Content Details
DCPD-202501193 - Remarks at a Christmas Reception
- Category
- Budget and Presidential Materials
- Collection
- Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Publisher
- Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
- Event Date
- December 14, 2025
- President
- Donald J. Trump
- Document Categories
- Addresses and Remarks : Christmas reception
- Subjects
- 2024 Presidential election
Anti-Semitism
Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
Australia, Prime Minister
Australia, shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney
Automobile industry, strengthening efforts
China, President
Christmas
Domestic Policy Council
Federal Reserve System
Golf
Hanukkah
Inflation
Interest rates
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Rhode Island, shooting at Brown University in Providence
Syria, death of U.S. servicemembers in Palmyra
Syria, President
Tariffs
Voter participation
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political, and Public Affairs
White House Director of Legislative Affairs
White House Director of Speechwriting
White House Medical Unit
- Names
- Ahmed, Ahmed al; Albanese, Anthony; Anderson, Bettina; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Blair, James; Bodine, Gregory; Braid, James C.; Bush, George W.; Cook, Ella; DeChambeau, Bryson; Elmore, Erin M.; Gallagher, Mickie, III; Garten, Alan G.; Haley, Vincent; Howard, W. Nathaniel; Jackson, Ronny L.; Jones, James; Jones, Jennifer; Means, Casey; Obama, Barack; Obama, Malia; Obama, Natasha "Sasha"; Powell, Jerome H.; Robinson, Alexis L.; Sakat, Ayad Mansoor; Scavino, Daniel J.; Shara', Ahmad Husayn al-; Singh, Vijay; Torres-Tova, Edgar B.; Trump, Chloe; Trump, Donald J., Jr.; Trump, Ivanka M.; Trump, Kai; Trump, Melania; Trump, Spencer; Trump, Tristan; Trump, Vanessa; Umurzokov, Mukhammad Aziz; Worthington, Ross; Xi Jinping.
- Locations
- Washington, DC
- Notes
- The President spoke at 1 p.m. on the State Floor at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, students, Brown University, who were killed in the shooting on December 13; Iowa National Guard members Sgt. Edgar B. Torres-Tova, USA, and Sgt. W. Nathaniel Howard, USA, and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, were killed when their convoy of joint U.S. and Syrian forces was attacked in Palmyra, Syria, on December 13; President Ahmad Husayn al-Shara' of Syria; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia; Ahmed al Ahmed, a local shopkeeper who wrestled suspected gunman Sajid Akram to the ground and disarmed him before being shot by the second suspected gunman Naveed Akram in Sydney, Australia, on December 14; Vanessa Trump, ex-wife, and Bettina Anderson, fiancée, of the President's son Donald J. Trump, Jr.; Gregory Bodine, caddie for Mr. DeChambeau; professional golfer Vijay Singh; Casey Means, the President's nominee to be U.S. Surgeon General; White House Director of Legislative Affairs James C. Braid, Deputy Chief of Staff Daniel J. Scavino, Jr., and Director of Speechwriting Ross Worthington; Alan G. Garten, executive vice president and chief legal officer, Trump Organization, and his wife Alexis L. Robinson; Rep. Ronny L. Jackson, in his former capacity as Physician to the President; Natasha "Sasha" and Malia Obama, daughters of former President Barack Obama; Jennifer Jones, wife of Col. Jones; and Chairman of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Jerome H. Powell. He also referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. Mr. DeChambeau referred to retired professional golfer Gary J. Player; and Masayoshi Son, chief executive officer, SoftBank Group. Director Elmore referred to her son Royce and sister Ashley Elmore-Bosonac. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on December 15.