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“Nuclear” said in 267 of 667 transcripts, 1,322 times.
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Jul 16, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…place a few weeks ago in Iran. Knocked out their entire potential nuclear capacity, and it was obliterated. You know, they—I used that term…
Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…a week. Would you say? Now, if you go—if you go nuclear, I promised him I'd give him 2 weeks. Okay? Nuclear, we'll give…
…the longest serving professor in the history of MIT. Three degrees in nuclear, chemical, and math. That's a smart man. Kaczynski was one of his…
…to own your own electric plants, and they'll be powered by maybe nuclear, maybe gas, maybe coal. You know, we brought coal back in. They…
Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…what they were doing, which is trying to come up with a nuclear weapon, a nuclear bomb. And we did it very successfully. And we…
…30 years. India, by the way, and Pakistan would have been a nuclear war within another week, the way that was going. That was going…
…the world. We make equipment like no other. You know, our submarines—nuclear submarines are so powerful. They are the most powerful weapon ever built…
Jul 13, 2025 Other 1 time
…a tremendous success with the strike that we had getting rid of nuclear weapons in Iran. That was a big, big strike. And you know…
Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…have the right to use coal. They have the right to use nuclear. Nuclear has become—come a long way in the last 5 years…
Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…right now—they were 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. I was keeping it. Outside of that, we were leaving, and…
Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…not—if you're going to fight." And they were maybe at a nuclear stage. They're both, you know, nuclear powers. And I think stopping that…
Jul 4, 2025 Other 2 times
…the success. It was a great success—blown to pieces, their whole nuclear thing. I would say it's set back permanently. If they were going…
…Iran. It was an attack on something that you can't have: a nuclear facility. It's been proven now that it's been totally obliterated. If they…
Jul 4, 2025 Other 1 time
…Accords. Now that Iran has been taken out, in terms of a nuclear threat—and they have been completely taken out, at least for a…
Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…end of that. But the big thing was the attack on their nuclear facilities. What those people did—and you know, they're going to be…
…criminals. A lot of them are on their way out, however. Iran's nuclear enrichment has been obliterated. Remember when CNN said, "It wasn't obliterated"? "It…
…big—for a different reason. I mean, they have little things called nuclear weapons. You would have had, pretty soon, a nuclear war. We stopped…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 8 times
…it—and it was going to get very bad. And they are nuclear nations—very powerful nuclear nations. In the months and years ahead, my…
…was exactly a 12- day war, and we ended up with no nuclear weapons. That's what we wanted. And they were just absolutely blown to…
…very happy about India and Pakistan, because they have—they actually have nuclear weapons. You know, when you talk about Iran, they were trying to…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…to meet. As you know, their sites were obliterated—their very evil nuclear sites. They were—now has been proven. We had some fake news…
…tell—but I don't believe that they're going to go back into nuclear anytime soon. They spent over a trillion dollars on nuclear, and they…
…top, at the hatch, as you know—the hatch going into the nuclear site. They wanted to reinforce it, and they had some masons there…
Jun 25, 2025 Press conference 18 times
…the United States successfully carried out a massive precision strike on Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities. And it was very, very successful. It was called "obliteration…
…Not only have we dealt decisively with the critical threat of Iran's nuclear program, which was what I wanted—I said, "Iran cannot have a…
…inoperable." It was devastated. "We assess that the American strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities has set back Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons for many…
Jun 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times
…it to happen again. And Iran is not going to have a nuclear weapon, by the way. I think it's the last thing on their…
…not going to have enrichment, and they're not going to have a nuclear weapon—— ——and they know that. They're going to get on to being…
…oil. They're going to do well. They're not going to have a nuclear weapon. The last thing on Iran's mind right now is nuclear weapons…
Jun 24, 2025 Other 1 time
…They want to try and demean. No, Iran will never rebuild its nuclear—from there? Absolutely not. That place is under rock. That place is…
Jun 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime: Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. Everybody heard those…
…built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the…
…the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of…
Jun 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…there were. And that was somewhat prenuclear. You know, it was the nuclear age, but nothing like it is today. And it looked like I'm…
…matter of months—they were going to be able to have a nuclear weapon. We can't let that happen. I was very much opposed to…
…Hey, I want to have a certain amount where I can go nuclear a little bit, because we need it for electricity, we need it…
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 16 times
…not to keep going with that war. That could have been a nuclear war. Those are two nuclear powers—big ones. Big, big nuclear powers…
…been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I've been saying it for a long time, and I think…
…know, it's very—I say it very simply: Iran can't have a nuclear weapon. Too much devastation. And they'd use it. You know, I believe…
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times
…think I'm going to answer that question. "Will you strike the Iranian nuclear component? And what time exactly, sir? Sir, would you strike it? Would…
…more." Then we go blow up all the—you know, all the nuclear stuff that's all over the place there. No, they had bad intentions…
…you know, zealots, really—but to have a hostile country have a nuclear weapon that could destroy 25 miles, but much more than that—could…
Jun 16, 2025 Other 3 times
…well. Right now we're doing pretty well. Remember, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. It's very simple. You know, we don't have to go too…
…wiped out long before that, but they're not going to have a nuclear weapon. Well, we'll see. We'll find out over the next 2 days…
Jun 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…it's always better to talk in person. I want to see no nuclear weapon in Iran, and we're well on our way to making sure…
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…get nervous when I talk to him. He's doing a great job. Nuclear, I say, "Okay, you can take 2 weeks for that approval." It…
…take 20 years, then they wouldn't approve it. Now I say: "Lee, nuclear, I'll give you 2 weeks for an approval. A coal- fired plant…
…plant that produces electricity. And you'll produce it through natural gas, coal, nuclear." They're—we don't want to produce it through wind, because we don't…
Jun 11, 2025 Other 2 times
…notice to move out. We'll see what happens. They can't have a nuclear weapon. Very simple: They can't have a nuclear weapon. We're not going…
Jun 6, 2025 Other 7 times
…don't talk about very much, but we solved a big problem—a nuclear problem, potentially—with India and with Pakistan. And I spoke to Pakistan…
…they were going at it, and they could have gone at it nuclear. Both nuclear countries. Strong nuclear countries. And I talked about trade, and…
…as you know, that was going much further, and hopefully, not to nuclear, but it might have gone to nuclear. In fact, it might have…
Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…India and Pakistan, I was able to stop that. And those are nuclear powers. That would have really—that was getting close to being out…
…trade if you're going to go shooting each other and whipping out nuclear weapons that maybe even affect us," because, you know, that nuclear dust…
May 30, 2025 Other 2 times
…we're dealing with Pakistan, and we were able to stop, potentially, a nuclear war through trade as opposed through bullets. You know, normally they do…
…That was getting very bad. That was getting very nasty. They're both nuclear powers. The Pakistan representatives are coming in next week. And India—as…
May 30, 2025 Press conference 4 times
…Pakistan from fighting. I believe that could have turned out into a nuclear disaster. And I want to thank the leaders of India, the leaders…
…trade with people that are shooting at each other and potentially using nuclear weapons." And they were—they're great leaders in those countries, and they…
…I—that would be a very good thing. They can't have a nuclear weapon. We want them—we want them to be safe. We want…
May 25, 2025 Other 1 time
…that whole situation as quickly as possible. But having to do with nuclear, we've had some very, very good talks with Iran. And I don't…
May 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…have a very big announcement today and it has to do with nuclear energy and other things. And this is all nuclear. It's a hot…
…impressed. Go ahead. So you think it's got a great future, the nuclear? Are we doing something about the regulatory in here? Because that's going…
…in many of those plants? Will a lot of them be using nuclear, or some are using oil and gas? Some are using different things…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…not going to make—I'll—I call it, in a friendly way, "nuclear dust." We're not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran…
…end up being a great country, frankly, but they can't have a nuclear weapon. That's the only thing. It's very simple. It's not like I…
…pages worth of details. There's only one sentence: They can't have a nuclear weapon. And I think we're getting close to maybe doing a deal…
May 14, 2025 Other 1 time
…going to happen one way or the other. They can't have a nuclear weapon. So we'll either do it friendly, or we'll do it very…
May 14, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…its bloody proxy wars, and permanently and verifiably cease its pursuit of nuclear weapons. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. I don't imagine there's anybody…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…take all action required to stop the regime from ever having a nuclear weapon. Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. But with that said…
…never allow America and its allies to be threatened with terrorism or nuclear attack. The choice is theirs to make. We really want them to…
…to be a wonderful, safe, great country, but they cannot have a nuclear weapon. This is an offer that will not last forever. The time…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…and Pakistan, ending a dangerous conflict of two nations with lots of nuclear weapons. And they were going at it hot and heavy, and it…
…We're going to be, soon, negotiating with Pakistan. And we stopped a nuclear conflict. I think it would have—it could have been a bad…
…happening there too, by the way. I think—they can't have a nuclear weapon, but I think that they are talking intelligently. We're in the…
May 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…see a peace deal, a strong peace deal. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. But I would say that this is the single most important…
…to get in the way of that, but they can't have a nuclear weapon. And if they choose to go a different route, it's going…
…do, but we have no choice. They're not going to have a nuclear weapon. They're not going to have a nuclear weapon. Do you understand…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…Force base, which is 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapon—that's what they do. They make their nuclear missiles in—1…
…anywhere in the world, 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear missiles. It would have been great to have. Well, we were keeping…
Apr 25, 2025 Other 3 times
…It's a very simple deal. One thing: They just can't have a nuclear weapon. I'm saving them a lot of money just on that. Having…
…really expensive, but it's also very dangerous, and they can't have a nuclear weapon. And just that, I'm saving them billions and billions of dollars…
Apr 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…No impact whatsoever. I'm for stopping Iran, very simply, from having a nuclear weapon. They can't have a nuclear weapon. I want Iran to be…
…it's like really very good. But with Iran, they can't have a nuclear weapon. And if they have a nuclear weapon, you'll all be very…
Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…going to hurt anybody. I really don't. But Iran can't have a nuclear weapon. It's, you know, pretty simple. It's really simple. We're not looking…
…land. We're not—all we're saying is we—you can't have a nuclear weapon. The deal that was made—the deal that was made with…
…would have expired, and that gave them a clear path to a nuclear weapon. I wouldn't have accepted. That's why I terminated the deal. Number…
Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 9 times
…along. But Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. He can't have a nuclear…
…we can't have anybody having nuclear weapons. You know? We can't have nuclear weapons. And I think they're tapping us along because they were so…
…thing is—one thing, simple; it's really simple—they can't have a nuclear weapon, and they've got to go fast, because they're fairly close to…
Apr 11, 2025 Other 3 times
…very much, everybody. Only that. I want them not to have a nuclear weapon. I want Iran to be a wonderful, great, happy country, but…
…There's a meeting going on right now. But, with Iran, I want them to flourish, but they can't have a nuclear weapon. Thank you, everybody
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…Not you. I'll be telling China. Yes. Well, they can't have a nuclear weapon. Oh, if necessary, absolutely. Yes. Yes, I do. You're talking about…
…have much time—— ——because we're not going to let them have a nuclear weapon. We can't let them have a nuclear weapon. And we're going…
…be great. The only thing they don't—they can't have is a nuclear weapon. They understand that. You know, the people are so incredible in…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…for Afghanistan—because it's 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons. Wouldn't it be nice to have it? You know who occupies…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…and doing a great job. And I said, "If we have a nuclear power plant, Lee, can you get it approved in less than a…
…gone, the environment. No, what they have to worry about is the nuclear—nuclear heat. They don't have to worry about environmental heat. They have…
…They say this is going to—these guys can handle that. The nuclear we have a bigger problem with, right? So, we're going to make…
Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…I hate to say it, great danger, because they can't have a nuclear weapon. You know, it's not a complicated formula. Iran cannot have a…
…there is. Can't have it. Right now we have countries—— ——that have nuclear power that shouldn't have it, but I'm sure we'll be able to…
…of this, later on down the line. But Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. And if the talks aren't successful, I actually think it'll be…
Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…communication. Yes. I think that's very important. You know, he's a big nuclear nation, and he's a very smart guy. I got to know him…
Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…base, which is one hour away from China, where they make their nuclear weapons. Would have been nice to have it. But now, you know…
Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…fine with me. But they are talking about ownership of the big nuclear power plant, in particular. But all of these things will come up…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…this guy, Trump. This guy, if he has to, will use the nuclear weapons that we have." "He will use the nuclear—he has no…
…they were 1 hour away from where China has and builds its nuclear missiles and weapons. And they gave that up. In the dark of…
…and that would have been a war like no other because of nuclear weapons and other types of weapons that—hey, people, you don't even…
Mar 13, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…nonnuclear programs. Maybe they're going to be talking about the deescalation of nuclear weapons, because, you know, I was talking about that with President Putin…
…on de-escalation, denuclearization, as they say. But we would have deescalated nuclear weapons, because the power of nuclear weapons is so great and so…
…know, in a smaller way—Kim Jong Un has a lot of nuclear weapons, by the way—a lot—and others do also. You have…