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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.

“Tariff” said in 184 of 335 transcripts, 1,418 times.

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Remarks on Coal and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a coal announcement 3 times

  1. …India, for years, took advantage of this country. They charged us tremendous tariffs, and they paid nothing. They wouldn't let Harley—as an example, in…
  2. …wouldn't let Harley Davidson sell its motor. They would charge 200-percent tariff, so Harley Davidson was precluded. They ended up going to India and…
  3. …it happens. That was before me. But they charged tremendous amounts of tariffs to our—and—we didn't charge them anything. You know, they sell…

Remarks on the National Economy in Suffern, New York

May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a rally in NY 9 times

  1. …Americans off of food stamps. Five million. And thanks to my strong tariff policy—now, I get into a lot of trouble with tariffs because…
  2. …I first came out? I love tariffs. And I said: "I love tariffs. It's my favorite word in the whole dictionary. I love the word…
  3. …cover me. But I said, "My favorite word in the dictionary is 'tariff.'" And they got after me. They said: "He's a horrible human being…

Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Kevin M. Warsh as Chairman of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors

May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say during the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kevin Warsh 4 times

  1. …of all. But I got in such trouble, because when I said "tariff" is my favorite word, the media went crazy. They said: "What about…
  2. …good. I'll make it my fifth-favorite word." Right? But because of tariffs, we have tremendous amounts of—I mean, the car companies are all…
  3. …no plant built. And it's all due—or, what we did with tariffs. I guess November 5, but all because of the tariffs and what…

Remarks on Commercial Refrigeration Regulations and an Exchange With Reporters

May 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a EPA Announcement 7 times

  1. …that we're waiting for from the Supreme Court. We had a terrible tariff decision. I mean, they cost our country a fortune. They said, "Do…
  2. …terrible decision. And it's not going to affect because we do the tariffs a different way. The tariffs are what's bringing in all of this…
  3. …like they did a great disservice by costing us $149 billion on tariffs by saying, "Do it a different way." Get the same result; do…

Commencement Address at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut

May 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers keynote address at Coast Guard Academy Commencement 4 times

  1. …It wouldn't have been allowed to have happened. You would have put tariffs on. And you say: "That's okay. You can steal our business. But…
  2. …all pouring back into our country right now because of the word "tariff"—as you know, one of my favorite words. I got into big…
  3. …is my favorite word in the dictionary. My favorite word. The word 'tariff.'" And the fake news—look at all of them back there— —they…

Remarks at a Rose Garden Club Dinner

May 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …not taking them." I'll say, "That's okay." Slap about a 25 percent tariff on their country, and they call back: "We would love to have…

Remarks During a Visit to National Mall Reflecting Pool and an Exchange With Reporters

May 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …trading, and we're going to do some increased trading. We talked about tariffs. We talked about, you know, they would like to have some tariff…
  2. …a different way. We're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars from tariffs. And we're taking—it away from countries, frankly, that have ripped us…

Remarks at the White House Small Business Summit

May 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Small Business Summit 19 times

  1. …with November 5, but a lot of it had to do with tariffs. We charged tariffs to companies when they come in. A couple of…
  2. …said, "You've absolutely saved our business." But because of the use of tariffs, we have all this money. Because if they come in and build…
  3. …it. So one of the strongest effects of our tax cuts and tariffs is the Trump manufacturing boom—is what they're calling it, because that's…

Remarks During an Event With Seniors in Middleton, Florida

May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say delivers remarks at The Villages 12 times

  1. …if you don't do it, I'm going to put a 250-percent tariff on all wines and champagnes that you ship into our country." And…
  2. …I said: "Look, you're not going to do it? We're going to tariff the hell out of you at double the number that you're talking…
  3. …like we're a bunch of fools, thanks to our strong policy on tariffs—I love those tariffs—we cut our gaping trade deficit by 55…

Remarks During a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …they're all coming back at levels that nobody's ever seen before. And tariffs did it. I did it. Maybe the election did it, but tariffs…
  2. …from Canada. There's no reason they—they don't want to pay the tariff. And because of that, they're—so, you know, they're investing at levels…
  3. …solved. You know how I got it solved? By the use of tariffs. I said: "I'm going to charge you Tariffstariffs if you guys keep…

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 8 times

  1. …agree to it. I was able to do that because I used tariffs. I said, "If you don't agree to it, we're going to put…
  2. …Howard, would you say a few words, please? And because of the tariffs, we have—it's been amazing, actually. We have Eli Lilly and Pfizer…
  3. …building—Eli Lilly is building, I think, five major plants, which, without tariffs, they would have built none. I said, "How many would you build…

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 8 times

  1. …said, "If you keep fighting, I'm going to put a 250-percent tariff on each one." "No, no, no, you cannot do that." I said…
  2. …right, we won't fight anymore." That's how I stopped them. I used tariffs to stop. You ever hear of anything like that? It was too…
  3. …maybe the election, but number two, and a close number two, is tariffs. The tariffs are driving people in from Canada, Mexico, Germany, Japan, South…

Remarks to Farmers

Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to farmers 3 times

  1. …help farmers recovering from the Biden catastrophe, we use money taken from tariffs. The tariffs—we've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars from the…

Remarks at a Women's History Month Event and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …it is—and the $12 billion in farm relief we issued using tariff revenue. We get $12 billion. We took in tremendous amounts of money…
  2. …It was because of November 5, but it was also because of tariffs. So, Lexie, please come up and say a few words. Lexie. Come…
  3. …Because if you don't do it, I'm going to put a big tariff on everything coming in from France," or whatever country, because I made…

Remarks on the National Economy in Walton, Kentucky

Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …billion in domestic manufacturing, all because of what we've done with the tariffs and with the deductions and all of the other things that we've…
  2. …convince foreign nations that it's not fair, and I used the word "tariff," the beautiful word. I always said one of my most favorite, most…
  3. …after. I said, "It's my favorite word in the dictionary, the word 'tariff,'" and they killed me. These guys, they are the worst. For decades…

Remarks at the House Republicans Issues Conference in Miami, Florida

Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …the lowest price, that's what we pay. And I did that through tariffs. We had a little disappointing decision, to put it mildly, from the…
  2. …doing the same thing with a lot of work. But I used tariffs to get this, because I went to other countries. The drug companies…
  3. …to put," in the case of Emmanuel, I said, "a 100-percent tariff on all wines and champagnes coming into the United States." "No, no…

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

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? 5 times

  1. …000, where it wasn't supposed to do it for many years—were tariffs. I used these tariffs, took in hundreds of billions of dollars, to…
  2. …many of the wars I settled was because of the threat of tariffs—I wouldn't have been able to settle them without—will remain in…
  3. …time-tested and approved. And as time goes by, I believe the tariffs, paid for by foreign countries will, like in the past, substantially replace…

Remarks During a Tour of Coosa Steel Corporation in Rome, Georgia

Feb 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …in big trouble 2 years ago, and then I put on the tariffs, and now he's going around the clock, making the racks, making the…
  2. …And it's just amazing what's happened. That anybody can be complaining about tariffs. He just said, "I'd give you a big hug if the press…
  3. …business, hiring people, can't get enough people, and it's all because of tariffs. I had Novartis come in yesterday, a big drug company. They're building…

Remarks on the Environmental Protection Agency's Rescission of the "Endangerment Finding" With Respect to Greenhouse Gas Emissions and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 6 times

  1. …jobs have been just decimated, although they're all coming back because of tariffs. They're all coming back into our country at levels we've never seen…
  2. …to $3,000. These regulation cuts, combined with our tax cuts and tariffs, are the reason why the world's largest automakers have announced that they're…
  3. …in a position like this, and a lot of it's due to tariffs, and a lot of it's due to the fact that we had…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Domestic Coal Production

Feb 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Champion of Coal Event 4 times

  1. …of the world. Another one of my favorite words is the word "tariff." You know, tariff is very—I know they want to hear that…
  2. …it to be a little bit later than that. But because of tariffs, you saw that we just—it was just announced our trade deficit…
  3. …of my first year. So that's some difference. And that's because of tariffs. So we're doing numbers that nobody thought were possible. The economy is…

Remarks on Announcing the TrumpRX Prescription Drug Website and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 7 times

  1. …They had to agree. And the reason they agreed is, I used tariffs. I said, "If you don't put them up, then we're going to…
  2. …far greater national security. And it's really—a big factor was the tariffs. We're charging very substantial tariffs for companies that don't want to make…
  3. …States, they have to pay very big penalties in the form of tariffs. And what that means is, they're all coming here. Every industry is…

Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 2 times

  1. …were doing very well. We just handed them $12 billion out of tariff money because they were taken advantage of by foreign countries, various foreign…
  2. …joke. Other countries laughed at us and took advantage of us with tariffs, and we weren't allowed to charge, and they were allowed to charge…

Remarks in Clive, Iowa

Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 6 times

  1. …And you just said you're opening up two massive plants because of tariffs. You're opening up one in North Carolina, one someplace else. And you're…
  2. …investment coming into the country. And it's amazing. And it's because of tariffs, and it's also because of the fact that we had such a…
  3. …was easy? I said, "If you don't agree, we're going to put tariffs on you." And they said: "We agree. We agree." So you'll have…

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 17 times

  1. …projected by the IMF just last April. And with my growth and tariff policies, it should be much higher. I really believe we can be…
  2. …of raising taxes on domestic producers, we are lowering them and raising tariffs on foreign nations to pay for the damage that they've caused. In…
  3. …everything in 1 year; used to be 38 to 41 years. With tariffs, we've radically reduced our ballooning trade deficit, which was the largest in…

Remarks at a Roundtable Discussion on Rural Health Care Improvement Efforts

Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Health Roundtable 10 times

  1. …in the United States. You know why he's doing that? Because of tariffs. He's doing that because of tariffs. Without tariffs, he wouldn't be doing…
  2. …If you don't do it, I'm going to put a 25-percent tariff on all goods: wine, champagnes, and everything else coming into the United…
  3. …do that." I said, "No, we're going to put a 25-percent tariff," which is, by the way, about seven times more than they would…

Remarks on Signing the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 14, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in a signing ceremony 5 times

  1. …anti-American people, frankly—people that don't want us to do well. Tariffs have helped us stop eight wars. They've helped us get the best…
  2. …all else, they've given us tremendous national security, just the threat of tariffs. You saw that just yesterday when I put tariffs on a certain…
  3. …lot faster. So we have made hundreds of billions of dollars with tariffs. We have very little inflation. Think of it. Inflation has gone down…

Remarks to the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan

Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 31 times

  1. …being absolutely destroyed. But, in a matter of months, largely because of tariff income and the election result, we've slashed that gaping trade deficit by…
  2. …biggest reasons for this unbelievable success has been our historic use of tariffs. There was the tariff that made America strong and powerful in past…
  3. …Roosevelt and some others. But we were really strong. It was all tariffs. And I know what happened. Some of these countries got together, and…

Remarks During a Tour of the Ford River Rouge Complex and an Exchange With Reporters in Dearborn, Michigan

Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …expansions. And they're building more plants in the United States because of tariffs. And Jim said, and Bill very strongly confirmed, they've never seen anything…
  2. …be honest with you, Bill, every industry exciting. Just like this. Right. Tariffs and the relief I gave them ——from the most ridiculous standards, where…
  3. …they make a great product. Well, as you know, we have a tariff on Chinese autos. And in Europe, China is taking over the auto…

Remarks at the House Republican Members Retreat

Jan 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat 18 times

  1. …that happy with me, because, you know, they're paying a lot of tariffs now because they're not doing the oil, but they are. They've now…
  2. …very substantially, as you know, from Russia. We're getting rich because of tariffs, by the way. I hope everyone understands that. They hate to report…
  3. …650 billion poured into our country, or coming in shortly, because of tariffs. You know, they're—they're finding all of these pockets of money. A…

Remarks on United States Naval Ship Development and an Exchange With Reporters in Palm Beach, Florida

Dec 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 5 times

  1. …plants, including auto plants, all over the United States of America. Without tariffs, they wouldn't be doing anything, although they were very happy with the…
  2. …20, because the rest of the world took advantage of us. Without tariffs, I could have never done it. I called up the heads of…
  3. …if you don't do it, I'm going to put a 25-percent tariff on everything France sells into the United States of America, and that's…