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“First Term” said in 174 of 395 transcripts, 387 times.
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Sep 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly 1 time
…on average—surpassing the prior record that I set in my first term. From day one, my administration has worked to remove every single unnecessary…
Sep 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in a Rose Garden dinner 1 time
…the late, great President Theodore Roosevelt was very good. In my first term, I was proud to sign the Great American Outdoors Act, the single…
Sep 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to U.S. Embassy Personnel and Business Leaders 2 times
…expensing, and it's an amazing thing. I did it in my first term. So, in my first term, we had the greatest economy. Even though…
Sep 10, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at RNC Midterm Convention, Trump speaks at RNC Midterm Convention (Night 2) 1 time
…only one in 28 years that cut drug prices in my first term: one-eighth of 1 percent. I was so proud of it because…
Sep 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at RNC Midterm Convention, Trump speaks at RNC Midterm Convention (Night 1) 2 times
…Space Force—which was my baby, I have to say the first term—we can see everything. We can see the tag on their coat…
…percent. Think of that. You know, when I was in my first term—for 28 years, there's never been a President that reduced drug prices…
Sep 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…now by a lot. When I first took over in my first term, we were a distant third to Russia and to China. We're leading…
Sep 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Our military is more powerful. I built the military in my first term. We're using it now. We took over Venezuela, and we've paid for…
…And I did it in our first. We had a tremendous first term, and tremendous—we had the best economy. When I left, we had…
Aug 31, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an Announcement on Healthcare Affordability 1 time
…Every year, drug price—except for my fourth year in the first term, they went down one-eighth of 1 percent. And I had a…
Aug 28, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at NASA 2 times
…leading the cutting edge of exploration and human spaceflight. In my first term, I signed the orders creating the Artemis program and officially directed NASA…
…you think about it. Right, Brian? For this reason, in my first term, I created the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces: Space…
Aug 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds signing time 1 time
…a long time. And I had them figured out in my first term, and I did some pretty strong things and had it getting pretty…
Aug 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…in, and they were all broken. And I—even in my first term, I noticed. I said, "You know, it's embarrassing when people come through…
Aug 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump greets Lifeguard Ryder Williams 1 time
…been protected by us for many, many years, and during my first term, they agreed to pay close to $3 billion a year for protection…
Aug 14, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in New York 1 time
…it during my—I built it. I built it during my first term, including Space Force, which has turned out to be very important. And…
Aug 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds roundtable on American Mining 1 time
…America won our political independence in the Revolutionary War. In my first term, we secured our energy independence. And now, in my second term, we're…
Aug 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Las Vegas 2 times
…the greatest economy in the history of our country in my first term. You know that. This is going to blow it away. It already…
…differences of 400, 500, and 600 percent. You know, in my first term, I was the only President that, over a 1-year period, I…
Jul 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at General Motors 2 times
…cuts in American history for the second time. Because in my first term, we had the greatest economy in the history of our country. We…
…the best equipment in the world. I built it during my first term, and I'm using it now. We had no choice. Again, we can't…
Jul 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes Announcement on the Ratepayer Protections 2 times
…dream. Until we came along, the first—we had a great first term. We had the greatest economy in the history of our country, and…
…has the capability to do it either. We built, in my first term, the greatest military anywhere in the world, and we're using it a…
Jul 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Georgia 2 times
…by far. There's nobody close. And I built it during my first term. I built our military. And, as you know, they stupidly gave a…
…You know, we had the best economy in history in my first term. A lot of people don't—because we had a COVID period—went…
Jul 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers a Speech to the Nation 1 time
…by far anywhere in the world. I built it during my first term, and unfortunately, we're forced to use it now. We won in Venezuela…
Jul 15, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins the Defense and Innovation Summit 3 times
…job. Thank you. She was—great. She worked in the administration first term, and she was fantastic. We also have a big name—a very…
…that way. But 1.5. I built the military in my first term, and I used it in my second term. And, as you know…
…the greatest economy in the history of our country in my first term. We then got hit with COVID, but even including COVID. We did…
Jul 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…strongest military in the world. We rebuilt it largely during my first term. And we have recruitment now. We're setting records in recruitment. We had…
…killed many, many people with Soleimani, who I killed in the first term. Soleimani killed many people—many, many people. And not only killed. When…
Jul 8, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…They had the roadside bomb—Soleimani. I took care of him first term, and that was a big thing, because I think they probably would…
Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…We had the greatest economic numbers ever in history for the first term, and I think we're going to be blowing them away. What do…
Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks on Trump Accounts? 4 times
…there was no argument. Nobody's arguing. We built it during my first term, and we're using it now for very good reasons, because, in this…
…say, Jay did a very good job also—right?—during my first term. But Paul's been incredible. Everybody wanted Paul, and he's exceeded expectations, I…
…I didn't know much about it, but—for some of my first term, I wasn't really—I wasn't much involved, but I'd watch. And I…
Jul 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre 1 time
…got some very unattractive candidates, I have to say. During my first term, it was a privilege to sign the bill that helped get this…
Jun 26, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Conference 5 times
…is the strongest in the world. I built it during my first term. Strongest in the world. And people respect us again. They respect us…
…created—the creation of General Soleimani, who I killed in my first term. And that was a big killing. He was a mad genius. But…
…could have taken a chunk of us too. But in my first term, I created the greatest economy in the history of the world. The…
Jun 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Rose Garden Club Dinner 2 times
…exact, and they crushed farmers with the burdensome restrictions. In my first term, we had an agricultural trade surplus. Biden took that surplus and turned…
…the strongest military in the world. I rebuilt the military my first term. We have the strongest military anywhere in the world. We have the…
Jun 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Mack Trucks 2 times
…I tell about this police officer. I met a police officer—first term, similar thing, but now the numbers are even more. I met—I…
…we have the most powerful—I built the military in my first term. We used it in my second term more than I thought, but…
Jun 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…if there wasn't this Presidency— We rebuilt our military during my first term. Some of it was foolishly given away by the Biden administration. Nobody…
Jun 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…fair. You know, I gave the farmers $28 billion in my first term because they were taken advantage of by China, and I charged China…
Jun 10, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs The Secure America Act 2 times
…know, I had the right to sell that. And, in my first term, a group came to see me wanting to buy it, and they…
…There's no military that's even close. I rebuilt it during my first term. I'm using it now. When this conflict is over—Todd said, "Please…
Jun 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Wisconsin roundtable 6 times
…didn't meet them with tariffs. I took care of it my first term really strongly, and I am now. But Canada has been very rough…
…farmers—if you remember, we had a bad patch in my first term, where China and other countries were sort of boycotting the United States…
…I got 28 million—$28 billion for the farmers in the first term. Remember? I just asked Ken whether or not he got it. He…
Jun 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a coal announcement 1 time
…that too, because everybody wanted me to sell it in my first term for 10 percent of what it's worth right now. If I would…
Jun 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…came here, we didn't—were not doing well with China. My first term, when I inherited that, it was like—what China was doing to…
…also stopped it when I get—when I terminated—in the first term, when I terminated the Iran nuclear deal penned by Barack Hussein Obama…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a rally in NY 7 times
…I did it. I cut tremendous amounts of taxes in my first term. We had the greatest, most successful economy in history. And by the…
…way he's going to be able to do that in his first term," which is my first term of numerous terms. By the way, you…
…It'll be embarrassment, but let's do it." This was in my first term. I took it, and I aced it. And they had very—they…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say during the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kevin Warsh 3 times
…ever since I've been President. When I go back to the first term, I had those numbers too, and I kept them. And we've done…
…the greatest military in the world. I built it during my first term. I didn't know we'd be using it so much in my second…
…promised to cut 10 old regulations, as you know, in my first term, for every new regulation. If you put a new regulation on, that's…
May 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a EPA Announcement 1 time
…to 40. And now it's actually at even a number. My first term, for every regulation that was added, we've got rid of a minimum…
May 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers keynote address at Coast Guard Academy Commencement 2 times
…something. I watched it. You saved so many lives. During my first term, we had one of the worst hurricanes ever in Texas and the…
…had to go away. So I made a decision in my first term, and we adhere to it very strongly, that when somebody has the…
May 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Congressional Picnic 3 times
…67 alltime highs. And I want to say that, in our first term, we finished the term out—despite COVID and all the other things…
…called the Olympics coming up. I got the Olympics during my first term, and then I got FIFA during my first term. And I said…
May 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…know, we had the best economy we've ever had in my first term. This term is going to blow it away, I think. And you…
May 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Healthcare Affordability Event 1 time
…by differences of 400, 500, and even 600 percent. In my first term, I got it down one-eighth of 1 percent. It's the first…
May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Military Mother's Day Event 3 times
…I think we've displayed that. I built the military in my first term, much of it. It was—when I inherited the military, it was…
…further. But when I was spending all that money in my first term—it was a great term, a very unbelievable term—we had the…
…them away right now. But I built the military in my first term with the help of a lot of great admirals, generals, and everybody…
May 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs a proclamation 2 times
…I was very sad, actually, because I got them in my first term, and I said, "Oh, wow, I'm not going to be able to…
…the world. I built it because—I built it in my first term. I didn't think I'd be using it at least so much in…
May 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Small Business Summit 3 times
…we add that to the package that we approved in my first term. We had the best financial years in the history of our country…
…expand. I think that's what made us so successful in the first term. But now we have it for a 10-year period, so you…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner 8 times
…were being killed in space by China, by Russia. In my first term, I created Space Force. First time in 79 years that we did…
…the world. I rebuilt it. I rebuilt the military in my first term, and I didn't know I'd be using it this much in my…
…Bill Pulte. Where are you, Bill? Bill. No, it's true. My first term, I was offered a hundred million dollars for that. And I turned…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say delivers remarks at The Villages 5 times
…they say we should be doing more. There's never been a first term of a President, they say—and even the radical-left lunatics say…
…greatest financial markets in the history of our country in my first term. We're blowing it away now. We're blowing everything away. There's never been…
…Look at him over there. He's jumping. Smart guy. During my first term, I was offered—sounds like a lot of money, but it's very…
Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the things that have happened—I rebuilt the military in my first term—— ——and did a good job. And also, the first year of this…
Apr 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump meets with the Artemis II Astronauts 2 times
…going to be very interesting to people. I've interviewed people—my first term, primarily—but I interviewed some pilots, very solid people, and they said…
…in the world, and I built much of it during my first term, and we've been building it since. And the greatest anywhere in the…
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Health Care Affordability Event 1 time
…with the—we had, on July 4, a few years ago—first term. So you have this reflecting lake, pond. It's incredible, but it was…
Apr 18, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…your very low-cost drugs. But when you think—in my first term, for 28 years, drug prices went up, and I got it down…
…to try." Very proud of that. That was done in my first term. And I—used to marvel at the fact that people that were…