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DCPD-202500304 - Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Summary

Category: Budget and Presidential Materials

Collection: Compilation of Presidential Documents

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Event Date: February 26, 2025

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Cabinet meeting

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Afghanistan, withdrawal of U.S. military forces
Attorney General
Border security
Cabinet meeting
Canada, Prime Minister
Canada, trade with U.S.
China, President
China, relations with U.S.
China, trade with U.S.
CNS News
COVID–19 pandemic
Education, global competitiveness
Election security and integrity, strengthening efforts
Electricity capacity, expansion efforts
Environmental Protection Agency
European Union, trade with U.S.
Federal Communications Commission
Federal workforce, reduction efforts
Gaza, conflict with Israel
Gaza, hostages held by Hamas
Illegal drugs, interdiction efforts
Illegal immigration
Immigration reform
Inflation
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Israel, military operations in Gaza
Israel, Prime Minister
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Oil and natural gas, domestic production
Opioid epidemic, efforts to combat
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Russia, U.S. and international sanctions
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
Social Security program
Tariffs
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. DOGE Service
U.S. foreign aid programs, funding and policies
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. visa policy
Ukraine President
Ukraine, international military aid
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Ukraine, U.S. assistance
Undocumented immigrants, deportation of criminals
Vice President
White House Border Czar
White House Senior Adviser

Names: Bessent, Scott K.H.; Bibas, Ariel; Bibas, Kfir; Bibas, Shiri; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Bondi, Pamela J.; Burgum, Kathryn; Caine, J. Daniel; Carr, Brendan; Cook, Timothy D.; Damari, Emily; Harris, Kamala D.; Hegseth, Peter B.; Homan, Thomas D.; Kennedy, Robert F., Jr.; Lifshitz, Oded; Lutnick, Howard W.; Musk, Elon R.; Netanyahu, Benjamin; Noem, Kristi L.; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Rollins, Brooke L.; Rubio, Marco A.; Trudeau, Justin P.J.; Turner, E. Scott; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Wright, Christopher A.; Xi Jinping; Zeldin, Lee M.; Zelenskyy, Volodymyr.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 11:42 a.m. in the Cabinet Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Secretary of the Treasury Scott K.H. Bessent; Secretary of State Marco A. Rubio; Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem; White House Border Czar Thomas D. Homan; Timothy D. Cook, chief executive officer, Apple Inc.; Secretary of Energy Christopher A. Wright; Lt. Gen. J. Daniel Caine, USAF (Ret.), in his former capacity as Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Central Command's Special Operation Component and Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq; Shiri Bibas, her sons Kfir and Ariel Bibas, and Oded Lifshitz, Israeli hostages whose bodies were released on February 26 from Hamas captivity in Gaza, Palestinian Territories, for burial in Israel; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel; Emily Damari, who was shot in the hand as she was dragged from her home in southern Israel during the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023; and Brendan Carr, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission. A reporter referred to Erik Prince, founder and former chief executive officer, BlackwaterUSA.