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DCPD-202501040 - Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion With the Homeland Security Task Force 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: October 23, 2025

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Homeland Security Task Force, roundtable discussion

Subjects: 2021 civil unrest and violence at U.S. Capitol
2024 Presidential election
Armed Forces, U.S., recruitment efforts
Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
Attorney General
Border security
China, President
China, synthetic opioid supply chain
China, trade with U.S.
Colombia, drug trafficking
Colombia, President
Colorado, Governor
Crypto currency and digital finance
Deputy Attorney General
Director of National Intelligence
District of Columbia, beautification efforts
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Government appropriations, lapse
Foreign narcotics traffickers
Fraternal Order of Police
Geographic names, efforts to restore American greatness
Homeland Security Task Force
Illegal drugs, interdiction efforts
Illegal immigration
Illinois, crime in Chicago
Illinois, Governor
Immigration enforcement actions
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Major City Chiefs Association
Major County Sheriffs of America
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Mexico, President
National Border Patrol Council
National Guard
National Sheriffs Association
Opioid epidemic, efforts to combat
Pardons and commutations
Russia, President
Russia, U.S. sanctions
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of War
Suspected drug-trafficking vessels, U.S. airstrikes in Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific
Tariffs
Tennessee, law enforcement improvement efforts in Memphis
Transnational criminal organizations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Venezuela, drug trafficking
Venezuela, Tren de Aragua criminal organization
West Bank, Palestinian Territories, political status
White House Ballroom construction project
White House Chief of Staff
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy

Names: Benioff, Marc R.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Blanche, Todd; Bondi, Pamela J.; Comey, James B.; Cooper, Laura; Crockett, Jasmine F.; Gabbard, Tulsi; Gilbert, Christopher T.; Gilbert, Grant; Gilbert, Jack; Gilbert, Jennifer Wishon; Goldman, Daniel; Hegseth, Peter B.; Huang, Jensen; James, Letitia; Johnson, Brandon; Jones, Jerrauld C.C. "Jay"; Katsas, Gregory G.; Miller, Stephen; Moynihan, Christopher; Noem, Kristi L.; Noland. Megan; Obama, Barack; Patel, Kashyap P. "Kash"; Perez, Paul A.; Petro Urrego, Gustavo; Polis, Jared S.; Pritzker, Jay R. "J.B."; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Pérez, Jeison Obando; Rao, Neomi; Schiff, Adam B.; Sheinbaum Pardo, Claudia; Tufiño, Andrés Fernando; West, Christopher; Wiles, Susan; Xi Jinping; Yoes, Patrick; Zhao, Changpeng.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 3:25 p.m. in the State Dining Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, IL; Marc R. Benioff, chair, chief executive officer, and cofounder, Salesforce; Jensen Huang, founder, president, and chief executive officer, NVIDIA Corp.; Gregory G. Katsas and Neomi Rao, judges, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Ecuadoran national Andrés Fernando Tufiño and Colombian national Jeison Obando Pérez, who survived a U.S. airstrike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea en route between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago on October 17; Gov. Jared S. Polis of Colorado; Christopher Moynihan, who was arrested for text messages indicating that he planned to "eliminate" House Minority Leader Hakeem S. Jeffries during a speech at the Economic Club of New York in New York City on October 20; former Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Christopher T. Gilbert and his sons Grant and Jack and wife Jennifer Wishon Gilbert; former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey; New York State Attorney General Letitia James; President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo of Mexico; President Gustavo Petro Urrego of Colombia; Rep. Jasmine F. Crockett; and White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles. He also referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. Secretary Hegseth referred to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Acting Director and Secretary of the Army Daniel P. Driscoll. Deputy Chief of Staff Miller referred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd M. Lyons. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on November 20.