're going to let us build our own electric?" Because they'd been so used to being beaten down, and to have…
…going to have a situation where you're not going to have increased electric bills for homes that are in the area or even outside of…
…consumers aren't going to have to even think about it. And your electric costs are going to be going down. Now, unfortunately, it will take…
Feb 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Corpus Christi 5 times
…above what anybody has been able to do. We terminated the insane electric vehicle mandate, where you had to have a car, like all-electric…
…out and you can buy a gasoline-powered car, a hybrid, an electric car. You can buy whatever the hell you want. In 4 long…
…that energy usage, AI data centers, cannot drive up price in communities—electric prices in communities. They have an obligation to pay that—we have…
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? 1 time
…that energy demand from AI data centers could unfairly drive up their electric utility bills. Tonight I'm pleased to announce that I have negotiated the…
Feb 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 2 times
…finding was also used to impose the massive and really very expensive electric vehicle mandate—expensive in the sense that nobody wanted it. Everybody was…
Jan 28, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks on Trump Accounts 1 time
…being built right now. And he's getting them done fast. He's getting electric plants built so that we can—by them. They're paying for them…
Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 2 times
…kept my promise to the people of Iowa and abolished the insane electric vehicle mandate, which would have obligated you to go out and buy…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum 3 times
…allowed these big companies, building these massive buildings to build their own electric capacity. They're building their own power plants, which, when added up, is…
…money. Let's see what you can do. You can build your own electric-generating plants." And they looked at me, they didn't believe me. All…
…all. And again, so big is, we're letting them build their own electric generation. This way, we have no problem, and we—otherwise, they'd be…
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 9 times
…China in AI by a lot. I'm letting them build their own electric plants, because people were saying—you know, the amount of electricity they…
…I'm going to let them build—and I've—they're already building—big electric plants to take care of their plant. And any excess electricity, they'll…
…But we're having it built privately. They're going to own their own electric. They're sort of—they're becoming their own electricity producer. And when they…
Dec 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 1 time
…They'll also have hypersonic weapons—many hypersonic weapons; state-of-the-art electric rail guns; and even the high-powered lasers that you've been starting…
Dec 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in North Carolina 1 time
…I don't believe in the mandate where everybody has to have an electric vehicle within an hour, you know? I don't—but you've got to…
Dec 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…billion—billion—$60 billion plant, I allow them to build their own electric capacity as part of the plant, and that solved the problem with…
Dec 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in Pennsylvania 4 times
…Elon was up here campaigning, right? But I said, "Elon, I think electric cars are great, but not everybody wants an electric car." And I…
…supposed—everybody was supposed to have—everybody was supposed to have an electric car by the year, like, 2030, or some ridiculous year like that…
Dec 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: President Trump makes an announcement 6 times
…It put tremendous upward pressure on car prices. Combined with the insane electric vehicle mandate, Biden's burdensome regulations helped cause the price of cars to…
…far, and people want the gasoline car. They want everything. They want electric. They want any—they want to have lots of alternatives, but they…
…more affordable. I signed an Executive order to end the unfair, expensive electric vehicle mandate. As you know, we had to have an electric car…
Nov 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends US - Saudi Investment Forum 6 times
…of those AI plants that are being built to build their own electric generating force. And they're building them like nobody's ever seen. And they're…
…ever seen. And this way, they can't blame me for not producing electric. I said, "You produce it yourself." And actually, they didn't believe I…
…do is—with that, how would you like to build your own electric generating plant?" And they looked at me like I was crazy, because…
Nov 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump swears in the ambassador to India 1 time
…energy, goes everything else. Because, when energy comes down, the oil, the electric, they all—but we—I think you're going to see $2 gasoline…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 15 times
…idea, so I'm very proud of it. I said, "Build your own electric." People would come, "We need more electric grid, sir." The electric grid…
…going to do. We're going to let these geniuses build their own electric generation." So they are going to—they are building their own electric…
…utility, if you think about it. They're building the utility and the electric right alongside—this is where they have their transformers and everything. They're…
Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump in South Korea for APEC CEOs Luncheon 3 times
…their own electricity-generating plants with it. So they're building their own electric. They're sort of becoming a an electric-producing company in addition to…
…we're getting it done rapidly—literally rapidly. And they're coming up with electric-generating plants, the likes of which nobody has seen. The companies are…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with Japanese business leaders 4 times
…billion to build a plant. I said, "You can build your own electric generating sources." And honestly, some of the people in this room, they've…
…utility business, like Con Edison in New York. You're building your own electric, and you can build it as much as you want. And if…
…it into the grid. So our grid picks up a lot of electric without really us doing anything. You talk about private sector, that's the…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump visits troops on USS George Washington 7 times
…these things building. I want to know: catapults. Which is better, the electric or the steam?" Okay. Ready? Or you guys. That's what you do…
…that was never on an aircraft carrier before. So they switched to electric. I disagree with it, but that's all right. Let me ask you…
…going to go steam first and then electric. Catapults. Which is better, electric or steam? I'm going put in an order. Seriously. They're spending billions…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 1 time
…letting everybody build their own power plant, so they'll become like an electric utility in addition to AI. But if they want to build their…
Oct 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…So, when they build—we're giving them permits to build their own electric power plants, and it's incredible when you see what they're doing. And…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…own electricity, and they're doing it. We're giving them permits to build electric plants. They're becoming sort of a utility. Maybe they'll do better with…
Sep 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Address to United Nations General Assembly 1 time
…very uncommon to see one in some of these countries because the electric costs are so high. So, while the U.S. has approximately 1,300…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…they build their structure, they build their buildings, and they build an electric-producing plant with it. Like Con Edison in New York, that I…
…the right to do that also. So we're allowing companies to build electric plants. They become—essentially, Scott, I guess they become utilities—right?—— ——if…
Sep 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…business, actually. We're making it very easy for you in terms of electric capacity and getting it for you, getting your permits. We're leading China…
Aug 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…Zeldin has done a fantastic job. We're giving the right to build electric plants—they become almost like a public utility—because we have old…
…in the United States. And they're building big plants, but they're building electric plants with it. I said, "You build your building"— and these are…
…inside, all the technology. I said, "I'm going to let you build electric plants to fire your own electricity, and anything that you have left…
Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…he's an honest man. I think what they've done—this is an electric—this is really a political execution that they're trying to do with…
Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…to build a factory or grow businesses. I'm allowing them to build electric-producing plants with their factory because, otherwise, they'd have to hook into…
…where you can build, Tim, your own electricity. You become your own electric manufacturer, and that goes along with the plant. So you become a…
…the electricity that the country now produces for everything. So it's massive electric, and they're going to be able to make their own, and they're…
Jul 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Lee Zeldin has given them very fast approval to build their own electric powering plants, and they'll build them with the factory so we don't…
Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…a second is the fact that you're going to build your own electric-producing plants when you build whatever you're building. And it could be…
…a record—a record speed. But the ability to build your own electric plant, not having to rely on a 100-year-plus-old grid…
…build, baby, build." And we will be adding at least as much electric capacity as China. We think we're going to catch them and maybe…
Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 14 times
…a permit. He's going to get you a permit for the largest electric-producing plant in the world in about a week. Would you say…
…looking at the numbers of China, where they're producing a lot of electric. Well, they only have one man they have to worry about: our…
…we have the greatest power, and we are going to have more electric. I said to some of the guys coming in—they wanted to…
Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…the "green new scam" and terminated the insane—this is insane—the electric vehicle mandate, where everybody had to have a car that happened to…
…Let somebody else use it." But we're not going to have all electric. We're going to have electric if people want it. Electric is great…
…But it's ridiculous to mandate that everybody's going to be driving an electric car in five years from now. So I ended it. I signed…
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…and the AI that's coming in. They're going to build their own electric. They're going to be really—they're going to be made into electrical…
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…terrible. What—they were saying, "Everybody by 2030 has to have an electric car," and people don't want it. I'm all for electric cars, but…
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 28 times
…We officially rescue the U.S. auto industry from destruction by terminating California electric vehicle mandate once and for all. So good. They said it couldn't…
…time. Think of this. You couldn't buy any other car except an electric-powered car. And in California, they have blackouts and brownouts. They don't…
…Los Angeles, and you can go back a little bit. With the electric truck, you'll stop approximately six times. Enjoy your—enjoy your stop. And…
May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…said, "We can't believe it. We have the permit to build an electric plant, and we got it in very short order." So it's really…
…of the great—really, one of the great stories. And the General Electric engine is phenomenal with the—— ——the big body General Electric engine is…
…is the hottest engine there is. It's through the roof. And General Electric, you talk about a comeback. General Electric has made one of the…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…So I salute the people from Boeing, Kelly and everybody. And General Electric—the engines are General Electric super prime. And I really think it's…
May 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…ridiculous? And how were you supposed to get your heat, then, through electric? Through electric? Yes. Was that basically it? Electric heat, which isn't as…
Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…you very much. Three hundred and fifty million dollars. President of Schneider Electric, North America, Aamir Paul. Aamir, thank you very much. Investing $700 million…
…you want, I'll let you build your own utility plant, your own electric plant, along with your building. You can build it inside of the…
…best engineers, the best everything. We'd like to have them build their electric for them. They don't have to go outside." You become a utility…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…promise to the great State of Michigan, I terminated Joe Biden's insane electric vehicle mandate—where you are mandated to buy an electric vehicle. You…
…we're giving you gas ovens, gas stoves, if you'd like. No more electric. You can have electric, if you want. I have a lot of…
…angry. "Get rid of your gas stove. You have to go to electric." There's something they have with electric that's amazing. And, by the way…
Apr 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…electricity at levels never supplied before. They're going to build their own electric. We're going to let them become a utility, essentially, and it's going…
…triple it up. And we're going to let them build their own electric plants with their plant that they're building for the AI or whatever…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…only superseded by "Russia, Russia, Russia" hoax. I canceled Joe Biden's insane electric vehicle mandate, where everybody had to have an electric vehicle in a…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…country. Earlier this afternoon I signed another Executive order to strengthen our electric grid by ensuring that coal-fired power plants are always available to…
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…lead to tremendous growth in the automobile industry. As you know, the electric mandate that we did allows you to buy a car now if…
…that, within a short period of time, you had to buy all electric, and the country could never get—they could never provide the money…
…them didn't work. And we're not doing that. So you can buy electric, or you can buy gasoline, or you can buy hybrid, or you…