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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.
“IQ / Genius” said in 101 of 362 transcripts, 218 times.
Counted forms: genius, geniuses, genius's, iq, iqs, iq's.
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Jul 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes Announcement on the Ratepayer Protections 2 times
…it themselves. And honestly, they're coming up with some plants that are genius , just like they are. That's why earlier this year I introduced the…
…going to be opening, and they're going to be saying what a genius they are. That happened with Biden. I got cuts in medicine prices…
Jul 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Georgia 1 time
…deal they make. But I said—you know—but people thought the geniuses on Wall Street—they came down—really down. And it goes back…
Jul 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a FIFA Reception 1 time
…that. But you're going to hear somebody who's fantastic, really an acknowledged genius . But this has been the most successful sporting event maybe in the…
Jul 15, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins the Defense and Innovation Summit 6 times
…great to see what's going on and to see the kind of genius that I'm surrounded by—all of the people that I met backstage…
…there first. What's with him?" Jon Gray. He's a real real estate genius and other geniuses. Now, real estate, he doesn't even have to participate…
…of the area. They're incredible. You're going to find, all of you genius that are building the—your plants, you got the best people in…
Jul 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…who was a person that was very evil. He was an evil genius . He was looking to take out a lot of our military installations…
Jul 8, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…he was a bad guy, but he was—he was an evil genius . But a bad guy. And he was the father of the roadside…
Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…BlackRock. They're all here. And think of it. I'm making them all geniuses . Every one of them is a genius. Is anybody doing poorly? If…
Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks on Trump Accounts? 5 times
…you. I speak to everybody. Yes, look, I'm like a cheerleader for geniuses . I love geniuses. I love high-IQ people. He's a high-IQ…
Jul 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…of at all for 35 years. To technology from the minds of geniuses that is being brought to life in all corners of our country…
Jul 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre 6 times
…when you think. He was a real man of many forms of genius and without whom it would never have been possible. Secretary of the…
…I'll give them the congressional Medal of Honor for something. For their genius at hunting. And I'll get one for taking on "Russia, Russia, Russia…
…k). Your wife, your husband, your kids, they all think you're a genius . I'm the genius. I'm the one that—I'm only kidding. No, I…
Jun 26, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Conference 1 time
…first term. And that was a big killing. He was a mad genius . But he was going to—he was going to knock out five…
Jun 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Mack Trucks 5 times
…they say, "Oh, you're doing a great job." Two percent, you're a genius . I cut it by 67 percent. That's why you have all of…
…normal muscle to win those matches. I mean, the strategy and the genius that goes into it. It is a genius. A lot of people…
Jun 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a coal announcement 2 times
…any of these monsters up here, all these tremendous politicians and environmental geniuses ? Was he, like, talking to Andy Barr? No. He was fine. Well…
…I think the biggest thing we've done, Lee, is we let these geniuses with all this money build their own electric plant. We don't take…
Jun 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the family. He was a slob. And the mayor is a low-IQ person. I mean, he's a stupid person. Chicago. Chicago has a case…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a rally in NY 5 times
…in the House. His name is Hakeem Jeffries. And he's a low-IQ person. Very low IQ. And I watched what he was saying and…
…trade deficit by 1 percent, a half of a percent, you're a genius . I've cut it by 59 percent. One year. That's because of tariffs…
…I said, "Doctor, let me ask you a question." They called me genius , and that didn't work. Then they said, "He's totally brilliant, he's a…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say during the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kevin Warsh 1 time
…the people in this room—I look at them—some of the geniuses that are building those plants. You know, a plant used to cost…
May 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Congressional Picnic 1 time
…dangerous criminal aliens off our streets. We love Laken. We passed the GENIUS Act to keep America at the forefront of finance and new technology…
May 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Healthcare Affordability Event 1 time
…Human Services, Chris Klomp. And I also especially have to thank the genius behind the world-class website that will soon be serving hundreds of…
May 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…extraordinary names. But I was talking about Hakeem Jeffries. He's a low-IQ person. And he was asked—he was talking about all these things…
May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Military Mother's Day Event 1 time
…talented people operating that equipment. For that, you have to be high-IQ and you have to have no choke, because you have about 12…
May 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Small Business Summit 3 times
…what do you think, Ronny? They call me—they call me a genius who's going to destroy the country. Then they said, 'He's a genius…
…at new highs despite all of it. And so the market is genius , and they see what's happening, and they get it. But I just…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say delivers remarks at The Villages 3 times
…even in this very room—unlike Newsom, I'll say, this room of geniuses . He said, "I'm in a room of dumb people." That was not…
…it?" You know, I've had different phases. They've said, "He's a mad genius ." I didn't mind that too much. Then they said, "He's a horrible…
…you cut it by 1 percent, 2 percent, you're considered, like, a genius . I cut it by 55 percent. And next year is even better…
Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…crazy. These people have gone crazy. I heard Hakeem Jeffries, a low-IQ person—he has a very low IQ—screaming today that the Supreme…
Apr 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump meets with the Artemis II Astronauts 1 time
…years, and those days are over. Yes, please. Well, the blockade is genius . Okay? The blockade has been 100 percent foolproof. It shows how good…
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Health Care Affordability Event 3 times
…are you going to do it? You've got to explain. No, they're genius . They are genius. I respect them a lot. But I just want…
…who I killed. Soleimani loved the roadside bomb. He was an evil genius . He was a brilliant general. Probably, we wouldn't be as far advanced…
Apr 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Turning Point USA 2 times
…deficit. Now, if you do 1 percent, it's—you're considered, like, a genius . If you do 2 or 3 percent, it's unheard of. We cut…
…country. Fifty-nine percent. Can you believe it? So, if you're a genius with 1 percent and, really, a supergenius at 3, what are you…
Apr 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a roundtable on No Tax on Tips 1 time
…a horrible person and a horrible human being. He was a mad genius . But it probably would have been more—we still would have won…
Apr 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…killed General Qasem Soleimani in my first term. He was an evil genius , brilliant person—a horrible human being, however—the father of the roadside…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 10 times
…have been the biggest thing of all, because he was a mad genius . He was a vicious, horrible human being. But he was a great…
…never happened. But we had a man who—of a very low IQ as President, and he had no idea what the hell he was…
…never choked, right? These guys can't choke, but they're very smart. High IQs . We need high IQs. We have too many low-IQ people. But…
Mar 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers Remarks at the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner 1 time
…is, she's just going to follow me up." You know, Kamala—real genius —she's going to follow me up. She waited months, and then, just…
Mar 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts DHS swearing-in ceremony 1 time
…worst. She was as bad as he was. Going to give them IQ tests next week. Under the Trump administration, we've achieved unprecedented gains on…
Mar 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…sight of that. They gave us the works who—really, of great geniuses : F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flannery O'Connor, and the late great William F. Buckley…
Mar 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…to catch them. And if these two guys can't—these are high-IQ people. I like high—I've always liked high IQ. These are high…
…And they never found somebody to replace him in terms of the genius . I knocked him out. And that was a big step, knocking him…
…of these people, you're dealing with high-level intellect, high—very high-IQ people. These are not Jasmine Crockett and her group. These are smart…
Mar 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Tech Roundtable 5 times
…Judy Chang. All very well-known people, especially in this group of geniuses . We have a lot of geniuses here and a lot of geniuses…
…through great companies. And I've seen some of the plants that these geniuses —they are real geniuses—are showing. And I say, "Wow, that's really…
Feb 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Corpus Christi 3 times
…was dying for years. And now she thinks I'm the smartest financial genius ever. It's made my sex life good. It's made my life good…
…wife treated me like a dog, and now she admires my financial genius , and I haven't done anything. My 401(k) has gone through the…
…Let's keep it that way. Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency—a genius financially—Bill Pulte. Hi, Bill. President and founder of the Oil and…
Feb 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Governors Dinner 1 time
…invited her back. She's here tonight. And of course, we have these genius military musicians who are as good as any musicians in the world…
Feb 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Champion of Coal Event 1 time
…Now, if you go down one point, two points, you're, like, a genius . It's gone down 78 percent. Seventy-eight percent. Can you believe it…
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 1 time
…at the National Design Studio. They're unbelievably talented people. This group of geniuses could be doing anything right now. They could have been making a…
Jan 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…win it once, it's, like, great. It's—the guy's amazing. He's a genius —and a real genius at cars and racing. And they are going…
Jan 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Iowa 1 time
…if you slash your trade deficit by 1 percent, you're, like, a genius . They say, "Oh, he's very electable." He's not so electable. I did…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…know, we've given you a platform where you can really put your genius to work. We have a lot of brilliant, genius people in this…
…have an idiot Governor and a mayor that—I mean, very low-IQ person. He's a low-IQ person. And it's amazing. You have these…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum 3 times
…the world. And to that end, last year, I signed a landmark GENIUS Act into law. Now, Congress is working very hard on crypto market…
…bandits. Can you believe that Somalia—they turned out to be higher IQ than I thought. I always say: "These are low-IQ people. How…
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 4 times
…no good. The tariff system is unfair to us." And so some genius —I know who; I don't want to get into it—but some…
…vicious. But they have bad policy. For instance, you could be a genius and try selling men playing in women's sport. You could be a…
Jan 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat 4 times
…threw him out of the business. And the mayor, he's a low-IQ person. Extremely low IQ. We should give everybody, like, these competency tests…
…percent." They said, "Sir, the smartest guys"—Eli Lilly, Merck, Pfizer—all genius —they're all making numbers you wouldn't believe. Defense contractors are making more…
…be a living, breathing person. And then, if I could get a genius , it would be good. And we got a guy who was so…
Dec 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in North Carolina 6 times
…you—beating every one of the 61 forecasts from the so-called geniuses , the experts. We're the geniuses, not them. We now have the lowest…
…know, "If we add $1, we've got $1,776." Somebody said, "That's genius ." I said, "Well, I'm smart." I said, for $1—and I'll get…
…don't know, beating Hillary was fun. Well, Hillary has a much higher IQ than Kamala. I would say I think Hillary has probably 50 or…
Dec 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Hanukkah Reception 1 time
…What a beautiful couple. Did you get lucky? If you weren't a genius , you wouldn't have a wife like this. Mark, say a couple of…
Dec 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…very quiet." But I'd hear from other people he's a total political genius , but I didn't see it because he was always—I don't know…
…electricity. But I allow our plants—in other words, all of these geniuses that are building a $60 billion—billion—$60 billion plant, I allow…
Dec 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Congressional Ball 1 time
…it so much, because crime is way down. And you passed the GENIUS Act to unleash a new era of financial innovation. And on a…
Dec 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…this election, if we had Kamala, who's the same as Joe—low-IQ people—but if we had Kamala, as you would have a country…
Dec 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Honors Medal Dinner 1 time
…incredible career. Thank you for gracing us with this wisdom and this genius that you have. It's what it is. Every one of them. And…