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Remarks in Meeting With Travel Executives and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 2, 2026 Meeting 12 times

  1. …Doing a great job. In the last 3 months, travelers logged 290 billion miles on American highways. Our national parks welcomed 78 million visitors. All…
  2. …percent. And across 11 host cities, the tournament added more than $18 billion to our economy and supported more than 160,000 jobs, and there…
  3. …international connections through the One-Stop Pilot Program, and invested $12.5 billion to modernize American air travel. And Secretary Duffy is going back to…

Remarks in a Meeting With Technology Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 19, 2026 Meeting 6 times

  1. …country at any time in history. Money is coming in by the trillions. Our Nation's economic dominance drives trillions of dollars' investments, creates millions of…
  2. …the lowest interest rates. You know, every point of interest is $600 billion. Think of that. Every point of interest is $600 billion. Two points…
  3. …kind of money coming into a country as we have right now. Trillions and trillions of dollars are being invested in plants, factories, everything—you…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters at Camp David, Maryland

Jul 31, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 9 times

  1. …private donors like Michael and Susan Dell and others who have given billions of dollars. Billions. People are putting up hundreds of millions and billions…
  2. …spent a lot of money in our military. They gave away 300 billion dollars' worth of ammo and everything else in the—in Biden's term…
  3. …also making that investment and looking forward to getting, Pete, $1.5 trillion next year. And people see now how important it is. We want…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Ali Falih Kadhim al-Zaydi of Iraq and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 14, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq 6 times

  1. …a different way. We'd love to invest in the United States with billions and billions of dollars"—and continue our record setting, because we would…
  2. …United States. And we're going to cut costs there by hundreds of billions of dollars, maybe. But the NATO event was incredible. Today's event is…
  3. …them, they have no tariffs. And we have numbers: $19—$19.2 trillion. As an example, under Biden, it was less than $1 trillion for…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ahmad Husayn al-Shara' of Syria and an Exchange With Reporters in Ankara, Turkey

Jul 8, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds Bilateral meetings in Turkey 5 times

  1. …greatest economy we've ever had. We have the biggest investment: $19.2 trillion's being invested right now in the United States. It's never—$3—$3…
  2. …Under Biden and under the past administration, they had less than a trillion for 4 years. We have $19.2 trillion in 12 months. Think…
  3. …money being invested in a country in history. Pretty amazing—$19.2 trillion, with a "t." So—and they're building factories all over the country…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and an Exchange With Reporters in Ankara, Turkey

Jul 7, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral with the President of Turkey 8 times

  1. …before I asked, they said they wouldn't be there. And we've invested trillions of dollars in NATO. Why? To protect European countries and others—Canada…
  2. …And it's okay. But you know, why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars and they're not there for us? We've always been there…
  3. …economy, we have the greatest economy we've ever had. We have $19 trillion—$19.2 trillion, to be exact—being invested in the United States…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 24, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO Secretary General 5 times

  1. …it. And they pay a big premium. Norway has got now $2 trillion in the bank. And U.K. is dying. So they should open up…
  2. …what happens with SAVE. Look, the housing bill is—housing—I made billions of dollars with housing. I know housing better than anybody maybe anywhere…
  3. …Exxon, Chevron, Shell, British Petroleum. They're begging to go there and pay billions of dollars. And because the left is so crazy, they don't want…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and an Exchange With Reporters in Évian-les-Bains, France

Jun 17, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral with the Prime Minister of India 3 times

  1. …is doing the best we've ever done. We have over $19.2 trillion coming in, and we're building factories. We're building everything. And Prime Minister's…
  2. …did at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac. I mean, it's worth probably a trillion dollars right now until we put him there. But, all of a…
  3. …Afghanistan, as you know, and they spent a lot on Ukraine—$350 billion. But we have the most powerful military in the world. You saw…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt and an Exchange With Reporters in Évian-les-Bains, France

Jun 17, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral with The President of Egypt 6 times

  1. …Number one, the Strait would never open because they don't like floating billion-dollar ships up and down a strait when there are rockets flying…
  2. …deal. I mean, the JCPOA, done by Obama—he handed them a billion-seven in cash, gave them hundreds of millions of dollars. Hundreds of…
  3. …them billions and billions of dollars. But he gave them $1.7 billion in cash—green cash from banks—into a Boeing 757 and flew…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates and an Exchange With Reporters in Évian-les-Bains, France

Jun 16, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral with The President of UAE 4 times

  1. …so since I came on board, I will say. And they've invested trillions of dollars in the United States. And I was telling them before…
  2. …We're doing things that have never been done. The record was $3 billion many years ago with a different country, and we're going to be…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister Muhammad bin Abd Al-Rahman Al Thani of Qatar and an Exchange With Reporters in Évian-les-Bains, France

Jun 16, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral with the Emir of Qatar 10 times

  1. …you, Tamim. Qatar is going to be investing much more than a trillion dollars in the United States. We have over 18. It's going to…
  2. …kind of investment. We'll be having almost $19.1 or $19.2 trillion invested in the United States. The record was three 10 years ago…
  3. …Biden was a disaster. Just a stupid thing to do. He handed billions and billions of dollars to people, and then they didn't build a…

Remarks in Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

May 27, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 18 times

  1. …about it. We made the largest ever investment in U.S. military, $1 trillion. And we're asking, actually, for $1.5 trillion for the coming year…
  2. …to make a movie out of it, I think. And they're finding billions and billions and billions of dollars. And I just said, "That's good…
  3. …I'm proud of you guys." In 2 months, we've exposed tens of billions of dollars of defrauded taxpayer money, prosecuted numerous fraudsters, Todd, and stopped…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 26, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 28 times

  1. …who we never forget. We love the farmers. We gave them $12 billion out of tariff money. We had a tremendous amount of tariff money…
  2. …farmers, who have been mistreated by some countries—we gave them $12 billion, and they're extremely happy, and they deserve it. They've been great. They…
  3. …job better, actually. I love the farmers. So we gave them $12 billion. So, in just a few moments, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will discuss…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae of Japan and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 19, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Bilateral Meeting with Japan 10 times

  1. …much to Ukraine. They gave so much. You know, Biden gave $350 billion worth of cash and military equipment to Ukraine. And he didn't rebuild…
  2. …with them. They were going out and buying back stock for $51 billion, in one case. They spent $51 billion buying back stock. Now they're…
  3. …Well, he's under investigation because he's building a building for hundreds of billions of dollars more than it's supposed to cost. The building you see…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Micheál Martin of Ireland and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 17, 2026 Meeting 9 times

  1. …be there for Ukraine. You know, Biden chose to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on Ukraine. And I guess the head of Germany just…
  2. …this, that what's happening in Ukraine—we're probably in there for $400 billion. We don't spend any money anymore. They buy it from us, and…
  3. …not afraid of anything. Well, I'm disappointed in NATO, that we spend trillions of dollars on NATO—think of it—trillions over the years, many…

Remarks During a Board of Trustees Meeting of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 16, 2026 Meeting 6 times

  1. …do. Unlike the Fed. The Fed building, which is going to cost billions of dollars. It may never open. I mean, right now, they just…
  2. …ended up with 4,000 trucks, and he sold his company for billions of dollars. And you're here, Anthony? He's a member of one of…
  3. …we've been protecting for about 40 years at, you know, tens of billions of dollars, Mr. Speaker. So I'll be reporting that to you in…

Remarks at the Inaugural Meeting of the Board of Peace

Feb 19, 2026 Meeting 6 times

  1. …building, Marco. He'll take 25 percent of the building for about $6 billion. Thank you very—and you've been very generous also. We appreciate it…
  2. …of an inch. You can do that when you have 1.4 billion people. You know? Lots of shoulders. Everybody was within about one-eighth…
  3. …Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, and Kuwait have all come—contributed more than $7 billion toward the relief package. That's great. Thank you, fellas. Thank you. And…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting

Jan 29, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 23 times

  1. …income because of tariffs. Part of the income that we gave—$12 billion—we gave to the farmers of our country—you saw that yesterday…
  2. …actually 53—52, 53 alltime record highs since the election, adding $9 trillion in value to savings, retirement accounts, and 401(k)s. And, I…
  3. …it, after 4 years in which Biden got much less than $1 trillion of investment into our country, in just—actually, it was taken over…

Remarks During a Meeting With Executives of Oil and Gas Companies and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 9, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Oil & Gas Executives 8 times

  1. …to us by Venezuela. That's a lot of oil. It's about $4 billion worth, and it's on our way to—it's on its way to…
  2. …spend—meaning our giant oil companies will be spending at least $100 billion of their money, not the Government's money. They don't need Government money…
  3. …nice return. The plan is for them to spend at least $100 billion to rebuild the capacity and the infrastructure necessary. Venezuela has also agreed…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on Federal Relief for Farmers and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 8, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds roundtable meeting 18 times

  1. …United States will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs. We are making a lot of…
  2. …tariffs. You'd be sitting here losing your shirt. But we're taking in billions. We're really taking in trillions of dollars, if you think about it…
  3. …our country. So we're going to use that money to provide $12 billion in economic assistance to American farmers. Twelve billion dollars is a lot…

Remarks at a Signing Ceremony With President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombohe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 4, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds meetings with the Presidents of Rwanda & the Congo. 5 times

  1. …Strategy, a big part of which is the tariffs. We're taking in trillions of dollars in tariffs. Nobody has ever seen anything like it, and…
  2. …world. Nobody has ever seen anything like it. We have over $18 trillion—that's just in 10 months—pledged or being invested or pledged to…
  3. …in 4 years. Think of that. So they did less than $1 trillion in 4 years. We have $18 trillion in 10 months. It's going…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 18 times

  1. …In four long years of the Biden administration, there were just $1 trillion of new investments in the United States. In 10 months, we've secured…
  2. …they had, in one year, less than—they had less than $1 trillion. That's in a period of 4 years. Think of it. Four years…
  3. …less than a trillion. In 10 months, we have more than $18 trillion. Is that right, Scott? It's even going to be higher than that…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Prince 23 times

  1. …5 election—it—we've done things that nobody can believe. Twenty-one trillion dollars will be the amount invested in the United States, or committed…
  2. …1 year. So I'm here 9 months. We're up to almost $18 trillion. Biden—as an example, the Biden administration—if you call it that…
  3. …it was the Biden lack of administration—they were less than $1 trillion for 4 years. We're going to be $21 trillion for 1 year…

Remarks During a Meeting With the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a meeting on the World Cup 7 times

  1. …countless American workers and businesses. It's expected to drive more than $30 billion, Gianni. I don't know about that. That sounds like a lot of…
  2. …The CHIPS Act was a disaster for this country. We gave away billions of dollars to other countries and other locations and companies, and all…
  3. …come back. As you probably heard, Apple is now up to $700 billion. We have Nvidia at $600 billion. We have tremendous amounts of money…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister 11 times

  1. …bad things for our country. We're not going to give $1.5 trillion to people that came into our country illegally—we're not going to…
  2. …them medical care, and we're not going to do that—$1.5 trillion. And we're not going to do other things that they're requesting also…
  3. …We just signed the biggest trade deal ever made with Europe: $950 billion. We were able to do it because of tariffs. It was a…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea in Gyeongju, South Korea

Oct 29, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …United States. Yesterday I was in Japan, and Toyota is investing $10 billion on building car plants—numerous car plants throughout the country with American…
  2. …end of my first term, we should have $21- or $2- —$22 trillion dollars invested in the United States from other people and countries. And…
  3. …one-fifth of that. And the previous administration had less than $1 trillion in 4 years, and we're going to have maybe $21 trillion—could…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 8 times

  1. …States. We have almost 18 now—it was 17, now it's $18 trillion being poured into our country. And it's no time for shutdowns. I…
  2. …and renegotiate a deal that they had negotiated. They want $1.5 trillion given to illegal immigrants who came into the country. And it's going…
  3. …done better. We're going to take in, I think, 21—$20-, $21 trillion this year. No country has ever taken in more than 3, and…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 20, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral with Prime Minister of Australia 11 times

  1. …this country than anybody ever imagined. We're going to have over $20 trillion of investment for this year. The most we ever had was a…
  2. …country by far, by the way, but they were less than a trillion for 4 years. We're already now breaking $18 trillion of investment in…
  3. …interested in that. I did straighten it out. Biden gave them $350 billion. Can you believe it? And all they did is get deeper in…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With President Volodymyr Zelenskky of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 9 times

  1. …taken advantage of by China very badly. We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year to China. We really built their military, if…
  2. …know, I put very severe tariffs, and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars in my first term from China. Biden let that go…
  3. …I put on very serious tariffs, and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars. And then we—I left office—the election was rigged…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With President Javier Milei of Argentina and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 5 times

  1. …and throw it out the window, because you're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars. And we're not going to let somebody get into office…
  2. …17. We have, I think, close to, or maybe even exceeding, $18 trillion going to be invested in the United States. That's more money than…
  3. …bigger populations, like India or like China. Nobody has ever had $18 trillion invested in the country. We have, and that's because of November 5…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 5 times

  1. …knew how big they were—nobody knew—until they started seeing the trillions of dollars that have come in. I don't know why they didn't…
  2. …I had a great deal with China where they would buy $50 billion worth of our farm product and manufacturing and other things, but farm…
  3. …agreement. It was a great agreement. So they used to do $15 billion, and I got it up to $50 billion. Fifty. And it was…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 12 times

  1. …We have, right now—I was just telling Mark we have $17 trillion. But it's going to—it's really much higher. That was as of…
  2. …the worst President we've ever had. But they had less than $1 trillion in 4 years. We have more than $17 trillion in 8 months…
  3. …months. And I think that number is going to be $21-, $22 trillion. There's never been anything like that in the history of the world…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …for it full price, and that's how we're involved. Biden gave $350 billion. Look, this war would have never started if I were President. If…
  2. …everything, and now they're paying 5 percent—and they pay. And that's trillions of dollars. You know, we're talking about trillions of dollars, and they're…
  3. …systems and everything else that they want. But it's—you know, it's trillions of dollars. So we appreciate that they did that. So, they went…

Remarks During a Meeting With President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan and an Exchange With Reporters in New York City

Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …But right now I have an important meeting too, because he purchased billions of dollars' worth of our equipment. And we do make the best…
  2. …man and leader. Let me see. Oh. Whoa. A hundred and five billion. That's not bad. That's worth a 5-minute meeting, right? Do you…
  3. …at—look at all the nice—look. Tractors, all sorts of—$105 billion. Wow. In 2018 through '24, he did 19.4 and now he's…

The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 8 times

  1. …had on business and trade and technology. This trip has galvanized $350 billion in deals across many sectors, and we're committed to ensuring that the…
  2. …are at a record, and most importantly, we have more than $17 trillion—$17 trillion—and this is in—during an 8-month period—being…
  3. …country, which is not only a record, but if you compare $17 trillion to the last year of the Biden administration, they did $250 billion…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Karol Nawrocki of Poland and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …equal— would you say that was no action? That cost hundreds of billions of dollars to Russia. You call that no action? And I haven't…
  2. …them a lot better. We're in a much better position. We have trillions of dollars coming into our country. If we didn't have tariffs, we…
  3. …started with China. You know, last term, I took in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs from China, but when COVID came, the last…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 23 times

  1. …So we're selling missiles and military equipment—millions and millions and, ultimately, billions of dollars to the NATO people, where I'm very friendly and we…
  2. …very nice shopping center. So I never understood when they said $50 billion for a plant. I said, "What the hell kind of a plant…
  3. …that?" But when you look at this, you understand why it's $50 billion. So this is one he's building in Louisiana. That's Meta—Facebook, as…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …Ukraine. So NATO is working with Ukraine. Biden was giving hundreds of billions of dollars just willy-nilly, just giving money. He had no idea…
  2. …not involved anymore in terms of the cost. We're in for $350 billion. As you know, I also got the rare earth deal done with…
  3. …a nice person, and he agreed not to pay. He gave up billions of dollars. We were getting paid billions of dollars, but then Biden…

Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …people, and we're going to supply funds. And we just took in trillions of dollars. We got a lot of money, and we're going to…
  2. …have a series of plants, instead of, you know, doing the $20 billion plant. That gets tough for a lot of people to do. So…
  3. …paying, because—the United States, because of Biden, is in for $350 billion. The European nations are in for about $100 billion. Should be the…

Remarks Following a Meeting With President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 9 times

  1. …Union is going to agree to purchase from the United States 750 billion dollars' worth of energy—750 billion dollars' worth of energy. They are…
  2. …is. It's very substantial. But they're going to invest an additional $600 billion. They're agreeing to open up their countries to trade at zero tariff…
  3. …often for all the wrong reasons. Right? So those things are $750 billion, $600 billion, opening up the country. We are agreeing that the tariff…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ferdinand R. "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., of the Philippines and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 22, 2025 Meeting 13 times

  1. …big announcement. AstraZeneca, the big drug company, is going to spend $50 billion—just announced—$50 billion in the United States in order to build…
  2. …tariffs are placed. So they're building their facilities in New York—$50 billion. That's a big investment, and it's going to be a very good…
  3. …He probably didn't know. And he's building a building. He's $2.7 billion—they have a $900 million dollar overrun. What is that? And that…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 16, 2025 Meeting 21 times

  1. …other visits, but all great places. And we left with $5.1 trillion of investment, and they all want to be investing in the United…
  2. …anything. We're very concerned. He's doing a little renovation for $2.5 billion of the Fed, building—building a renovation, and they have a close…
  3. …we should be paying three points lower. And we would save a trillion dollars a year in interest if that were the case, and all…