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DCPD-202500757 - Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With African Leaders 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: July 9, 2025

President: Donald J. Trump

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

Subjects: Africa, economic growth and development
Africa, trade with U.S.
African leaders, working lunch with President Trump
Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
Border security
Brazil, trade with U.S.
China, President
China, relations with U.S.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the, President
Congo, Democratic Republic of the, relations with Rwanda
Congo, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Francophonie
COVID–19 pandemic
Egg prices
Electricity capacity, expansion efforts
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Reserve System
Gabon, President
Gabon, relations with U.S.
Gasoline costs
Gaza, conflict with Israel
Gaza, hostages held by Hamas
Guinea-Bissau, President
Guinea-Bissau, relations with U.S.
Illegal immigration
Inflation
Interest rates
International Development, U.S. Agency for
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Israel, military operations in Gaza
Liberia, President
Liberia, relations with U.S.
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Massachusetts,
Mauritania, President
Mauritania, relations with U.S.
Murder rate
Nuclear energy, expansion efforts
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Rwanda, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Rwanda, President
Senegal, President
Senegal, relations with U.S.
Tariffs
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. diplomatic efforts, expansion
U.S. foreign aid programs, funding and policies
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Trade Representative
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Ukraine, U.S. assistance
White House Senior Adviser for Africa

Names: Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Boakai, Joseph; Booker, Cory A.; Boulos, Massad; Brennan, John O.; Comey, James B., Jr.; Embalo, Umaro Sissoco; Faye, Diomaye; Fetterman, John K.; Ghazouani, Mohamed Ould Cheikh; Greer, Jamieson L.; Kagame, Paul; Kayikwamba Wagner, Thérèse; Nduhungirehe, Olivier J.P.; Oligui Nguema, Teodoro Brice; Padilla, Alejandro; Powell, Jerome H.; Tshisekedi Tshilombohe, Felix-Antoine; Xi Jinping.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 12:52 p.m. in the State Dining Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Francophonie Therese Kayikwamba Wagner and President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombohe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda; Chairman of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Jerome H. Powell; and Sen. John K. Fetterman. Reporters referred to Mohammad-Javad Larijani, senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei of Iran; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel; Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada, who was charged with conspiracy to tamper with evidence when Federal officers were executing a search warrant in connection with the shooting of a police officer at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, TX, on July 4; U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steven C. Witkoff; Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer of Israel; and Prime Minister Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman Al Thani of Qatar. President Ghazouani spoke in Arabic, and his remarks were translated by an interpreter. President Embalo spoke in Portuguese, and his remarks were translated by an interpreter. President Oligui and President Faye spoke in French, and their remarks were translated by an interpreter. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on July 10.