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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.

“NATO” said in 76 of 390 transcripts, 242 times.

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Remarks During a Greeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters in Ankara, Turkey

Jul 8, 2026 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …leaders from, I think, every country. Right? Every country showed up. Every NATO country. Plus, we have a couple that aren't in NATO that would…
  2. …I want to thank Mark. He's been a great Secretary General of NATO. I'm not happy with NATO because of what they did with Greenland…
  3. …like you to cut it off. Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don't participate. They don't pay. I don't want anything to do…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders on Quantum Technologies and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs Executive Orders 5 times

  1. …friend of mine. I mean, he was not good to us with NATO, Pete, right? He said we can't use the island to land. That…
  2. …Let's leave on a nicer note. Good. I did. Yes. Well, look, NATO—it's NATO, basically—the question. So we have been a great member…
  3. …think of that. The numbers that we spend are so crazy—on NATO. And they weren't there for us. So I say to Pete and…

Remarks at a Turning Point, U.S.A., Event in Phoenix, Arizona

Apr 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Turning Point USA 4 times

  1. …the Hormuz Strait situation is almost over, I received a call from NATO asking if we would like some help. Thank you very much, NATO…
  2. …campaign contributions after I won don't count, okay?" They don't count. And NATO—after we won—that doesn't count either. It's the same thing. But…
  3. …they had to do. That's what they had to do. And if NATO teaches us any one thing—and I hope you all watched, because…

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Future Investment Initiative Priority Miami Summit in Miami Beach, Florida

Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 13 times

  1. …call it a military operation. We're very disappointed, by the way, with NATO. They didn't come to our aid. I didn't try too hard, actually…
  2. …you. When the war is finished, we will be there." This is NATO. And I've always said NATO is a paper tiger, and I always…
  3. …to thank the entire Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Been very helpful, unlike NATO. No, Saudi Arabia fought. Qatar fought. U.A.E. fought. Bahrain fought. And Kuwait…

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

Feb 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: What will Trump say during the State of the Union?, What places will Trump mention in his State of the Union address?, Who will Trump mention during his State of the Union address? 3 times

  1. …working today than ever before in the history of our country. And NATO countries, our friends and allies—they are; they're our friends, and they're…
  2. …percent, which they weren't paying. We were paying for almost all of NATO. Now they're paying 5, as opposed to not paying 2. And getting…
  3. …they're paid. And everything we send over to Ukraine is sent through NATO, and they pay us in full. They pay us totally in full…

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum 25 times

  1. …people of Greenland and the people of Denmark. Tremendous respect. But every NATO ally has an obligation to be able to defend their own territory…
  2. …too. But some grow. But this would not be a threat to NATO. This would greatly enhance the security of the entire alliance—the NATO…
  3. …we get so little in return. And I've been a critic of NATO for many years. And yet I've done more to help NATO than…

Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Sergio Gor as United States Ambassador to India and Special Envoy to South and Central Asia and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump swears in the ambassador to India 3 times

  1. …billion. We're not spending any money anymore. Now they pay us, through NATO. You know, I got NATO to go from 2 percent to 5…
  2. …Wow, this situation could lead to World War III." And I got NATO together. I got everybody together. But with all of that, I passed…

Remarks to the Department of War in Quantico, Virginia

Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …you, now, as you know, I went over, and I met with NATO, and NATO raised from 2 to 5, which everyone said—5 percent…
  2. …money on that war. Not 10 cents. We sell our equipment to NATO. NATO pays us for the equipment, and they give it to Ukraine…
  3. …our defense. Much of that has really already taken place, but all NATO members have committed to the increase that I talked about. Think of…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …spending any money on the war. The war is being funded by NATO. NATO is buying our equipment. In fact, we're—I don't want to…
  2. …that war because they're buying our equipment, as you know. But we—NATO, as you know—and very important—is funding the entire thing. They're…
  3. …They're paying for any—anything that's sent over there, it goes to NATO, and then NATO does what they want with it. In this case…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders To Reduce Crime and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times

  1. …saw that with the European leaders on Friday. You saw that with NATO, where they agreed to go from 2 percent, no pay, to 5…
  2. …felt badly for our taxpayer. But I did something else at the NATO meeting. They are wealthy countries, but they weren't paying, and we don't…
  3. …Do you know that? In fact, it's the opposite. They request through NATO. We deal with NATO. We don't deal, really, with Ukraine. NATO requests…

Remarks Prior to a Signing Ceremony With President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …he's working with the European nations, and they're terrific people, terrific leaders—NATO. And, as you know, I became very friendly with them. They agreed…
  2. …maybe that had an impact. But what really had an impact was NATO has stepped up in terms of their spending on— on buying military…
  3. …say it over and over again. I met all the leaders of NATO. I met—I went, as you know, to the Middle East. I…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …as I have to say it, but every leader—I was at NATO, and I was in the Middle East with the three great countries…
  2. …Saudi Arabia; U.A.E. And everybody said the same thing, all of the NATO countries. Essentially, they said that we were a dead country. One year…
  3. …It shouldn't be. And by the way, I made a deal with NATO where NATO pays us for everything that we send. We send them…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit

Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …Europe, and Europe pays. And they were great. We had a tremendous NATO meeting a few weeks ago, and it was pretty amazing, actually, what…
  2. …that, and they meant it so strongly. And when I went to NATO 2 weeks ago, where we made the deal where they pay 5…