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“Tariff” said in 189 of 347 transcripts, 1,437 times.
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Jun 26, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Conference 5 times
…you see how many plants are coming back into the United States? Tariffs. Tariffs. If they don't come in, they have to pay massive tariffs…
…States using U.S. workers—our great American workers—you don't have any tariffs to pay. So they're all pouring in. It should have been done…
Jun 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Rose Garden Club Dinner 3 times
…And I took $28 billion out of—$28 billion out of the tariffs, and I made you all whole—beyond whole, I think—but we…
…We have the car companies pouring back into our country because of tariffs, because they don't want to pay the tariffs. So they're moving in…
Jun 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Mack Trucks 7 times
…if that's okay. And we're doing quite well. I placed 50-percent tariffs on foreign copper, aluminum, and steel so they couldn't come in and…
…country by three times. That's because they didn't want to pay the tariff. How don't you pay a tariff? You build your factory here and…
…quite simple, actually. But, as you know, I placed a 25-percent tariff on foreign automobiles and, very importantly, imposed a 25-percent tariff on…
Jun 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…advantage of by China, and I charged China for it. I put tariffs on, and China paid us hundreds of billions of dollars. And I…
Jun 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Wisconsin roundtable 2 times
…is—treats you guys rough. You know? Canada—they put on big tariffs. We didn't meet them with tariffs. I took care of it my…
Jun 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a coal announcement 3 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a rally in NY 9 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say during the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kevin Warsh 4 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
May 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a EPA Announcement 7 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
May 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers keynote address at Coast Guard Academy Commencement 4 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
May 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Healthcare Affordability Event 1 time
…to come along. I said: "You don't come along, we're going to tariff you." And they all said: "We'd love to come along, sir." But…
May 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…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…
May 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts the Indiana University National Football Champions 2 times
…of the most important men anywhere in the world. We need more tariffs, Jamieson. We need more tariffs. And SBA Administrator, who's fantastic, Kelly Loeffler…
May 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…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…
…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…
May 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Small Business Summit 19 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner 1 time
…If you don't do it, I'm going to put a 200-percent tariff on your wines and champagnes that you sell into the United States…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say delivers remarks at The Villages 12 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Apr 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump meets with the Artemis II Astronauts 1 time
…the United States. And the reason is, I have a very smart tariff policy. You know, we got—we were taken advantage of for years…
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…and we can meet that very easily by just putting a big tariff on the U.K. So they'd better be careful. If they don't drop…
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Health Care Affordability Event 8 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Apr 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Turning Point USA 2 times
…our jobs and plundering our wealth, thanks to our strong policy on tariffs, we cut our gaping trade deficit. Now, if you do 1 percent…
…world. I got the nations to agree because I threatened them with tariffs if they don't do it. And I got the insurance companies, I…
Apr 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a roundtable on No Tax on Tips 7 times
…selling more cars now. A lot of it has to do with tariffs. You pay no tariffs if you come here. If you don't come…
…the United States because of a lot of reasons, but because of tariffs. Because of tariffs. If they sell their product into our country, they…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 8 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to farmers 3 times
…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…
Mar 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers Remarks at the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner 2 times
…it. I got other countries to do it with the threat of tariffs. I said, "If you don't approve it"—because they got the insurance…
…And the decisions that these people make—I got a decision on tariffs that's going to cost our country. Not me. I'll do it a…
Mar 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…just want to have smart decisions. They gave us a decision on tariffs the other day that won't change tariffs. I can do it a…
…billion to pay people back, because now I have to start the tariffs all over again. Very simple. And what happens with the money I've…
Mar 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…get every single country to almost immediately approve. I threatened them with tariffs. I said, "Look, if you're not going to do this—you're going…
…you going to do?" I said: "I'm going to put very substantial tariffs if you don't do it. And they go into effect tomorrow morning…
Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Mar 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to the Shield of Americas Summit 2 times
…Can you get more? Can you get more?" He's the king of tariffs, right? But he's very gentle. We want to be very gentle with…
…for a number of days. I did that through trade. I used tariffs and trade. And it was amazing. But we did amazing. One was…
Mar 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Tech Roundtable 2 times
…All you would've had to do is put a charge or a tariff on. If you wanted to leave the United States, that's fine. You…
…here, you're going to pay 100-percent or 200- or 300-percent tariff. And nobody would've ever left. But they missed that opportunity. But it's…
Feb 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Corpus Christi 1 time
…not going to do it, we're going to charge you a massive tariff that's many times more." Because they had to approve it. The drug…
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
…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…
…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…
…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…
Feb 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Feb 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to Fort Bragg Military Families 1 time
…ago. We had a lot of money coming into our country from tariffs. And I said, "Let's send a little to our soldiers." You know…
Feb 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 6 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Feb 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Champion of Coal Event 4 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 7 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 2 times
…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…
…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…
Feb 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs Bill to Reopen the Government 1 time
…the countries to go along with it, and I had to threaten tariffs against them if they didn't approve. And the health care companies—who…
Jan 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…a rich country. We've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariff money. We're—we've never been in a position like this. We're strong…
Jan 28, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks on Trump Accounts 1 time
…coming here to make their cars because they don't want to pay tariffs. Very simple. It wasn't very complicated. You'll see those numbers starting to…
Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 6 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…but the election gave us a view—and it's a view on tariffs—to protect our country, because our country was being plucked like you…
…and we've had—we'll have—Scott, I'd say $600 billion worth of tariff money coming in. And I think we're going to have maybe more…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum 17 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in Southern Boulevard Dedication Ceremony 3 times
…of our country. Who would think that? And that's largely because of tariffs. They don't want to pay the tariffs. It's a pretty simple formula…
…China became powerful because of that. They don't want to pay the tariff. But it only works, really, here. It works best here. What a…
Jan 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Health Roundtable 10 times
…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…
…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…
…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…
Jan 14, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in a signing ceremony 5 times
…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…
…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…
…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…