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Sep 12, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral with the Taoiseach of Ireland 2 times
…has to treat our farmers better, and they can't charge our farmers tariffs. They were charging our farmers 400-percent tariffs and many other things…
Sep 2, 2026 Meeting 8 times
…close to that number. A lot of it was because of the tariffs, because people don't want to pay tariffs, so they build their plants…
…for last 15 years. It's a very unfair deal. They charge tremendous tariffs to our farmers. They take advantage of our farmers. They take advantage…
…They won't do it." So I immediately said I'm putting a major tariff on Bombardier and other things that they sent until they're certified. They…
Aug 19, 2026 Meeting 6 times
…have a deal with Canada. You probably saw that. We—very major tariffs were going on to Canada today. We delayed it for 3 days…
…been hurt very badly by Canada, and they won't be paying any tariffs anymore. And we may bring some of the tariffs down to a…
…Canada was paying a higher tariff. Canada was paying us a higher tariff. So we are—look, we have a very nice relationship with leadership…
Jul 31, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 6 times
…world, they're building auto plants here because otherwise they have to pay tariffs. The tariffs have made our country rich and successful. And all of…
…If you don't do it, we're going to have to charge you tariffs." And they all said no at first. Very politely said: "Sir, we…
…can't do something also, and I'm going to charge you very substantial tariffs, which are far more than we're talking about." And they all said…
Jul 14, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq 2 times
…built at record numbers, more than we've ever had ever before. The tariffs have done—have been used very judiciously and properly. And companies are…
…country to build factories because when they build them, they have no tariffs. And we have numbers: $19—$19.2 trillion. As an example, under…
Jul 7, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral with the President of Turkey 1 time
…the biggest truck and car plants ever built. It's amazing. That's what tariffs do if properly used. And so we've never had a more exceptional…
Jun 16, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral with the Emir of Qatar 4 times
…We have a system that if they don't build, they can pay tariffs—they have to pay tariffs of upwards of 200 percent. They don't…
…likewise that, if they don't build, they'll have 150- to 200-percent tariff to pay. If they do build, they have no tariff to pay…
May 27, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 2 times
…countries to all agree, otherwise they would have had to pay big tariffs. I don't want to go into it, but I had some very…
…said: "That's all right. We're going to charge you a 50-percent tariff on everything you sell into America." They said, "Well, like we said…
Mar 26, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 3 times
…forget. We love the farmers. We gave them $12 billion out of tariff money. We had a tremendous amount of tariff money come in, and…
…that's just as good. We'll use the other method. But because the tariff money has been so substantial, we gave our farmers, who have been…
Mar 17, 2026 Meeting 1 time
…expanded very greatly. Probably, they want to talk a little bit about tariffs, but I won't mention that. You know, we won't bring that up…
Mar 3, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts a Bilateral Meeting with Germany 13 times
…Between who? And U.S. and who? Oh. Well, we—— We won on tariffs, actually. Somebody said, "You actually won the case." We won on tariffs…
…all the fact that we have these, all these various forms of tariffs that we felt, right? But it totally reaffirmed it. It said, "You…
…all of these tariffs." So we have all these vast menus of tariffs. And tariffs have made our country very rich. We have to charge…
Feb 19, 2026 Meeting 1 time
…But I said, "If you fight, I'm going to put 200-percent tariffs on each of your countries, which essentially makes you not allowed—you…
Jan 29, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 16 times
…of. And we've had—we've been given great national security because of tariffs, and we've also been given unprecedented income because of tariffs. Part of…
…They're coming back. They're building here because they want to avoid the tariffs. They don't want to pay the 15-percent—in some cases, 25…
…So we'll go from $130 down to $20. And by the way, tariffs did it again, because the—no country—the drug companies said, "We'll…
Jan 9, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Oil & Gas Executives 1 time
…going to be 2 percent. And you know what it is? It's tariffs, and it's also November 5. We had a great election. A great…
Dec 8, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds roundtable meeting 16 times
…small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs. We are making a lot of money from countries that took advantage…
…like nobody has ever seen. Our deficits are way down because of tariffs. I guess because of the election, because without the election, you wouldn't…
…you, Brooke. Thank you. And this money would not be possible without tariffs. The tariffs are taking in, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars…
Dec 4, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds meetings with the Presidents of Rwanda & the Congo. 2 times
…my administration's National Security Strategy, a big part of which is the tariffs. We're taking in trillions of dollars in tariffs. Nobody has ever seen…
Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 5 times
…not going to do it, I'm going to charge you 100 percent tariff," which is more money than we're talking about. And they said, "Sir…
…going to agree to it, that's okay. I'm going to charge you tariffs." And as soon as I said that, they said, "We agree." And…
…ever, and we're going to be giving back refunds out of the tariffs, because we've taken in literally trillions of dollars. And we're going to…
Nov 21, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zohran Mamdani 1 time
…of other things that I've practiced and have been very successful on: tariffs, a lot of things. Bernie Sanders and I agreed on much more…
Nov 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Prince 4 times
…is, right now, the hottest country in the world. And between the tariffs and the election—November 5 election—it—we've done things that nobody…
…this, and it really is because of the fact that we use tariffs to bring all this money in. And you're going to see the…
…I think a big part of that is also the fact that tariffs are in play. But even beyond tariffs, that's a real ally that…
Nov 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a meeting on the World Cup 9 times
…companies, and all they did was rob our money. But because of tariffs, the chips are coming back. Chipmakers are all coming back. And I…
…been all along. But because we had people that didn't believe in tariffs—they believed in them, but they didn't know how to use them…
…hear that. No, we've taken in—— ——hundreds of millions of dollars in tariff money. We're going to be issuing dividends later on, some—somewhere prior…
Nov 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister 1 time
…with Europe: $950 billion. We were able to do it because of tariffs. It was a deal that was good—very good. But we had…
Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 19 times
…They've really been decimated, and I helped them a lot. I put tariffs on things coming into the country, including beef, and that gave them…
…losing because other countries have taken advantage of them. And, by putting tariffs on, they've been able to make a few dollars. They've been able…
…we're going to take in $21 trillion of investments because of the tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs, we would be a mess. We would…
Oct 20, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral with Prime Minister of Australia 21 times
…paying tremendous amounts of money to us as—in the form of tariffs. As you know, they're paying 55 percent. That's a lot of money…
…do in many cases because we've been treated unfairly. But actually, the tariffs are very light. The one thing is you buy a lot of…
…be happy. No. I don't see that happening, no. Yes. Well, the tariffs have been amazing, because, you know, tariffs have been really a reason…
Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 9 times
…when I came into office, as you know, I put very severe tariffs, and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars in my first…
…So it wasn't the same thing. But I put on very serious tariffs, and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars. And then we…
…come back, and we are in a very strong position because of tariffs. We're in a very powerful position because of the fact that we…
Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 3 times
…wants to be in BRICS, that's fine, but we're going to put tariffs on your nation. Everybody dropped out. They're all dropping out of BRICS…
…I said, "You want to play that game, I'm going to put tariffs on your—all of your product coming into the U.S." They said…
…NATO. In fact, I was thinking about giving them trade punishment through tariffs because of what they did, and I may do that. I think…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump's Bilateral meeting with President of Finland 3 times
…made that—I did that based on trade and because of the tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs, you wouldn't have been able to do…
…you—if you guys are going to fight, I'm putting 100-percent tariffs on each of you." And they immediately stopped fighting. And that was…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 6 times
…You don't have to do it, but I'm going to put a tariff of 9 percent or 7 percent, or whatever the amount of money…
…to do that." And they would immediately agree. And I'd make the tariff substantially more than the number we're talking about, and they would immediately…
…know that if they don't do it, we're going to put a tariff on for double the price, and then they're going to do it…
Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 11 times
…going talking about that with the Prime Minister. We'll be talking about tariffs. We'll be talking about a lot of that. But that's for a…
…We continue to bring it in from Canada. But there is a tariff to pay. And I think that would be a normal thing to…
…the November 5 election was a big factor, and I think the tariffs are a big factor. And again, we want Canada to do great…
Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 10 times
…the questions very much, actually. They're very nice questions. We'll see about tariffs. We're going to be talking about tariffs. Well, we're going to be…
…and they want to take our money. We're doing well. Because of tariffs, we're doing unbelievable. We're making more money than we ever have made…
…the subject for a second—we're going to take some of that tariff money that we made and we're going to give it to our…
Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 2 times
…17 trillion of investment coming in. A lot of it's because of tariffs, and a lot of it's for a lot of other reasons, but…
…said—you know, I sanctioned them. China is paying a very large tariff right now to the United States. But I'm willing to do other…
Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 14 times
…crazy. Cars are pouring back. Because of the fact that we have tariffs, cars are pouring back into our—our—car plants are pouring back…
…be. So, if you go back to—1913 is when they ended tariffs. We were the richest ever, from 1850—it was all tariffs. We…
…1913. In the 1887—it's about 1887, they had the great national tariff act, and it was a group of people that got together because…
Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 13 times
…building plants all over the country. They're all coming in because of tariffs. They don't want to build—they don't want to pay the tariffs…
…a week—steel a week. We are—we have a 50-percent tariff on steel, aluminum, and various other things—copper just got brought into…
…it. If we would have said, costs 100-percent or 200-percent tariff, you wouldn't have lost one job. It's so sad. But we're going…
Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…we're taking a lot of money in from China because of the tariffs and the different things, and it's a very important relationship. We're going…
…don't give us magnets, then we have to charge them 200-percent tariff or something, you know? But we're not going to have a problem…
…weren't giving them. But we have a much more powerful thing. That's tariffs. If we want to put 100-percent, 200- percent tariffs on, we…
Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…going to be, why wait? And it—would be sanctions and maybe tariffs—secondary tariffs. You know what a secondary tariff is. And look, the…
…know what they want, and—but we're going to be setting a tariff for, essentially, the rest of the world, and that's what they're going…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 9 times
…billion. They're agreeing to open up their countries to trade at zero tariff. So that's a very big factor: opening up their countries. All of…
…will be opened up to trade with the United States at zero tariff. And they're agreeing to purchase a vast amount of military equipment. We…
…billion, $600 billion, opening up the country. We are agreeing that the tariff, straight across, for automobiles and everything else will be a straight-across…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…have numerous other deals, and mostly I'm just going to—I charge tariffs and, you know, there's not a deal, per se, but people are…
…to see it resolved, but if it isn't, we'll, you know, have tariffs, and they'll do what they have to do. But we have a…
…deals—other than steel and aluminum, which we've been getting 50-percent tariffs from, I guess, just about everybody. And those have come in, and…
Jul 22, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…that because of the election and because of the fact that the tariffs are placed. So they're building their facilities in New York—$50 billion…
Jul 16, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…think of it—a trillion dollars a year. Add that with the tariffs and everything else. But he just doesn't want—he's a knucklehead. But…
…you know, being penalized. You know that, right? They're being penalized with tariffs because of the fentanyl. But they want to do something. We'll see…
…billion. We'll be bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars, and the tariffs really haven't kicked in that much other than automobiles and steel. August…
Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…very unhappy with him, and we're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days—tariffs at about…
…get there. So, based on that, we're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days. It's very simple…
…don't have an agreement in 50 days, that's what we're doing: secondary tariffs, and they're biting. And I hope we don't get to the point…
Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…very good relationship, as you know. We—they're paying a lot of tariffs to the United States now. And so I'm not going to get…
…have. You know, we've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs. Hundreds of billions. And we haven't even started yet, and it's going…
…even believable that for so many years—you know, I was using tariffs in my first administration. We had the most successful—financially—administration that…
Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 27 times
…we have a big country, and we've been doing very well. The tariffs, as you know, are starting to come in at record levels. Tremendous…
…never did that before. We're not used to it. We only have tariffs going out. We only adhere to the rules of other nations who…
…it very strongly. Go ahead, please. I know. Isn't that amazing? The tariffs. Are we—Chairman of the Fed? Well, you'd do a better job…
Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 9 times
…China and others. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs. No inflation. The most successful period of time that we've ever had…
…to doing that. We've already taken in over $100 billion worth of tariffs, and we haven't even started. And all I say to the other…
…is—and this is also that, but it's also because of the tariffs, the tremendous success. We're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars in…
Jun 16, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…much holding up. I think we have different concepts. I have a tariff concept, and Mark has a different concept, which is something that some…
…if we can get to the bottom of it today. I'm a tariff person. I've always been a tariff—it's simple, it's easy, it's precise…
Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…a trade deal or we'll do something. You know, we'll do the tariffs. I mean, I'm okay with the tariffs, or we make a deal…
…the roof—the economic numbers—because of the election and because of tariffs and other things—a lot of things. But we've had some of…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…a deal where—where basically they're willing to literally charge us no tariff. So we go from the highest tariff, you couldn't do business in…
…Scott, you were working on that also—that there will be no tariff, right? Would you say that's a difference? They're the highest, and now…
May 6, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…the only reason—but because of they have now a 145- percent tariff, there's no trading. You can't trade with 145 percent. We are therefore…
…dollars a day on trade. Those numbers are rapidly turning. Between the tariffs—don't forget: We're now getting 25 percent on cars, 25 percent on…
…a cram course. But they're all moving into America because of the tariffs and the—I don't think people have appreciated it. Some people do…
Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…I just walked in—I heard Samsung is now—because of the tariffs, they're going to build massive facilities in the United States. If we…
…money. What they need is an incentive to come in, and the tariffs—they're building because of the tariffs. If—without the tariffs—and I'd…
…to say they're building because of November 5, the election, and the tariffs, but I'm going to be a little more blunt. They're building because…
Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…China, as you know, they paid hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs, but nobody else ever did that. China paid not 10 cents to…
Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…in are astronomical. We're taking in tremendous amounts of money with the tariffs. We were treated very unfairly on trade, and the countries are getting…
…what? What about it? Yes. Go ahead, please. No. Sure. No. No. Tariffs are making us rich. We were losing a lot of money under…
…we didn't do—we didn't take in anything before, other than the tariffs that I put on previous to Biden, which were the tariffs I…
Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…got anything until I came along, and then I put very substantial tariffs on China, if you remember, and we took in hundreds of billions…