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“Chip / Semiconductor” said in 64 of 403 transcripts, 230 times.

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Remarks at the Republican National Committee Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas

Sep 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at RNC Midterm Convention, Trump speaks at RNC Midterm Convention (Night 1) 2 times

  1. …good—really good company. But what happened is stupid Presidents allowed the chip business to leave our country and go to Taiwan. And—stupid. All…
  2. …wouldn't have left. In other words: "Taiwan, if you're going to sell chips to America, you've got to pay 100 percent. Got to pay 200…

Remarks Following a Document Signing Ceremony on Semiconductor Supply and Citizenship and Immigration and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds signing time 4 times

  1. …them, factories or plants built, having to do with the manufacturing of chips, more than we've ever had before. Intel, we're very proud of. They've…
  2. …They've really been an incredible company. But we're doing some unbelievable business. Chips—we'll have a big percentage of the chip business by the time…
  3. …worked with a very smart group of people, and we're bringing the chip business back into the United States in a very big way. Jamieson…

Remarks at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Jul 15, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins the Defense and Innovation Summit 9 times

  1. …all coming back. If they don't, they have to pay taxes. The chips. We had this ridiculous CHIPS Act, where you give billions of dollars…
  2. …he knew, you wouldn't have a Taiwan making 100 percent of the chips. I think by the time I leave, we'll be—we'll have almost…
  3. …I'm not giving people billions of dollars. I'm not saying to some chip company, "Here's $30 billion. Good luck in finding a site." That's what…

Remarks on Coal and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a coal announcement 4 times

  1. …this beautiful, big, strong miner, and they wanted him to make computer chips. She said, "We'll teach him how to make computer chips." His hands…
  2. …are, like, three inches around, and they're talking about making a computer chip. And he didn't like it, and he ended up being one of…

Commencement Address at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut

May 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers keynote address at Coast Guard Academy Commencement 5 times

  1. …They're leaving other countries. They stole our auto business. They stole our chip business. We'll have close to 50 percent of the chip business by…
  2. …But if you're going to sell—if you think you're selling those chips back into us with no tax, you can forget it." And if…
  3. …that, we wouldn't have lost those businesses. The autos, the chips, the semiconductors—we would—all of that would be here. But it's all pouring…

Remarks on Health Care Costs and Affordability and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Health Care Affordability Event 8 times

  1. …ago, and then they just started taking them away. We were the chip capital of the world. And now—you know, Intel. And now they're…
  2. …about that, Howard, real fast, because we are—what we're doing with chips are incredible. And all we're doing is saying: At the end of…
  3. …your chip company, you're going to pay a tremendous tariff to put chips into this country. And they are building—I think we'll have close…

Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

Feb 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at National Prayer Breakfast 3 times

  1. …all the time, right? You know? So, I call up. I say: "Chip. How you doing, Chip?" "Hello, sir. Sir, I can't quite get there…
  2. …I just—you got to get me there, sir." "Let's have breakfast, Chip. Great." Then I get others pretty much the same night. I don't…

Remarks on Signing the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 14, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump participates in a signing ceremony 5 times

  1. …Iran, which we're going to talk about. So they're going to sell chips, basically. And it's a chip. It's not the highest level, but it's…
  2. …we're going to be making 25 percent on the sale of those chips, basically. So we're allowing them to do it, but the United States…
  3. …the Rubin—those are the two top—but it's a very good chip, and people want it. And we think it's in our best interest…

Remarks on Presenting the Mexican Border Defense Medal and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Mexican Border Defense Medal Presentation 5 times

  1. …to be a massive industry. Without the tariffs, we wouldn't have that. Chips are coming in. The chip companies are coming in from Taiwan and…
  2. …which has almost 100 percent of the market, and we're now making chips. And I'm—we're not paying anything. It's not the CHIPS Act, where…
  3. …that I set tariffs up and that, if they don't make their chips here, they have to pay a big tariff in order to send…

Remarks at a Christmas Reception

Dec 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …golf. He's the longest hitter. Much more importantly, he putts great, he chips great, he hits the ball dead straight. It's tough. When you're the…

Remarks at the United States-Saudi Investment Forum

Nov 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends US - Saudi Investment Forum 6 times

  1. …car industry, like, a hundred percent 50 years ago. We led the chip industry 30, 40 years ago. We had a hundred percent. Then people…
  2. …we want those people to teach our people how to make computer chips and how to make other things. You can't come in—and I'm…
  3. …those people are going to teach our people how to make computer chips, and in a short period of time— —our people are going to…

Remarks at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEOs Luncheon in Gyeongju, South Korea

Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump in South Korea for APEC CEOs Luncheon 6 times

  1. …new name. It's a three name. It's a three-name deal. Even semiconductor manufacturing is rapidly returning to the United States. Nvidia and TSMC have…
  2. …said he's here. He's—how is he? Pretty good, right? Got a chip—got a chip that's like, 10 years advanced. But he's great. And…
  3. …Texas, all over. We're going to have a big portion of the chip market just in a very short period of time. But these tremendous…

Remarks at a Dinner With Business Leaders in Tokyo, Japan

Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with Japanese business leaders 4 times

  1. …for them. It's going to be great for everybody. But we're doing semiconductors together, critical minerals, ship building. We're starting ship building together. And they're…
  2. …game. We're speeding construction of AI infrastructure, bringing production of the critical chips and semiconductors back onshore. And I want to congratulate Jensen, because he's…
  3. …of billions of dollars now in the United States. And many other chip makers are too. It's incredible, actually, to see what's happened in literally…

Remarks on Domestic Investment by Apple Incorporated and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times

  1. …That's fantastic. I love that. And Apple will help develop and manufacture semiconductors and semiconductor equipment in Texas, Utah, Arizona, and New York. For years…
  2. …really well. We're going to be putting a very large tariff on chips and semiconductors. But the good news for companies like Apple is, if…
  3. …words, we'll be putting a tariff on of approximately 100 percent on chips and semiconductors. But if you're building in the United States of America…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders at the Artificial Intelligence Summit

Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …AI infrastructure anywhere on the planet. America needs new data centers, new semiconductor and chip manufacturing facilities, new power plants and transmission lines. And under…
  2. …will work to rapidly expand American AI exports of all kinds, from chips to software to data storage—of all kinds. And that's very important…
  3. …hire all woke people under some of these things. How about the chips, where they give you the chip nonsense, where they give you billions…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on Flooding Damage and Recovery Efforts With First Responders and Local Officials and an Exchange With Reporters in Kerrville, Texas

Jul 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times

  1. …good job. Always did. Always did. Also, numerous Members of Congress, including Chip Roy from the district. This is Chip's district. I had a lot…
  2. …and he's not easy, but he's good. Where is he? Where is Chip? Who would have thought this was going to happen? And he called…
  3. …far beyond your worst, wildest imagination, right? So thank you very much, Chip. I appreciate it. And Brian Babin also is—I don't know if…

Remarks at the United States Steel Corporation Mon Valley–Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

May 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …here. People say, "Well, we'll move to another place, and we'll do chips—or we'll do something like chips." Somehow, you don't want to do…
  2. …giant guys with the giant arms. You're not going to like doing chips. Most importantly, U.S. Steel will continue to be controlled by the U.S.A…
  3. …TSMC—and this is a company, the biggest in the world for chips—$200 billion at least. Amazon: $4 billion. Johnson and Johnson: $55 billion…

Remarks on Domestic Business Investment

Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …in the U.S.A. So, if you make it in the U.S.A.—those chips, those beautiful chips, we'll make those suckers in the U.S.A., and you're…
  2. …billion over the next four years to manufacture the most powerful AI chips entirely in the USA, for the first time ever. Jensen, would you…
  3. …hard to do business in this country. So, for the pharmaceutical companies, chip companies, a lot of different companies, we're all set to really grow…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …I'm not going to pay them any money, like Biden with the CHIP deal. That CHIP deal was horrible. They give billions and billions of…
  2. …build here." And that's what happened. We have the biggest, most prestigious chip company in the world spending 2- to 300 billion dollars—billion. Think…

Remarks at a National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner

Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …think the auto business is going to be right there. I think chips are going to be there. I think pharmaceuticals are going to be…
  2. …biggest, most powerful chipmaker in the world—this is without that stupid CHIP Act, where they say, "Here's billions of dollars," to a company that…
  3. …gave them no money. Great company, most powerful in the world, biggest chip company in the world. They're spending $200 billion in Arizona, building one…

Remarks Announcing Additional United States Tariff Actions on Foreign Imports

Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …percent tariff. Taiwan, where they make—they took all of our computer chips and semiconductors. We used to be the king, right? We were everything…
  2. …just announced. TSMC, the biggest, most important company in the world of chips from Taiwan, with no investment from us, is investing $200 billion. And…
  3. …from almost no percentage—we used to have 100 percent of the chip market. Now it's all in Taiwan. Almost all of it's in Taiwan…

Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …the United States. And we have many examples. Not only auto plants. Chip companies from Taiwan are coming in. The biggest—Mr. Wei. He's big…
  2. …him over the years, but he controls a large portion of the chip business, as you know. You don't get smarter. They're going to be…
  3. …another job, because the jobs are coming with it. So auto plants, chip plants, pharmaceuticals, lumber coming in. We have things happening in this country…