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.
“Drone” said in 37 of 339 transcripts, 103 times.
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Jun 10, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs The Secure America Act 2 times
…air force. All of their planes are blown up. Most of their drones are gone. Most of their drone-making ability is gone. Most of…
May 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a EPA Announcement 5 times
…to the ballroom is for national security, including, as an example, a drone port on top of—which was top secret until litigation made it…
…We—it's very hard for them now to build missiles, to build drones. We have great drone technology, antidrone technology now that, frankly, we didn't…
May 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 20 times
…At the top of the ballroom is a—what they call a "drone gallery." And we have tremendous amounts of military able to be on…
…with absolutely nothing but strength on it. It's very strong steel. It's drone-proof, and it's meant for our military to be able to stay…
…to the roof of the building. And, again, we call it a "drone port." It's set up for unlimited numbers of drones. Purposely, we don't…
May 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…of races with that song. Uh-oh. I thought that was a drone. They make them in all different sizes nowadays. They can be very…
May 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…country under the circumstances wouldn't have done—shot missiles at it and drones at it. And these stupid boats that came at it, they got…
…we were prepared. They shot missiles. Every missile was knocked down. Every drone was knocked down. And the people that shot it are no longer…
May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Military Mother's Day Event 1 time
…Air Force mom, Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Collazzo. She's an MQ–9 Reaper drone pilot—whoa, that's pretty good— —an evaluator, a weapons officer, and desk…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner 5 times
…that means they have missiles left. We knocked out most of their drone-making factories, but they have some drone capacity left. And drones are…
…place in the world to be is in a U-boat. The drone—anti-drone capacity that we have now is fantastic. They have new…
Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…ounce of any form of equipment, practically, is gone. You know, their drone factories are about 82 percent down, and their missile factories are almost…
Apr 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump meets with the Artemis II Astronauts 3 times
…decimated. They have missiles—about 82 percent are gone. And they have drones, and most of them are gone. Most of the factories are mostly…
…of million-dollar— —you know, missiles to knock out a $30,000 drone. So I would say Jared would tell me that, with everything you…
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Health Care Affordability Event 1 time
…their manufacturing. We've knocked out their missile production. We've knocked out their drone production. We've knocked out everything. In some cases, when I say, "knocked…
Apr 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…is being decimated as we speak. Their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed. And their weapons, factories, and rocket launchers are being…
Mar 31, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs Executive Orders 6 times
…you know, I wrote some of the thing down. We have a drone-proof roof. And it talks about the President and his staff. Well…
…And every window is covered. Every door is covered. The roof is drone proof. We have secure air-handling systems. You know, bad things happen…
…over the last 4 or 5 days, you haven't seen very many drone hits, right? We have some unbelievable anti-drone weaponry that's incredible. But…
Mar 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…capable of handling the Inauguration. We have all bulletproof glass. We have drone-proof roofs, ceilings. Everything's drone proof and bulletproof. And unfortunately, we're living…
…becomes a shed for what's being built under the military, including from drones and including from any other thing. The glass on the windows—you…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 2 times
…in all fairness. We're crushing Iran's weapons stockpiles, destroying their missile and drone factories at levels nobody ever thought was possible, and turning their defense…
…air force. All wiped out. They have very few missiles left. Their drones are at a minimum. Their factories are gone. Their leaders are gone…
Mar 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Memphis Safe Task Force Roundtable 1 time
…firepower, skill, lethality, and force. And we're destroying their ballistic missiles and drones programs with launches down by more than 90 percent. We're hitting their…
Mar 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…percent of their missiles. They're down to a small portion of their drones. And we've demolished many of their factories where they make the missiles…
…And we've extinguished most of their missiles. We've extinguished most of their drones. We've extinguished most of the places where the missiles and the drones…
…taken out their entire navy. We've taken out every one of their drone—they call it a drone layer, a minelayer. There's specific boats that…
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…equipment. They don't have anything. Their missiles are down 90 percent. Their drones are down 85 percent. We're blowing up the factories where they're made…
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…We got many of them before they got to launch. They have drones all over the place. We got many. Now we're knocking out the…
Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…enemy in an overwhelming display of technical skill and military force. Iran's drone and missile capability is being utterly demolished. The navy is gone. It's…
…going very quickly. And the missiles have been largely knocked out. The drones have been knocked down, and we're hitting where they make the drones…
…we're knocking the hell out of that now, where they manufacture the drones. A lot of work, a lot of brilliant work, but we're going…
Mar 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Inter Miami CF 1 time
…have never seen before, actually. We're destroying more of Iran's missiles and drone capability every single hour, knocking them out like nobody thought was possible…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum 2 times
…use a word, it's a bloodbath. It's horrible, what's happening. It's a drone war. The drones are killing, you know, thousands of people a week…
Dec 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Hanukkah Reception 6 times
…a lot of help. It helped when we were shooting all those drones down from jet fighters. Don't ever let anyone tell you a drone…
…them, out of the air—don't let anyone convince you that a drone is better than an F–22 or an F–35 or any…
…But we had our fighters shooting the hell out of—2,000 drones were launched at Israel, and they were just knocking them out. The…
Dec 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a signing ceremony 1 time
…power, and we helped Israel a lot. We were shooting down the drones. We were doing a lot of things for Israel. We did a…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…sometimes, you know, in Kyiv, they'll lob a missile in or some drones and kill some people, but mostly it's soldiers. Russia and Ukraine are…
…We had a good meeting. Then he went back and started sending drones into Kyiv. I said, "I thought we had a good meeting." But…
Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…very little. And you've been reporting on all the bombing, all the drones all over the place—900 drones coming into certain areas, like Kyiv…
Sep 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Address to United Nations General Assembly 1 time
…And some in cities—much smaller numbers—where rockets are shot, where drones are dropped. This war would never have started if I were President…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…And a week later, they get their head blown off by a drone. New form of military. It's a whole new form of fighting. So…
Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…rebuild it again, plus technology change. All of a sudden, it's about drone—you know, we have a new form of warfare. It's drone warfare…
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…very different warfare out there today. Now they've introduced a thing called "drone." A drone is a little bit different. It makes—you have to…
…is build. We're going to have the best missiles—we already do—drones, and much, much more. And earlier this week—I think you'll like…
…study. But we're seeing the different forms of warfare. We're seeing the drones that are coming down at angles and with speed and with precision…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…light armored vehicles, amphibious combat vehicles, the MQ–9B—and the SkyGuardian drones. That's all the best stuff is, isn't it? If it isn't, please…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Houthis from the list of foreign terrorist organizations, even while missiles and drones were being launched right here at your beautiful city of Riyadh and…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…since the Second World War, and it's every week. A lot of drone fighting. It's a whole new form of warfare, and it's violent and…
Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…in Ohio. On display next to me is their 125-pound Roadrunner drone. Where is that little sucker? Where is it? Which is that? Wow…
…say, "Isn't it beautiful?" Now you see the Moon, but you see drones all over the place, and I say, "Let's get the hell out…
Mar 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…we're looking at a report. You're right. They make a lot of drones, Iran makes a lot of drones. They make very effective drones too…
Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…speak in just a couple of seconds. But this plane flies with drones. It flies with many, many drones—as many as you want. And…
…but it—it doesn't fly by itself. It flies by—with many drones, as many as we want. And that's something that no other plane…
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…being killed are soldiers just facing each other with guns, rifles, and drones—the new form of warfare—drones. And it's a very sad thing…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…No, no, no. No security, because they had everything shut down to drones. You know, you can shut that down pretty easily if you're sophisticated…