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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
“Iran” said in 139 of 339 transcripts, 655 times.
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Jun 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 10 times
…at all. We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran , and we're going to be subject to finalization of documents, which should… …everything else comes down. And most importantly, we have a deal that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, which was the whole purpose of… …States and for the Middle East and, I think, ultimately, great for Iran , because they'll be able to build up their country and—a lot…
Jun 10, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs The Secure America Act 8 times
…are—fortunately, the pilots are okay. No, look, I've been working with Iran for a number of months, and they should sign the deal. It's… …But they became friendly to me—very friendly—and they're close to Iran , and they work—and they still are working on trying them to… …use it. And we have to remember—and when people hear this—Iran , very simply, cannot have a nuclear weapon, and they won't. And they've…
Jun 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Wisconsin roundtable 5 times
…although, you could say a much easier way. As you know, with Iran , they have no navy. A hundred and fifty-nine ships in 4… …spiritized because we're at a point—we're going to come out of Iran very quickly, and it's going to be very strong. One way or… …a lot—and it was just before we started the excursion to Iran . And we passed gas stations. It was $1.85 a gallon. And…
Jun 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…we've never had before ever in our history. And we're doing really well. The situation with Iran seems to be going quite well. Thank you
Jun 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a coal announcement 5 times
…of a military, but a lot of soldiers. And you look at Iran , where we essentially wiped out their military. No, there's some missiles left… …like, a little bit of a different world, but it's interconnected with Iran , and it would be really nice if Lebanon could have some peace… …if you want to call it a military operation, you cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon, and everybody agrees to that, no matter—almost…
Jun 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony 14 times
…we're doing the right job. And we took a detour down to Iran because we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Under any circumstances… …in your order. Anything can happen, you know, when you're dealing with Iran . But when you're dealing with other countries—but that's a very volatile… …detour and go down to a place called the Islamic Republic of Iran , and we're going to have to stop them from having a nuclear…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a rally in NY 5 times
…by the way. Well, first of all, Venezuela was unbelievable. Right? Now, Iran . Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Everything is gone… …wants the world. He doesn't want the country. That's why he's in Iran . That's why he's in"—by the way, how did we do in… …prices are going to tumble as soon as I finish up with Iran . Tumble. Poom. I was in Iowa, and we had it down to…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say during the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kevin Warsh 3 times
…do. What we've done in Venezuela, you see. What we've done to Iran —Iran is dying to make a deal. We'll see what happens, but…
May 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a EPA Announcement 8 times
…that some people would say is somewhat crazy. And we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That's all there is. We can't let it… …of nothing that's more important than the fact that we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon, and we won't. Yes, Jeff . Well, we're looking… …people of our country, they will all agree that we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Yes. Daniel . Well, we want it open. We…
May 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…It could be a few days, but it could go very quickly. Iran is a defeated nation. We're dealing with some people, and we're dealing… …stock market is higher now than it was before I started the Iran situation. And on the Iran, I had no choice because they were…
May 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers keynote address at Coast Guard Academy Commencement 8 times
…recently. You saw that in Venezuela. You saw that right now in Iran ; everything's gone. Their navy's gone. The air force is gone. Just about… …be threatened under any circumstance. As an example, we will not let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That's all. It's very simple. We will not… …even harder, but maybe not. But we are not going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon and blow up the entire Middle East—Israel…
May 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Congressional Picnic 2 times
…to have to make a little journey down to a place called Iran . We have to stop them. They have nuclear on their mind, and… …the world. You saw that with Venezuela. You see it now with Iran . We wiped out their navy. The navy is gone. The air force…
May 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…have to have a great country. We have to make sure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon. All of the things that you see… …for so hard. And it's always tough. You know, we're negotiating with Iran , and then you have the Democrats—I call them the "Dumocrats"—putting… …they've had, for the first time in almost 47 years—you know, Iran's been the bully of the Middle East for 47 years. I mean…
May 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Healthcare Affordability Event 8 times
…possibly for a little while, because we've had very big discussions with Iran , and we'll see what they amount to. I was asked by Saudi… …do that, where there's no nuclear weapon going into the hands of Iran , I think—and if they're satisfied, we will be probably satisfied also… …wanted to do, but we have no choice because we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. Yes. Please, go ahead. Yes. Well, it's been…
May 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts the Indiana University National Football Champions 1 time
…did. We had to make an excursion to the beautiful country of Iran . We didn't want to let them have a nuclear weapon. And we…
May 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony 9 times
…Somebody said, "What's your plan?" I said, "The plan is very simple: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, it cannot have a nuclear bomb, and… …you guys feel differently. Now, these guys, I think, will say that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Wouldn't you say? We wouldn't feel very… …that's right. We—love you guys. We just—said—do you agree? ——Iran cannot have—love that guy. Secretary Mullin. Did you know they're all…
May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…fighters now, I think, because—— I mean, they want to ask about Iran and a couple of other things. Go ahead. Go ahead. So, I… …Now it's only a question of—look, if we left right now—Iran —it would take them 20 years to rebuild. You would call that… …to do this, but we have to make an excursion down to Iran because we can't let them have a nuclear—a nuclear weapon." Look…
May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Military Mother's Day Event 3 times
…as well, I would say. Larger, but we're doing very well in Iran . It's going very smoothly, and we'll see what happens. They want to… …but that's okay, in whatever it is. Because in the case of Iran , we're not going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon. And we're…
May 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs a proclamation 9 times
…we're in a little skirmish—military. I call it a "skirmish" because Iran has no chance. They never did. They know it. They expressed it… …was too bad, but I had to do it: We can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. You might be too young for this. I… …take a hit because we have to make a journey down to Iran to take the nuclear weapon." They would have had a nuclear weapon…
May 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Small Business Summit 3 times
…with this military operation. Call it whatever you want. We can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. We hit all new highs, and I said… …you know, it's interesting. They did a poll on the war with Iran , and they said only 32 percent of the people like it. Well… …President Trump." Well, when you explain it like, "Is it okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon," it wouldn't be 32 percent. But even…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner 8 times
…with some quite brutal people right now in the lovely country of Iran . They are very brutal. And I will tell you, we're doing very… …of a sudden you hear: "Yes, yes. We are going back to Iran . We are going back." So they turned it around. It takes 10… …pirates. But we're not playing games. Because, you know, for 47 years, Iran has been pushing everybody around. They're the bully of the Middle East…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say delivers remarks at The Villages 5 times
…getting. And you stand up when I talk about "you can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon." We can't. But I did something that was… …to take a little journey down to a beautiful country known as Iran , and we have to make sure that they don't have a nuclear… …anything like it. And frankly, we're doing just about as well in Iran . But I don't like talking about it until the jobs are finished…
Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 19 times
…war. Would you rather have—a military operation, where, really—I mean, Iran is dying to make a deal. I can only tell you that… …&P, I said to myself: "We've got to do something about Iran . They want to have a nuclear weapon. You can't let them have… …a fire, and the fire's taking place in the lovely country of Iran , and they want to have a nuclear weapon." And if we didn't…
Apr 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump meets with the Artemis II Astronauts 6 times
…no. I talked about Ukraine, and I talked a little bit about Iran . I talked about a few different subjects, mostly about Ukraine. And we… …we've going to have that. Look, we—we're not going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon. And we've knocked out their navy. We've knocked… …things on Ukraine, and we also wanted them to do things with Iran . And on Ukraine, they're very much involved, but they didn't do things…
Apr 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…a nuclear weapon. Very simple. Look, that whole deal is not complicated. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Very simple. I haven't even thought about…
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…thing to get this worked out, simultaneously, with what we're doing in Iran . And I'd like to start by just asking J.D., our Vice President… …a little bit of a detour. And we have to go to Iran and make sure they don't have a nuclear weapon." We had just… …doing it, it's a very foolish thing to do. Just like for Iran to shoot at Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., and Qatar, and Kuwait, Bahrain—all…
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Health Care Affordability Event 5 times
…a face that got blown to pieces, most likely it was from Iran . That was Soleimani, who I killed. Soleimani loved the roadside bomb. He… …you call it—I mean, what—the deal that he did, the Iran nuclear deal, was so bad. It gave them a road to a… …And I will tell you—I deal with them: You cannot give Iran a nuclear weapon. This is all about a nuclear weapon. They cannot…
Apr 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…no arms, a face that's been smashed, that was Soleimani. That was Iran that did that. So we have a much different view on it…
Apr 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Turning Point USA 15 times
…I'll tell you about a little—would anybody like to hear about Iran a little bit? You know, this was scheduled a long time ago… …This will be a great and brilliant day for the world, because Iran has just announced that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open and… …we? Will remain in full force and effect as it pertains to Iran until such time as our transaction with Iran is 100-percent complete…
Apr 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a roundtable on No Tax on Tips 6 times
…that we're doing very well. And I will say the war in Iran is going along swimmingly. We can do whatever we want. And it… …By the way, we had to do a little journey down to Iran . And I didn't want to do that, but we had to because… …our little diversion—despite our little diversion to the lovely country of Iran —lovely place. But we had to do that, because otherwise bad things…
Apr 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump addresses the nation 9 times
…It's over the fact that they will never have a nuclear weapon. Iran —are you marking it down? Iran will not have a nuclear weapon… …they don't agree, there's no deal. There will never be a deal. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, and we're going to get the… …wrong. He was very much against what I'm doing with regard to Iran . And you cannot have a nuclear Iran. Pope Leo would not be…
Apr 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…hostile territory"—and I don't think it gets much more hostile than Iran . They're capable fighters. They're very tough people. And there are others like…
Apr 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony 23 times
…Operation Epic Fury, targeting the world's number one state sponsor of terror: Iran . In these past 4 weeks, our Armed Forces have delivered swift, decisive… …on the battlefield—victories like few people have ever seen before. Tonight Iran's navy is gone. Their air force is in ruins. Their leaders, most… …provide an update on the tremendous progress our warriors have made in Iran and discuss why Operation Epic Fury is necessary for the safety of…
Mar 31, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs Executive Orders 4 times
…also feeling a lot safer. All I have to do is leave Iran , and we'll be doing that very soon, and they'll be—come tumbling… …Maybe they were trying to defend him. I don't know. No. No. Iran doesn't have to—— Iran doesn't have to make a deal, no. Yes… …say the greatest military maneuver they've ever seen. Look what's happening in Iran . We're just—I mean, we're totally unchecked. Everything has been bombed out…
Mar 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony 7 times
Hello, everybody. So we've had very good negotiations today with Iran , getting a lot of the things that we—they should have given us a… …are doing extremely well in that negotiation, but you never know with Iran , because we negotiate with them, and then we always have to blow… …it's the B–2 bombers or just terminating, as an example, the Iran nuclear deal done by Barack Hussein Obama, probably the worst deal we've…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 24 times
…leadership, America is ending the threat posed by this radical regime, decimating Iran's capabilities with Operation Epic Fury, something that nobody has ever seen anything… …even knows about except for a few of us. For 47 years, Iran has been known as the bully of the Middle East, but they… …any longer. They're on the run. Last June, America's Armed Forces obliterated Iran's key nuclear facilities in one of the most spectacular military actions of…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to farmers 1 time
…away right now. And by the way, we're doing really well in Iran , just so you understand. You know? I mean, how good is our…
Mar 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers Remarks at the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner 12 times
…has ever seen anything like we're doing in the Middle East with Iran . And they are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make… …a country that wanted that job less than being the head of Iran . "I don't want it." We listen to some of the things they… …you listen to the news, you think we're losing a war in Iran where we're decimating the other side. I mean, the better ones have…
Mar 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts DHS swearing-in ceremony 5 times
…We're having, by the way, a tremendous success, as you know, in Iran . We had one in Venezuela, and now we're having one in Iran… …We are roaming free over Tehran—the city, Tehran, as opposed to Iran . We're roaming free. We can do whatever we want. And, as you… …what you're talking about. You're talking about saving millions of lives. If Iran had a nuclear weapon, they would've used it. And if I didn't…
Mar 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Memphis Safe Task Force Roundtable 12 times
…And it's very appropriate for what's taken place, if you know, in Iran , because we knocked out their navy, we knocked out their air force… …I announced earlier, based on preliminary conversations between the United States and Iran over the past 2 days, I've directed the Department of War to… …understand, I know my whole life has been a negotiation, but, with Iran , we've been negotiating for a long time. And this time they mean…
Mar 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Commander in Chief Trophy Presentation 1 time
…I want to begin by just saying we're doing extremely well in Iran . The difference between them and us is they had a navy 2…
Mar 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…war is proceeding very, very strongly. We're doing very, very well on Iran —knocking the hell out of them, and you have to do that… …lives destroyed, 95-percent chance it was—it came right out of Iran . They loved that bomb. They loved that bomb. And the father of…
Mar 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony 15 times
…than almost anybody. Peace through strength. But you know what? I've watched Iran for a long time. I called them out 20 years ago when… …strongly, like I do, about wars. And I say, "Do you think Iran is violent, and do you think their people are violent?" "Yes, the… …these are naïve people that, frankly, are stupid. If you believe that Iran should have a nuclear weapon, there's something wrong with you, because they…
Mar 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…this happen. On another front, an entirely different front, the situation with Iran is moving along very rapidly. It's doing very well. Our military is… …at what they did in Venezuela and now what they're doing in Iran , it's been amazing. But when you look at all of this, everybody…
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…decisive action to stop the threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran with Operation Epic Fury—is that a great name? Well, it's only… …I said, "The name of what?" "The name of the attack on Iran , sir." And they gave me, like, 20 names, and I'm, like, falling… …job, right? Over the past 11 days, our military has virtually destroyed Iran . Tough country. Their air force is gone. Totally gone. That took the…
Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…If you look at what happened with Jimmy Carter, with—also with Iran . But if you look at what happened with the helicopters and the… …the 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… …relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated. As— . And remember, Iran did so many bad things. They were really—if you look at…
Mar 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to the Shield of Americas Summit 3 times
…it on Earth, not even close. And we're doing very well in Iran . You see the result, and it's been amazing. We've knocked out 42… …sad situation—to greet the families of the heroes coming home from Iran , coming home in a different manner than they thought they'd be coming… …the way it is. And—but our focus right now is on Iran . And we'll do that, I would say—what will you do, take…
Mar 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Saving College Sports Roundtable 3 times
…right. It—there's a lot. We're doing very—by the way, in Iran , we're doing very well. Somebody said, "How would you score it from… …before this, where they took out the nuclear capability or potential of Iran . I think our—I think we're, right now, we're a country that's… …sports, and it doesn't sound very important compared to what's happening in Iran and other places, but it is very important to me. And if…
Mar 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Inter Miami CF 7 times
…what's going on with respect to our operation in the country of Iran . The United States military, together with the wonderful Israeli partners, continues to… …levels that people have never seen before, actually. We're destroying more of Iran's missiles and drone capability every single hour, knocking them out like nobody… …badly affected and hurt, it mostly came from—95 percent—Soleimani and Iran . And we—other Presidents lived with it. I didn't live with it…
Mar 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Tech Roundtable 1 time
…I call it the "Obama nuclear deal," where he gave everything to Iran , including a nuclear weapon—it was a road to a nuclear weapon…