DCPD-202500661 - Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters - DCPD-202500661 | Content Details

DCPD-202500661 - Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters

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

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

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Armed Forces, U.S., recruitment efforts
Border security
China, trade with U.S.
Congressional Budget Office
Egg prices
Egypt, relations with U.S.
Electric and hybrid vehicles, promotion efforts
European Union, trade with U.S.
Foreign university students, U.S. visa policy
Gasoline costs
Germany, Chancellor
Germany, defense relationship with U.S.
Germany, relations with U.S.
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
Illegal immigration
India, Prime Minister
India, relations with Pakistan
Inflation
Iran, regional involvement
Israel, attacks by Hamas of October 7, 2023
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lebanon, Hizballah political-paramilitary organization
Massachusetts, Harvard University in Cambridge
Minnesota, Governor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Oil and natural gas, domestic production
Pakistan, relations with India
Pennsylvania, Governor
Refugees and migrants, U.S. admission policy
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Russia, U.S. sanctions
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of the Treasury
Small businesses, promotion efforts
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
U.S. DOGE Service
U.S. Trade Representative
Ukraine, President
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Ukraine, U.S. assistance
Vice President
White House Border Czar
White House Chief of Staff

Names: Bessent, Scott K.H.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Caine, J. Daniel; Greer, Jamieson L.; Homan, Thomas D.; Isaacman, Jared; Lutnick, Howard W.; Merkel, Angela; Merz, Friedrich; Modi, Narendra; Musk, Elon R.; Noem, Kristi L.; Peng Liyuan; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Shapiro, Joshua D.; Trump, Melania; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Walz, Timothy J.; Wiles, Susan; Xi Jinping; Zelenskyy, Volodymyr.

Notes: The President spoke at 11:44 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany; Secretary of Commerce Howard W. Lutnick; U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson L. Greer; Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping of China; Jared Isaacman, whose nomination to be Administrator of the National Space and Aeronautics Administration was with withdrawn on May 30; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. J. Daniel Caine, USA; Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem; White House Border Czar Thomas D. Homan; White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles; Gov. Joshua D. Shapiro of Pennsylvania; Gov. Timothy J. Walz of Minnesota, in his former capacity as the 2024 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine; and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. He also referred to H.R. 1. Reporters referred to Mohamed Sabry Soliman, suspect in the incendiary attack in Boulder, CO, on June 1; and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham.