The president talks, we write it down. Okay, we do a little more than that, but it definitely includes that :-)

2/2:
• Reuters: cqrc.al/reuters-2025...
• WSJ: cqrc.al/wsj-20250613
• Axios: cqrc.al/axios-20250613

If we're missing one, let us know...

No, thank you for flagging! Keeps us honest!

To your original question: we transcribe and proofread them ourselves. Have a lot of automation but humans (unless the transcript is labeled AI, which we sometimes release until proofreading is done and it is always labeled as such) proofread and check every word. This was proofread.

Hello. That was fast. 100% he said “but.” From the context, it’s not impossible he may have misspoken, but we transcribe as spoken and he definitely said “but.”

In golf terms, we play it as it lies…

Hello. We are double checking now. Always possible we missed something in proofreading. Will report back shortly.

Last point: The Trump WH's scrubbing of transcripts makes the existence of outside databases, like @factba.se, all the more valuable. Here's my full story for CNN www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/m...

2/2: ...and, as always, here's every stitch of data -- raw and post-processed, along with sources and methodology:
cqrc.al/wh-tx-data-2...

3/3.
2025: 01:39:41
2000: 01:29:15
2019: 01:22:45
1995: 01:21:10
2018: 01:20:35

2/3. It's also the longest since 1935, but we're missing video for 15 of the 91 years, so can't be 100% certain.

Fun fact: since Reagan (and since 1935, with gaps noted), the five longest joint addresses were either Donald Trump or Bill Clinton. Top 5 by length:

Are you still hitting the issue? We were converting back over for the new administration, so you may have hit a glitch, but scroll / search appears fine right now...