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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.

“Protest / Protester” said in 21 of 359 transcripts, 45 times.

Counted forms: protester, protesters, protester's, protest, protests, protest's.

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Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With President Joseph Aoun of Lebanon and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Lebanon 3 times

  1. …was the most successful World Cup ever. We didn't even have a protest. We had no crime. With all those events, was like having many…
  2. …free of any difficulty. Think of it. We didn't even have a protest. Not only no crime. Now, there's a reason for all this. But…
  3. …who's—very evil people leading their country. You saw the number of protesters that they killed—52,000 plus. I put a couple of them…

Remarks on Signing Proclamations Modifying National Monument Designations and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …foolish, very stupid. And they've treated people horribly. They've killed 52,000 protesters so far, that we can determine. It might be more than that…
  2. …really hurting and killing thousands of people. So they killed 52,000 protesters, but they killed many, many people with Soleimani, who I killed in…
  3. …they killed a lot of people. They killed our people. But the protesters—what they've done to the protesters. Fifty-two thousand—have you ever…

Remarks on Signing a Proclamation on National Physical Fitness and Sports Month and an Exchange With Reporters

May 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs a proclamation 4 times

  1. …I've—I mean, people say, "Why aren't they protesting?" They want to protest, but they don't have any guns. So you can have 200,000…
  2. …Don't forget, they killed 42,000 people last month—42,000 unarmed protesters. They had no guns. So they had a 250,000-people crowd…
  3. …your left goes down. Then somebody—that's what happened where the woman protest. They had 200,000 women protesting a year ago, and everyone thought…

Remarks on the National Day of Prayer

May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …I pardoned Americans of faith thrown in jail for praying in peaceful protest. We reinstated servicemembers thrown out of the military over religious objections to…

Remarks in Warren, Michigan

Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …the line. For years, Democrat politicians did not raise one word of protest as American women and girls were raped and slaughtered by these monsters…
  2. …other side of the bars, saying: "Hey, fellas, how about a little protest? How about a little protest?" But they cheered the assassination of CEOs…