DCPD-202501195 - Remarks on Presenting the Mexican Border Defense Medal and an Exchange With Reporters - DCPD-202501195 | Content Details

DCPD-202501195 - Remarks on Presenting the Mexican Border Defense Medal 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: December 15, 2025

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Mexican Border Defense Medal, presentation

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Attorney General
Automobile industry, strengthening efforts
Border security
Cambodia, Prime Minister
Cambodia, relations with Thailand
Chile, Presidential election
China, President
Colorado, Governor
Drug Enforcement Agency
Economic improvement
Election security and integrity, strengthening efforts
Federal Government, appropriations legislation
Gasoline costs
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
Health insurance exchanges
Honduras, Presidential election
Illegal immigration
Immigration reform
Inflation
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Israel, Prime Minister
Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement implementation
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lebanon, Hizballah political-paramilitary organization
Marijuana, decriminalization efforts
Mexican Border Defense Medal
Mexico, border with U.S., infrastructure and security
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Opioid epidemic, efforts to combat
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Secretary of War
Semiconductor manufacturing
Senate confirmation process
Senate filibuster use
Syria, death of U.S. servicemembers in Palmyra
Syria, President
Tariffs
Thailand, Prime Minister
Thailand, relations with Cambodia
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. diplomatic efforts, expansion
U.S. servicemembers, service and dedication
Ukraine, international military aid
Ukraine, President
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Venezuela, Tren de Aragua criminal organization
White House Border Czar
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy

Names: Anutin Charnvirakul; Asad, Bashar al-; Asfura, Nasry; Behn, Aftyn A.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Bondi, Pamela J.; Caine, J. Daniel; Cole, Terrance C.; Guillot, Gregory M.; Hegseth, Peter B.; Homan, Thomas D.; Hun Manet; Johnson, Brett W.; Kat, José Antonio; Lai, Jimmy; Miller, Stephen; Naumann, Scott M.; Netanyahu, Benjamin; Peters, Tina; Polis, Jared S.; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Reiner, Rob; Rodriguez, Keonne; Shara', Ahmad Husayn al-; Van Epps, Matt; Xi Jinping; Zelenskyy, Volodymyr.

Locations: Washington, DC

Notes: The President spoke at 3:16 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine; Gov. Jared S. Polis of Colorado; Tina Peters, former clerk and recorder of Mesa County, CO; White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller; President-elect Nasry Asfura of Honduras; Tennessee Democratic congressional candidate State Rep. Aftyn A. Behn; President Xi Jinping of China; Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul of Thailand; Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia; former President Bashar al-Asad of Syria; and Keonne Rodriguez, chief executive officer of Samourai, who was sentenced to 5 years on Federal money laundering charges. Border Czar Homan referred to Reps. Elise M. Stefanik and Claudia Tenney. Reporters referred to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kashyap P. "Kash" Patel; and Raed Saad, a senior commander of Hamas, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike near Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, on December 13; and Iowa National Guard members Sgt. W. Nathaniel Howard, USA, Sgt. Edgar Torres-Tovar, USA, and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who were killed when their convoy of joint U.S. and Syrian forces was attacked in Palmyra, Syria, on December 13. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on December 16.