Trump’s lies about foreign policy

790 lies about foreign policy, out of 3,178 false or misleading claims on the topic (25% rated lies). Each one links to the fact-check.

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Oct 1, 2026 · Social post“I stated, numerous times, that it would take 4-6 weeks to get rid of THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT, and I did it in one night!”
Apr 12, 2026 · Social postPope Leo XIV “thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”
Mar 9, 2026 · Press conferenceIran “also has some Tomahawks.”
Mar 3, 2026 · RemarksThe 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”
Dec 1, 2025 · Social postVideo shows “breaking” news that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro “publicly surrendered” to President Donald Trump.
Oct 17, 2025 · Press conference“We’ve never had a president that solved one war, not one war.”
Oct 15, 2025 · Press conferenceRegarding boat strikes off the coast of Venezuela, “Every boat that we knock out we save 25,000 American lives.”
Sep 30, 2025 · Speech“You never heard Biden say” the U.S. has “the strongest military anywhere in the world.”
Feb 18, 2025 · RemarksVolodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
Oct 7, 2024 · InterviewOf Gaza, “I’ve been there.”
Sep 13, 2024 · RallyVice President Kamala Harris is “talking about bringing back the draft.”
May 10, 2024 · Social post“Biden wants to immediately stop all aid to Israel.”
Dec 16, 2023 · Rally“They want to make our Army tanks all electric.”
Dec 2, 2023 · Speech“With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.”
Oct 7, 2023 · Statement or ad“Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.”
Jan 19, 2021 · Video“Perhaps most importantly of all, with nearly three trillion dollars, we fully rebuilt the American military, all made in the USA.”
Jan 14, 2021 · Statement or ad“It has been a great honor to rebuild our military and support our brave men and women in uniform. $2.5 trillion invested, including in beautiful new equipment—all made in the U.S.A.”
Jan 4, 2021 · Rally“You have incredible contractors in Georgia, military contractors, and they got -- any of our money. Spent $2.5 trillion.”
Dec 13, 2020 · Interview“We had no ammunition. I'll never forget a very overrated general coming to see me and saying, Sir, we have no ammunition, I'm sorry.”
Dec 13, 2020 · Interview“But we have it totally rebuilt and our nuclear is now tippy-top and just hope to God you never have to use it.”
Dec 5, 2020 · Rally“Senator Perdue helped pass the unprecedented $2.5 trillion investment in our United States Military.”
Dec 5, 2020 · Rally“Our military was in big trouble and you remember, and I've said it a lot: One of the world's most overrated generals came to see me. He said, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' We had a little problem with a certain…
Dec 5, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal. And I think they want to start it up again. Can you believe this? I wonder if they'll give them 150 billion?”
Nov 26, 2020 · Remarks“We've been building up our military. We spent $2.5 trillion in the last three and a half years, and we've never had anything like it in terms of equipment and all of the elements that we put together.”
Nov 2, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the US military, the largest investment in the military we've ever made. We have to do it.”
Nov 2, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the United States military. We have the finest military, the finest weaponry in the world. All made in the USA. ”
Nov 2, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the United States military, biggest investment we've ever made.”
Nov 2, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the US military. We have the greatest equipment, greatest people. $2.5 trillion.”
Nov 2, 2020 · Rally“Mexico is paying for the wall, by the way, but -- It's almost complete.”
Nov 2, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America. Now, you have a president who is standing up for America.”
Nov 2, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America. Now you have a president who is standing up for America.”
Nov 2, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a President who apologized for America.”
Nov 2, 2020 · Rally“For years you had a president who apologized to America. ... I watched Obama go out and apologize all over the world. He would apologize all over the world. He apologized for America.”
Nov 2, 2020 · Social post“For years you had a President who apologized for America – now you have a President who is standing up for America, and standing up for PENNSYLVANIA.”
Nov 2, 2020 · Rally“And we have all of these things, and our nuclear arsenal now is in tippy top shape. And you know what I say?”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the US military.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the US military. We now have the greatest equipment we've ever had.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the U.S. military.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military, the most ever.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“We have the best of everything, and our nuclear now is uh, tippy top. And just hope to God we never have to use it. You know that, right? You know that. And the best way that we won't have to use it is to have it in…
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“Two and half trillion dollars.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“Our nuclear arsenal has been updated and is in tippy top shape. And only hope to God we never have to use it. Hope to God we never have to use it.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“One of the most overrated generals anywhere in the history of this country, came up to me and said, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' This was my first week in office. I was getting a little bit frisky with a certain…
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“Obama paid him [Iran] 150 billion dollars, 150 billion. 150 million would be a lot, but 150 billion it's not even, it's not even conceived. This is people that don't have any clue about life.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America. Now, you have a president who is standing up for America.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America. Now you have a president who is standing up for America.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“For years you had a president who apologized for America; now you have a president who is standing up for America.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Rally“For years you had a president who apologized for America. Now, you have a president who is standing up for America.”
Oct 31, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion, with a T, trillion dollars in the U.S. military when I took over four years ago....We've rebuilt our military. It's never been so s -- so good, never been. We've never had equipment like…
Oct 31, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion, most ever, in the United States military.”
Oct 31, 2020 · Social post“We invested $2.5 TRILLION in the Military.”
Oct 31, 2020 · Rally“We Invested $2.5 trillion in the United States military, the biggest investment ever made.”
Oct 31, 2020 · Rally“The Iran deal. Here's 150 billion for nothing.”
Oct 31, 2020 · Rally“One of the world's most overrated generals and he said, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.'”
Oct 31, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal, $150 billion.”
Oct 31, 2020 · Rally“Can you imagine Iran, the worst deal -- $150 billion.”
Oct 31, 2020 · Rally“And a very highly overrated general, you've heard me say this, extraordinarily overrated, he came into my office, and he said, right in the beginning, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' I said, 'No president should ever…
Oct 31, 2020 · Rally“And I withdrew from last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal. 150 billion f -- for nothing.”
Oct 30, 2020 · Remarks“What we've done with the military, in terms of budget: $2.5 trillion.”
Oct 30, 2020 · Rally“What we've done -- And nuclear, we've upgraded our nuclear. We have new nuclear. And, all you do is one thing, you pray that we never have to use it, okay. That's the big thing, but having it, and having it in tippe…
Oct 30, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the U.S. military.”
Oct 30, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous, Iran, nuclear deal, $150 billion for nothing. You know, they give $150 billion. John Kerry, that's -- he's another genius.”
Oct 30, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America. Now you have a president who is standing up for America and standing up for the great people of Wisconsin, I am.”
Oct 30, 2020 · Video“A few issues that I'm always talking about is rebuilding our military. I've done that. $2.5 trillion.”
Oct 29, 2020 · Rally“[If Biden wins,] Iran will make another crazy deal where they give them $150 billion...”
Oct 29, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the U.S. military.”
Oct 29, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America. Now you have a president who's standing up for America, and standing up for the great people of Florida.”
Oct 29, 2020 · Social post“For years you had a President who apologized for America now you have a President who is standing up for America!”
Oct 28, 2020 · Rally“When I came, the first week, I was told by one of the world's most overrated Generals, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' Now we have so much ammunition, we don't know what the hell to do with it.”
Oct 28, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the U.S. military.”
Oct 28, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military,”
Oct 28, 2020 · Rally“Uur nuclear arsenal has been refurbished and restocked, and hope to God, we never have to use it.”
Oct 28, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal. $150 billion for nothing. For nothing.”
Oct 28, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a President who apologized for America. Now you have a President who is standing up for America, and standing up for the great people of Arizona and Nevada.”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“When I first came in, they told me, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' That's a true story, and no president should ever hear that again.”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion, a lot of it right here from this and from, Joanie, from Iowa, $2.5 trillion, new equipment.”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion into the U.S. military, much of it spent in Michigan and we have the finest, greatest equipment anywhere in the world.”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military. You know that, right? You were a big beneficiary, this state. A lot of business in this state including nearly $6 billion to save the history shipyard, Marinette Marine.”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“Remember I said, 'Don't go into Iraq, but if you go in at least keep the oil.'”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“Our nuclear is now in tippy-top shape, and just hope, just hope that we never have to use it, that's all.”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administrations disastrous and ridiculous Iran Nuclear Deal, $150 billion we paid, we paid for nothing.”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal, 150 billion.”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal, $150 billion.”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America.”
Oct 27, 2020 · Rally“For years you had a president who apologized to America, now you have a president who is standing up for America, and standing up for the great people of Nebraska and Iowa.”
Oct 26, 2020 · Rally“ur nuclear arsenal is totally rebuilt or new. Hope to God we never have to use any of this equipment -- Just hope we never have to -- by having it, it's less likely we'll have to use it. Sort of, that's the way it is…
Oct 26, 2020 · Rally“When I came in, a highly overrated general, one of the most highly overrated generals there are, said 'Sir, we don't have any ammunition,' 'cause we could've had a conflict as you remember, at the beginning. He said…
Oct 26, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion with a T, trillion dollars.”
Oct 26, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the U.S. military, by the way, all made in the USA. We have the greatest equipment, the greatest missiles -- We have the greatest rockets.”
Oct 26, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administrations disastrous Iran nuclear deal. 150 billion dollars. ...”
Oct 26, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal, one of the worst stupidest deals. This was John Kerry who liked to go bicycle riding, remember? That's the only thing that stopped him from…
Oct 26, 2020 · Rally“For years you had a president who apologized for America. Now, you have a president who is standing up for America and standing up for Pennsylvania.”
Oct 26, 2020 · Rally“...150 billion dollars, for nothing.”
Oct 26, 2020 · Rally“ We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in our U.S. military. 2.5 trillion, with a T. With a T!”
Oct 25, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the U.S. military, all made in the USA. Much of it in New Hampshire. And we have weaponry, missiles, rockets, tanks, planes, tankers, submarines, submarines. We have, we have…
Oct 25, 2020 · Rally“Our nuclear plants are all brought back to perfect condition, or new.”
Oct 25, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew the last administration's disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal. 150 billion dollars.”
Oct 25, 2020 · Rally“He voted for the war in Iraq, but for himself, did you know today?”
Oct 25, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America. Now, you have a president who is standing up for America and standing up for the great people of New Hampshire. I'm standing up.”
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“When I came into office, one of the world's most overrated generals said, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' I said, 'No president should ever hear that again.' And now we have so much ammunition we don't know what to do…
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“When I came into office in my first short period of time, one of the world's most overrated generals told me, "Sir, we don't have ammunition.' I said that should never be said to another president again, and now we…
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the U.S. military.”
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the U.S. military....We've created the greatest military in the world. You know we, or the equipment that we bought -- $2.5 trillion.”
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“The Iran nuclear deal. Where Obama gave him 150 billion dollars for the privilege.”
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“Our nuclear arsenal is fixed and ready and, and only hope to God we never have to use it, but you know what?”
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal. 150 billion dollars for nothing.”
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America. Now, you have a president who is standing up for America.”
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a President who apologized for America. Now you have a President who is standing up for America.”
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“For years you had a president who apologized for America, now you have a president who is standing up for America and standing up for the great people of Wisconsin.”
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“And when I came into office, in my first short period of time, one of the world's most overrated generals told me, sir we don't have ammunition. I said that should never be said to another president again.”
Oct 24, 2020 · Rally“2.5 trillion made in the U.S.A., a lot of it in Wisconsin, by the way.”
Oct 23, 2020 · Rally“You know, when I first came in, a general said to me -- highly overrated general, I have to be honest with you, highly overrated -- he said, 'Sir, we don't have ammunition.' I said, 'No President should ever hear that…
Oct 23, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the U.S. military, including 1.5 billion dollars in Tyndall Air force Base.”
Oct 23, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in rebuilding our U.S. military. It's the best and strongest it's ever been, all made in the U.S.A. ”
Oct 23, 2020 · Rally“Our nuclear is now fixed and ready and hope to God you never have to use it. And the only way you will never have to use it is when you have it and it's in great shape. ”
Oct 23, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal. They paid a 150 billion dollars for nothing.”
Oct 23, 2020 · Rally“Everything is good. 2.5 Trillion [on military equipment], we should have good helicopters.”
Oct 23, 2020 · Rally“But you had a, you had a president who apologized for America, now you have a president who is standing up for America and standing up for the great state of Florida.”
Oct 23, 2020 · Rally“And when I came here first, the world's most overrated general said to me, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' I said, 'That's not good.' No president should ever hear that. But we now have ammunition like we've never had…
Oct 22, 2020 · Interview“They [the Obama administration] tried to meet with him [North Korean leader Kim Jong Un]. He wouldn't do it. He didn't like Obama. He didn't like him. He wouldn't do it.”
Oct 21, 2020 · Rally“We've invested more in the military in the last three years than at any time in our nation's history, all made in the USA.”
Oct 21, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the US military.”
Oct 21, 2020 · Rally“Remember I got here and a highly overrated general said, Sir, we have no ammunition.”
Oct 21, 2020 · Rally“I went through from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal one -- How about this, $150 billion for nothing?”
Oct 21, 2020 · Rally“He [Biden] also voted for the war in Iraq. Terrible decision.”
Oct 21, 2020 · Social post“For years you had a President who apologized for America now you have a President who is standing up for America, and standing up for YOU.”
Oct 21, 2020 · Rally“And we've totally redone our nuclear and hope to God all of it, hope to God, we never have to use any of it, that's all.”
Oct 20, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military. We now have the greatest equipment we've ever had.”
Oct 20, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a President who apologized for America.”
Oct 19, 2020 · Rally“You know when I first got here, a very highly overrated general told me, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' I said, 'No president should ever hear that. We have no ammunition.' Truly, this was a general who I didn't have a…
Oct 19, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military.”
Oct 19, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal, 150 billion dollars.”
Oct 19, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a President who apologized for America. Now you have a President who is standing up for America and standing up for the great people of Arizona.”
Oct 19, 2020 · Rally“For years you had a president who apologized for America, now you have a president who is standing up for America, and standing up for the great people of Arizona.”
Oct 18, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the United States military. We have the greatest equipping. We're the envy of the world.”
Oct 17, 2020 · Rally“When I came a highly overrated general told me 'Sir, we have no ammunition...', we -- well maybe you had to do something. 'We have no ammunition, sir.'”
Oct 17, 2020 · Rally“We've also invested $2.5 trillion with a T, trillion dollars in the U.S. military.”
Oct 17, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the United States military, we have the greatest equipment any nation has ever had.”
Oct 17, 2020 · Rally“Our nuclear is rebuilt, replenished.”
Oct 17, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal. $150 billion, for nothing, here's $150 billion.”
Oct 17, 2020 · Rally“For years, you had a president who apologized for America, now you have a president who is standing up for America, and standing up for the great people of Michigan.”
Oct 17, 2020 · Rally“And I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous $150 billion for nothing ... Iran nuclear deal.”
Oct 16, 2020 · Rally“When I came here, you heard the story, one of the Generals, most highly overrated General I've ever met, actually. He said, sir, we have no ammunition. I said no President should ever have to hear that, we have no…
Oct 16, 2020 · Rally“When I came here, one of our most overrated generals in the world told me, one of the most overrated generals, he said, sir, we have no ammunition, and I said, no president should ever-ever hear that and now we have…
Oct 16, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the United States military.”
Oct 16, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military.”
Oct 16, 2020 · Rally“The Iran deal with $150 billion. We got nothing.”
Oct 16, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous $150 billion...disastrous Iran nuclear deal.”
Oct 16, 2020 · Rally“For years you had a president who apologized for America.”
Oct 15, 2020 · Rally“We've redone our nuclear we're number one in the world by far. It was going down the tubes, it was old and tired.”
Oct 15, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars in the U.S. military.”
Oct 15, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from last administration's disastrous Iran deal, $150 billion.”
Oct 14, 2020 · Rally“Our military, when I came in, the world's most overrated General told me, sir, we have no ammunition because we may have had a conflict very early in. And I said no President should ever hear that. ”
Oct 14, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear catastrophe, $150 billion.”
Oct 14, 2020 · Rally“And we have rebuilt our military. $2.5 trillion, all made in the USA with equipment like that, the likes of which no country has ever seen before.”
Oct 13, 2020 · Interview“We were looking at North Korea very seriously, I said 'How're we set up?' He said, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' Should never have to go through that.”
Oct 13, 2020 · Rally“We invested two $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military.”
Oct 13, 2020 · Rally“He gave them [Iran] $150 billion.”
Oct 13, 2020 · Social post“For years you had a President who apologized for America – now you have a President who is standing up for America, and standing up for Pennsylvania.”
Oct 13, 2020 · Rally“And I will tell you, when I first came here, one of our Generals, highly overrated, said to me, sir, we have no ammunition.”
Oct 12, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military.”
Oct 12, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal, which was a catastrophe. President Obama give us $150 billion or we'll give you nothing.”
Oct 12, 2020 · Rally“For years you had a President who apologized for America.”
Oct 11, 2020 · Rally“When I took over, you remember the statement, sir, we have no ammunition.”
Oct 11, 2020 · Rally“We withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal. They gave them $150 billion for nothing.”
Oct 11, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the US military.”
Oct 11, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in US military.”
Oct 11, 2020 · Interview“We have created a military the likes of which nobody has -- nobody has ever had. Russia, China, they're all envious of what we have had, all built in the USA. We have rebuilt it, $2.5 trillion.”
Oct 10, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military.”
Oct 9, 2020 · Interview“When I took over, we had no ammunition. We had a case where a general, a certain general, highly overrated general, told me we have no ammunition. And I said, 'What are you talking about?' I say no president should…
Oct 9, 2020 · Interview“Iran was a very wealthy nation given $150 billion....”
Oct 9, 2020 · Interview“Iran is bust because of me, because of sanctions and other things. And the whole picture of terror, you don't see the terror. Now, I hate to say it on an important show like this, but I'll say it. You don't see the…
Oct 9, 2020 · Interview“He gave $150 billion to Iran...”
Oct 9, 2020 · Interview“Because if you look at terror right now, they're not, Iran is doing very, very poorly because of sanctions that I put on and they don't have the money to give to the terrorist organizations.”
Oct 1, 2020 · Rally“We will ensure peace through strength. We have strength like no other country has right now. There's never been a country that has the weaponry. 2.5 million dollars, all made in the USA.”
Oct 1, 2020 · Rally“We invested 2.5 trillion dollars to the US Military, and launched the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces in 7 -- 75 years.”
Oct 1, 2020 · Interview“But we've already rebuilt the military, $2.5 trillion. It's the strongest military in the world by far. We have the weapons the likes of which nobody even comes close to.”
Sep 30, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the military. We've put $2.5 trillion and we have the best weapons all made in the USA.”
Sep 30, 2020 · Rally“Obama gave [Iran] $150 billion, that was bad.”
Sep 26, 2020 · Rally“They paid $150 billion [to Iran] for nothing. They got nothing.”
Sep 25, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military all made in the USA.”
Sep 25, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear catastrophe. What a deal that was, $150 billion.”
Sep 24, 2020 · Rally“We withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal. $150 billion a year. Do you know what he got for it? Nothing.”
Sep 24, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military.”
Sep 22, 2020 · Speech“We spent $2.5 trillion over the last four years on our military.”
Sep 22, 2020 · Rally“We built a military, $2.5 trillion, we spent all made in the USA, the greatest equipment, the greatest planes and rockets and missiles and our nuclear.”
Sep 22, 2020 · Rally“They paid $150 billion to Iran.”
Sep 21, 2020 · Rally“You know, we rebuilt our military, $2.5 trillion.”
Sep 21, 2020 · Speech“We're in there now, $8 trillion, we're almost down $8 trillion and nothing but death and millions of lives.”
Sep 21, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the US military.”
Sep 21, 2020 · Speech“Remember I used to say a long time ago before I was -- 'Don't go into the middle East, but if you're going to go in and keep the oil.' but we went in and we didn't keep anything. And all the death, the blood in the…
Sep 21, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal. They paid $150 billion.”
Sep 21, 2020 · Speech“How about Iran? You think Iran might like to see Joe Biden? They'd go back and say, 'Give me another $150 billion.' You know, we gave him 150 billion.”
Sep 21, 2020 · Speech“$2.5 trillion we spent the greatest weapons in the world.”
Sep 20, 2020 · Interview“You have 150 billion [given to Iran].”
Sep 20, 2020 · Interview“We spent $8 trillion in the Middle East.”
Sep 20, 2020 · Rally“The whole Middle East, going into the Middle East was a disaster. We should have never been there. We're at $8 trillion and thousands of lives and millions of lives.”
Sep 20, 2020 · Interview“Don't forget, I spent $2.5 trillion to rebuild our military.”
Sep 19, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. military.”
Sep 19, 2020 · Rally“Is this guy [John Kerry] the worst negotiator? Gave Iran $150 billion.”
Sep 18, 2020 · Press conference“I said, ‘Look, they've been fighting on their border [Syria and Turkey] for 200 years and a lot longer than that, under different names, and they can continue to do that.’”
Sep 17, 2020 · Rally“They [Iran] cannot have a nuclear weapon, they cannot. That deal [the JCPOA] was so bad that Obama made 150 billion. They got one $150 billion for nothing.”
Sep 16, 2020 · Interview“We've spent $8 trillion on the Middle East. The place is a mess. It's just a total mess. I'm bringing it back by the way.”
Sep 16, 2020 · Press conference“If I didn't withdraw our country from that horrible Iran nuclear deal -- that horrible, stupid deal, where President Obama paid $150 billion for nothing.”
Sep 15, 2020 · Interview“They [Iran] had a $150 billion that was stupidly given by Obama.”
Sep 13, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal. … They paid $150 billion.”
Sep 12, 2020 · Interview“The biggest thing that impeded us was that horrible deal that Obama made with Iran. It was the worst deal. Paid them $150 billion.”
Sep 10, 2020 · Rally“[We passed] V.A. Accountability. We hold people accountable if they don't treat our vets good. You're fired, get out, you're fired.”
Sep 10, 2020 · Interview“[Obama and Biden] gave $150 billion, they tried to buy peace [with Iran] by giving $150 billion, but it was a short-term deal.”
Sep 10, 2020 · Interview“We've just spent $2.5 trillion on military equipment and other things having to do with our military.”
Sep 10, 2020 · Rally“We've invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. Military, all made in the USA, by the way.”
Sep 10, 2020 · Press conference“We have a military that -- two and a half trillion dollars -- new jets and rockets and tanks and ships and a lot of things we have. We have the newest, best military we've ever had.”
Sep 10, 2020 · Rally“I withdrew from the last administration's disastrous Iran nuclear deal. We paid $150 billion.”
Sep 8, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the United States military all made in the USA, by the way.”
Sep 8, 2020 · Rally“Iran would like them very badly because I ended that Iran catastrophe that we paid 150 billion.”
Sep 4, 2020 · Remarks“We spent almost $2.5 trillion -- much more than you spent on your military, I can tell you that, right? Slightly more. $2.5 trillion, all made in the USA.”
Sep 4, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the U.S. Military and launched the first new branch of the U.S. Armed Forces that's the first in 75 years, it's called The Space Force.”
Sep 4, 2020 · Rally“They paid $150 billion [to Iran] for nothing.”
Sep 4, 2020 · Press conference“And I've rebuilt -- $2.5 trillion. I've rebuilt the United States military. Now we're including Space Force. Nobody has done more for them.”
Sep 3, 2020 · Rally“We invested $2.5 trillion in the United States military.”
Sep 3, 2020 · Rally“Obama paid $150 billion for short-term deal.”
Aug 28, 2020 · Rally“We've invested $2.5 trillion in the US military.”
Aug 28, 2020 · Rally“A disaster, $150 billion we paid Iran for a basically short-term deal.”
Aug 27, 2020 · Speech“We have spent nearly $2.5 trillion on completely rebuilding our military, which was very badly depleted when I took office.”
Aug 27, 2020 · Speech“He [Biden] voted for the Iraq War.”
Aug 24, 2020 · Rally“We've invested more than $2.5 trillion in our great military. Our military now is in better shape than it's ever been. We've upgraded the jets. We had old jet fighters, old everything. Everything was old and tired and…
Aug 24, 2020 · Rally“Look at the disaster that we had, $150 billion [to Iran] given to them for nothing,”
Aug 23, 2020 · Interview“We rebuilt our military. We've done things that nobody could -- $2.5 trillion into our -- own military was so depleted.”
Aug 21, 2020 · Speech“We rebuilt the United States military -- $2.5 trillion. We have a brand-new, beautiful military.”
Aug 21, 2020 · Speech“Since the last one, where we paid them [Iran] $150 billion. A billion. Gave them $150 [billion] for nothing.”
Aug 20, 2020 · Speech“We've invested more than $2 trillion to rebuild our military.”
Aug 20, 2020 · Social post“They would own our Country!”
Aug 20, 2020 · Speech“Remember, I used to say, 'Keep the oil. Don't go in.' I'd say, 'Don't go into Iraq.' But I was a civilian. Nobody cared. I was like you.”
Aug 20, 2020 · Remarks“I didn't think it was a good idea. But I was a civilian, so who's going to listen to me? But I made my point pretty clear; I guess as clear as a civilian can do it.”
Aug 19, 2020 · Press conference“Why do we have our soldiers between Syria and Turkey? Turkey can definitely take care of itself. I have a very good relationship with President Erdoğan. And Syria has been fighting forever...They've been fighting like…
Aug 19, 2020 · Press conference“This deal funneled tens of billions of dollars to Iran -- $150 billion, to be exact .”
Aug 19, 2020 · Press conference“I imposed the toughest-ever sanctions on Iran, and this has caused great difficulty for them giving money to terrorist organizations.”
Aug 19, 2020 · Press conference“And we are building a military, the likes of which the world has never seen. Two and a half trillion dollars we have spent.”
Aug 18, 2020 · Speech“Two and a half trillion dollars, we've totally rebuilt our military.”
Aug 18, 2020 · Speech“Our military is the best it's ever been. It's got $2.5 trillion worth of new, beautiful jets and equipment and rockets and everything.”
Aug 18, 2020 · Remarks“If Biden ever got in, they'd give them [Iran] another $150 billion, like they did. The dumbest deal I've ever seen.”
Aug 17, 2020 · Rally“We've totally rebuilt our military. We've spent $2.5 trillion, all made in the USA, all made in the USA.”
Aug 17, 2020 · Interview“The big thing, we broke that horrible deal that was made by Biden and Obama, the worst deal ever. $150 billion they paid.”
Aug 14, 2020 · Remarks“No, what he did is they made a terrible deal with Iran. And the deal was a horror show, and I ended it. They gave them $150 billion for nothing.”
Aug 14, 2020 · Remarks“In fact, we were at a huge deficit because of the horrible deal that Obama made with Iran. Gave them $150 billion.”
Aug 11, 2020 · Rally“We've invested more than 2.5 trillion dollars in our great military, which goes to a large extent to the people in North Carolina, because that's a big military state and a great state and a great military state. ”
Aug 11, 2020 · Interview“Iran will go back to a deal even better than the first terrible deal where they got $150 billion.”
Aug 11, 2020 · Interview“I built our military $2.5 trillion dollars. Our military is the strongest it's ever been right now.”
Aug 3, 2020 · Interview“They should have never been in the Middle East. The decision to go to the Middle East and get into the Middle East was the single biggest mistake made in the history of our country. That's my opinion.”
Aug 3, 2020 · Interview“That's an issue that many people said was fake news....I think a lot of people. If you look at some of the wonderful folks from the Bush Administration, some of them, not any friends of mine, were saying that it's a…
Aug 3, 2020 · Interview“It never reached my desk. You know why? Because they didn't think it — intelligence — they didn't think it was real....They didn't think, they didn't think it was worthy. I wouldn't mind. If it reached my desk, I…
Aug 2, 2020 · Rally“We've invested more than $2 trillion in new tanks, planes, ships, missiles, rockets, and well-deserved pay raises for our troops.”
Jul 31, 2020 · Remarks“I read it all the time [the Presidential Daily Brief]. I see it all the time. It was never brought to my attention [the U.S. intelligence that Russians placed bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan]. I think it's…
Jul 29, 2020 · Remarks“If it were true [U.S. intelligence reports that Russia placed bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan], I'd be very angry about it. But if you look at Russia, Russia became Russia from the Soviet Union because of…
Jul 19, 2020 · Interview“I got soldiers brand new equipment, brand new jets, brand new rockets, brand new -- $2.5 trillion. I did more for the military than any president that's ever had this office.”
Jul 19, 2020 · Rally“But also terminating the horrible deal, $150 billion was given, as you know, to Iran.”
Jul 19, 2020 · Rally“After years of devastating budget cuts also, we're rebuilding the awesome power of our U.S. military, investing more than $2.5 trillion in new tanks and planes, ships, missiles, and well-deserved pay raises.”
Jul 18, 2020 · Rally“They did just as bad as they did with Iran with that deal where we paid them $150 billion to do a terrible, terrible deal.”
Jul 18, 2020 · Rally“Investing more than $2.5 trillion in new tanks and planes, ships and missiles, and what we've done with our military is amazing.”
Jul 18, 2020 · Rally“After years of devastating budget cuts, we rebuilt our military $2.5 trillion. It's in the best condition it's ever been in.”
Jul 11, 2020 · Social post“This [report on Russian bounties] was just another phony hit job by the @nytimes. They had no source, they made it up. FAKE NEWS!”
Jul 10, 2020 · Remarks“We have the best equipment that we've ever had as a military. We've spent two and a half trillion dollars on our military.”
Jul 10, 2020 · Remarks“After years of painful budget cuts, I ... secured almost the 2.5 billion that I mentioned to rebuild our entire United States military.”
Jul 9, 2020 · Interview“We've rebuilt the military, 2.5 trillion dollars.”
Jul 7, 2020 · Interview“As far as the bounty is concerned I think it's a hoax, I think it's a Democrat hoax, because good people in intelligence said that they did not think it rose to the level of bringing it to the president. Nobody…
Jul 1, 2020 · Interview“We never heard about it [U.S. intelligence that Russia had placed bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan], because intelligence never found it to be of the -- of that level where it would rise to that. When you…
Jul 1, 2020 · Social post“The Russia Bounty story is just another made up by Fake News tale that is told only to damage me and the Republican Party. The secret source probably does not even exist, just like the story itself. If the discredited…
Jun 25, 2020 · Interview“So we're in for $8 trillion in the Middle East, and you think that was a good thing?”
Jun 25, 2020 · Interview“And 150 billion [dollars to Iran].”
Jun 22, 2020 · Interview“We spent almost $8 trillion in the Middle East because of that decision.”
Jun 22, 2020 · Interview“Probably the biggest thing I did for Israel was Iran breaking that horrible deal made by President Obama, $150 billion.”
Jun 20, 2020 · Rally“We've spent over $2 trillion to completely rebuild the unmatched strength and power of the United States military.”
Jun 20, 2020 · Rally“Iran, President Obama gave them $150 billion for nothing.”
Jun 20, 2020 · Interview“Going into Iraq was very bad. The worst decision made in the history of our country was going into the Middle East.”
Jun 20, 2020 · Interview“Eight trillion dollars. Thousands and thousands of lives on our side, but millions of lives; I count both sides.”
Jun 17, 2020 · Interview“He [John Bolton] wanted to go to war with everybody. He never saw a war he didn't like. He made a tremendous mistake. You know, he and the people that he was pushing, when he went into the Middle East, when he went…
Jun 17, 2020 · Interview“All made in the U.S.A., $2 trillion, right.”
Jun 13, 2020 · Speech“We have invested over 2 trillion -- trillion; that's with a 'T' -- dollars in the most powerful fighting force, by far, on the planet Earth.”
Jun 11, 2020 · Interview“I've rebuilt our military. I spent two and a half trillion dollars. Nobody else did.”
May 30, 2020 · Speech“Under my administration, we have invested two and a half trillion dollars in new planes, ships, submarines, tanks, missiles, rockets -- anything you can think of.”
May 22, 2020 · Speech“We've secured over $2.1 trillion in funding to completely rebuild American military.”
May 18, 2020 · Remarks“We've totally rearmed our military -- $1.5 trillion.”
May 7, 2020 · Remarks“And I said, 'Wait a minute, let me ask you this: Turkey, Syria, two big countries, they know how to guard their border. They've been fighting with each other for years. Why do we have thousands of soldiers?'…
May 5, 2020 · Interview“We started off … with no ammunition. My first week in the office I was told we have no ammunition.”
May 3, 2020 · Interview“We've spent $8 trillion in the Middle East.”
May 3, 2020 · Interview“I look at the previous administration for getting us in. Because that was the single worst decision made in this country's history -- the single worst, getting into the Middle East.”
May 3, 2020 · Interview“I inherited empty -- empty -- no ammunition.”
Apr 30, 2020 · Remarks“Think of it: We've spent $8 trillion in the Middle East, and we're not fixing our roads in this country? How stupid -- how stupid is that?”
Apr 30, 2020 · Remarks“They did a poor job on our ammunition. When I got here, we had no ammunition. Just like we had no ammunition, we had very little medical, too.”
Apr 28, 2020 · Remarks“Eight trillion dollars has been spent. I wasn't in favor of it -- I can tell you that. In the Middle East, $8 trillion.”
Apr 20, 2020 · Press conference“We spend all this money in the Middle East -- $8 trillion.”
Apr 18, 2020 · Press conference“No, I have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un. That's not a bad thing to have a good relationship. Obama wanted a relationship; he wouldn't meet with Obama. Wouldn't meet with him. Okay? I have a good relationship…
Apr 18, 2020 · Press conference“John Kerry, when he -- who made the [Iran nuclear] deal originally, which was a stupid deal to make. Gave them $150 billion. Gave 1.8 billion in cash, in green.”
Apr 18, 2020 · Press conference“Iran is a much different country than it was. When I first came in, Iran was going to take over the entire Middle East. Right now, they just want to survive. They're having protests every week. They're loaded up with…
Apr 18, 2020 · Press conference“If you remember, when I first came in, we didn't have ammunition. Not a good way to fight a war. President Obama left us no ammunition.”
Apr 13, 2020 · Press conference“And I say it and I'll say it again: Just like we didn't have ammunition, we didn't have medical supplies, we didn't have ventilators, we didn't have a lot of things that should have been had.”
Apr 7, 2020 · Interview“We spent $7 trillion, now almost $8 trillion in the Middle East, for just -- it's just a disgraceful decision that was made many years ago, going into the Middle East, a sad decision.”
Apr 6, 2020 · Press conference“We're in the Middle East for $8 trillion.”
Apr 6, 2020 · Press conference“I inherited -- we, this administration -- we inherited a broken system, both militarily, but we've rebuilt our military where we now have so much ammunition, whereas you remember a very important general said, 'Sir…
Apr 5, 2020 · Press conference“Our country has to be rebuilt. They spent all this money in the Middle East -- $8 trillion. We're up to now $8 trillion in the Middle East.”
Apr 3, 2020 · Press conference“The military shelves were also empty. We had no ammunition, literally. And that was said by one of your favorite generals. 'We have -- sir, we have no ammunition.'”
Apr 2, 2020 · Press conference“...giving them $150 billion...”
Apr 1, 2020 · Press conference“No ammunition. And maybe no ammunition.”
Apr 1, 2020 · Press conference“It was a terrible deal. All of that money -- $150 billion.”
Apr 1, 2020 · Press conference“But we will have spent $8 trillion in the Middle East, and yet our roads are in bad shape; our bridges, our tunnels in bad shape.”
Mar 30, 2020 · Interview“The general walked in and they said, ‘Sir, we have no ammunition,’ in my first week.”
Mar 29, 2020 · Press conference“I'll never forget the day when a general came and said, ‘Sir’ -- my first week in office – ‘we have no ammunition.’ That was in the military. We've now rebuilt our military stronger than it's ever been. And we have so…
Mar 5, 2020 · Interview“But I was told by a general, sir, please don't [start a war]. Why? We have no ammunition. This is the condition we were left in. When you look at so many different problems that we were left, I mean -- and with…
Mar 5, 2020 · Interview“And I was always against Iraq -- going into Iraq. I think it was one of the worst -- maybe the worst decision ever made. ”
Mar 2, 2020 · Rally“We have completely rebuilt the awesome power of a thing called the United States Military....our military was in sad shape, it was depleted. But we've rebuilt and $2.5 trillion went into our military.”
Mar 2, 2020 · Rally“For years you watch as your politicians apologize for America, now you have a President who is standing up for America.”
Feb 29, 2020 · Press conference“When they went into Iraq, when they went into the Middle East in such a fashion, I was very much against it.”
Feb 29, 2020 · Speech“We've invested nearly $2.2 trillion to build up the unmatched rank of the United States military. $2.2 trillion.”
Feb 28, 2020 · Rally“We've invested more than $2 trillion in the United States military.”
Feb 28, 2020 · Rally“For years we watched as your politicians apologize for America.”
Feb 24, 2020 · Speech“Our military has been completely rebuilt; it is now stronger than ever before....We have spent two and a half trillion dollars on rebuilding our military.”
Feb 21, 2020 · Rally“We have invested $2.2 trillion to rebuild the United States military.”
Feb 14, 2020 · Remarks“We rebuilt our military. We rebuilt everything. I was able to get much more money -- almost two and a half trillion dollars. Our military is rebuilt. The equipment is pouring in now. All rebuilt -- planes and missiles…
Feb 13, 2020 · Interview“[The Saudis] buy billions and billions and billions of dollars of product from us. They buy tens of billions of dollars of military equipment, which we use, which we actually use.”
Feb 10, 2020 · Speech“I raised $400 billion the second meeting. So now [NATO is] in good shape”
Feb 7, 2020 · Speech“But they've spent almost $8 trillion now in the Middle East.”
Feb 4, 2020 · Speech“To safeguard American liberty, we have invested a record-breaking $2.2 trillion in the United States military.”
Jan 28, 2020 · Rally“Look with the military, we got $2 trillion, right? More, $2 trillion, all made in America, right? Everything. Best planes, best missiles, best everything, made in America.”
Jan 22, 2020 · Interview“You look at what I did with NATO, $530 billion more. Not total. More.”
Jan 22, 2020 · Interview“We've rebuilt our military, $2.5 trillion on the military.”
Jan 14, 2020 · Rally“The Syrian border between Turkey and Syria, it’s been there for a thousand years they've been fighting.”
Jan 14, 2020 · Rally“Obama gave them [Iran] $150 billion...Got zero. He got zero out of it. He got zero. I'd love to have that money back. It’s a lot of money.”
Jan 14, 2020 · Rally“After years of devastating defense cuts, we have fully rebuilt the United States military to a point that it has never been before and it’s now more advanced, more lethal, and more powerful than ever. … We've rebuilt…
Jan 12, 2020 · Social post“John Kerry got caught essentially admitting that funds given ridiculously to Iran were used to fund attacks on the USA. Only a complete fool would have given that 150 Billion Dollars Plus to Iran. They then went on a…
Jan 10, 2020 · Interview“We are going to help them but these rich countries have to pay for it. South Korea gave us $500 million. They've never gave us -- they gave us $500 million. I said you got to help us along. We have 32,000 soldiers in…
Jan 10, 2020 · Interview“The Iran nuclear deal signed by President Obama gave them $150 billion, and that's when the real terror started. ”
Jan 10, 2020 · Interview“One thing, I moved my troops out of Syria -- on the border between Turkey and Syria. That turned out to be such a successful move, Laura. Look what happened. Now they protect their own -- they've been fighting over…
Jan 10, 2020 · Interview“Now, and Secretary Stoltenberg, I think he's terrific. In my first year, I raised $130 billion from them, not from us, and now he just announced $530 billion all because of me.”
Jan 9, 2020 · Rally“We've got new planes, we've got new rockets, missiles, we've got new everything, and it's either here or coming in, $2.5 trillion in new investments....Our military is rebuilt, $2.5 trillion, our military is rebuilt.”
Jan 9, 2020 · Speech“One of the problems, of which there was many -- $150 billion, $1.8 billion in cash -- all of that money -- and then that money was used for terror.”
Jan 9, 2020 · Speech“Iran now is not wealthy like it was when President Obama handed them $150 billion.”
Jan 9, 2020 · Rally“For years, you watched as your politicians apologized for America.”
Jan 9, 2020 · Rally“For eight years, the Obama administration enabled and emboldened the Iranian regime. They gave Iran $150 billion.”
Jan 9, 2020 · Speech“And now he just announced $530 billion we've gotten under my watch.”
Jan 8, 2020 · Speech“They were given $150 billion [referring to Iran], not to mention $1.8 billion in cash.”
Jan 8, 2020 · Speech“The American military has been completely rebuilt under my administration, at a cost of $2.5 trillion.”
Jan 6, 2020 · Interview“They treated the United States worse than ever before. In fact, I said at least give him a little respect because they treated -- they got worse they actually got more hostile. They took 150 billion and they took the…
Jan 6, 2020 · Interview“He was designated a terrorist by President Obama and then Obama did nothing about it except give them $150 billion and even more incredibly $1.8 billion in cash.”
Jan 5, 2020 · Remarks“With Syria, I pulled out because I'm not going to guard his border. Why should I be guarding the border? They've got troops, let em guard, that border's been under siege, for thousands of years they've been fighting…
Jan 5, 2020 · Social post“The United States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment.”
Dec 31, 2019 · Remarks“I was able to get, recently, at NATO -- and you have to speak to Secretary General Stoltenberg -- $530 billion additionally, over a very short period of time; $130 billion immediately.”
Dec 26, 2019 · Social post“I guess Justin T doesn't much like my making him pay up on NATO or Trade!”
Dec 21, 2019 · Speech“Our country was down. We were depressed. We were depleted. Our military was so, so down and so out. I mean, I could tell you stories, and I won't tell you because it's embarrassing to tell you, but we've rebuilt it.…
Dec 18, 2019 · Rally“I won't tell you this story, but very early on, I thought we were going to have a problem someplace and one of the generals came up to me and said, ‘Sir, don't go, don't do it.’ ‘Why?’ ‘We don't have the ammunition.’…
Dec 18, 2019 · Rally“I raised, not from us, nothing from us, $130 billion, but that’s nothing. And over a short period of time, they will be paying $530 billion more, all of those [NATO] countries.”
Dec 11, 2019 · Social post“They were just upset that I demanded they pay their fair share for NATO. Their countries are delinquent. I raised $530 Billion more from NATO countries! Thank you Charles.”
Dec 10, 2019 · Rally“For years you watch as your politicians apologize for America. Now you have a president who is standing up for America and we are standing up for the people of Pennsylvania and you've never had that better year.”
Dec 8, 2019 · Social post“I got NATO countries to pay 530 Billion Dollars a year more, and the U.S. less, and came home to a Fake News Media that mocked me. Didn't think that was possible!”
Dec 7, 2019 · Speech“We paid $150 billion to Iran.”
Dec 7, 2019 · Social post“Taken during the Obama Administration (despite $150 Billion gift), returned during the Trump Administration. Thank you to Iran on a very fair negotiation. See, we can make a deal together!”
Dec 7, 2019 · Remarks“President Obama gave $150 billion ... in cash to Iran.”
Dec 7, 2019 · Speech“But [Iran is] a different country today. That doesn't mean they're going to come out and hit. And they might, and they might not.”
Dec 5, 2019 · Social post“Tremendous things achieved for U.S. on my NATO trip. Proudly for our Country, no President has ever achieved so much in so little time. Without a U.S. increase, other countries have already increased by $130…
Dec 5, 2019 · Remarks“And over the last couple years, I had them increase by $130 billion. And then, over the next couple of years -- and this was done largely over these last two days, but also set up time before that -- they had to now…
Dec 4, 2019 · Remarks“We've raised $130 billion from outside of the United States -- other countries putting up that money. And that’s on a yearly basis. That’s $130 billion a year. In three years, that will be $400 billion a year extra.…
Dec 4, 2019 · Remarks“We have $130 billion more. And within three years, we'll have $400 billion more put up by other countries. So that's really something.”
Dec 4, 2019 · Social post“The Fake News Media is doing everything possible to belittle my VERY successful trip to London for NATO. I got along great with the NATO leaders, even getting them to pay $130 Billion a year more, & $400 Billion a…
Dec 4, 2019 · Social post“Great progress has been made by NATO over the last three years. Countries other than the U.S. have agreed to pay 130 Billion Dollars more per year, and by 2024, that number will be 400 Billion Dollars. NATO will be…
Dec 3, 2019 · Remarks“You know, Saudi Arabia -- we moved more troops there. And they're paying us billions of dollars. Okay? You never heard of that before. You've never heard of that in your whole life. We moved troops and we paid…
Dec 3, 2019 · Remarks“They [South Korea] were paying less than $500 million a year and it costs us billions. And I said, ‘It's not fair. We do a great job. We have 32,000 soldiers there.’ … And I got $500 million more a year.”
Dec 3, 2019 · Remarks“Our military was in trouble. … We didn't have ammunition.”
Dec 3, 2019 · Remarks“And what I'm liking about NATO is that a lot of countries have stepped up, I think, really at my behest … $130 billion. And that's a lot. And they're now stepping up again. It’s going to be $400 billion over a very…
Nov 26, 2019 · Rally“We spent $8 trillion in the Middle East and when we want to fix a road or a highway or a school, it's not easy to get the money, but we're getting it done anyway.”
Nov 26, 2019 · Interview“I took over this great country and our military was in horrible shape. It was totally depleted. I had a general walk in and tell me they had no ammunition. We don't have ammunition. Can you imagine? I said that no…
Nov 22, 2019 · Interview“Why should we be giving hundreds of millions of dollars to countries where there's this kind of corruption?”
Nov 14, 2019 · Rally“For years, you watched as your politicians apologized for America.”
Nov 13, 2019 · Press conference“[The situation in Syria is] a complicated situation. It's been going on for hundreds of years.”
Nov 13, 2019 · Remarks“Again, [the conflict between Turks and Kurds] has been thousands of years in the process, between borders, between these countries and other countries that we're involved with, 7,000 miles away.”
Nov 12, 2019 · Speech“We had a military that was so depleted, so bad. The planes were so old; many of them didn't fly. I could tell you stories about ammunition. They didn't have ammunition. We had a real problem.”
Nov 8, 2019 · Remarks“We are looking for corruption [in Ukraine]. We're giving hundreds of millions of dollars, and we're looking for corruption.”
Nov 6, 2019 · Rally“They poured precious American blood and treasure into the Middle East while our great cities fell into disrepair; $8 trillion was spent in the Middle East.”
Nov 4, 2019 · Interview“Ukraine is known as a very, very corrupt place, and they know that.”
Nov 4, 2019 · Rally“I withdrew our nation from the horrible one-sided Iran nuclear deal, it's not the same country.”
Nov 4, 2019 · Interview“But the new President won on the basis that he was going to fight corruption, and that's one, and the other thing is why aren't Germany, and why aren't all these other countries, France, U.K., why aren't they putting…
Nov 1, 2019 · Rally“To protect America's security, I withdrew the United States from the horrible one-sided Iran nuclear deal. It's not the same country anymore.”
Nov 1, 2019 · Remarks“Other people can patrol the border of Syria, frankly, and Turkey. Let them -- they've been fighting for a thousand years.”
Nov 1, 2019 · Rally“And we don't have to defend the borders between Turkey and Syria. They've been fighting for a thousand years, but what we do is we did keep the oil if you don't mind. We kept the oil. We kept the oil.”
Oct 27, 2019 · Speech“[The Turks and Kurds have been] fighting for 1,000 years, they're fighting for centuries. I want to bring our soldiers back home.”
Oct 27, 2019 · Speech“We were in there -- we're in that Middle East now for $8 trillion. So we don't want to be keeping Syria and Turkey.”
Oct 27, 2019 · Speech“We don't want to keep soldiers between Syria and Turkey for the next 200 years. They've been fighting for hundreds of years.”
Oct 27, 2019 · Speech“If you read about the history of Donald Trump -- I was a civilian. I had absolutely nothing to do with going into Iraq, and I was totally against it.”
Oct 27, 2019 · Speech“But nobody ever heard of Osama bin Laden until, really, the World Trade Center. But about a year -- you'll have to check -- a year, year and a half before the World Trade Center came down, the book came out. I was…
Oct 25, 2019 · Interview“The border between Turkey and Syria -- they've been fighting for hundreds of years, they've been fighting for centuries.”
Oct 25, 2019 · Speech“Our leaders spent $8 trillion on wars in the Middle East, but they allowed our great cities to fall into tragic decay and disrepair.”
Oct 23, 2019 · Speech“We have spent $8 trillion on wars in the Middle East, never really wanting to win those wars.”
Oct 23, 2019 · Speech“Turkey, Syria, and all forms of the Kurds, have been fighting for centuries.”
Oct 21, 2019 · Interview“We're making the greatest missiles, the greatest rockets, the greatest everything ever made. Our nuclear is now up to snuff at a level that it's never been. We're actually ordering new nuclear, we're building right…
Oct 21, 2019 · Interview“We sent troops over to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's paying for it. You know that's never happened before. We said, look you've got to pay and they're paying it. They have nothing but money, nothing but cash.”
Oct 21, 2019 · Remarks“They've been fighting with the Turks for 300 years, that people know of.”
Oct 21, 2019 · Remarks“Our military was depleted to a level that we had very little ammunition. I was actually told we had no ammunition. Now we have more ammunition than we've ever had".
Oct 21, 2019 · Remarks“If you remember, I didn't want to go into Iraq. I was a civilian, so I had no power over it. But I always was speaking against going into Iraq.”
Oct 18, 2019 · Remarks“They've been fighting each other for centuries [the Turks and Kurds]. Literally, for centuries, they've been fighting each other. And years ago, we injected ourselves right into the middle of it.”
Oct 17, 2019 · Rally“When I first got in, a General told me, we could have had a conflict with someone, said, sir, we don't have ammunition.”
Oct 17, 2019 · Rally“We've spent $8 trillion in the Middle East.”
Oct 16, 2019 · Remarks“You read where we're sending some troops to Saudi Arabia. That’s true. Because we want to help Saudi Arabia. They have been a very good ally. They've agreed to pay for the cost of those troops. They've agreed to pay…
Oct 16, 2019 · Press conference“You probably saw -- some of you wrote and covered the fact that we're sending some additional troops to Saudi Arabia. That's true. And I appreciate the fact that I negotiated, for a short period of time -- a matter of…
Oct 16, 2019 · Press conference“When I was thinking about having to do something, one of our generals came in to see me and he said, 'Sir, we don't have ammunition.' I said, 'That's a terrible thing you just said.' He said, 'We don't have…
Oct 16, 2019 · Remarks“We didn't want to fight anyway. I don't think there’s any reason to, from the United States’ standpoint. Now, as to Syria wanting to take back their land, that’s a whole different story. If Syria wants to fight for…
Oct 16, 2019 · Press conference“This is -- they've been warring for many years. It's unnatural for us, but it's sort of natural for them. They fight, and they fight long and they fight hard. And they've been fighting Syria for a long time and on the…
Oct 16, 2019 · Remarks“The Kurds have been fighting for hundreds of years -- that whole mess.”
Oct 16, 2019 · Press conference“Our nuclear has been totally updated, and, in some cases, new.”
Oct 16, 2019 · Remarks“Actually, we're in the Middle East now for $8 trillion, if you can believe that stupidity.”
Oct 14, 2019 · Social post“Brian Kilmeade over at @foxandfriends got it all wrong. We are not going into another war between people who have been fighting with each other for 200 years [referring to the Turks and Kurds]. Europe had a chance to…
Oct 13, 2019 · Social post“Very smart not to be involved in the intense fighting along the Turkish Border, for a change. Those that mistakenly got us into the Middle East Wars are still pushing to fight. They have no idea what a bad decision…
Oct 13, 2019 · Social post“The same people that got us into the Middle East Quicksand, 8 Trillion Dollars and many thousands of lives (and millions of lives when you count the other side), are now fighting to keep us there. Don't listen to…
Oct 12, 2019 · Interview“When I came in, we had no ammunition two and a half years ago. … The general told me, ‘Sir, I’m sorry, we have no ammunition.’ And no president should ever be in that position.”
Oct 12, 2019 · Speech“We've now spent -- think of this -- $8 trillion in the Middle East.”
Oct 12, 2019 · Speech“We had a general come to my office — respected general. And we were having big trouble with one country — first week in office, very early. He said, ‘Sir, we have no ammunition.’ I said: ‘You know what? We're going to…
Oct 12, 2019 · Interview“We fight with Iraq, should have never been in the Middle East, by the way, and I always said it, it was a mistake to be in.”
Oct 12, 2019 · Interview“They've been fighting the Kurds for 200 years....And they have been fighting with the Kurds for many years, for centuries, they've been fighting with the Kurds. And it's like some people go to lunch, that's what they…
Oct 12, 2019 · Speech“Iran is a much different country. They are misbehaving, but they got to be very careful when they misbehave.”
Oct 11, 2019 · Rally“We spent $8 trillion in the Middle East.”
Oct 11, 2019 · Remarks“We are sending troops and other things to the Middle East to help Saudi Arabia. But are you ready? Saudi Arabia, at my request, has agreed to pay us for everything we're doing. That's a first. But Saudi Arabia -- and…
Oct 11, 2019 · Remarks“Turkey and the Kurds have been fighting for hundreds of years.”
Oct 11, 2019 · Remarks“Saudi Arabia is a very good ally, from the standpoint that we get along with them very well -- a very important player in the Middle East. The relationship has been very good. And they buy hundreds of billions of…
Oct 10, 2019 · Rally“[A general] said, sir, we have no ammunition, we had all planes, we had planes that were so old, they didn't fly. We had people going to the desert, the plane graveyards, airplane graveyards, picking up parts. I'd…
Oct 10, 2019 · Social post“Turkey has been planning to attack the Kurds for a long time. They have been fighting forever. We have no soldiers or Military anywhere near the attack area. I am trying to end the ENDLESS WARS.”
Oct 10, 2019 · Rally“The United States has spent $8 trillion in the Middle East.”
Oct 10, 2019 · Rally“The Turks have been fighting with the Kurds for two centuries and Turkey, as you know, is a NATO ally but I've been rough on them.”
Oct 10, 2019 · Social post“Now Turkey is attacking the Kurds, who have been fighting each other for 200 years.”
Oct 9, 2019 · Remarks“The worst mistake that the United States has ever made, in my opinion, was going into the Middle East.”
Oct 9, 2019 · Social post“The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East.”
Oct 9, 2019 · Remarks“It's a quagmire. We are up to close to $8 trillion.”
Oct 9, 2019 · Social post“GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY! We went to war under a false & now disproven premise, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. There were NONE!”
Oct 7, 2019 · Remarks“When I took over our military, we didn't have ammunition. I was told by a top general -- maybe the top of them all -- "Sir, I'm sorry. Sir, we don't have ammunition." I said, "I'll never let another President have…
Sep 24, 2019 · Remarks“Why is the United States the only one paying to Ukraine? And I've been talking about this for a long time -- not only with respect to Ukraine, but a lot of other countries. But, frankly, why isn't Germany -- I just…
Sep 24, 2019 · Remarks“As far as withholding funds, those funds were paid. They were fully paid. But my complaint has always been -- and I'd withhold again, and I'll continue to withhold until such time as Europe and other nations…
Sep 23, 2019 · Remarks“Why aren't other countries in Europe helping Ukraine more? Why is it always the United States? And I've been saying that from the beginning. And I don't like it that it's only us.”
Sep 20, 2019 · Remarks“When I came in, our military was depleted. Frankly, we didn't have ammunition, okay?”
Sep 20, 2019 · Remarks“Our nuclear was getting very tired. They hadn't spent the money on it. And now we have it have it in, as we would say, ‘tippy-top shape.’ Tippy-top. It's -- we have new and we have renovated and it's -- it's…
Sep 18, 2019 · Remarks“We've spent seven and a half trillion dollars in the Middle East.”
Sep 16, 2019 · Remarks“You know, when I came here three years ago almost, General Mattis told me, 'Sir, we're very low on ammunition.' I said, 'That's a horrible thing to say.' I'm not blaming him; I'm not blaming anybody. But that's what…
Sep 16, 2019 · Remarks“They spend $400 billion in our country over the last number of years. Four hundred billion dollars... And they're not ones that, unlike some countries, where they want terms; they want terms and conditions. They want…
Sep 16, 2019 · Remarks“That's a million and a half jobs [from Saudi deals].”
Sep 16, 2019 · Remarks“Iran has got a lot of problems right now that two and a half years ago -- and even a little bit more than that -- when I came in -- it's hard to believe it's almost three years -- but two and half to three years ago…
Sep 16, 2019 · Rally“And I said to this general, You better be prepared, because this is looking like it could really be conflict and he looked at me and he goes, Sir, we have very little ammunition. I said, Say it again. And I want to…
Sep 12, 2019 · Speech“Iran is a much different country than it was two and a half years ago.”
Sep 12, 2019 · Remarks“Iran is a much different country right now than it was two and a half years ago. It's a much -- it's in a much different position.”
Sep 11, 2019 · Remarks“You know, you have to go into Iraq. Going into Iraq was something that he [John Bolton] felt very strongly about. ... And I don’t say it was his decision. You had a president and you had other people also. But he was…
Sep 11, 2019 · Remarks“So we're right now in for over $7 trillion into the Middle East.”
Sep 11, 2019 · Remarks“Iran is a different country than it was two and a half years ago.”
Sep 11, 2019 · RemarksTwo and half years ago, they were given a lot of money by President Obama. Previous to that, $150 billion.”
Sep 9, 2019 · Rally“I withdrew the United States from the horrible one sided Iran nuclear deal. We paid them $150 billion for that piece of work.”
Sep 9, 2019 · Rally“For years you watch as your politicians apologize for America.”
Sep 4, 2019 · Speech“[Iran is] in a much different position than they were two and half, almost three, years ago. When I came into office, they were the number one source of terror in the world. And even the money that they're giving to…
Sep 4, 2019 · Remarks“They want to make a deal. Iran is not the same country is was two and a half years ago, that I can tell you. Getting to be three years. Hard to believe.”
Sep 4, 2019 · Speech“So they paid $150 million [to Iran]-- 150. Think of that. And how can you do -- how could you possibly do a thing like that? They paid all of that money in cash.”
Aug 29, 2019 · Interview“We should have never been in Iraq. I've said that from day one and I was a civilian and it was covered but it was -- you know, I was a civilian so who cares, right? But I said from day one, we should not go to Iraq.”
Aug 26, 2019 · Remarks“He [Obama] paid [Iran] $150 billion for a short-term agreement. He'd like to have $150 billion for a short -- he'll do -- he'll do that deal. Plus, he gave them $1.8 billion in cash. Where's your finance minister?”
Aug 25, 2019 · Remarks“But Iran is no longer the same country it was -- as it was two and a half years ago.”
Aug 21, 2019 · Remarks“President Obama, when they wouldn’t land -- let him land in the Philippines, when they treated him so badly in so many places -- the Philippines is one that comes to mind -- that's different.”
Aug 21, 2019 · Remarks“Iran is a very far weakened nation right now -- much different.”
Aug 15, 2019 · Rally“You saw we ended the Iran disaster. How about that? We paid them $150 billion. ... We got nothing.”
Aug 13, 2019 · Speech“Iran, I broke up that deal. That was a good thing to do. It's a whole different country right now.”
Aug 7, 2019 · Remarks“Yeah. South Korea and I have made a deal. They've agreed to pay a lot more money toward the United States. As you know, we've got 32,000 soldiers on South Korean soil, and we've been helping them for about 82 years.…
Aug 7, 2019 · Social post“South Korea has agreed to pay substantially more money to the United States in order to defend itself from North Korea. Over the past many decades, the U.S. has been paid very little by South Korea, but last year, at…
Aug 1, 2019 · Rally“To protect America's security I withdrew the United States from the horrible Iran nuclear deal, a horrible stupid deal. We gave Iran $150 billion.”
Aug 1, 2019 · Rally“Remember what I said, Iran is a much different country than two and a half years ago. When I took over Iran, was all over. They had that 14 to 18 different sites of confliction.They were all over, and now they just…
Jul 30, 2019 · Interview“But I disagreed very strongly on having gone into the Middle East. We're in there now for more than $7 trillion, thousands of lives, millions of lives, you have to count both sides, because I actually count both…
Jul 22, 2019 · Remarks“And, of course, they gave 150 billion dollars”
Jul 17, 2019 · Rally“We've spent almost $8 trillion in the Middle East …”
Jul 17, 2019 · Rally“I withdrew the United States from the horrible one-sided, disgusting Iran nuclear deal and Iran is a different country today.”
Jul 16, 2019 · Remarks“An agreement was made with Secretary Kerry, at the time, and with President Obama. That agreement was a disaster. They spent $150 billion.”
Jul 10, 2019 · Social post“Iran has long been secretly “enriching,” in total violation of the terrible 150 Billion Dollar deal made by John Kerry and the Obama Administration. Remember, that deal was to expire in a short number of years.…
Jul 5, 2019 · Remarks“He [President Obama] called Kim Jong Un on numerous occasions to meet. President Obama wanted to meet with Kim Jong Un. And Kim Jong Un said no. Numerous occasions he called. … During President Obama, they were…
Jul 3, 2019 · Social post“Iran was violating the 150 Billion Dollar (plus 1.8 Billion Dollar in CASH) Nuclear Deal with the United States, and others who paid NOTHING, long before I became President - and they have now breached their stockpile…
Jun 30, 2019 · Speech“We're doing a lot for [South Korea]. We're doing a lot. We're spending a lot of money, and money that hasn't been reimbursed. And they're agreeing to reimburse us for some of this, because the cost is astronomical. We…
Jun 30, 2019 · Speech“Nobody was going to meet. President Obama wanted to meet, and Chairman Kim would not meet him. The Obama administration was begging for a meeting.”
Jun 29, 2019 · Press conference“We are working on Iran and we'll see what happens. …They're doing very poorly. They were doing -- they were very brutal when I first came in. Eighteen sites of confliction, meaning, where they were behind.”
Jun 29, 2019 · Press conference“They've been a terrific ally [Saudi Arabia]. They're creating millions of jobs in this country. They're ordering equipment, not only military equipment, but $400 billion worth of -- and, actually, even more than that…
Jun 29, 2019 · Press conference“If you look at Iran, if you look at other countries in that area, they're financing terror. Now, it's harder for Iran because Iran doesn't have the money they used to have. And they were given $150 billion.”
Jun 25, 2019 · Remarks“But the deal that was done by President Obama -- $150 billion for nothing.”
Jun 24, 2019 · Interview“When I was first elected, we came into office, Iran was a terror, they were all over. We had anywhere from 14 to 18 points of confliction, they were behind every single one of them, and all of a sudden it works out…
Jun 24, 2019 · Interview“When I first came here, they [Iran] were looking to take over the whole Middle East, and they would've done it. If I weren't here, most likely they would've been able to do that.”
Jun 24, 2019 · Interview“It was a ridiculous deal [with Iran], a $150 billion -- they were getting.”
Jun 23, 2019 · Interview“[Obama] gave [Iran] $150 billion.”
Jun 23, 2019 · Interview“That's all I care. I don't care about -- well, we're going to protect Israel. But I have nothing to do, absolutely nothing -- and we're going to protect Saudi Arabia. Look, Saudi Arabia is buying $400 billion worth of…
Jun 23, 2019 · Interview“I was against going into the Middle East. Chuck, we've spent $7 trillion in the Middle East right now.”
Jun 23, 2019 · Interview“But it's, it's a million jobs and probably more. [Saudi Arabia] buy massive amounts, $150 billion worth of military equipment that, by the way, we use. We use that military equipment. And unlike other countries that…
Jun 22, 2019 · Remarks“All I want is no nuclear weapons. Under the horrible Obama deal, he gave them [Iran] $150 billion.”
Jun 21, 2019 · Social post“They are a much weakened nation today than at the beginning of my Presidency, when they were causing major problems throughout the Middle East. Now they are Bust!”
Jun 21, 2019 · Social post“President Obama made a desperate and terrible deal with Iran - Gave them 150 Billion Dollars.”
Jun 20, 2019 · Interview“When I took over as President, when I became President and then took over Jan. 20, Iran was a much different country 2-1/2 years ago. They were unbelievably hostile. They were truly a nation of terror. They were all…
Jun 20, 2019 · Interview“Going into the Middle East was a terrible decision. We're into the Middle East for $7 trillion.”
Jun 20, 2019 · Remarks“Absolutely [Iran has changed its regional behavior since Trump took office]. When I came here, Iran was in 14 to 18 different sites of confliction. They were extremely hostile. They were hostile when they signed the…
Jun 19, 2019 · Interview“[The Iran deal] was made by President Obama, paid $150 billion.”
Jun 19, 2019 · Interview“I terminated that and Iran is a much different country. I will tell you, much different today than when I took over. When I took over, it look like there was no stopping them. Right now, they've got problems.”
Jun 18, 2019 · Remarks“If you look at what's taken place, if you look at what they've done, if you look at -- and I'm not just talking about over the last week, I'm talking about over a long period of years. They've been a nation of terror…
Jun 14, 2019 · Interview“When I came into office, they [Iran] were a -- an absolute terror. They were all over the place. They were in Yemen. They were in Syria. We have 14 different sites of conflict. They were in charge of every single --…
Jun 14, 2019 · Interview“They [Iran] were having a good time at his [Obama’s] expense and he's given them $150 billion and he's given them 1.8 billion in cash – cash. Nobody ever heard of a thing like that.”
Jun 14, 2019 · Interview“President Obama made a deal that was an outrage. The Iran deal, which, frankly, in five or six years of a short period of time they'd be allowed to make nuclear weapons. They cannot have nuclear weapons.”
Jun 12, 2019 · Remarks“And the deal that President Obama made was a horrible deal. It was a horrible deal -- $150 billion.”
Jun 11, 2019 · Remarks“Iran is a country that now, because of all of the sanctions and other things, is a much different country than when I came here. When I came here, they were all over the place causing terror, causing problems. They're…
Jun 6, 2019 · Remarks“When I became president -- it's hard to believe -- two and a half years ago, now more, Iran was a true state of terror. They still are, but they were undisputed champions of terror, and that’s a bad thing. And we had…
Jun 6, 2019 · Interview“Iran is in a much different position then they were two and a half years ago. Two and a half years ago, Iran was a disaster for us, now they're, they've got problems, let’s put it that way, they're not the same…
Jun 5, 2019 · Interview“Paid 150 billion dollars”
Jun 5, 2019 · Interview“I terminated the deal and Iran is a much different country today.”
May 27, 2019 · Press conference“Look what has happened to Iran. Iran, when I first came into office, was a terror. They were fighting in many locations all over the Middle East. They were behind every single major attack, whether it was Syria…
May 24, 2019 · Remarks“Iran has been a -- as you know, they stage terror all over the world. They're a much different country now than when I first got here. When I first got here, they were at 14 different locations, fighting. Right now…
May 9, 2019 · Remarks“I picked up $500 million with one phone call to a country. And that's just the beginning. And I've done it with many other countries. Anyway, but just over the last very short period of time -- one phone call that…
May 9, 2019 · Remarks“Because what they should be doing is their economy is a mess ever since I took away the Iran deal. They have inflation that's the highest number I've ever heard. They're having riots every weekend and during the week…
May 8, 2019 · Rally“We have countries like Saudi Arabia very rich, nothing but cash, right? So I think they can afford to pay us, right, for defense, and they will, and you know what, they will. And they're buying a tremendous amount of…
May 4, 2019 · Social post“There is nothing easy about a USA Infrastructure Plan, especially when our great Country has spent an astounding 7 trillion dollars in the Middle East over the last 19 years, but I am looking hard at a bipartisan plan…
May 4, 2019 · Social post“There is nothing easy about a USA Infrastructure Plan, especially when our great Country has spent an astounding 7 trillion dollars in the Middle East over the last 19 years, but I am looking hard at a bipartisan plan…
Apr 27, 2019 · Rally“There's one country, we lose $5 billion. Yes, I won't say it. I don't want to embarrass anybody. The last thing I want to do is embarrass somebody. But they lose -- we spend $5 billion a year defending them, right? So…
Apr 27, 2019 · Rally“Look, Saudi Arabia, very rich country. We defend them. We subsidize Saudi Arabia, they have nothing but cash. Right? We subsidize and they buy a lot from us. $450 billion they bought, you know, you had people wanting…
Apr 27, 2019 · Rally“I withdrew from that horrible deal where they paid $150 billion to Iran.”
Apr 11, 2019 · Remarks“So we are building a lot of wall. It's getting built. Some of you saw that last week, when we went -- we had a great presentation of a new stretch.”
Apr 6, 2019 · Speech“It's a whole different story today [in Iran], folks. They have riots in the streets. They have very little money coming in. A lot of things have changed.”
Apr 2, 2019 · Speech“We gave them $150 billion and they used it to fight us.”
Apr 2, 2019 · Speech“I withdrew the United States from the disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal -- and Iran is a different country. When I first came here, Iran was going to take over the Middle East and there was no stopping him. And I took out…
Mar 28, 2019 · Rally“I withdrew the United States from the horrible costly one-sided Iran nuclear deal and look what happened. Iran is a different country today than it was two and a half years ago.”
Mar 25, 2019 · Remarks“And these are, by far, the toughest ever on the Iranian regime. It's having a big effect. Iran is not the same country that it was when I took office.”
Mar 20, 2019 · Speech“And the other thing is we're in a war in the Middle East that McCain pushed so hard. He was calling Bush -- President Bush -- all the time. ‘Get into the Middle East. Get into the Middle East.’ So now we're into that…
Mar 11, 2019 · Interview“We're taking care of everybody in the world’s military. But now as you know I got over $100 billion from NATO countries. But that’s not enough, that’s not enough, we're paying for massive portions of NATO. We…
Mar 2, 2019 · Remarks“We spent $7 trillion in the Middle East and we can't land a plane with the lights on 20 years later.”
Feb 28, 2019 · Press conference“We've picked up over $100 billion just in NATO over the last two years, $100 billion.”
Feb 25, 2019 · Remarks“Because we pay almost, getting close to 100 percent for their military. I've gotten them to put up over $100 billion toward NATO, which has made a big impact.”
Feb 12, 2019 · Remarks“South Korea -- we defend them and lose a tremendous amount of money. Billions of dollars a year defending them. And working with Secretary Pompeo and John Bolton, they agreed to pay, yesterday, $500 million more…
Feb 11, 2019 · Rally“And they're doing it. They're doing it. You saw South Korea, they were paying us $500 million a year. I say you got to do more. You got to give more. Anyway. Now they're up to almost $900 million, that was like two…
Feb 5, 2019 · Speech“We have spent more than $7 trillion dollars in the Middle East.”
Feb 3, 2019 · Interview“You know it's very expensive to keep troops there. You do know that. We have 40,000 troops in South Korea, it's very expensive.”
Feb 3, 2019 · Interview“We've spent seven trillion dollars in the Middle East.”
Feb 3, 2019 · Interview“The country [Iran] is getting absolutely- when I ended the horrible Iran nuclear deal- it was a horrible deal done by President Obama and John Kerry that didn't know what the hell he was doing. When I ended that deal…
Feb 1, 2019 · Social post“I inherited a total mess in Syria and Afghanistan, the “Endless Wars” of unlimited spending and death. During my campaign I said, very strongly, that these wars must finally end. We spend $50 Billion a year in…
Jan 31, 2019 · Remarks“I think Iran is a threat. I think it's a very big threat. And I think I did a great thing when I terminated the ridiculous Iran nuclear deal. It was a horrible, one-sided deal that was $150 billion, plus $1.8 billion…
Jan 30, 2019 · Social post“When I became President, ISIS was out of control in Syria & running rampant. Since then tremendous progress made, especially over last 5 weeks. Caliphate will soon be destroyed, unthinkable two years ago. Negotiating…
Jan 30, 2019 · Social post“The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran. They are wrong! When I became President Iran was making trouble all over the Middle East, and beyond. Since ending…
Jan 27, 2019 · Social post“Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, just stated that because of me NATO has been able to raise far more money than ever before from its members after many years of decline. It’s called burden sharing. Also, more…
Jan 19, 2019 · Remarks“We've gone into Syria, and in two years, i guess we've I guess reduced it to about 99 percent of the territorial caliphate.”
Jan 17, 2019 · Speech“What we've done to Iran since I've become president is rather miraculous. I ended the horrible, weak Iran nuclear deal. And I will tell you, Iran is a much different country today than it was two years ago. It's not…
Jan 17, 2019 · Speech“Very unfair when Germany pays 1 percent and we're paying 4.3 percent of a much larger GDP.”
Jan 6, 2019 · Remarks“When I was elected President two years ago, ISIS was all over Syria and all over Iraq. We've wiped out ISIS in Iraq. We've wiped out ISIS.”
Jan 6, 2019 · Remarks“The other one is Iran. Iran is doing very poorly, once I took the horrible Iran nuclear deal off. It's had a massive effect in Iran. They're pulling back troops all over the place.”
Jan 2, 2019 · Remarks“When I took over Syria, Syria was a mess. It was riddled -- I think you could say this better than anybody -- it was riddled with ISIS. And now, everybody says it's down to 1 percent of the land, and sometimes, you…
Jan 2, 2019 · Remarks“Iran is a much different country than it was when I became president. … Every part of the Middle East, and other places that was under attack, was under attack because of Iran. … Iran is no longer the same country.…
Jan 2, 2019 · Remarks“Everybody gives me credit for decimating ISIS.”
Jan 2, 2019 · Remarks“Because I want Europe to pay [more to NATO]. Germany pays 1 percent. They should be paying 4 percent. They pay 1 percent; they should be paying even more than that. Other countries pay a small percentage of what they…
Dec 31, 2018 · Social post“If anybody but Donald Trump did what I did in Syria, which was an ISIS loaded mess when I became President, they would be a national hero. ISIS is mostly gone, we're slowly sending our troops back home to be with…
Dec 31, 2018 · Interview“ISIS was all over the place when I took over. It was a total mess in Syria. We've almost eradicated all of them. We think all of them will be gone by the time we get out, but we're heading back and we're also fighting.”
Dec 31, 2018 · Social post“I am the only person in America who could say that, ‘I'm bringing our great troops back home, with victory,’ and get BAD press. It is Fake News and Pundits who have FAILED for years that are doing the complaining. If…
Dec 26, 2018 · Press conference“Well, it's a place that I've been talking about for many years. And many, many years, before it started, I was talking about it, as a civilian. And many of you know what my feelings were.”
Dec 26, 2018 · Speech“The other reason I'm here today is to personally thank you and every service member throughout this region for the near elimination of the ISIS territorial caliphate in Iraq and in Syria. Two years ago, when I became…
Dec 26, 2018 · Press conference“Pretty sad, when you spend $7 trillion in the Middle East, and going in has to be under this massive cover, with planes all over and all of the greatest equipment in the world, and you do everything you can to get in…
Dec 22, 2018 · Social post“If anybody but your favorite President, Donald J. Trump, announced that, after decimating ISIS in Syria, we were going to bring our troops back home (happy & healthy), that person would be the most popular hero in…
Dec 21, 2018 · Social post“I've done more damage to ISIS than all recent presidents....not even close!”
Dec 12, 2018 · Social post“The Democrats and President Obama gave Iran 150 Billion Dollars and got nothing, but they can't give 5 Billion Dollars for National Security and a Wall?”
Dec 9, 2018 · Social post“The Democrats and President Obama gave Iran 150 Billion Dollars and got nothing, but they can't give 5 Billion Dollars for National Security and a Wall?”
Nov 27, 2018 · Interview“We have an ally [in Saudi Arabia] that’s investing billions and billions of dollars in our country. They could very easily invest $110 billion, $450 billion overall over a period of time, fairly short period of time.…
Nov 27, 2018 · Interview“Germany shouldn’t like that aggression. You know they're paying 1 percent, and they're supposed to be paying much more than 1 percent. … They're absolutely not doing enough. Germany? Absolutely not. Many of those…
Nov 25, 2018 · Social post“Europe has to pay their fair share for Military Protection. The European Union, for many years, has taken advantage of us on Trade, and then they don’t live up to their Military commitment through NATO. Things must…
Nov 22, 2018 · Social post“‘It’s a mean & nasty world out there, the Middle East in particular. This is a long and historic commitment, & one that is absolutely vital to America’s national security.’ @SecPompeo I agree 100%. In addition, many…
Nov 22, 2018 · Remarks“Saudi Arabia has been a long-time strategic partner. They're investing hundreds of billions of dollars in our country. I mean, hundreds of billions.”
Nov 22, 2018 · Remarks“Nobody has done more for the military than I have. I took the budget from very little to $700 billion and then $716 billion. … I've taken spending, where you had a depleted military, and it wasn't being fixed and it…
Nov 20, 2018 · Remarks“We're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars in orders, and let Russia, China, and everybody else have them....They're buying hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of things from this country. If I say…
Nov 20, 2018 · Remarks“They're paying us $400 billion-plus to purchase and invest in our country. That's probably the biggest amount ever paid to the United States -- this is over a long period of time. It means hundreds of thousands of…
Nov 20, 2018 · Remarks“If you look at Iran -- just take a look at Iran -- and you look at what they're doing. They are a terrorist nation right now. Although I must tell you, they're a lot better right now than they were when I took office.…
Nov 20, 2018 · Statement or ad“After my heavily negotiated trip to Saudi Arabia last year, the Kingdom agreed to spend and invest $450 billion in the United States.”
Nov 19, 2018 · Social post“Of course we should have captured Osama Bin Laden long before we did. I pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade Center. President Clinton famously missed his shot. We paid Pakistan…
Nov 18, 2018 · Interview“I was very much opposed to the war in Iraq. I think it was a tremendous mistake, should have never happened.”
Nov 17, 2018 · Remarks“You know, we also have a great ally in Saudi Arabia. They give us a lot of jobs. They give us a lot of business, a lot of economic development. They are -- they have been a truly spectacular ally in terms of jobs and…
Nov 12, 2018 · Social post“Just returned from France where much was accomplished in my meetings with World Leaders. Never easy bringing up the fact that the U.S. must be treated fairly, which it hasn't, on both Military and Trade. We pay for…
Nov 9, 2018 · Remarks“Well, I'll give you a little controversy back: I'll never forgive [Obama] for what he did to our United States military by not funding it properly. It was depleted.”
Nov 9, 2018 · Social post“President Macron of France has just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the U.S., China and Russia. Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO…
Nov 5, 2018 · Rally“For years, you watched as your leaders apologized for America. You've seen it many, many times. ”
Nov 4, 2018 · Remarks“Iran is not going very well. It's a big difference since I've been in office. When I came to office, if you go a day before, it looked like Iran was going to take over the Middle East. It was a question of literally…
Nov 4, 2018 · Rally“I withdrew the United States from the horrible, one-sided Iran nuclear deal. And Iran's been a much different country. Has Iran been a different country for the last six months? Isn't that incredible? When I came in…
Nov 3, 2018 · Rally“We secured $700 billion and $716 billion to fully rebuild the United States military, which it needed. It was very depleted.”
Nov 3, 2018 · Rally“The Iranian regime, what a deal they made -- $150 billion -- $1.8 billion in cash. You know, anybody know what $1.8 billion in -- in cash looks like?”
Nov 2, 2018 · Remarks“Iran is taking a very big hit. The country is not the same country as when I started almost two years ago. Iran is a much different country since I terminated that deal.”
Nov 2, 2018 · Rally“For years, you watched as your leaders apologized for America. You know it well. Now you have a president who is standing up for America.”
Nov 1, 2018 · Rally“I withdrew the United States from the horrible, one-sided Iran nuclear deal. What a difference that made. Iran is not the same country it was when I came into office, I will tell you. They were looking to take over…
Oct 31, 2018 · Rally“And Iran is a much different country today than the country that started off at the beginning of our administration almost two years ago.”
Oct 27, 2018 · Interview“Our military was depleted, who was in trouble. We didn't even have really ammunition of any kind. I mean, if you look at what was going on. We, in a very short period of time, and already, we're going to have the…
Oct 25, 2018 · Remarks“They're rioting in their streets. Their money has collapsed. Their lives are a lot different. And they're not looking so much for the Mediterranean. When I took office, they were looking for the Mediterranean. They…
Oct 24, 2018 · Rally“South Korea's very wealthy. They make your Samsung, your LG, they make your ships, they make everything -- they're making a fortune because of us. We have 32,000 soldiers over there that they don't pay for.”
Oct 23, 2018 · Remarks“We've also greatly increased member contributions to NATO so that other countries are starting to pay much closer to their fair share or in some cases, even their fair share.”
Oct 23, 2018 · Remarks“Our forces have been very seriously depleted over the last number of years and now they're built up.”
Oct 23, 2018 · Interview“I’ve terminated that deal, the Iran deal—the Iran nuclear deal, to be specific—since I terminated the deal, they’re not the same country. I see it in many different ways. Their economy has crashed. Their currency has…
Oct 23, 2018 · Remarks“I don't like it when, as an example, we're protecting Europe and we're paying for almost the entire cost of NATO. We're paying for a very, very substantial portion, far greater than what it should be.”
Oct 22, 2018 · Rally“And we are getting other countries to pay up and pay their fair share for our military protection, including NATO, where I asked to recover billions and billions of dollars.”
Oct 22, 2018 · Remarks“ I don't want to lose a million jobs [from the Saudi investment].”
Oct 19, 2018 · Remarks“But I would prefer that we don't use, as retribution, cancelling $110 billion worth of work, which means 600,000 jobs.”
Oct 19, 2018 · Rally“And you remember the day before I came into office, it looked like Iran was just going to take over the Middle East. There was no stopping them. Guess what? They're struggling right now. They're really struggling.”
Oct 17, 2018 · Remarks“We're paying for 90 percent of NATO to protect Europe.”
Oct 17, 2018 · Remarks“We went a big step when we took away that ridiculous deal that was made by the previous administration -- the Iran deal -- which was $150 billion and $1.8 billion in cash.”
Oct 17, 2018 · Interview“Iran … they're having riots in the street.”
Oct 16, 2018 · Interview“[The Saudi deal is equal to] 500,000 jobs, American jobs. Everything's made here.”
Oct 16, 2018 · Interview“Saudi Arabia is our partner, they're our ally against Iran and against missiles and against what they are doing trying to take over the Middle East. And by the way, since I'm here, not succeeding. They're heading down…
Oct 16, 2018 · Interview“And [the Europeans are] starting to pay us for that, by the way, much more substantially than they ever paid before.”
Oct 14, 2018 · Interview“We shouldn't be paying almost the entire cost of NATO to protect Europe. And then on top of that, they take advantage of us on trade.”
Oct 13, 2018 · Rally“When I came to office, weeks before I was given rundowns of what's happening, and Iran was just a question of when will they take over the entire Middle East? They're not thinking about that anymore, folks. They're…
Oct 12, 2018 · Interview“Obama ...gave 150 billion.”
Oct 12, 2018 · Interview“Look at Iran. They're a weakened nation now. Look at them after what I did. They are a weakened nation. They have riots all over, in every city, the people are rioting. They are pulling back military. They have a lot…
Oct 12, 2018 · Rally“I withdrew the United States from the horrible one-sided Iran nuclear deal, and look what happened to Iran. You know, when I took office, Iran was all over the place. They were taking over Syria. They were taking over…
Oct 9, 2018 · Rally“We subsidize their military. When I say subsidize, I'm not talking about like for 2 percent. We pay for 70 percent of their military. Nobody knows this!”
Oct 9, 2018 · Rally“The [NATO] numbers are horrific. But I've gotten $44 billion last year, more paid into NATO by other countries. And this year will be more than that. ”
Oct 9, 2018 · Rally“So we like South Korea. We've got 32,000 soldiers over there. Thank you very much, United States. They don't pay. They don't pay us, but that's OK. They're very successful.”
Oct 9, 2018 · Rally“Look at Iran. Before I got there, Iran was going to take over the Middle East in like 12 minutes, right? Now they're trying to survive....You got riots in every city. So if you want to really just keep up what we're…
Oct 6, 2018 · Rally“The previous administration gave Iran $150 billion.”
Oct 4, 2018 · Rally“[Obama gave Iran] $150 billion.”
Oct 2, 2018 · Rally“I withdrew the United States from the horrible one-sided Iran nuclear deal. And Iran is a much different country. They're trying to put out all the riots they have all over that country.”
Oct 2, 2018 · Rally“How about we gave them [Iran] $150 billion for nothing? We gave them $1.8 billion in cash for nothing.”
Sep 29, 2018 · Rally“With South Korea we're paying about 60% of their military costs.”
Sep 29, 2018 · Rally“Now Obama, with the Iran deal, gave them $150 billion dollars and gave $1.8 billion in cash, in cash, in cash.”
Sep 26, 2018 · Press conference“We are giving $150 billion, we paid $1.8 billion in cash [as part of the Iran nuclear deal].”
Sep 26, 2018 · Press conference“They're having riots in every city [in Iran], far greater than they were during the green period with President Obama.”
Sep 25, 2018 · Remarks“Iran is a much different country today than it was a year ago. Now they have riots in the street. They have horrible inflation -- the worst in the world. They have -- their currency is a disaster. Everything about…
Sep 21, 2018 · Rally“Look at what happened to Iran since we did that [killed the nuclear deal]. Look at what happened. Riots in every city. You know when I took over and before I took over, everybody said, Iran will take over the entire…
Sep 18, 2018 · Interview“We spent $7 trillion in the Middle East.”
Sep 17, 2018 · Remarks“And we're rebuilding our military -- $700 billion. And we're rebuilding our military. I won't even say the second number. But the second number for the second year is $716 billion. So that's a lot of money, but…
Sep 7, 2018 · Remarks“We make missiles that can knock missiles out of the air from thousands of miles away. You figure that one okay just figure that one and they have a 96% if you shoot two of them up which the company likes. But if you…
Sep 7, 2018 · Press conference“My best meeting was probably NATO because they're putting up hundreds of billions of dollars that they never would have put up.”
Sep 7, 2018 · Remarks“It was depleted. It was I'm telling you, our military was a mess. We were having fighter jets and planes where the father was a pilot, he had retired and the son was flying the same plane and they were buying. They…
Sep 7, 2018 · Remarks“For years and years we've been protecting these countries. They're making a fortune. They've had very little military cost. We have the biggest military cost in the world. Most of it goes to protecting outside…
Sep 6, 2018 · Remarks“We gave them [Iran] $150 billion.”
Sep 6, 2018 · Remarks“Iran is no longer the same country. From the day I did it, they've lost their mojo.”
Sep 5, 2018 · Remarks“Iran is a very much different place from when I first took office. Iran is in turmoil right now. They're in total turmoil. When I took office, it was just a question of how long until they took over the entire Middle…
Sep 5, 2018 · Remarks“If you look at Iran, the first day that I got to office -- or let's look at it differently -- a day before I got to office, everybody was saying Iran would be taking over the Middle East. It was just a question of…
Sep 4, 2018 · Interview“So we’re paying anywhere from 70-90 percent the cost of NATO to guard Europe. OK? Against Russia. We’re spending — you know, mostly against Russia. So, we’re spending 70-90 percent.”
Sep 4, 2018 · Interview“And I was able to get them to spend big, last year, just with a low key meeting they paid $43 billion more. OK? As Stoltenberg said. This year it’s much more than that. They’ve gone way up.”
Aug 30, 2018 · Interview“When I came into Iran -- when I came into here, it was a question of when would they take over the Middle East. Now it’s a question of will they survive. It’s a big difference in one and a half years.”
Aug 30, 2018 · Rally“That was a terrible, terrible deal. Remember, [the Iranians] were given $150 billion.”
Aug 22, 2018 · Social post“I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. ‘South African Government is now seizing land from white…
Aug 21, 2018 · Rally“[NATO] picked up $44 billion. He told that to the press, they didn't report it. Forty-four billion... So I got them to pay $100 billion. It's gonna be much more than that, but tremendous amounts of money, tremendous.…
Aug 21, 2018 · Rally“The United States is paying close to 90% of the cost of protecting Europe, and I think that's wonderful. I said to Europe -- I said, "Folks, NATO's better for you than it is for us. Believe me." And what happened is…
Aug 21, 2018 · Rally“And then I went to meet the leaders and the folks that run NATO, all the leaders of NATO and they weren't paying their bills. They were delinquent. In real estate -- I love real estate -- when somebody doesn't pay…
Aug 14, 2018 · Interview“You do know that NATO now is going to pay billions and billions of dollars more, as an example, than anybody thought possible, that other presidents were unable to get more?”
Aug 14, 2018 · Interview“Well, you know last year, if you see the secretary, [Jens] Stoltenberg, he said I believe $44 billion just last year, and that was from last year’s meeting. And this year it’s much more money they’ve agreed to put up.…
Aug 7, 2018 · Remarks“Iran is a whole different country since we got rid of one of the worst deals that I've ever seen. Much, much different country.”
Jul 30, 2018 · Press conference“We were treated very unfairly. The United States was treated very, very unfairly because we're shouldering anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of the cost of NATO. That's not fair. It's not fair.”
Jul 26, 2018 · Speech“We were paying anywhere from 70 percent to 90 percent the cost of 29 total countries in NATO. Not anymore. Not anymore.”
Jul 24, 2018 · Speech“I withdrew the United States from the horrible one-sided Iran nuclear deal. And Iran is not the same country anymore. That I can say.”
Jul 18, 2018 · Social post“While the NATO meeting in Brussels was an acknowledged triumph, with billions of dollars more being put up by member countries at a faster pace, the meeting with Russia may prove to be, in the long run, an even…
Jul 16, 2018 · Interview“The United States could be paying for 91 percent [for NATO], OK? Could be. So, the minimum is 70 percent, but it's probably 91.”
Jul 16, 2018 · Interview“So, we are paying for 91 percent of the cost of keeping Europe safe.”
Jul 16, 2018 · Interview“NATO is wonderful but it helps Europe a lot more than it helps us and yet we are paying for 90 percent of it.”
Jul 15, 2018 · Social post“Received many calls from leaders of NATO countries thanking me for helping to bring them together and to get them focused on financial obligations, both present & future. We had a truly great Summit that was…
Jul 14, 2018 · Social post“On top of it all, Germany just started paying Russia, the country they want protection from, Billions of Dollars for their Energy needs coming out of a new pipeline from Russia. Not acceptable! All NATO Nations must…
Jul 14, 2018 · Interview“But, in a trade sense, they have really taken advantage of us, and many of those countries are in NATO. And they weren't paying their bills.”
Jul 13, 2018 · Press conference“The United States was paying, you know, anywhere from 70 to 90. And I choose 90, depending on the way you want to calculate. We were paying 90 percent of the cost of NATO. And NATO is really there for Europe, much…
Jul 12, 2018 · Press conference“I told people that I'd be very unhappy if they didn't up their commitments very substantially, because the United States has been paying a tremendous amount, probably 90 percent of the cost of NATO.”
Jul 12, 2018 · Social post“Great success today at NATO! Billions of additional dollars paid by members since my election. Great spirit!”
Jul 10, 2018 · Remarks“NATO has not treated us fairly, but I think we'll work something out. We pay far too much and they pay far too little.”
Jul 10, 2018 · Social post“NATO countries must pay MORE, the United States must pay LESS. Very Unfair!”
Jul 10, 2018 · Social post“Many countries in NATO, which we are expected to defend, are not only short of their current commitment of 2% (which is low), but are also delinquent for many years in payments that have not been made. Will they…
Jul 10, 2018 · Remarks“And on top of that, we spend at least 70 percent for NATO. And, frankly, it helps them a lot more than it helps us.”
Jul 9, 2018 · Social post“The United States is spending far more on NATO than any other Country. This is not fair, nor is it acceptable. While these countries have been increasing their contributions since I took office, they must do much…
Jul 3, 2018 · Social post“Just out that the Obama Administration granted citizenship, during the terrible Iran Deal negotiation, to 2,500 Iranians - including to government officials. How big (and bad) is that?”
Jun 25, 2018 · Rally“We're the piggy bank that they like to take from, whether it's military protection, you look at NATO, NATO, we're spending 90 percent of NATO.”
Jun 25, 2018 · Rally“We have $7 trillion invested in the Middle East.”
Jun 25, 2018 · Rally“I believe it was the worst decision in the history of our country, and the way we got out was horrible. If you look at Iraq, the way we got out was horrible. Truly one of the worst decisions ever made in this country.”
Jun 25, 2018 · Remarks“A lot of progress has been made in the Middle East. A lot. And it really started with the end of the horrible Iran deal. That deal was a disaster, and things are a lot different since we ended that. A lot different.”
Jun 23, 2018 · Rally“If you look at NATO, we protect them for a tiny fraction of what it would cost, which is unfair also.”
Jun 20, 2018 · Rally“We have spent, because of horrible decision-making, $7 trillion in the Middle East. Think of it -- $7 trillion. And, if we want to fix a window, it's, like, a big deal. $7 trillion -- it's all coming back.”
Jun 19, 2018 · Remarks“They're [Mexico] making unbelievable amounts of money, and that's not including the drugs that are flowing through our border, because we have no wall and we have no protection. The drugs that are coming in from…
Jun 19, 2018 · Social post“Crime in Germany is up 10% plus (officials do not want to report these crimes) since migrants were accepted. Others countries are even worse. Be smart America!”
Jun 19, 2018 · Remarks“And Germany -- we talk about Germany -- they allowed millions of people in. And, by the way, their crime, from the time they started, is up more than 10 percent. … Their crime is up more than 10 percent since they…
Jun 18, 2018 · Social post“The people of Germany are turning against their leadership as migration is rocking the already tenuous Berlin coalition. Crime in Germany is way up. Big mistake made all over Europe in allowing millions of people in…
Jun 14, 2018 · Social post“....Germany pays 1% (slowly) of GDP towards NATO, while we pay 4% of a MUCH larger GDP. Does anybody believe that makes sense? We protect Europe (which is good) at great financial loss, and then get unfairly clobbered…
Jun 12, 2018 · Interview“[Iran was a] terrible deal…. I don’t think a deal could be softer. First of all, we’re not paying $150 billion.”
Jun 12, 2018 · Remarks“We are paying from 60 percent of 90 percent of NATO.”
Jun 12, 2018 · Press conference“On the Iran deal, I think Iran is a different country now. I don’t think they are looking as much to the Mediterranean and so much as Syria like they were with total confidence.”
Jun 12, 2018 · Interview“But since we took out of that deal -- we got out of that deal, I think Iran is a much different place. I don't think they're looking so much to the Mediterranean and Syria and Yemen. They're starting to pull people…
Jun 8, 2018 · Remarks“Iran is now a different country. They’re not looking to the Mediterranean anymore; Iran is now a much different company — country since I did — since I signed that out, Iran is a much different country.”
Jun 7, 2018 · Social post“The Obama Administration is now accused of trying to give Iran secret access to the financial system of the United States. This is totally illegal. Perhaps we could get the 13 Angry Democrats to divert some of their…
Jun 7, 2018 · Remarks“If you look at what's happened since I signed that deal, Iran -- and in all fairness, I say it with great respect for the people of Iran -- but Iran is acting a lot differently. They're no longer looking so much to…
Jun 7, 2018 · Remarks“I think Iran already is not the same country, if you look -- I don’t think they're looking so much to the Mediterranean like they were two months ago.”
May 29, 2018 · Remarks“Bush -- $7 trillion in the Middle East -- great, great, great investment.”
May 25, 2018 · Speech“We are not going to apologize for America. We are going to stand up for America. No more apologies.”
May 21, 2018 · Remarks“Instead of apologizing for our nation, we are standing up for our nation, and we are standing up for the men and women who protect our nation.”
May 17, 2018 · Remarks“We've spent $7 trillion -- can you believe that -- $7 trillion in the Middle East. Right out the window.”
May 10, 2018 · Rally“The deal also gave the regime billions of dollars. How about this? $150 billion. And $1.8 billion in green. $1.8 billion in cash.”
May 9, 2018 · Remarks“[The Iran nuclear deal] was a one-sided deal that we spent $150 billion.”
Apr 30, 2018 · Press conference“We gave Iran $150 billion and $1.8 billion in cash -- Nigeria would like some of that -- $1.8 billion in cash and $150 billion. You know what we got? We got nothing. We got nothing.”
Apr 28, 2018 · Rally“We have spent 7 trillion dollars in the Middle East. You know we have for it? Nothing. Nothing.”
Apr 28, 2018 · Rally“I'm not going to be a John Kerry who makes that horrible Iran deal. Horrible. One of the worst deals. How do you make a deal like that? $150 billion, $1.8 billion in cash. They got nothing.”
Apr 27, 2018 · Press conference“A tremendous amount of additional money has been raised for NATO over the past 16 months and I'm proud to have helped, but they have to keep going....Same thing with NATO, we have a far greater burden than we should…
Apr 26, 2018 · Interview“Iran is a real problem for this country. The president made a horrible deal. When I say the president, I'm talking about past administration made a horrible deal giving $150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash -- in…
Apr 24, 2018 · Press conference“When they made the Iran deal, what they should have done is included Syria -- when I say should have, before giving them Iran $150 billion at one point, a billion dollars in cash. $1.8 million in cash.”
Apr 24, 2018 · Press conference“The United States is embarrassingly into the Middle East as of a few months ago, as you've heard me say before. And I don't take responsibility, but I would be very embarrassed if I had to. $7 trillion, and when we…
Apr 24, 2018 · Remarks“The Iran deal is a terrible deal. We paid $150 billion. We gave $1.8 billion in cash. That's actual cash, barrels of cash. It's insane. It's ridiculous. It should have never been made.”
Apr 18, 2018 · Remarks“We raised billions and billions of dollars extra in NATO.”
Apr 3, 2018 · Press conference“We will have, as of three months ago, $7 trillion in the Middle East over the last 17 years.”
Apr 3, 2018 · Remarks“Now, so Germany pays 1 percent. The United States is paying close to 4 percent. The United States, as you said, is paying 80 percent of the cost of NATO.”
Apr 3, 2018 · Press conference“NATO — NATO was delinquent. They were not paying their bills. They were not paying. A lot of states, as we discussed, they were not paying what they should be paying. Since I came in, many, many billions of dollars…
Mar 29, 2018 · Speech“We spent $7 trillion in the Middle East. We’d build a school; they’d blow it up. We’d build it again; they’d blow it up. We’d build it again; hasn’t been blown up yet, but it will be.”
Mar 25, 2018 · Social post“Because of the $700 & $716 Billion Dollars gotten to rebuild our Military, many jobs are created and our Military is again rich. Building a great Border Wall, with drugs (poison) and enemy combatants pouring into our…
Mar 20, 2018 · Remarks“It’s an honor to have the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia with us, and his representatives, many of whom I know and I met in May when we were over there, where a promise of $400 billion was made by Saudi Arabia for the…
Mar 14, 2018 · Leaked call“Our military's stronger now, and we just got 700 billion dollars. We have to build it because it's totally depleted. We don't have our military, we're not going to be here.”
Mar 13, 2018 · Remarks“Everywhere we go in the Middle East it's Iran, Iran, Iran, behind every problem is Iran. Well, we're dealing with it in a very serious fashion. One of the worst deals I've ever seen was the Iran deal. $150 billion we…
Mar 10, 2018 · Rally“We spent $7 trillion in the Middle East over a 17-year period, $7 trillion as of three months ago.”
Mar 8, 2018 · Remarks“And, you know, I'm very proud of NATO. Because with NATO, when you see the kind of money that's pouring in, that was never going to come in. Because people were delinquent. States, countries were delinquent, they…
Feb 23, 2018 · Speech“You give $150 billion to a nation [Iran] that has no respect for you whatsoever. They're saying, 'Death to America' while they're signing the agreement. If somebody said, 'Death to America' while I'm signing an…
Feb 14, 2018 · Remarks“Our military was in bad shape. Now we’ve had the biggest spending ever, and our military will be stronger than it’s ever been before. We needed that.”
Feb 14, 2018 · Remarks“If we have to fix a tunnel, we don’t do it because we don’t have the money. We spent $7 trillion in the Middle East. It’s ridiculous.”
Feb 13, 2018 · Remarks“We’ve spent $7 trillion, as of about two months ago, in the Middle East — $7 trillion.”
Feb 12, 2018 · Social post“This will be a big week for Infrastructure. After so stupidly spending $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is now time to start investing in OUR Country!”
Feb 12, 2018 · Remarks“Our military was totally depleted, and we will have a military like we’ve never had before. We’re going to have an incredible military.”
Feb 12, 2018 · Remarks“As of a couple of months ago, we have spent $7 trillion in the Middle East — $7 trillion. What a mistake. But it is what it is. This is what I took over.”
Feb 5, 2018 · Remarks“Because our military, because of Obama and even beyond Obama -- it's depleted. It's in bad shape. And we're going to build it stronger than it ever was before. We've already started. We've already started.”
Feb 2, 2018 · Statement or ad“Meanwhile, successive United States administrations deferred much-needed modernization of our nuclear weapons, infrastructure, and delivery systems.”
Feb 1, 2018 · Remarks“You know, our military has been depleted over the last long period of time, even beyond Obama. It’s been depleted.”
Jan 26, 2018 · Interview“Now, we have the disadvantage of having spent, as of about a month ago, $7 trillion in the Middle East. $7 trillion. That's a big disadvantage.”
Jan 20, 2018 · Social post“Democrats are holding our Military hostage over their desire to have unchecked illegal immigration. Can’t let that happen!”
Jan 18, 2018 · Remarks“Our military has to be the best in the world by far. And as you know, it's been depleted over the last long period of time.”
Jan 18, 2018 · Remarks“But if for any reason it [the government] shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military.”
Jan 18, 2018 · Social post“A government shutdown will be devastating to our military...something the Dems care very little about!”
Jan 16, 2018 · Social post“The Democrats want to shut down the Government over Amnesty for all and Border Security. The biggest loser will be our rapidly rebuilding Military, at a time we need it more than ever. We need a merit based system of…
Jan 14, 2018 · Remarks“There shouldn’t be [a government shutdown], because if there is, our military gets hurt very badly. We cannot let our military be hurt.”
Jan 12, 2018 · Statement or ad“The enormous financial windfall the Iranian regime received because of the deal—access to more than $100 billion, including $1.8 billion in cash—has not been used to better the lives of the Iranian people.”
Jan 11, 2018 · Interview“As of two months ago we're into the Middle East for $7 trillion.”
Jan 10, 2018 · Remarks“Our military was badly depleted over the last long period of time, beyond President Obama, I will say -- beyond President Obama. Our military was very, very badly depleted.”
Jan 10, 2018 · Press conference“Because of us, ISIS has now lost almost 100 percent of the territory it previously held not so long ago in Iraq and in Syria.”
Jan 2, 2018 · Social post“The people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime. All of the money that President Obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their 'pockets.'”
Dec 28, 2017 · Interview“We have spent, as of about a month ago, $7 trillion in the Middle East. And the Middle East is worse than it was 17 years ago. … $7 trillion.”
Dec 22, 2017 · Remarks“We’ve spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, not to mention all of the lives and all of the heartache, and it’s so sad. Seven trillion dollars.”
Dec 22, 2017 · Remarks“So it’s $4 billion for that and $700 million for various other military forms of equipment.”
Dec 22, 2017 · Social post“After having foolishly spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is time to start rebuilding our country!”
Dec 18, 2017 · Speech“We are once again investing in our defense - almost $700 billion, a record, this coming year.”
Dec 18, 2017 · Social post“Seven trillion dollars spent in the Middle East while our roads, bridges, tunnels, railways (and more) crumble! Not for long!"”
Dec 18, 2017 · Speech“Our efforts to strengthen the NATO Alliance set the stage for significant increases in member contributions, with tens of billions of dollars more pouring in because I would not allow member states to be delinquent in…
Dec 15, 2017 · Remarks“You know, we just approved -- our enemy is in trouble -- we just approved $700 billion, which is the largest ever approved. We got it done. And we're giving you new equipment. We're giving you new everything. Because…
Dec 12, 2017 · Remarks“In recent years, our military has undergone a series of deep budget cuts that have severely impacted our readiness, shrunk our capabilities, and placed substantial burdens on our warfighters.”
Dec 8, 2017 · Rally“We have spent, as of two months ago, almost $7 trillion in the Middle East.”
Dec 8, 2017 · Rally“And I’ve strengthen our relationships with America’s allies and asked other NATO members to pay their fair share and now the money is pouring in. The money is pouring in.”
Dec 7, 2017 · Remarks“We are building up the military beyond what you ever thought. It got depleted. You know what happened over the last quite long period of time, but not with us.”
Dec 6, 2017 · Remarks“We're funding them like they haven't been funded in a long time -- best equipment you can get. Our military is getting stronger, and I expect that very soon, I'll be able to say stronger than ever before. It was very…
Nov 29, 2017 · Speech“You know, we've spent almost $7 trillion in the Middle East over the last 16 years -- $7 trillion....We've spent almost $7 trillion. We could have rebuilt our country four times over.”
Nov 23, 2017 · Remarks“We’re at $700 billion for the military. And, you know, they were cutting back for years. They just kept cutting, cutting, cutting the military. And you got lean, to put it nicely. It was depleted, was the word. And…
Nov 15, 2017 · Speech“We are massively increasing our military budget to historic levels.”
Nov 15, 2017 · Speech“In Brussels, I urged our NATO allies to do more to strengthen our crucial alliance and set the stage for significant increases in member contributions. Billions and billions of dollars are pouring in because of that…
Nov 14, 2017 · Remarks“As you know, we were having a lot of problems with the Philippines. The relationship with the past administration was horrible, to use a nice word. I would say 'horrible' is putting it mildly. You know what happened.…
Nov 11, 2017 · Remarks“We then go to the Philippines, which was a rough trip the last time. That was a rough presidential trip, but this won't be.”
Nov 5, 2017 · Interview“You see what we've done with ISIS in eight months. I've done more than the previous administration done during the entire two terms of the administration.”
Nov 1, 2017 · Remarks“You remember the Philippines -- the last trip made by a President that turned out to be not so good. Never quite got to land.”
Oct 25, 2017 · Remarks“You look at what's happened in the Middle East -- we have done more in eight months than the previous administration has done in many years.”
Oct 13, 2017 · SpeechWe've done more against ISIS in nine months than the previous administration has done during its whole administration -- by far, by far.
Oct 13, 2017 · RemarksIran "should have thanked Barack Obama for making that deal. They were gone. They were economically gone. He infused $100 [billion] to $150 billion into their economy. He gave them $1.7 billion in cash.”
Oct 11, 2017 · Interview“We have missiles that can knock out a missile in the air 97 percent of the time, and if you send two of them, it’s going to get knocked down.”
Oct 11, 2017 · Interview“$150 billion given, we got nothing. They got past the nuclear weapons very quickly. Think of this, $1.7 billion in cash. This is cash out of your pocket. You know how many airplane loads that must be? This is $1.7…
Oct 10, 2017 · Interview“The country was having many different problems. Among them, the Middle East, ISIS, which we've done more with respect to ISIS in nine months than we've done in nine years.”
Oct 7, 2017 · Interview“If it were up to me I would not have gone into Iraq. That was a big mistake. That was truly one of the big mistakes in the history of our country.”
Sep 21, 2017 · Remarks“People don’t realize you had 20 terrorist groups in Afghanistan. This is where the World Trade Center people -- I’ll call them 'people' -- were trained. This is what happened. But you had 20 groups -- more than…
Aug 21, 2017 · Speech“Today, 20 U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations are active in Afghanistan and Pakistan — the highest concentration in any region anywhere in the world.”
Aug 10, 2017 · Press conference“We've done a lot of modernization [of our nuclear arsenal], but we've done a lot of renovation. And we have it, now, in very, very good shape, and it will be in much better shape over the next six months to a year.”
Aug 10, 2017 · Press conference“We've as of this moment spent over $6 trillion in the Middle East. As far as I'm concerned, when I say 'spent,' we've wasted $6 trillion in the Middle East, and yet we can't fix our roads and our bridges and our…
Aug 10, 2017 · Press conference“President Obama, in his wisdom, gave [the Iranians] $150 billion. He gave them $1.8 billion in cash, which is -- that's a hard one to figure. But that was his decision.”
Aug 9, 2017 · Social post“My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before....”
Aug 3, 2017 · Rally“We've spent $6 trillion in the Middle East, and the Middle East is 100 times worse than it was 16 years ago when we started.”
Jul 25, 2017 · Rally“We can’t believe you gave [Iran] between $100 and $150 billion when they were ready to fail.”
Jul 12, 2017 · Interview“We will have, in another few months, have spent $7 trillion in the Middle East -- $7 trillion. ... As of a few months ago, we actually have spent $6 trillion.”
Jul 6, 2017 · Remarks“That is why my administration has demanded that all members of NATO finally meet their full and fair financial obligation. As a result of this insistence, billions of dollars more have begun to pour into NATO. In…
Jul 6, 2017 · Remarks“And we're grateful for the example Poland has set for every member of the NATO alliance by being one of the few nations that actually meets its financial obligations. And you know, I've been pretty hard on some of the…
Jun 21, 2017 · Remarks“We spent, as of a few months ago, $6 trillion -- trillion -- in the Middle East. We have nothing. We're back further than we were 16 years ago when this whole thing started -- $6 trillion. And if you want to spend…
Jun 21, 2017 · Rally“As of a few months ago, our country has spent $6 trillion in the Middle East, wasted. And the lives, the lives, thousands and thousands and thousands of lives. $6 trillion and thousands of young, beautiful lives.”
Jun 9, 2017 · Speech“We've spent as of a few months ago $6 trillion in the Middle East. Think of it, $6 trillion in the Middle East.”
Jun 9, 2017 · Remarks“Because of our actions, money is starting to pour in to NATO. The money is starting to pour in. Other countries are starting to realize that it's time to pay up and they're doing that. Very proud of that fact.”
Jun 7, 2017 · Speech“As of a few months ago, we spent $6 trillion in the Middle East, along with the death of so many incredible people, and along with all of the other problems that you've been watching every night on television and…
Jun 2, 2017 · Speech“I traveled to two summits with our key allies – first, the NATO Summit in Brussels, where nations agreed they must do more to meet their financial obligations and pay their fair share – because right now, it is not…
May 30, 2017 · Social post“We have a MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany, plus they pay FAR LESS than they should on NATO & military. Very bad for U.S. This will change”
May 27, 2017 · Remarks“Money is actually starting to pour into NATO from countries that would not have been doing what they’re doing now had I not been elected, I can tell you that. Money is starting to pour in. ”
May 25, 2017 · Speech“This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States.”
May 25, 2017 · Speech“NATO members must finally contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations, for 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they’re supposed to be paying for…
May 25, 2017 · Speech“Many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years and not paying in those past years.”
May 25, 2017 · Speech“If all NATO members had spent just 2 percent of their G.D.P. on defense last year, we would have had another $119 billion for our collective defense and for the financing of additional NATO reserves.”
May 8, 2017 · Interview“You know we’ve gotten billions of dollars more in NATO than that we’re getting. All because of me.”
Apr 29, 2017 · Statement or ad“Finally, NATO countries are starting to pay billions of dollars more since I have made clear that the United States expects all of its allies to pay their fair share.”
Apr 29, 2017 · RallyNATO countries “have begun to increase their contribution by billions of dollars.”
Apr 21, 2017 · InterviewOn NATO: "It's not fair that we're paying close to 4 percent and other countries that are more directly affected are paying 1 percent when they're supposed to be paying 2 percent. And I'm very strong on it and I'm…
Apr 5, 2017 · Interview“We’ve spent $6 trillion in the Middle East, as of two months ago.”
Mar 22, 2017 · Interview“NATO, obsolete, because it doesn’t cover terrorism. They fixed that, and I said that the allies must pay. Nobody knew that they weren’t paying. I did. I figured it. … What I said about NATO was true, people aren’t…
Mar 22, 2017 · Remarks“I heard just recently in the Middle East we’ve spent as of about two months ago $6 trillion -- $6 trillion, and you know where we are over there -- while neglecting the fate of American children in cities like…
Mar 21, 2017 · Speech“You know, our Navy is at World War I levels. Can you believe that? World War I levels.”
Mar 18, 2017 · Social post“Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!”
Mar 17, 2017 · Press conference“Our military is going to be strengthened -- it's been depleted.”
Mar 17, 2017 · Press conference“Many [NATO] nations owe vast sums of money from past years, and it is very unfair to the United States. These nations must pay what they owe.”
Mar 3, 2017 · Speech“Our Navy's fleet is the smallest it has been since World War I, and that’s a long time ago.”
Mar 2, 2017 · Remarks“In these troubled times, our Navy is the smallest it's been since World War I”
Feb 28, 2017 · Speech“I can tell you the money is pouring in. Very nice.”
Feb 28, 2017 · Speech“America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country –- twice.”
Feb 6, 2017 · Interview“We've already given them [Iran] billions and billions, probably $150 billion.”
Feb 2, 2017 · Social post“Iran was on its last legs and ready to collapse until the U.S. came along and gave it a life-line in the form of the Iran Deal: $150 billion”
Jan 25, 2017 · Interview“We have spent as of one month ago $6 trillion in the Middle East.”