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“First Term” said in 38 of 102 transcripts, 63 times.
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Jun 16, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral with the Emir of Qatar 1 time
…dollars, and it was a disaster. I terminated that in my first term. Had I not terminated—and—we hit them hard. We terminated it…
May 27, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 3 times
…of you were at the news conference I had in my first term where I got the prices down one-eighth of a percent—one…
…Iran nuclear deal, as we call it. That was in my first term. Had I not terminated that, they would have had a nuclear weapon…
Mar 19, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Bilateral Meeting with Japan 1 time
…don't forget, Biden gave away—I rebuilt the military in my first term. Biden gave away, so stupidly, to Afghanistan, a lot. He didn't want…
Mar 17, 2026 Meeting 1 time
…didn't stop them—I stopped them twice. I stopped them my first term when I terminated the Iran nuclear deal, which was Barack Obama's deal…
Mar 16, 2026 Meeting 1 time
…America and the military that was built by me in the first term. Yes. Yes. So China's a great example. They get 91 percent of…
Mar 3, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts a Bilateral Meeting with Germany 2 times
…there, which is actually something that I insisted on in my first term. I rebuilt the military in my first term. The military is great…
Feb 19, 2026 Meeting 1 time
…of mine. And you know, we rebuilt our country in my first term, and now we're at a point that the United States has never…
Jan 29, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 2 times
…a great guy—Tim Scott came to see me, first administration, first term, and he had this idea for Opportunity Zones. And he gave me…
…on building our military. We largely rebuilt the military during my first term, fortunately. And we're greatly, greatly enhancing—really enhancing it now. We're going…
Jan 21, 2026 Meeting 1 time
…financing it. So I got involved at the end of my first term, and I was going to have a deal. We were going to…
Jan 9, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Oil & Gas Executives 5 times
…But we had a great—despite that, we had a great first term. We had some great people there too, by the way. Look, we…
…the greatest economy in the history of our country in the first term, but this is blowing it away, and you haven't seen anything yet…
…Yes. That's amazing. A lot of it was approved during my first term. We were getting you approvals that nobody could have gotten in Louisiana…
Dec 8, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds roundtable meeting 2 times
…of putting the brakes on was just absolutely unacceptable. In my first term, we had an agricultural trade surplus by a lot. We had a…
…farmers, where I've had meetings like this, and primarily in the first term. And we did a great job. We turned it around. This is…
Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 1 time
…price reductions. And I told you the story that, in my first term, I was so proud of myself because I reduced drugs. It was…
Nov 21, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zohran Mamdani 2 times
…It's now quite a while ago. It's quite a while. My first term was great. We had the greatest economy in the history of our…
…now. We're doing much better now than we did even the first term. And I can tell you, some of my views have changed. And…
Nov 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Prince 1 time
…we—you know, we are—I rebuilt our military in my first term, and we spent trillions of dollars, and we gave away some of…
Oct 29, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…going to be having—I think, by the end of my first term, we should have $21- or $2- —$22 trillion dollars invested in the…
Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 1 time
…I always felt he wanted to. When I was in my first term, I was with—you know, I was very close to him, relatively…
Oct 20, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral with Prime Minister of Australia 1 time
…paying 55 to 57 percent. When I was first President, in first term, we had the greatest economy we've ever had. And as you know…
Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 1 time
…and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars in my first term from China. Biden let that go, because it was so much. He…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 2 times
…you know—and you probably heard me say this. In my first term—I think it was my third year—we reduced drugs from one…
…economy we've ever had. We had the best economy in my first term, but we have an economy that's blowing it away. And we have…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…we've been friends for a long time now, really— from the first term on. And I appreciate your being here. It's really nice. Thank you…
Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…greatest military in the world. We rebuilt it largely in my first term. Some of it was stupidly given away to Afghanistan. For what reason…
…We have the World Cup coming. I got them in my first term, and I was really sad, because I said, "Oh boy, I got…
…company, and I'll mention him, because we had this argument my first term, and then we had it in my second term. And my second…
Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…President that was willing to do this. I did it my first term with China and others. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars…
…of time that we've ever had financially in the country—the first term. I think this term is going to be much better, even much…
May 22, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…started making changes. And I'll never forget, the end of my first term—which was very successful. We had the best stock market ever. We…
…do something that's earth-shattering." So, at the end of my first term, I was so proud, because it's the first time in 28 years…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…get a little acclimated again, because we had a very successful first term, as you know. We had one of the most successful economies in…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…in nuclear. I rebuilt our military, by the way, in my first term. We—I—we had a really successful first term. Then the election…
May 14, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…of it for a long time. At the end of my first term, all of the momentum in this region was toward peace. I especially…
May 6, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…history. And that's what it's going to be, Gianni. In my first term, I negotiated the return of the World Cup to America. And now…
Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…the most successful economy in the history of our country, my first term, and we were very tough on trade. And, with China, as you…
Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…a thing. But if I didn't do that in—in the first term—in my first term, if I didn't put tariffs on, we would…
Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…It was almost done. Some of you remember it, during my first term. And it was very disappointing. We ended up making a great deal…
…a very small portion, because we rebuilt the military during my first term. And we have great, great things happening with our military. We also…
…over, it was $507 billion that China was—this is originally, first term. And we were very, very tough on them, because they were taking…
Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…put through— for years and years. I was able in the first term—we had a great first term with the highest stock price increase…
…know him really. I knew him a little bit from the first term, but not much. But he's a patriot more than anything else. He's…
Mar 13, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…But—and I've been asking them to do that during my first term. I said, "Do it." I didn't think anything like—could happen like…
Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…I saw that. I had it out with them in my first term. Did well, but we had to solve other problems. And we did…
…for so many years. I had that all settled in my first term. But then, of course, Biden, you know, he let everything go to…
Mar 11, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…because he supported me, and this was the end of the first term. And he fought back, and it ended up that—he ended up…
Feb 27, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…it. I've known him—gotten to know him very well, actually—first term and now second term. Perhaps you'd like to say what that very…
…I had—I put a lot of tariffs on in my first term, and we made tremendous amounts of progress because of those tariffs. China…
Feb 24, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…in this. When I first got elected at the very beginning, first term, I got hundreds of billions of dollars put into NATO. NATO had…
Feb 20, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…old regulations must be eliminated. And I will say, in my first term, we did more deregulation than any President in history, by far. Not…
Feb 11, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…of mine for a long time, actually—long before even my first term. And we've had a great relationship. He's a great gentleman, a great…