DCPD-202500864 - Remarks Announcing the 2026 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Draw Location and an Exchange With Reporters - DCPD-202500864 | Content Details

DCPD-202500864 - Remarks Announcing the 2026 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Draw Location 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: August 22, 2025

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : 2026 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Draw, location announcement

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Afghanistan, withdrawal of U.S. military forces
Attorney General
Border security
California, Governor
California, wildfires in Los Angeles area
Canada, Prime Minister
Canada, trade with U.S.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the, relations with Rwanda
Department of Justice, investigation documents pertaining to deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Director of National Intelligence
District of Columbia, beautification efforts
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
District of Columbia, Mayor
Economic improvement
Environmental Protection Agency
European Commission President
European Union, trade with U.S.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Reserve System
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup
Firearm rights
Gaza, hostages held by Hamas
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
Illegal immigration
India, relations with Pakistan
Intel Corp.
Israel, attacks by Hamas of October 7, 2023
Israel, Prime Minister
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Mexico, border with U.S., infrastructure and security
Mexico, trade with U.S.
National Guard
Pakistan, relations with India
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Rwanda, relations with Democratic Republic of the Congo
Secretary of Homeland Security
Semiconductor manufacturing
Senate majority leader
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Tariffs
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East
U.S. visa policy
Ukraine, President
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Vice President
White House Border Czar
White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026

Names: Al Ashqar, Leena; Bass, Karen R.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Bolton, John R.; Bondi, Pamela J.; Bowser, Muriel E.; Carney, Mark; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Clinton, William J.; Cordeiro, Carlos; Cotton, Thomas B.; Gabbard, Tulsi; Giuliani, Andrew; Giuliani, Rudolph W.; Grenell, Richard A.; Harris, Kamala D.; Homan, Thomas D.; Huang, Jensen; Infantino, Giovanni V.; Johnson, J. Michael; McDonnell, Jim; Moser, Robert D., Jr.; Netanyahu, Benjamin; Newsom, Gavin C.; Noem, Kristi L.; Patel, Kashyap P. "Kash"; Powell, Jerome H.; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Summers, Lawrence H.; Tan, Lip-Bu; Thune, John R.; Trump, Barron W.; Trump, Melania; Vance, James D. "J.D."; von der Leyen, Ursula; Witkoff, Steven C.; Zeldin, Lee M.; Zelenskyy, Volodymyr.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 1:04 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Leena Al Ashqar, wife of Mr. Infantino; Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, IL; Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard; Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kashyap P. "Kash" Patel; Robert D. Moser, Jr., chief executive officer, Clark Construction; White House Border Czar Thomas D. Homan; Attorney General Pamela J. Bondi; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine; Mayor Karen R. Bass and Police Chief Jim McDonnell of Los Angeles; Gov. Gavin C. Newsom of California; Speaker of the House of Representatives J. Michael Johnson; Senate Majority Leader John R. Thune; former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; former President William J. Clinton; former Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence H. Summers, in his former capacity as president of Harvard University; former Vice President Kamala D. Harris; President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission; Lip- Bu Tan, chief executive officer, Intel Corp.; Jensen Huang, founder, president, and chief executive officer, NVIDIA Corp.; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel; and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steven C. Witkoff.