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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 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.

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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ahmad Husayn al-Shara' of Syria and an Exchange With Reporters in Ankara, Turkey

Jul 8, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds Bilateral meetings in Turkey 4 times

  1. …And they admit they're never going to have it. But they behave badly—always behave badly. There's something wrong with them. But when we did…
  2. …see what happens with the EU. You know, they've treated us very badly for years, and they took advantages. Look, we're very close to those…
  3. …We inherited from the man where—they were running this country so badly with the open borders. Think of it. Twenty-five million people allowed…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters in Ankara, Turkey

Jul 8, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds Bilateral meetings in Turkey 4 times

  1. …you have any questions? Well, I just think they are behaving very badly, as they have for 47 years. And you know, we hit them…
  2. …and I don't know that it's the worst right now. It's consistently bad. They lost—25,000 people were lost—kids, young people last month…
  3. …them was shot down. It didn't hit the ship. And, you know, bad things happen—right?—when that happens. So think of that. Over a…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 24, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO Secretary General 8 times

  1. …Not the leaders, because they want to cheat. Their policy is so bad, they're unelectable. About what? No, I said I'm not signing the housing…
  2. …cause any problems, but your mayor of London is grossly incompetent, a bad person, and a horrible representative for your country. You know that. That's…
  3. …a "u." We call them "Dumocrats." They're dumb. Their policy is so bad. That's why they have to—they are opposed to the SAVE America…

Remarks in Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

May 27, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 6 times

  1. …has a lot of people that were leading the country into very bad places. Their leadership is gone. Their second-rung leadership is gone, and…
  2. …before July 4. Substantially before July 4. If we didn't have such bad weather the last 4 or 5 days, we could have been almost…
  3. …surface. But we said the problem is the outer ring looks pretty bad too, where you walk on. So, we sandblasted that. This was all…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 26, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 3 times

  1. …on it, sir, if you like, in gold." Almost real gold. Not bad. "And I could even do your signature, sir." And by the way…
  2. …a military. If you think there may be a mine, that's a bad thought, and it stops things up. How are we doing in that…
  3. …it's Walter Reed. It's essentially a public hospital. And if you do badly, it's probably going to get out." But I aced it. I got…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae of Japan and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 19, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Bilateral Meeting with Japan 7 times

  1. …congratulations on the biggest win in the history of Japan. That's not bad. That's a pretty long history. That's a large nation with a large…
  2. …thought there was a chance it could be much worse. It's not bad, and it's going to be over with pretty soon. We've obliterated their…
  3. …won't do that because he's a stubborn, incompetent person, and that's a bad thing. You know, when you're stubborn and incompetent, I think it's the…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Micheál Martin of Ireland and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 17, 2026 Meeting 9 times

  1. …37, 47—I guess now 48 years. For 48 years, they've been bad players, vicious players, and you can't let them have a nuclear weapon…
  2. …them, and they didn't help us. And I think that's a very bad thing for NATO. Yes. Well, yes, we're—on China, it's a little…
  3. …kill you." Yes, Cuba—— Well, Cuba right now is—— ——is in very bad shape. They're talking to Marco, and we'll be doing something with Cuba…

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 23 times

  1. …before he did it. I said: "You'd better get him. He's a bad guy." I watched him be interviewed one time, and I September 11…
  2. …over a period of time. We're rebuilding it. It's in very, very bad condition. It's been let—it's been somewhat of a disaster, to be…
  3. …the big halls. The halls are going to be incredible. They're in bad shape, but when they're completed—the bones are potentially something that could…

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 7 times

  1. …they're going to be in for a lot of hurt. These are bad people. These are people that killed, I guess it's 35,000. It's…
  2. …the last 3 weeks. Protesters, 35,000 violently killed. So these are bad people. And the leader of the pack is gone. And, as you…
  3. …would be we do this and then somebody takes over who's as bad as the previous person, right? That could happen. We don't want that…

Remarks at the Inaugural Meeting of the Board of Peace

Feb 19, 2026 Meeting 4 times

  1. …than Gianni. But he's the head of soccer, so that's not so bad. Right, Gianni? I like your job the best, I think. And by…
  2. …don't want to say what was going to happen, but, you know, bad things happen. So, Prime Minister, I want to thank you, because that…
  3. …meaningful deal with Iran. We have to make a meaningful deal. Otherwise, bad things happen. But we have to make a meaningful deal. But they…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting

Jan 29, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 11 times

  1. …down. And one of the reasons was, we've taken a lot of bad people and gotten them out of our country. In some cases, they're…
  2. …Democrats anymore. Now they're going into other things because they're getting beaten badly on affordability. Remember that when I was elected, I came into office…
  3. …if they had won this election, our country would be in very bad shape. Would be maybe not much of a country anymore. I don't…

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 11 times

  1. …5.4 percent GDP, and that's despite the fact that we were badly hurt by the Democrat shutdown, of which they'd like to see if…
  2. …taken by Socialists and Communists at the time. And Venezuela was going bad—really bad. And as much oil as they have, they're producing almost…
  3. …best locations are already sort of worked, even though they're in very bad shape? The best locations for finding oil, the best locations for oil…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on Federal Relief for Farmers and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 8, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds roundtable meeting 11 times

  1. …in the Supreme Court right now, and we have a lot of bad people opposed to us—people that hate our country. Other countries are…
  2. …48 years, but I say the history. Forty-eight years is pretty bad too. Right? So we're solving those problems. We're bringing them way down…
  3. …They all have to be looked at. What they're doing is so bad. This was a whole Democrat hoax. The whole thing was a Democrat…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 21 times

  1. …I say ever. But whether it's 48 years or ever, it's pretty bad. We had the worst inflation that we've ever had. Since last January…
  2. …a good deal for the people. They just want to make a bad deal for the country. They want to make a bad deal for…
  3. …also. It doesn't matter. There was never a border that was as bad as our border. We allowed anybody in with no checks, no vetting…

Remarks During a Meeting With Mayor-Elect Zohran K. Mamdani of New York City and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 21, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zohran Mamdani 5 times

  1. …if we have known murderers and known drug dealers and some very bad people, you know, we want to get them out. And the mayor…
  2. …see—I use the term—we don't want good money going after bad. And we just—we don't want that to happen. I don't think…
  3. …a great job. But still, it was moving along. And it went bad. It really went, you know, pretty bad. And he can—I think…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Prince 10 times

  1. …anything having to do with South Africa. South Africa has behaved extremely badly. But I will say that when you look at the F–35…
  2. …want to make a deal. I can say I think they very badly want to make a deal. I am totally open to it, and…
  3. …for 4 years recently. I think Obama treated Saudi Arabia very, very badly. Very badly, as you know. But—and I think Biden didn't have…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister 7 times

  1. …again. Let's see what happens. They want to have—a lot of bad things happened—bad things for our country. We're not going to give…
  2. …Europe, they've made tremendous mistakes on immigration. It's really hurting them very badly. He has not made a mistake on immigration. So he's respected by…
  3. …hurting it. It's—the crime rates are way up. A lot of bad things are happening. He—his crime rates are very low. They're the…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 9 times

  1. …I don't think it's affecting what we're doing, but it's—it's too bad for a lot of people. We have a lot of good people…
  2. …shot, every one dead center. And the only way you can't feel bad about it is, you realize that—you won't feel badly about it…
  3. …the university. Go ahead. He said what? Well, he's a thug and bad guy. He's a guy that is making a lot of drugs. We've…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 20, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral with Prime Minister of Australia 4 times

  1. …of the—you know, I've settled eight wars in 8 months. Not bad. I have one more to go. It's Russia-Ukraine. And I think…
  2. …I don't know anything about him. But, I mean, if he said bad, then maybe he'll like to apologize. I really don't know. Did an…
  3. …happen. You know, war is a very strange thing. A lot of bad things happen, a lot of good things happen. If you look at…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With President Volodymyr Zelenskky of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 6 times

  1. …we will have the President, Zelenskyy, in touch. There's a lot of bad blood with the two Presidents. And I'm not speaking out of turn…
  2. …I say it in front of President Putin too. They have tremendous bad blood. It's—it really is what is holding up, I think, a…
  3. …you know, for years, we were taken advantage of by China very badly. We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year to China…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With President Javier Milei of Argentina and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 17 times

  1. …just a couple of words about that, please? Both Presidents. We're fighting bad— —— I thought he was talking about the U.S. President when he said…
  2. …know, they did take out a couple of gangs that were very bad—very, very bad gangs. And they did take them out, and they…
  3. …be honest with you. That's okay. They had a couple of very bad gangs. You know, it's no different than other countries. Like Venezuela sent…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo of Finland and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump's Bilateral meeting with President of Finland 2 times

  1. …we got involved, and we ended up—we need these ships very badly, because we have a lot of territory, more than anybody. And so…
  2. …Would you like to say something, please? So you've been affected very badly by the war going on—the ridiculous war going on, right? Right…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 9 times

  1. …Great. Thank you very much. So we covered Scandinavia and Italy. Not bad. Now for the rest of the world. So I want to thank…
  2. …they're losing about 7,000 people a week, and that seems pretty bad. They're losing mostly soldiers, young soldiers. They go out to war, and…
  3. …going to retire, because he can't beat anybody. His polls are so bad. Meanwhile, the Democrat shutdown is causing pain and suffering for hardworking Americans…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 7 times

  1. …been good politicians. In some cases, not in all cases, they were bad at both. But it's a very natural conflict. And it's something that…
  2. …Memphis, and the same thing is happening. You're getting the reports. The bad guys are saying, "We don't want anything to do with this." And…
  3. …got 5 percent, 2 percent—now, you were getting a lot of bad people. And we now have a closed border. Yes. You've done well…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …boys—many cases, like, literally boys. They want those bodies back so badly, as much as though they were alive. And so we had a…
  2. …worse. And ultimately, it's going to go back on them. I mean, bad things happen when they play these games. And I'll give you a…
  3. …choose to do so. I can only say that Comey is a bad person. He's a sick person. I think he's a sick guy, actually…

The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 7 times

  1. …It's an economic superstar. That's what it's become. It was mismanaged and badly handled for a long period of time, but it's not badly handled…
  2. …fighting to stop, and it's going to stop. But a lot of bad things. You know, Hamas said that they're going to put the hostages…
  3. …very hard chore. It's a very—we were given a very, very bad hand. Millions of people came in from prisons and mental institutions. We…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Karol Nawrocki of Poland and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …protect our country, and we're going to. Venezuela has been a very bad actor. They've been—as you know, they—they've been sending millions of…
  2. …but they're out of here. They're gone. But Venezuela has been very bad, both in terms of drugs and sending some of the worst criminals…
  3. …actors in the whole group, and we have a group of pretty bad actors. Go ahead, please. Yes, I do. I think the Republicans will…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 42 times

  1. …tell them: "You're my friends, but man, you're going to have a bad awakening very soon. You're going to—it's going to be very bad…
  2. …a very dark cloud over the world. That was a very, very bad thing that came out of Wuhan, which I said it came out…
  3. …don't need his help." Chicago is the worst. These places are really bad. Crime in DC was the worst it ever was. You know, they…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …good relationship, strong relationship with Russia. That's a good thing, not a bad thing, by the way. That's a very good thing. And it's good…
  2. …have been horrendous for everybody, including them. It would have been very bad for them, because we would have had to enter the picture. And…
  3. …those cities is run by Democrats. And you know, one of the bad things they did: cashless bail. If you look back on time when…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …and thousands of miles around them, they would say I made a bad deal. The level of hatred and animosity is incredible. Not with all…
  2. …said it. Now, if he didn't come, they'd say that was also bad for Trump. You know, there's no way. And there's just a great…
  3. …a smart man 40 years ago, either. But now he's, in particular, bad. This was done by a corrupt administration that shouldn't have been in…

Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 16 times

  1. …help. It's a terrible situation. The whole thing is terrible. It's been bad for many years. But it's great to hear you feel the same…
  2. …gladly—openly and gladly. They've been saying—Iran has been sending out bad signals, I'll tell you. For a country that just got wiped out…
  3. …in Congress, headed up by my wife, actually—— ——which was to pull bad stuff out—— ——having to do with children, because it is a problem…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …fairness. Please. No, the golf was beautiful. It's—golf can never be bad. Even if you play badly, it's still good. If you had a…
  2. …it. Nobody talks about it. And it makes you feel a little bad when you do that and, you know, you have other countries not…
  3. …lot of con jobs going on. But Iran was beaten up very badly, for good reason. We cannot have them have a nuclear weapon. But…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ferdinand R. "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., of the Philippines and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 22, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …words, please. Thank you very much. No, I think he's done a bad job, but he's going to be out pretty soon anyway. In 8…
  2. …him "Too Late"—t-o-o—"Too Late." And it's really too bad. But it is affecting people that want to buy houses, and that…
  3. …what—I talk about it all the time: the fake news, how bad it is. But, in this case, they wouldn't do it. They saw…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 16, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …But we have a lot of people that want that job very badly, and I'm only interested in low- interest people, frankly. Because you don't…
  2. …Yes. And they do. They want to negotiate. They want to negotiate badly. We're in no rush because, you know, we said—we could have…
  3. …Christopher Wray and these characters, and Comey before him, and it's a bad group. It started—actually, look at the Steele dossier. That turned out…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With African Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …have to pay a price for that. I believe they are truly bad people and dishonest people. So whatever happens, happens. I've—been a long…
  2. …the problem with the Democrats. They have—they have a lot of bad things going on in their heads. They're—they've really become very—they've…
  3. …unfairly by both friend and foe. And friend has treated us very badly. I—it's not even believable that for so many years—you know…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 13 times

  1. …a lot of lives have been saved. That could have been—as bad as it was, you could have lost double or triple. This thing…
  2. …years, for—decades. And we were like this big monolith that made bad deals with everybody. We—you know, we rebuilt South Korea. We stayed…
  3. …the whole group—and they've been very nice. They treated us very badly until recently. Now they're treating us very nicely. It's like a different…

Remarks Prior to a Working Dinner With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …Terrible event. You saw that, Bibi, where Texas was just absolutely so badly hurt by something that was a big surprise late in the evening…
  2. …He's not a Socialist. He's a Communist. And he said some really bad things about Jewish people, and he said some really bad things about…
  3. …There'll be always surprises. Some of the surprises are going to be bad surprises. Well, I would say that—you know, the best man to…