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.
“Helicopter” said in 56 of 394 transcripts, 167 times.
Counted forms: helicopter, helicopters, helicopter's.
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Sep 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement on healthcare 1 time
…going to have an official opening on the 21st with the first helicopter landing, et cetera. And it's beautiful. Everybody—in fact, they were going…
Sep 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in a Rose Garden dinner 2 times
…inches thick, carved with a beautiful eagle, it's a helipad where the helicopters can land. Never had that before. And frankly, the new helicopters that…
Sep 10, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at RNC Midterm Convention, Trump speaks at RNC Midterm Convention (Night 2) 1 time
…104-year-old man got the congressional Medal of Honor; the great helicopter pilot, who is phenomenal. He was phenomenal. And I will tell you…
Sep 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at RNC Midterm Convention, Trump speaks at RNC Midterm Convention (Night 1) 2 times
…handing out the Medal of Honor to a man that landed a helicopter with his leg virtually blown off in Venezuela—flawlessly landed a big…
…many, many soldiers. Most people would have been out. He took that helicopter, landed it perfectly. We then were able to get Maduro Moros, NicolasMaduro…
Sep 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…And we have a beautiful heliport, should he want to use a helicopter. It just opened. The—in fact, if you want to go outside…
Aug 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Rose Garden Event 1 time
…beautiful heliport, which has been asked for for many, many years. A helicopter would land on wet grass, and it was bad and dangerous. And…
Aug 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 16 times
…we are building a great heliport. It's donated by Sikorsky, by the helicopter company, because we have helicopters that can't even land here. They have…
…had it—it was paid for by the company that manufactures the helicopters. We didn't pay any money for it. This is different. This is…
…used for other things: greeting visitors and lots of other things when helicopters aren't landing. It's now dead flat. We actually put a one-half…
Aug 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Las Vegas 4 times
…and this. And they sat. Like, they never moved. I introduced the helicopter pilot who was so brave. He had his leg practically shot off…
…because it was shot from underneath—the machinegun from right underneath the helicopter as it was very close to the ground, and he kept it…
…wild. Just a very brave guy. No—they say people that fly helicopters—because you fly them with your feet, more or less. And here's…
Aug 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Executive Order signing 1 time
…the grass. You know, nobody talks about the grass. The grass have helicopter pictures of what they did. Wasn't it 87—right? Do you know…
Jul 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers a Transportation Announcement 3 times
…We have an obsolete system. It's 50 years old. You saw the helicopter crash, a year ago, into a plane. That was a disaster. And…
…where planes come too close—where planes, in the case of the helicopter, hit—they hit—the helicopter hits the plane. We are working on…
Jul 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Dodgers White House visit 2 times
…We're building a beautiful helipad. After many years, the heli—you know, helicopters are landing on the grass, and the new helicopters didn't do well…
Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks on Trump Accounts? 15 times
…Yes. That's a helo—yes. So, for 50 years, we've been landing helicopters on grass. The grass is wet, soggy. The helicopters sometimes miss their…
…and they just got produced—but during my administration, they ordered brandnew helicopters. The big ones—the ones for President—it's called Marine One. And…
…them. So Sikorsky gave—we ordered a number of Sikorskys as the helicopters back and forth. Well, they're about two-and-a-half times more…
Jun 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Medal of Honor Ceremony 2 times
…lot of very tough soldiers on the other side. Once an extraction helicopter reached his team, Jim loaded his wounded men first before finally loading…
Jun 10, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs The Secure America Act 4 times
…and attacking them very hard. Yes, well, we are. Based on the helicopter, I guess we have the right to do that. You know, they…
…very lucky that bomb didn't explode. That bomb was lodged in the helicopter. It didn't explode. It was on fire, but it didn't explode. This…
…what they're doing. So they then shot out a—shot at our helicopter—a very expensive helicopter, by the way, but much more importantly, the…
May 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…and to Vietnam. Major Charles Kelly was the father of aggressive "Dustoff" helicopter flying that made Army medical evacuation pilots among the most fearless in…
…Battle of Aachen and went on to fight in Korea. But flying helicopter ambulances in Vietnam is what etched his name into history. "Since I…
…Captain Patrick Henry Brady. And 4 years later, Brady piloted 3 damaged helicopters in turn to evacuate an incredible 51 wounded warriors under intense fire…
May 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers keynote address at Coast Guard Academy Commencement 1 time
…Guard, including funding for 22 new cutters, 40 new search-and-rescue helicopters, 25 state-of-the-art icebreakers. And we're also providing $380 million…
May 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs a proclamation 1 time
…being shot at. And then they take it out with an Apache helicopter in about 2 seconds. They go: "Apache, Apache. Ship northwest 10 degrees…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say delivers remarks at The Villages 4 times
…love—you know, they love the woman. They wouldn't clap. Or the helicopter pilots that did so well in Venezuela, a great, incredible military achievement…
…in the legs, putting—bringing down a lot of men in the helicopters, a big Chinook. And he was shot in the legs. And you…
…was very badly hit hard in the legs. And he brought that helicopter down. And then he says, "Take over because I'm going to be…
Apr 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Turning Point USA 1 time
…congressional Medal of Honor to a young man who was flying a helicopter with practically his legs shot off. And he landed in Venezuela, perfectly…
Apr 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…you'll go in with 200 people and lots of jet fighters and helicopters, and you really don't have a chance. They get shot down. You…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 3 times
…don't work very well, but we could probably use them, maybe for helicopters." And they said: "Yes. Oh, yes, we are preparing them." "I see…
…guy, and within literally minutes, he was in the back of a helicopter in a house that was in a big military base with thousands…
…within minutes, he was out of the house, being thrown into the helicopter, sailing away. And the soldiers just looked. "Bye. Bye. Enjoy your trip…
Mar 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers Remarks at the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner 6 times
…announced a congressional Medal of Honor being bestowed on the captain, a helicopter pilot who helped us win in Venezuela by landing a helicopter when…
…Chinooks. A lot of people, a lot of great soldiers, in that helicopter. And he was shot from underneath with machine gun fire. Leg was…
…they came back and waved goodbye as he flew out in a helicopter. The soldiers were saying: "Bye. Leave us alone." Thanks to the men…
Mar 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Commander in Chief Trophy Presentation 1 time
…can take Venezuela in a matter of minutes, put somebody on a helicopter that was well-guarded with thousands of people with iron doors. Those…
Mar 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…by having her throat slit from behind. They wouldn't stand for the helicopter pilot who just got the congressional Medal of Honor for landing safely…
…with a lot of soldiers on that, lot of soldiers on that helicopter. And he was able to land it safely, and he was—his…
…also with Iran. But if you look at what happened with the helicopters and the hostages, it cost him the election. It was—what a…
Feb 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Corpus Christi 1 time
…just lost her daughter, or not stand up for a great, brave helicopter pilot that did so well and so amazing in Venezuela, or not…
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? 10 times
…were answered when Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan descended from a helicopter above. Nobody knew where he came from. It was Scott's first-ever…
…mission and was the flight lead in the cockpit of the first helicopter—a big, beautiful, powerful helicopter. It was a massive Chinook, carrying, as…
…fact that the use of his legs was vital to a successful helicopter flight—legs are the most important part of flying a helicopter—to…
Feb 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to Fort Bragg Military Families 5 times
…brandnew Abrams tanks. Forty-eight new Black Hawk, Chinook, and King Stallion helicopters—the best in the world, the latest equipment—and 86 armored multipurpose…
…it was in a matter of minutes before he was on a helicopter being taken out of there. They had to go through steel doors…
…minutes, when people realized what happened, they're looking up and there's the helicopter heading back to aircraft carriers. So, that night, the entire world saw…
Jan 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club 1 time
…like flawless. Think about Jimmy Carter—the great Jimmy Carter—with the helicopters crashing, the hostages all over the place. Remember that one? Think about…
Jan 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat 4 times
…and our guys weren't. You know, our guys are jumping out of helicopters, and you're not protected, and they were. But it was so brilliant…
…have to wait 4 years for a plane, 5 years for a helicopter. We're not letting that happen anymore. We're telling our defense contractors, "You're…
…The F–35s, it takes too long to get them. The Apache helicopter—I mean, I had India coming to me, "Sir, I've been waiting…
Dec 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 3 times
…And I'm always having to say, "5 years," "6 years," "7 years." Helicopters—Apache helicopters, many years. India bought them. They want to get them…
…got to build plants: plants to make F–35s, plants to make helicopters, plants to make the F–47 new jet. And that's it, and…
Dec 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Hanukkah Reception 1 time
…the Jimmy Carter attack on Iran. That was not good, with the helicopters and the men running all over the place trying to get the…
Dec 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…newsman. Just follow the tanker. Follow—— ——follow it. Follow it. Get a helicopter and follow the tanker. But we're going to—I assume we're going…
Dec 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks in Pennsylvania 4 times
…crushed the ship. We had to take those poor bastards out by helicopter. What like—the scientists, they said— —one guy was petrified of helicopter…
…Go down in the ice with the ship, or go in a helicopter." He chose the helicopter. He made it. But we have a very…
Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 1 time
…flawlessly. Now, compare that to the Jimmy Carter Iran situation, with the helicopters crashing and the this and—oh, what a horrible—and the hostages…
Nov 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Veterans Day address 3 times
…He then carried the wounded soldiers hundreds of yards to a rescue helicopter before charging back three times—back and forth, back and forth—into…
…mettle of the American veteran is Dale Stovall. As an Air Force helicopter pilot in Vietnam, Captain Stovall was assigned to rescue a downed American…
…Despite the extreme peril, Captain Stovall took off in his HH–53C helicopter and soon came under intense fire, forcing him to turn back. But…
Nov 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump swears in the ambassador to India 1 time
…It didn't even work a little bit. That's why you had a helicopter crashing into an airplane, that if we had a great system, bells…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump visits troops on USS George Washington 1 time
…a few months into his first fleet tour with the Golden Falcons helicopter squadron when he and his crew were called on a search-and…
Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…that to many years ago—Jimmy Carter. Same—same country, with the helicopters and the problems and the prisoners and the hostages. What a mess…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…flawless. Compare that to the operation when they went in with the helicopters crashing and everyone running around the desert and the prisoners being taken…
Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…with what happened with Jimmy Carter, it was a sad situation. The helicopters were coming down, and they were crashing, and they were—the men…
Jul 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the history of our country. If you remember, years ago, they had helicopters crashing into each other. It was a disaster. The hostages in Iran…
Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…they—but in some congested areas, you saw what happened with the helicopter and the plane and a lot of other things. If we had…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 1 time
…the equipment necessary to land the planes, where the planes—like the helicopter accident with the plane would have never happened if they had the…
Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…over a trillion dollars. We better get that bill approved. Otherwise, your helicopters and your planes and your equipment is going to start to look…
Jun 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…with that, I'm heading to Fort Bragg right now. I think the helicopter is landing as we speak. But if you want, we'll take a…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…are now in the market to buy a gorgeous, brandnew system. The helicopter that crashed into the plane at 400 feet, it shouldn't have been…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…asks for anything, never wants favors or, "Gee, could I use your helicopter to get here or there?"—is named Alveda King, and she's here…
Feb 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…see that scene that I saw today—with people coming out of helicopters and airplanes that are emaciated, that look like they haven't had a…
Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…have obsolete equipment. They were understaffed, for whatever reason. I guess the helicopter was high, and we'll find out exactly what happened. But the odds…
…systems, and they would have—bells would have gone off when that helicopter literally even hit the same height, because it traveled a long distance…
Jan 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…you do that, but in this case, you know, you had a helicopter that was—the Black Hawk was too high. It was above the…
…little risk. And we're taking actions that this can't happen again. The helicopter, as you know, was out of its zone. It shouldn't have been…