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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. 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.

“China / Chinese” said in 59 of 98 transcripts, 389 times.

Counted forms: chinese, chineses, chinese's, china, chinas, china's.

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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Xi Jinping of China in Beijing, China

May 14, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral with China 3 times

  1. …quickly. We're going to have a fantastic future together. Such respect for China, the job you've done. You're a great leader. I say it to…
  2. …top. And they're here today to pay respects to you and to China, and they look forward to trade and doing business, and it's going…
  3. …you. It's an honor to be your friend. And the relationship between China and the USA is going to be better than ever before. Thank…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae of Japan and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 19, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Bilateral Meeting with Japan 5 times

  1. …holding things up. We don't want that to happen. But honestly, Japan, China, Europe—parts of Europe get a lot of their oil through the…
  2. …Go ahead, for the Prime Minister. Yes. Well, I'll be going to China very quickly, but the—I think I'd really like to have the…
  3. …just like to know where it stands, how are you doing with China. So please. And I think we're going to have a great trip…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Micheál Martin of Ireland and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 17, 2026 Meeting 8 times

  1. …that's a very bad thing for NATO. Yes. Well, yes, we're—on China, it's a little different story. We are—we're resetting the meeting, and…
  2. …like it will take place in about 5 weeks. We're working with China. They were fine with it. We're going to say—we're—I look…
  3. …do look forward to seeing him. We have a good relationship with China. China actually has become economically, for us, very good, very good, as…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 3, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts a Bilateral Meeting with Germany 7 times

  1. …thought so. I could see. She likes you. We'll be talking about China, yes. Every—I'll be going to China in a little while. Every…
  2. …always a topic of conversation. We've had a very good relationship with China. We used to lose a tremendous amount of money with China, and…
  3. …no longer the case. We have a very, very good relationship with China. And we have a very good relationship with Germany. All right. Right…

Remarks at the Inaugural Meeting of the Board of Peace

Feb 19, 2026 Meeting 4 times

  1. …very good relationship with President Xi. I'm going to be going to China in April. It's going to be—that's going to be a wild…
  2. …put on the biggest display you've ever had in the history of China." You know, last time I went to China, President Xi—he treated…
  3. …including South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, and others. And I know that China is going to be involved, and I think Russia is going to…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting

Jan 29, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 6 times

  1. …people that are fighting us on that case, by the way, are China-centric. These are people that are for China, but they're also outside…
  2. …little problem, and that were really powerful—you know—by the way, China does most of everything they're doing with coal. Not that we want…
  3. …an article in the Wall Street Journal saying, "Oh, we're falling behind China." We're not, actually. We're leading everybody because I'm letting them build. The…

Remarks During a Meeting With Executives of Oil and Gas Companies and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 9, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Oil & Gas Executives 29 times

  1. …think everyone has to know is that if we didn't do this, China or Russia would have done it. And if China or Russia were…
  2. …a next-door neighbor, if you think about it. And I told China and I told Russia: "We get along with you very well. We…
  3. …there. Not going to be there." And if we didn't do this, China would have been there and Russia would have been there. Maybe they…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on Federal Relief for Farmers and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 8, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds roundtable meeting 5 times

  1. …we're knocking it down. It's starting to go very good. In fact, China, as you know, is buying a tremendous amount of soybeans. And the…
  2. …having to do with the farmers or any of it. It's crazy. China committed. He was the worst President in the history of our country…
  3. …made and soybeans are being exported out of the United States to China as we speak. And I say that our soybeans—I told this…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 6 times

  1. …from all over the world—from Mexico; from Canada; from Europe; from China; from Japan, a lot. We just had—Toyota is going to spend…
  2. …the auto business. That's not even to mention AI, where we're leading China. You know, we're leading China by a lot. They're not going to…
  3. …a gasoline-powered car—and we have so much gasoline. You know, China doesn't have gasoline. We do. And whether it's a hybrid, which really…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister 3 times

  1. …time I finish up my first year. And there's been no country—China, no country in the world—that's done anywhere even close to that…
  2. …plants pouring back in. We have AI pouring back in. We're leading China in AI by a lot. We are leading everybody in every category…
  3. …things are happening with it. And in addition to which, we're leading China, we're leading the world in AI. We're building massive electric plants that…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and an Exchange With Reporters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Oct 26, 2025 Meeting 11 times

  1. …of your business. No, I think we're going to do well with China. I think we're going to have a deal with China. We meet…
  2. …President Xi. I think we're going to have a good deal with China. And they want to make a deal, and we want to make…
  3. …We've agreed to meet. And we're going to meet them later in China, and we're going to meet in the U.S., in either Washington or…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 6 times

  1. …and Japan. In South Korea, I'll be meeting with President Xi of China. We'll have a pretty long meeting scheduled. We can work out a…
  2. …very appropriate thing. We have the most nuclear weapons. Russia is second. China is actually third by a long way, but they'll be even within…
  3. …That's already being talked about. I think we'll add—we'll probably add China into the mix. Well, I think I'll be talking to them about…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 20, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral with Prime Minister of Australia 24 times

  1. …they're getting them. Excuse me. You're next. Go ahead. Yes. I think China's been very respectful of us. They're paying tremendous amounts of money to…
  2. …countries took advantage of the U.S. They're not taking advantage anymore. No, China's paying 55 percent and a potential 155 percent come November 1 unless…
  3. …see what we can do. We have a very good relationship with China, but you know, it's been probably a little bit like your relationship…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With President Volodymyr Zelenskky of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 11 times

  1. …I think we're doing very well. I think we're getting along with China. China is—would like to have something. As of this moment, we'll…
  2. …happens. But you know, for years, we were taken advantage of by China very badly. We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year…
  3. …it. The kind of money that Presidents allowed to be lost to China was just insane. And then when I came into office, as you…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With President Javier Milei of Argentina and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 11 times

  1. …and it's helpful—it's good for us also. I would say so. China—— China likes to draw wedges. Yes, sure. I mean—I guess that's…
  2. …Certainly shouldn't be doing anything having to do with the military with China. And if that's what's happening, I'd be very upset about that. Yes…
  3. …to make him look bad. I believe he's going to win out. China? Well, you have to be careful with China. Look, we have—— Everybody…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 3 times

  1. …We have—we have import and we have export. We import from China massive amounts, and maybe we'll have to stop doing that. But I…
  2. …one of the things is soybeans. I had a great deal with China where they would buy $50 billion worth of our farm product and…
  3. …up President Xi every 2 weeks, or I'd call up people in China, say: "You've got to keep going. You're not buying the amount that…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 6 times

  1. …over the world. When you look at Europe, when you look at China, when you look at all of the—any—almost every country charged…
  2. …you have to be able to compete. We have big advantages over China for lots of different reasons. And I think we're doing very well…
  3. …But you have to be able to compete to do well with China. If you can't compete, you're not going to do well with China…

The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 4 times

  1. …the base is, as you know, it's an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. So a lot of things are happening. But…
  2. …they'll do a great job. And we're doing it in conjunction with China, but we are getting—the United States is getting a tremendous fee…
  3. …we're pretty close to a deal. We may do an extension with China, but it's an extension based on the same terms that we have…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Karol Nawrocki of Poland and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …is over the next week or two. I think that—we helped China very much, as you know, when they talk about freedom. And I…
  2. …don't believe that America, that the United States was acknowledged for helping China to get—to gain its freedom. But perhaps that was just a…
  3. …should have been mentioned last night during that speech, because we helped China very, very much. Yes, go ahead. How do you know there's no…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 17 times

  1. …these things open up, I'll tell you what, our country—we're leading China now in AI—substantially leading China. And the reason is because we're…
  2. …Three times more. And the way we are able to succeed: because China goes out and builds these massive plants. They're right now building 58…
  3. …You see these big, ugly patches of black plastic that comes from China. And the solar is—you know, I like solar in some ways…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 19 times

  1. …most powerful nuclear country in the world by far. Russia is second. China is third. China is going to catch, eventually—5 or 6 years…
  2. …One of the things we're trying to do with Russia and with China is denuclearization, and we're—it's very important. One of the things I…
  3. …big aim. But Russia is willing to do it, and I think China is going to be willing to do it too. We can't let…

Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …meeting right now. And, you know, we have a good relationship with China, but China is tough and—like you're tough. You know, we're all…
  2. …opened up their country. They were very closed. I'd love to see China open up their country. So we're dealing—we're dealing with China right…
  3. …It doesn't work. It's extremely expensive. All the windmills are made in China. They used to be Germany and China; now they're mostly in China…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ferdinand R. "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., of the Philippines and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 22, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …have a lot of meetings possible. President Xi has invited me to China, and we'll probably be doing that in the not-too-distant future…
  2. …pretty soon. Please. And I don't mind if he gets along with China, because we're getting along with China very well. We have a very…
  3. …well. We're—they're sending them in record numbers. We're getting along with China very well. And I don't mind if the president dealt with China…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 11 times

  1. …kept Bagram, the big air base, which right now is controlled by China. One—among the most powerful runways in the world—thick, thick with…
  2. …could land. And right now—they were 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. I was keeping it. Outside of that, we…
  3. …to deal with. Actually, in many respects, they were much worse than China. Look at what they do to our companies. They sue Apple. They…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …think we have everything—I think we're in very good shape with China and the trade deal. We have a deal with China, as you…
  2. …had a really good conversation. By the way, he invited me to China, and I invited him here. We've both accepted. So I'll be going…
  3. …point, and he'll be coming here, hopefully, with the First Lady of China. Yes, please. Go ahead, please. Oh, yeah. No, we—— No, Chinese students…

Remarks in a Roundtable Meeting With Business Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters in Doha, Qatar

May 15, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …good. We put up with all the plants that you built in China for years. Now you've got to build us—we're not interested in…
  2. …No—we have the strongest military in the world, by far—not China, not Russia, not anybody. We have the best military equipment in the…
  3. …money on trade. Don't forget, we were losing a trillion dollars to China. So we essentially went cold turkey with China for a period of…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters

May 6, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …So we're two countries that are very lucky. If you look at China, they don't have that. You know, it's a big disadvantage. Other countries…
  2. …important. But we'll see. I mean, over time, we'll see what happens. China. They want to meet, and they're doing no business right now. And…
  3. …miles to turn. And you know, we lost a trillion dollars to China on trade because of an incompetent President that we had, who preceded…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …that— and I don't want this to happen, but I—know that China is doing very poorly right now. I just saw some reports coming…
  2. …actually saddened to hear it. But they are getting absolutely hammered in China. And you know, they're sending boats, the biggest boats in the world…
  3. …a certain point, I hope we're going to make a deal with China. We're talking to China, but their factories are closing all over China…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …steel, 25 percent on aluminum, 10-percent baseline. We put penalties on China for sending us fentanyl. We put penalties on Mexico and Canada—25…
  2. …put on previous to Biden, which were the tariffs I put on China, where we took in, up and to this point, probably $700 billion…
  3. …He did everything he could. You know, he got paid money by China, right? The family got paid money. He did. And so, I don't…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez of El Salvador and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …drug companies are in Ireland, and they're in lots of other places—China. And all I have to do is impose a tariff. The more…
  2. …then Biden took all those secondary tariffs and tariffs on . I told China: "You can't buy oil. If you buy oil from Iran"—China; I…
  3. …States of America." And those ships disappeared from that harbor so quickly. China. I get along great with China. What? I think we're—I think…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …And I tariffed. I took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China and others—taxes on China—but we took in hundreds of billions…
  2. …to have a statement on that? Well, we'll see what happens with China. We would love to be able to work a deal. They've really…
  3. …certain advantages that others don't have on certain things. We have some—China has a surplus of a trillion dollars. I mean, the numbers are…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 26 times

  1. …coming in to meet, and other com—countries are coming in. With China, as you know, against my statement, they put a 34-percent tariff…
  2. …hope it's going to stay that way. I have great respect for China, but they can't do this. We're just—we're going to have one…
  3. …people allowed it to get that way. So we'll be talking to China. We'll be talking to a lot of different countries. And I think…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 2 times

  1. …look at the ships outside of Greenland, you have Russia, you have China, you have lots of different people and lots of different places. And…
  2. …close to that—to do that. They're building plants here instead of China, instead of other places. When it all happens—and it's going to…