Content Details
DCPD-202501214 - Remarks on the National Economy in Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- Category
- Budget and Presidential Materials
- Collection
- Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Publisher
- Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
- Event Date
- December 19, 2025
- President
- Donald J. Trump
- Document Categories
- Addresses and Remarks : Rocky Mount, NC
- Subjects
- 2024 Presidential election
Automobiles and automobile parts, tariffs on imports into U.S.
Border security
Child savings accounts
Christmas
COVID–19 pandemic
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
District of Columbia, shooting of National Guard servicemembers near White House
Economic improvement
Egg prices
Electricity capacity, expansion efforts
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal workforce, reduction efforts
Fox News
France, President
Gasoline costs
Geographic names, efforts to restore American greatness
Health care costs and affordability
Household income and wages
Illegal immigration
Inflation
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement implementation
Job creation and growth
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Minnesota, Governor
Minnesota, Somali immigrants
Mortgage rates
News media, fairness and accuracy
North Carolina, Governor
North Carolina, Hurricane Helene, damage and recovery efforts
North Carolina, knife attacks on light-rail commuter trains in Charlotte
North Carolina, President's visit
Oil and gas drilling, Federal oversight and regulation
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Pennsylvania, 2024 assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump in Butler
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Republican National Committee
Research and development
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Labor
Semiconductor manufacturing
Syria, death of U.S. servicemembers in Palmyra
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
Transgender athletes, efforts to restrict participation
- Names
- Berger, Phil; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Biffle, Greg; Brown, Decarlos, Jr.; Budd, Ted; Carini, Angela; Chavez-DeRemer, Lori M.; Christie, Christopher J.; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Cooper, Roy A., III; Davis, Donald; Dell, Michael S.; Dell, Susan; Dobie, Kenyon; Ellison, David; Graham, W. Franklin, III; Greene, Marjorie Taylor; Gutfeld, Gregory J.; Hannity, Sean P.; Hardin, Austin; Harris, Kamala D.; Hirsi, Adnan; Ingraham, Laura; Kennedy, Robert F., Jr.; Khelif, Imane; Knott, Brad; Lindell, Michael J.; Macron, Emmanuel; Marnell, Blake; Moore, Tim; Musk, Elon R.; O'Brien, Sean; Omar, Ilhan; Pulte, Bill; Rosen, Daniel N.; Solarzano-Garcia, Oscar; Stein, Joshua H.; Stephanopoulos, George R.; Thurston, Carolyn; Thurston, Charles; Tillis, Thomas R.; Trump, Kai M.; Trump, Lara J.; Trump, Melania; Walz, Timothy J.; Warnock, Raphael G.; Warren, Elizabeth A.; Watters, Jesse; Whatley, Michael; Whitley, Heather; Wolfe, Andrew; Wolfe, Melody.
- Locations
- Rocky Mount, NC
- Notes
- The President spoke at 8:59 p.m. at the Rocky Mount Event Center. In his remarks, he referred to Gov. Joshua H. Stein of North Carolina; former Gov. Roy A. Cooper III of North Carolina, in his capacity as a North Carolina Democratic senatorial candidate; President Emmanuel Macron of France; Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren; Decarlos Brown, Jr., suspect in the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte Area Transit System light-rail train in Charlotte, NC, on August 22; Daniel N. Rosen, U.S. attorney, District of Minnesota; Adnan Hirsi, son of Rep. Ilhan A. Omar; Gov. Timothy J. Walz of Minnesota; Michael J. Lindell, founder and chief executive officer, MyPillow; George R. Stephanopoulos, coanchor, ABC's "Good Morning America" program; former Gov. Christopher J. Christie of New Jersey, in his capacity as a political commentator for ABC News; Sen. Raphael G. Warnock; David Ellison, founder and chief executive officer, Paramount Skydance Corp., parent company of CBS; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene; San Diego, CA, resident Blake Marnell; former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her capacity as the 2016 Democratic Presidential nominee; former Vice President Kamala D. Harris, in her capacity as the 2024 Democratic Presidential nominee; W. Franklin Graham III, president and chief executive officer, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; Sean P. Hannity, host, Fox News Channel's "Hannity" program; Jesse Watters, host, Fox News Channel's "Jesse Watters Primetime" program; Laura Ingraham, host, Fox News Channel's "Ingraham Angle" program; Gregory J. Gutfeld, host, Fox News Channel's "Gutfeld!" program; Michael S. Dell, chairman and chief executive officer, Dell Technologies, and his wife Susan; Elon R. Musk, chief executive officer, SpaceX; Sean M. O'Brien, general president, International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Sens. Ted Budd and Thomas R. Tillis; Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, USAF, a member of the West Virginia National Guard, who was shot in an ambush-style attack during a patrol near the White House in Washington, DC, on November 26; Oscar Solarzano-Garcia, suspect charged in the stabbing of Kenyon Dobie on a Lynx Blue Line light rail train in Charlotte on December 5; Italian Olympic boxer Angela Carini; and Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif. He also referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on December 22.