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“Putin” said in 93 of 394 transcripts, 192 times.
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Sep 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…We stopped Iran from having a nuclear weapon. I don't think that Putin will be—I speak to him. I know him very well. Putin…
…a personality problem in Russia-Ukraine. You have President Zelenskyy and President Putin; they truly hate each other. Do you know what hate is? They…
Jul 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers a Transportation Announcement 1 time
…very simple. I get along with both. I get along with President Putin. I get along with President Zelenskyy. I'd like—I told him I…
Jul 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement on American Nuclear Innovation 1 time
…tell you that President Xi said he will not partake, and President Putin said the same thing. I think—you know, I trust them. Do…
Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks on Trump Accounts? 1 time
…that I think we're getting much closer than people realize. And President Putin wants it to end—I will tell you that—very strongly. We…
Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…world. When I spoke with President Xi, when I spoke with President Putin, they have great respect for what I've done and what our military…
Apr 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump meets with the Artemis II Astronauts 1 time
…a nuclear weapon either. But I had a long talk with President Putin. I suggested a little bit of a cease-fire. And I think…
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…should have been the G–8. But when they threw out President Putin, he was very offended by that. He was, you know, rightfully—but…
Mar 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the FII PRIORITY Summit 2 times
…have been one of the easier ones. But the hatred between President Putin and President Zelenskyy is extreme. Never good. Hatred is a bad thing…
…I do it the best. I stopped wars that nobody thought. President Putin called me. He said, "I can't believe you stopped this one and…
Mar 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts DHS swearing-in ceremony 1 time
…out. Militarily, they are dead. Yes. Well, we'd like to see President Putin and President Zelenskyy sit down and make a deal. I think they're…
Mar 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to the Shield of Americas Summit 2 times
…to this one or that? Was I great when I spoke to Putin today? Was I great when I spoke to President Xi? Was I…
…you know what it is? You would understand this. The hatred between Putin and his counterpart is so great. Okay? It's so great that—you…
Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 1 time
…and Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan. These are all wars that were—President Putin called me up on Azerbaijan and Armenia. He said, "I've been working…
Feb 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…be more difficult than this one. I thought my relationship with President Putin would give us a, you know, much easier road. But there's tremendous…
…But it's taken longer than we thought. I did call up President Putin, and he's agreed, and he's put it out too. They have the…
Jan 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…were going to be maybe tougher than this one. But Zelenskyy and Putin hate each other, and it makes it very difficult. But I think…
Jan 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…of time during this—— ——horrendously cold weather. Well. So we asked President Putin if they could stop the shooting for a week. They're hitting—they're…
Jan 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum 9 times
…Ukraine and Russia—something that would have never happened. And I know Putin very well. He and I would discuss Ukraine. It was the apple…
…India-Pakistan. I've—I mean, I settled other wars that were—Vladimir Putin called me. Armenia-Aberbaijan [Azerbaijan]. He said: "I can't believe you settled…
…on for 35 years." I settled it in 1 day, and President Putin called me. He said: "You know, I can't believe—I've worked on…
Jan 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat 1 time
…a lot of them do. But they said, "No, no, no, no." Putin calls me Mr. President. Xi calls me Mr. President. Emmanuel goes, "No…
Dec 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 1 time
…that, you know, there's tremendous hatred between these two leaders. Between President Putin, President Zelenskyy—tremendous hatred. And I hope we can get it done…
Dec 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Hanukkah Reception 2 times
…settle would be Russia-Ukraine, because I have a good relationship with Putin. It would have never happened if I were President. That would have…
Dec 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Mexican Border Defense Medal Presentation 2 times
…tell you that they're closer now. We had numerous conversations with President Putin of Russia, and I think we're closer now than we have been…
…end. They want to see it end. I actually think that President Putin wants to see it end. You know, I've had good talks—we've…
Dec 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: President Trump makes an announcement 3 times
…can tell you that they had a reasonably good meeting with President Putin. We're going to find out. It's a war that should have never…
…But I thought they had a very good meeting yesterday with President Putin. We'll see what happens. It's—you know, when I was in this…
…a lot of things against them right now. But you have—President Putin had a very good meeting yesterday with Jared Kushner and with Steve…
Nov 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends US - Saudi Investment Forum 3 times
…be my easy one because I have a good relationship with President Putin, but I'm a little disappointed in President Putin right now. He knows…
…I settled that. That was going on for many, many years. Actually, Putin called me. He said: "I can't believe you got that one settled…
Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts dinner with Central Asian Countries 1 time
…So I really think we're going to have—I've spoken to President Putin about it. I've spoken to President Xi about it. And everybody would…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 1 time
…years old. One was 38 years old. Amazing. They tried to—President Putin, I spoke to him 2 weeks ago, and he said—on the…
Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump in South Korea for APEC CEOs Luncheon 2 times
…That was going on for, I think, 38 years, right? And President Putin called me. He said: "It's amazing. It's amazing. We couldn't get that…
…going to be an easy one because of my relationship with President Putin. He turned out to be a little different, but I think it…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with Japanese business leaders 1 time
…be an easy one—Ukraine-Russia—because of the relationship with President Putin. But that didn't work out too well so far, but it will…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Diwali Celebration 2 times
…were President. It would have never—not even a million years. And Putin knows that too, would have never happened. But it did happen, and…
…So now it's—they're shooting and they're killing people. And I think Putin wants it to end, and I think Zelenskyy wants it to end…
Oct 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 4 times
…incredible people. We just had a call, as you know, with President Putin. I thought it was a very good call, so we'll talk about…
…phone call. I thought very productive. But I'll be meeting with President Putin, and we'll make a determination. Tomorrow I'm meeting with President Zelenskyy, and…
…stopped. I thought this would be—because of my relationship with President Putin, I thought this would be very quick. And it's turned out to…
Oct 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Speech in Israel 7 times
…But I set up a meeting for him to meet with President Putin, thinking it would be a 15- or a 20-minute meeting. Steve…
…around in too many ways. And I set up the meeting with Putin, and I called—I said, "Is Steve finished yet?" That was about…
…an hour later. "Let me speak to Steve." "Sir, he's still with Putin. He's with President Putin." I said: "Wow, it's a long meeting. One…
Oct 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 1 time
…Iran came in. They said they support it. Russia came in, President Putin. He supports it fully—very fully. So I was happy to see…
Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…going to happen with war. The easiest one of them all is Putin. I said, number one, it's a war that would have never happened…
…little chance. And it didn't happen for 4 years. But I knew Putin very well, and I thought that would be easy, because I know…
…one to settle, and we have to settle it up with President Putin and Zelenskyy. Got to get them together and get it done. But…
Sep 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…doing. I'm very dissatisfied with what Russia is doing and what President Putin is doing. I haven't liked it at all. He's killing people for…
…they've taken over very little. So, yes, I'm very disappointed in President Putin. I thought—I solved seven wars. In fact, we have a great…
Sep 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Address to United Nations General Assembly 1 time
…thought that would be the easiest because of my relationship with President Putin, which had always been a good one. I thought that was going…
Sep 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…bit more, that's going to stop it. I'm very disappointed in President Putin. But, you know, they're losing—they're killing 5,000 people a week…
…would be easiest war, because I have a good relationship with President Putin. Disappointed in him, but I do. I thought that would be the…
Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Ukraine. They hate each other so much, you wouldn't believe it. President Putin and President Zelenskyy, they hate each other to a level that you…
Sep 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…that I thought would have been, for me, the easiest—because of Putin, I thought that would have been—it's not—it's not turned out…
…be coming down. No, the First Lady actually got along great with Putin—— ——as I did. But you know, we're disappointed. We're—both of us…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…and Russia. I thought that would be easier. The relationship with President Putin, all of that, it didn't matter. It's ended up being probably the…
Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to be probably one of the easier ones, and that's with President Putin and Ukraine, and that turned out to be one that's a little…
Sep 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…thought would be an easier one—because of my relationship with President Putin and with Ukraine and everything else, I thought it would be the…
Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…all. No. And I had, actually, a very good meeting with President Putin a couple of weeks ago. We'll see if anything comes out of…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…nightmare. I think that—that date also helped start the war with Putin and Ukraine, because he saw how incompetent our military was under Biden…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…if we had a real President, that war would have never happened. Putin actually said—he said, "If Trump were President, it wouldn't have happened…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…thought you'd all like to see it. That's a man named Vladimir Putin, who I believe will be coming, depending on what happens. He may…
…that you might not have had the problem with Russia. I think Putin was sitting there watching these stupid people running our country and said…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…it's better this way. Well, we'll see. We're going to see if Putin and Zelenskyy will be working together. You know, that's like oil and…
Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…I'm doing it for that reason. We have a meeting with President Putin tomorrow. I think it's going to be a good meeting, but the…
…meeting that we're having. We're going to have a meeting with President Putin, President Zelenskyy, myself, and maybe we'll bring some of the European leaders…
…very important. We're going to see what happens. And I think President Putin will make peace. I think President Zelenskyy will make peace. We'll see…
Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…We're going to Friday—on Friday to Alaska. We're meeting with President Putin, Russia. "How important it is that the Capital is important?" I said…
…was always going to be I was going to meet with President Putin, and then, after that, I'm going to call the leaders and President…
…it almost immediately. And we'll have a quick second meeting between President Putin and President Zelenskyy and myself, if they'd like to have me there…
Aug 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…we get something done. But I'll be meeting very shortly with President Putin. It would have been sooner, but I guess there's security arrangements that…
…wants to see peace. The European leaders want to see peace. President Putin, I believe, wants to see peace, and Zelenskyy wants to see peace…
…Yes. Well, I do, relating to everybody. I mean, not just President Putin, but also people and leaders that I deal with. Look, I'm dealing…
Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…haven't determined where, but we had some very good talks with President Putin today, and there's a very good chance that we could be ending…
Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…And they're also losing people now in the towns and cities because Putin is hitting them with rockets. No, I think it's disgraceful. Yes, we…
Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…big thing. And we thought we had four deals—Howard, right?— with Putin. Somehow, they end, and we get off the phone, "Oh, that was…
…look at the job we did—I was just thinking, because President Putin said it to me and other leaders said it to me, when…
Jul 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…very hard. And I was very disappointed with my call with President Putin. I was very disappointed. I wouldn't know that. I really wouldn't. I…