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DCPD-202500873 - Remarks During 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: August 26, 2025

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Cabinet meeting

Subjects: 2026 midterm elections
Afghanistan, withdrawal of U.S. military forces
Agricultural production, strengthening efforts
Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
Attorney General
Autism spectrum disorders
Automobile industry, strengthening efforts
Border security
Cabinet meeting
California, Governor
California, political demonstrations in Los Angeles
California, wildfires in Los Angeles area
Capital punishment
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Central Intelligence Agency
China, President
China, relations with U.S.
Coal-based energy production, expansion efforts
COVID–19 pandemic
COVID–19 vaccines
Department of Education, proposed closure
Director of National Intelligence
District of Columbia, beautification efforts
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
District of Columbia, Mayor
Education, global competitiveness
Egg prices
Environmental Protection Agency
European Union, trade with U.S.
Federal Government, appropriations legislation
Federal permitting process, improvement efforts
Federal Reserve System
Federal workforce, reduction efforts
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup
Foreign university students, U.S. visa policy
Furniture industry, improvement efforts
Gasoline costs
Gaza, conflict with Israel
Household income and wages
Illegal immigration
Illinois, Governor
India, Prime Minister
India, relations with Pakistan
Inflation
Intel Corp.
Interest rates
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Israel, military operations in Gaza
Japan, trade with U.S.
Job creation and growth
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Law enforcement officers, service and dedication
Management and Budget Director
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Maryland, Governor
Massachusetts, Harvard University in Cambridge
Medicare and Medicaid programs
National Guard
New York, Governor
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Oil and natural gas, domestic production
Opportunity Zones, economic development in low-income communities
Pakistan, relations with India
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Semiconductor manufacturing
Senate majority leader
Senate minority leader
Small Business Administration
Social Security program
Solar and wind energy
South Korea, President
South Korea, trade with U.S.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Sports, efforts to restrict transgender participation
Steel and aluminum, U.S. tariffs on foreign imports
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
Transgender athletes, efforts to restrict participation
U.S. diplomatic efforts, expansion
U.S. servicemembers, service and dedication
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East
U.S. Trade Representative
Ukraine, international military aid
Ukraine, President
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Vice President
Water management policy, improvement efforts
White House Border Czar

Names: Bass, Karen R.; Bessent, Scott K.H.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Bondi, Pamela J.; Bowser, Muriel E.; Burgum, Douglas J.; Caine, J. Daniel; Chavez-DeRemer, Lori M.; Collins, Douglas A.; Cook, Lisa D.; Duffy, Sean P.; Fain, Shawn; Gabbard, Tulsi; Greer, Jamieson L.; Hegseth, Peter B.; Hochul, Kathleen C.; Homan, Thomas D.; Infantino, Giovanni V.; Johnson, Brandon; Johnson, J. Michael; Kelce, Travis; Kennedy, Robert F., Jr.; Lee Jae-myung; Loeffler, Kelly L.; Lutnick, Howard W.; McDonnell, Jim; McMahon, Linda E.; Miran, Stephen I.; Modi, Narendra; Moore, Westley W.O. "Wes"; Newsom, Gavin C.; Noem, Kristi L.; O'Brien, Sean; Obama, Barack; Oz, Mehmet; Powell, Jerome H.; Pritzker, Jay R. "J.B."; Pulliam, Michael; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Ratcliffe, John L.; Ricks, David A.; Rollins, Brooke L.; Rubio, Marco A.; Schumer, Charles E.; Scott, Timothy E.; Swift, Taylor; Tan, Lib-Bu; Thune, John R.; Trump, Melania; Turner, E. Scott; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Vought, Russell T.; Witkoff, Steven C.; Wright, Christopher A.; Xi Jinping; Zeldin, Lee M.; Zelenskyy, Volodymyr; Zuckerberg, Mark E.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 12:10 p.m. in the Cabinet Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Mark E. Zuckerberg, chief executive officer, Meta; Shawn Fain, president, United Auto Workers; President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea; Giovanni V. Infantino, president, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA); White House Border Czar Thomas D. Homan; Mayor Muriel E. Bowser of Washington, DC; Inspector Michael Pulliam, 3d district commander, Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia; Chief of Police Jim McDonnell of Los Angeles, CA; Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz; David A. Ricks, chair and chief executive officer, Eli Lilly and Co.; Sean M. O'Brien, general president, International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Jerome H. Powell, Chairman, and Stephen I. Miran, member, Federal Reserve System Board of Governors; Speaker of the House of Representatives J. Michael Johnson; Senate Majority Leader John R. Thune; Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India; Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive officer, Intel Corp.; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. J. Daniel Caine, USAF; and Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, IL. He also referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. Secretary Kennedy referred to professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau. Director Gabbard referred to former Central Intelligence Agency Director John O. Brennan; and former Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, Jr. Attorney General Bondi referred to Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, cofounder of the Sinaloa Cartel, who pleaded guilty to leading of a continuing criminal enterprise and a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) charge; and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, who was convicted in 2019 of several charges related to his leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel and sentenced to life imprisonment at ADX in Florence, CO. Secretary Hegseth referred to Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg. Reporters referred to Abbe D. Lowell, founding member, Lowell & Associates, PLLC; White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller; and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov of Russia. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on August 27.