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“First Term” said in 154 of 355 transcripts, 357 times.
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Jul 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…strongest military in the world. We rebuilt it largely during my first term. And we have recruitment now. We're setting records in recruitment. We had…
…killed many, many people with Soleimani, who I killed in the first term. Soleimani killed many people—many, many people. And not only killed. When…
Jul 8, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…They had the roadside bomb—Soleimani. I took care of him first term, and that was a big thing, because I think they probably would…
Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…We had the greatest economic numbers ever in history for the first term, and I think we're going to be blowing them away. What do…
Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks on Trump Accounts? 4 times
…there was no argument. Nobody's arguing. We built it during my first term, and we're using it now for very good reasons, because, in this…
…say, Jay did a very good job also—right?—during my first term. But Paul's been incredible. Everybody wanted Paul, and he's exceeded expectations, I…
…I didn't know much about it, but—for some of my first term, I wasn't really—I wasn't much involved, but I'd watch. And I…
Jul 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre 1 time
…got some very unattractive candidates, I have to say. During my first term, it was a privilege to sign the bill that helped get this…
Jun 26, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Conference 5 times
…is the strongest in the world. I built it during my first term. Strongest in the world. And people respect us again. They respect us…
…created—the creation of General Soleimani, who I killed in my first term. And that was a big killing. He was a mad genius. But…
…could have taken a chunk of us too. But in my first term, I created the greatest economy in the history of the world. The…
Jun 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Rose Garden Club Dinner 2 times
…exact, and they crushed farmers with the burdensome restrictions. In my first term, we had an agricultural trade surplus. Biden took that surplus and turned…
…the strongest military in the world. I rebuilt the military my first term. We have the strongest military anywhere in the world. We have the…
Jun 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Mack Trucks 2 times
…I tell about this police officer. I met a police officer—first term, similar thing, but now the numbers are even more. I met—I…
…we have the most powerful—I built the military in my first term. We used it in my second term more than I thought, but…
Jun 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…if there wasn't this Presidency— We rebuilt our military during my first term. Some of it was foolishly given away by the Biden administration. Nobody…
Jun 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…fair. You know, I gave the farmers $28 billion in my first term because they were taken advantage of by China, and I charged China…
Jun 10, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs The Secure America Act 2 times
…know, I had the right to sell that. And, in my first term, a group came to see me wanting to buy it, and they…
…There's no military that's even close. I rebuilt it during my first term. I'm using it now. When this conflict is over—Todd said, "Please…
Jun 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Wisconsin roundtable 6 times
…didn't meet them with tariffs. I took care of it my first term really strongly, and I am now. But Canada has been very rough…
…farmers—if you remember, we had a bad patch in my first term, where China and other countries were sort of boycotting the United States…
…I got 28 million—$28 billion for the farmers in the first term. Remember? I just asked Ken whether or not he got it. He…
Jun 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a coal announcement 1 time
…that too, because everybody wanted me to sell it in my first term for 10 percent of what it's worth right now. If I would…
Jun 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…came here, we didn't—were not doing well with China. My first term, when I inherited that, it was like—what China was doing to…
…also stopped it when I get—when I terminated—in the first term, when I terminated the Iran nuclear deal penned by Barack Hussein Obama…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a rally in NY 7 times
…I did it. I cut tremendous amounts of taxes in my first term. We had the greatest, most successful economy in history. And by the…
…way he's going to be able to do that in his first term," which is my first term of numerous terms. By the way, you…
…It'll be embarrassment, but let's do it." This was in my first term. I took it, and I aced it. And they had very—they…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say during the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kevin Warsh 3 times
…ever since I've been President. When I go back to the first term, I had those numbers too, and I kept them. And we've done…
…the greatest military in the world. I built it during my first term. I didn't know we'd be using it so much in my second…
…promised to cut 10 old regulations, as you know, in my first term, for every new regulation. If you put a new regulation on, that's…
May 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a EPA Announcement 1 time
…to 40. And now it's actually at even a number. My first term, for every regulation that was added, we've got rid of a minimum…
May 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers keynote address at Coast Guard Academy Commencement 2 times
…something. I watched it. You saved so many lives. During my first term, we had one of the worst hurricanes ever in Texas and the…
…had to go away. So I made a decision in my first term, and we adhere to it very strongly, that when somebody has the…
May 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Congressional Picnic 3 times
…67 alltime highs. And I want to say that, in our first term, we finished the term out—despite COVID and all the other things…
…called the Olympics coming up. I got the Olympics during my first term, and then I got FIFA during my first term. And I said…
May 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…know, we had the best economy we've ever had in my first term. This term is going to blow it away, I think. And you…
May 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Healthcare Affordability Event 1 time
…by differences of 400, 500, and even 600 percent. In my first term, I got it down one-eighth of 1 percent. It's the first…
May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Military Mother's Day Event 3 times
…I think we've displayed that. I built the military in my first term, much of it. It was—when I inherited the military, it was…
…further. But when I was spending all that money in my first term—it was a great term, a very unbelievable term—we had the…
…them away right now. But I built the military in my first term with the help of a lot of great admirals, generals, and everybody…
May 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs a proclamation 2 times
…I was very sad, actually, because I got them in my first term, and I said, "Oh, wow, I'm not going to be able to…
…the world. I built it because—I built it in my first term. I didn't think I'd be using it at least so much in…
May 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Small Business Summit 3 times
…we add that to the package that we approved in my first term. We had the best financial years in the history of our country…
…expand. I think that's what made us so successful in the first term. But now we have it for a 10-year period, so you…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner 8 times
…were being killed in space by China, by Russia. In my first term, I created Space Force. First time in 79 years that we did…
…the world. I rebuilt it. I rebuilt the military in my first term, and I didn't know I'd be using it this much in my…
…Bill Pulte. Where are you, Bill? Bill. No, it's true. My first term, I was offered a hundred million dollars for that. And I turned…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say delivers remarks at The Villages 5 times
…they say we should be doing more. There's never been a first term of a President, they say—and even the radical-left lunatics say…
…greatest financial markets in the history of our country in my first term. We're blowing it away now. We're blowing everything away. There's never been…
…Look at him over there. He's jumping. Smart guy. During my first term, I was offered—sounds like a lot of money, but it's very…
Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the things that have happened—I rebuilt the military in my first term—— ——and did a good job. And also, the first year of this…
Apr 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump meets with the Artemis II Astronauts 2 times
…going to be very interesting to people. I've interviewed people—my first term, primarily—but I interviewed some pilots, very solid people, and they said…
…in the world, and I built much of it during my first term, and we've been building it since. And the greatest anywhere in the…
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Health Care Affordability Event 1 time
…with the—we had, on July 4, a few years ago—first term. So you have this reflecting lake, pond. It's incredible, but it was…
Apr 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…your very low-cost drugs. But when you think—in my first term, for 28 years, drug prices went up, and I got it down…
…to try." Very proud of that. That was done in my first term. And I—used to marvel at the fact that people that were…
Apr 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Turning Point USA 1 time
…military the world has ever seen. We built it during my first term. We built it. They said I was crazy. We weren't so crazy…
Apr 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a roundtable on No Tax on Tips 1 time
…the best economy in the history of our country in my first term, and we're blowing it out now. We're blowing it away now. And…
Apr 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…with Venezuela. And it's an honor. I built it in my first term, and I didn't know I was going to be using it this…
Apr 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…everyone all over the world. After rebuilding our military during my first term, we have by far the strongest military anywhere in the world. And…
…and perhaps most importantly, I killed General Qasem Soleimani in my first term. He was an evil genius, brilliant person—a horrible human being, however…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 6 times
…military in the world by far. I built it in my first term. Remember, I said, "A trillion dollars." They all said, "What do you…
…Iran nuclear deal, which if I didn't terminate it in my first term—I terminated it almost immediately. If I didn't terminate it, they would've…
…the whole thing as a deduction. I did that in my first term also, but I had it for 1 year. Now I have it…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to farmers 2 times
…you that one. That was a big thing. And in the first term—you know, we had the greatest economy in the history of our…
Mar 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers Remarks at the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner 4 times
…rebuilt our military. You know, I rebuilt our military in the first term. I didn't think I'd use it this much, but we've used it…
…did a lot. We did a lot. We had a great first term. But the—our second term is blowing it away. It's blowing every…
…But that was a big event. We took out—in my first term, we took out Soleimani, and they never had leadership that could compete…
Mar 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Memphis Safe Task Force Roundtable 2 times
…on the S&P. And we hit that in our first term. And then unfortunately, I came—I called Pete. I called General Caine…
…greatest economy, the greatest military. I built the military in my first term, and we built the greatest military in the world. We're showing it…
Mar 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Commander in Chief Trophy Presentation 3 times
…frankly—including Space Force. But I rebuilt the military in my first term. I didn't think I'd be using it this much, but I'm glad…
…the NFL." And at one of the visits a while ago—first term—they asked me—they said: "Sir, we have a hard time recruiting…
…What do you think? Wouldn't you say, Brendan? Much more power. First term, I don't know if I could have gotten away with this. But…
Mar 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…world, and people see that. And I rebuilt it in my first term, and I didn't know I'd have to use it so much in…
…that didn't work out too well, you know? Because in my first term, I got the Olympics. In my first term, I got the World…
Mar 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Soleimani. General Soleimani. And we got rid of him in my first term. And if we didn't get rid of him, I think it might've…
Mar 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Hussein Obama's horrible Iran—nuclear deal, which I did in my first term—one of the dumbest deals, perhaps the dumbest deal because of the…
…country. What"—I built it—largely, I built it during my first term. I built it. I didn't know I'd have to use it this…
Mar 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…to be—I had a time—we had a very successful first term. Best economy ever. We did a lot of great things. We rebuilt…
…with the drugs. It could never be done. And in my first term, I was so proud of myself because I was able to cut…
Mar 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…much, to be honest with you. I built it—in my first term, we built this military, and I didn't know that we'd have to…
Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…term. Thank you. They're great. You know, we—altogether, in my first term, we rebuilt our military, and I didn't know I'd be using it…
…was vicious, violent, and capable, but we got rid of him first term. And we did so many things. I mean, we've done so many…
…new equipment, factory construction, and investments, and that's what made our first term. We had the greatest economy in the history of our country in…
Mar 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to the Shield of Americas Summit 2 times
…a lot of other things we did. We had a great first term. And now we're using it. Unfortunately, we have to. But you're seeing…
…very close to. I saw him as a young man my first term. You were young and handsome. Now you're older and handsome. You're older…
Mar 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Inter Miami CF 2 times
…different ways. I built the military and rebuilt it in my first term, and we're using it more than I'd like to use it, to…
…know? And I was responsible for getting the Olympics in my first term, and I was responsible for getting—with Gianni, we got the World…
Mar 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Tech Roundtable 4 times
…A big factor was Soleimani—the killing of Soleimani in my first term. And maybe the biggest factor was the rebuilding of the military in…
…Congressmen, we rebuilt—and women—we rebuilt our military during the first term, and we're using it a little bit more than I thought we…
…weeks, maybe 4 weeks. When I came in originally, in my first term, we had two big LNG plants in Louisiana. They were in the…
Mar 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Medal of Honor Ceremony 2 times
…bomb. Very proudly, he thought, but I terminated him in my first term. This was our last best chance to strike, what we're doing right…
…get more beautiful than that. I picked those drapes in my first term. I always like gold. But I think we can save a lot…
Feb 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Corpus Christi 3 times
…It's nice to be loved. Thank you. Thank you. In my first term, I approved vital Federal funding to deepen the channel and fully modernize…
…cut it off. What we did—we had a tremendously successful first term, and he came in and tried to take away what we had…
…70 percent. Numbers that nobody ever saw. You know, in my first term, I had a year—my third year—where I got it down…