DCPD-202500351 - Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters - DCPD-202500351 | Content Details

DCPD-202500351 - Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 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: March 13, 2025

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Interviews With the News Media : Exchanges with reporters, White House

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Arctic security, improvement efforts
Attorney General
Border security
California, wildfires in Los Angeles area
Canada, Prime Minister–designate
Canada, trade with U.S.
China, President
China, trade with U.S.
COVID–19 pandemic
Deputy Attorney General
Egg prices
Energy infrastructure, improvement efforts
European defense spending levels
European Union, trade with U.S.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Government appropriations
Greenland, political status with respect to Denmark
Illegal immigration
Immigration reform
Inflation
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
New York, Governor
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Korea, President of the State Affairs Commission
North Korea, relations with U.S.
Nuclear disarmament, international efforts
Oil and natural gas, domestic production
Olympic Games
Poland, defense spending level
Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of the Interior
Sports, efforts to restrict transgender participation
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East
Ukraine, international military aid
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Ukraine, U.S. assistance
Undocumented immigrants, deportation of criminals
Vice President
Water management policy, improvement efforts
White House Border Czar

Names: Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Blanche, Todd; Bondi, Pamela J.; Bongino, Daniel J.; Bove, Emil; Burgum, Douglas J.; Bush, George W.; Caine, J. Daniel; Carney, Mark; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Cook, Timothy D.; Daniel, D.J.; Gretzky, Wayne; Hegseth, Peter B.; Hochul, Kathleen C.; Homan, Thomas D.; Kim Jong Un; Noem, Kristi L.; Obama, Barack; Patel, Kashyap P. "Kash"; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Rutte, Mark; Smith, John L.; Stoltenberg, Jens; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Witkoff, Steven C.; Wright, Christopher A.; Xi Jinping.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 12:33 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steven C. Witkoff; former National Hockey League center Wayne Gretzky; White House Border Czar Thomas D. Homan; honorary U.S. Secret Service agent D.J. Daniel; former Department of Justice Special Counsel John L. Smith; Timothy D. Cook, chief executive officer, Apple Inc.; Prime Minister–designate Mark Carney of Canada; Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche; Principal Associate Deputy Attorney Emil Bove; Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kashyap P. "Kash" Patel and Deputy Director Daniel J. Bongino; former President George W. Bush; President of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jon Un of North Korea; Lt. Gen. J. Daniel Caine, USAF (Ret.), the President's nominee to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and 2016 Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton. He also referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. Secretary General Rutte referred to Kim Yo Jong, sister of President Kim. Reporters referred to Minister of Finance Dominic LeBlanc of Canada; former Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine; and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer.