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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 Oct 1, 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.

“Iran” said in 288 of 667 transcripts, 1,402 times.

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Remarks During a Board of Trustees Meeting of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 16, 2026 Meeting 5 times

  1. …beginning of the conflict, we've struck more than 7,000 targets across Iran, and these have been mostly commercial and military targets. We've achieved a…
  2. …will take a long time to rebuild that. We are aggressively dismantling Iran's defense industrial base, and ability to rebuild its missiles and drone capability…
  3. …very good shape. The countries—I said we've already taken care of Iran, but now because of the fact that literally a single terrorist can…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Mar 15, 2026 Other 10 times

  1. …we had some very good results today, as you probably heard, in Iran. Very strong results—militarily, results. We're talking to countries about policing the…
  2. …with them. Militarily, we've—as far as I'm concerned, we've essentially defeated Iran. I guess they can have a little bit of fight back but…
  3. …But we're doing very well with respect to that whole situation in Iran. We are talking to other countries about working with us on the…

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

Mar 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …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…
  2. …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…

Remarks on the National Economy in Walton, Kentucky

Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …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…
  2. …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…
  3. …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…

The President's News Conference in Miami, Florida

Mar 9, 2026 Press conference 11 times

  1. …the other things—Midnight Hammer, getting rid of the nuclear threat from Iran, which was a big moment in history, in my opinion; and the…
  2. …could say they're pretty well complete. We've wiped every single force in Iran out very completely. Most of Iran's naval power has been sunk. It's…
  3. …but they're not meant to fight against us. We continue to target Iran's drone and missile capabilities. Their drones are way down. Their drone manufacturing…

Remarks at the House Republicans Issues Conference in Miami, Florida

Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …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…
  2. …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…
  3. …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…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Miami, Florida

Mar 7, 2026 Other 7 times

  1. …my opinion, and based on what I've seen, that was done by Iran. We think it was done by Iran. Because they're very inaccurate, as…
  2. …with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever. It was done by Iran. I said, "unconditional," not conditional. I said "unconditional." It's where they cry…
  3. …whatsoever. If they are, they're not doing a very good job because Iran is not doing too well. Well, that's, you know, the ships' choices…

Remarks at the Shield of the Americas Summit in Miami, Florida

Mar 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to the Shield of Americas Summit 3 times

  1. …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…
  2. …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…
  3. …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…

Remarks During a Roundtable Discussion on Saving College Sports and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Saving College Sports Roundtable 3 times

  1. …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…
  2. …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…
  3. …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…

Remarks Honoring the 2025 Major League Soccer Champion Inter Miami

Mar 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Inter Miami CF 7 times

  1. …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…
  2. …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…
  3. …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…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 3, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts a Bilateral Meeting with Germany 9 times

  1. …it's been very strong. We'll obviously be talking a little bit about Iran today, and he's been helping us out, doing—they've been very nice…
  2. …to watch. And that was all, almost all—95 percent comes from Iran. And Soleimani loved it. His favorite weapon. He loved the roadside bomb…
  3. …have to go and the way they have to live, this is Iran. When you look at the barracks, the famous barracks, when you look…

Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Honor to Command Sergeant Major Terry P. Richardson, USA, and Posthumously to Master Sergeant Roderick W. Edmonds, USA, and Staff Sergeant Michael H. Ollis, USA

Mar 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Medal of Honor Ceremony 6 times

  1. …United States military continues to carry out large-scale combat operations in Iran to eliminate the grave threats posed to America by this terrible terrorist…
  2. …nuclear program in Operation Midnight Hammer a short while ago, we warned Iran not to make any attempt to rebuild at a different location, because…
  3. …nearly under threat. I was very proud to have knocked out the Iran nuclear deal by President Barack Hussein Obama. That was a horrible, horrible…

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? 3 times

  1. …if it were not for my involvement; Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Congo and Rwanda. And, of…
  2. …why, in a breakthrough operation last June, the United States military obliterated Iran's nuclear weapons program with an attack on Iranian soil known as Operation…
  3. …it had been the policy of the United States never to allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. Many decades. Since they seized control of…

The President's News Conference

Feb 20, 2026 Press conference Kalshi: Trump holds a press conference on the Supreme Court decision 4 times

  1. …he's been very good to the Kurds. Yes. The Iranian people—— ——in Iran? Or people here? They'd better negotiate a fair deal. They'd better negotiate…
  2. …the people of Iran are a lot different than the leaders of Iran. And it's very, very—a very sad situation. But 32,000 people…
  3. …hang anybody. But no, I feel very badly for the people of Iran. They've lived like—they've lived in hell. Please. You're going to find…

Remarks at the Inaugural Meeting of the Board of Peace

Feb 19, 2026 Meeting 9 times

  1. …had some very interesting meetings having to do with—as you know, Iran is a hot spot right now, and they're meeting, and they have…
  2. …be, over the years, not easy to make a meaningful deal with Iran. We have to make a meaningful deal. Otherwise, bad things happen. But…
  3. …meaningful deal. But they have a great relationship with the representatives of Iran. They have a great relationship with the other one that they're really…

Remarks to United States Servicemembers and Military Families at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Feb 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to Fort Bragg Military Families 4 times

  1. …a real force, and you see that with what we did in Iran with the B–2 bombers—a lot of you were involved in…
  2. …very much. Appreciate it. And last summer, I ordered devastating strikes on Iran's key nuclear facilities in something that was called Operation Midnight Hammer. That's…
  3. …medals. But that was Operation Midnight Hammer, achieving total obliteration of the Iran nuclear potential capability. Totally obliterated. And think: Every single one of those…

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 3 times

  1. …they got Midnight Hammer instead. And this will be very traumatic for Iran if they don't make a deal. Look, if they don't make a…
  2. …deal isn't a very fair deal and a very good deal with Iran, then it's going to be, I think, a very difficult time for…
  3. …strong. We've worked with him very well. We had tremendous success with Iran and everything else we've done. And he really has been—he's been…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to West Palm Beach, Florida

Feb 6, 2026 Other 8 times

  1. …Could—something could be happening. We, likewise, had very good talks on Iran. Iran looks like it wants to make a deal very badly. We…
  2. …in no rush. We have, you know, very good talks going with Iran. We have very good talks going with Russia and Ukraine. We're doing…
  3. …good talking. And I think we had—the results today were—with Iran, it was a meeting. We're going to meet again early next week…

Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 6 times

  1. …been stronger. And you saw that with the B–2 bombers in Iran and—and you saw it with—recently, with Venezuela, where we're getting…
  2. …it. In his very quiet manner, he's brutal. Just ask Venezuela. Ask Iran. They're negotiating now. They don't want to—they don't want us to…
  3. …the okay for, like, the attack on Venezuela or the attack on Iran. He says, I say, we all say—we're all in a room…

Remarks on the United States Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …you're going to have—a lot of things are happening. You have Iran, and you have Russia-Ukraine, and you have the Middle East. We…
  2. …it's something. Well, we're talking about that. We have ships heading to Iran right now, big ones—biggest and the best. And we have talks…
  3. …But I'm not—I have all I can handle right now, with Iran and with Russia and Ukraine and with all the things we're doing…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Celebrating American Greatness With American Motor Racing

Jan 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …large armada—flotilla—you can call it whatever you want—heading toward Iran right now. Even larger than what we had in Venezuela. It's still…
  2. …really well. We're now sending, actually, a larger number of ships to Iran, and hopefully, we'll make a deal. If we do make a deal…
  3. …know, they have to float someplace. They might as well float near Iran. But it's a rough situation going on. So I stopped 837 people…

Remarks in Clive, Iowa

Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 2 times

  1. …1 trillion we're spending on the military. And in June, we obliterated Iran's nuclear capacity in Operation Midnight Hammer. You saw that. People have been…
  2. …just—and by the way, there's another beautiful armada floating beautifully toward Iran right now. So we'll see. I hope they make a deal. I…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Jan 22, 2026 Other 5 times

  1. …Dimon, what he did, he's not allowed to do that. We're watching Iran. We're watching Iran. You know, we have a lot of ships going…
  2. …and we'll see what happens. We have a big force going toward Iran. I'd rather not see anything happen, but we're watching them very closely…
  3. …you've ever been hit. It will make what we did to your Iran nuclear look like peanuts. And an hour before this horrible thing was…

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 5 times

  1. …fighters, and they did a good job. And we wiped out the Iran nuclear threat like nobody can believe. Nobody's ever seen anything like it…
  2. …Undetectable, like our B–2 bombers were undetectable. They flew right over Iran. They were undetectable, and they did their job, and they got the…
  3. …you would have had this dark cloud. And the dark cloud was Iran with nuclear. Iran would—if we didn't take them out, they would…

Remarks During a Press Briefing With White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 20, 2026 Press conference Kalshi: Trump joins the WH Press Briefing 8 times

  1. …country is proud for—the attack on Venezuela, the attack on the Iran nuclear capability. Wiped it out. I mean, be—first administration, Soleimani, the…
  2. …America is respected again on the world stage. That's another topic. Obliterated Iran's nuclear enrichment capability, and Operation Midnight Hammer was one of the most…
  3. …and maybe much more than that." They're both nuclear countries. Israel and Iran. Egypt and Ethiopia were going to fight over a dam, and I…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Palm Beach, Florida

Jan 16, 2026 Other 2 times

  1. …you saw that with Venezuela. You saw that with the attack on Iran, with the knocking out their nuclear capability, potentially. So yes, we're going…
  2. …about that. Go ahead. Well, we're going to see. As you know, Iran canceled the hanging of over 800 people. They were going to hang…

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Jan 13, 2026 Other 5 times

  1. …We're going to look at the whole situation that's going on in Iran. It's really bad stuff. Minnesota is going to have to take care…
  2. …Governor and a corrupt Governor. But we'll straighten that out. But the—Iran is on my mind. When I see the kind of death that…
  3. …I think so, yes. I think it's going to happen. Yes. Yes. Iran said that the last time I blew them up with the nuclear…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Jan 11, 2026 Other 7 times

  1. …through it for years with me, being hit—Soleimani, al-Baghdadi, the Iran nuclear threat wiped out—don't you think—and then you just had…
  2. …want peace. They want to have freedom. The protesters are after freedom. Iran has not allowed freedom for a long time. And the protesters, I…
  3. …companies have totally abused. I'm not going to let it happen. With Iran? They do. They called—— ——yesterday. Iran called to negotiate, yes. Yesterday. The…

Remarks During a Meeting With Executives of Oil and Gas Companies and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 9, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Oil & Gas Executives 8 times

  1. …are very familiar with taking oil out of the ground. Yes. So Iran is in big trouble. It looks to me that the people are…
  2. …totally backed down, but this is something pretty incredible that's happening in Iran. It's an amazing thing to watch. They've done a bad job. They've…
  3. …That's never happened before, although I heard that's also taking place in Iran. They named a street, the protesters. I just hope—you know, just…

The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Palm Beach, Florida

Dec 29, 2025 Press conference 10 times

  1. …hundred percent. Don't forget, we made the plan possible by taking out Iran. And speaking of Iran, I hope they're not trying to build up…
  2. …no choice but very quickly to eradicate that buildup. So I hope Iran is not trying to build up, as I've been reading that they're…
  3. …know, these are major factions, and it started with our negotiation with Iran. I think it probably started with Soleimani. That was really where—you…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters During a Greeting With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Palm Beach, Florida

Dec 29, 2025 Other 4 times

  1. …we were extremely victorious, to put it mildly. Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again, and if they are, we're going…
  2. …the hell out of them. But hopefully, that's not happening. I heard Iran wants to make a deal. If they want to make a deal…
  3. …overthrow of a regime. It's—they've got a lot of problems in Iran. They have tremendous inflation. Their economy is bust. Their economy is no…

Remarks at a Hanukkah Reception

Dec 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Hanukkah Reception 12 times

  1. …we did—the best job of all, is we knocked out the Iran nuclear power. And they would have had that in—within a month…
  2. …good President——don't forget, you had a President previously that believed in Iran. They ditched the entire world for Iran. That's why they signed the…
  3. …not putting them in jails. We're deporting them. I terminated the disastrous Iran nuclear deal. And this summer, we obliterated Iran's nuclear program like nobody…