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DCPD-202600040 - Remarks During a Press Briefing With White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and an Exchange With Reporters
- Category
- Budget and Presidential Materials
- Collection
- Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Publisher
- Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
- Event Date
- January 20, 2026
- President
- Donald J. Trump
- Document Categories
- Interviews With the News Media : Exchanges with reporters, White House
- Subjects
- 2024 Presidential election
Afghanistan, withdrawal of U.S. military forces
Armenia, Prime Minister
Armenia, relations with Azerbaijan
Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
Automobile industry, strengthening efforts
Azerbaijan, President
Azerbaijan, relations with Armenia
Board of Peace
Border security
Brazil, President
California, Governor
Carbon emissions, reduction efforts
Cashless bail, efforts to eliminate
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
China, trade with U.S.
Citizenship
CNN
Coal-based energy production, expansion efforts
Critical minerals, supply chain improvements
Department of Education, proposed closure
Diego Garcia, U.S.-United Kingdom joint military facility
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, restriction efforts
Domestic terrorism and extremist violence, efforts to combat
Economic improvement
Egg prices
Electric and hybrid vehicles, promotion efforts
Electricity capacity, expansion efforts
Environmental Protection Agency
Europe, defense spending levels
Federal deficit and debt
Federal employees, return-to-office policy
Federal regulations, reduction efforts
Federal workforce, reduction efforts
France, President
Gasoline costs
Gaza, hostages held by Hamas
Geographic names, efforts to restore American greatness
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, regional negotiations
Greenland, ownership and administration
Group of Seven (G–7) nations
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
Household income and wages
Illegal drugs, interdiction efforts
Illegal immigration
India, relations with Pakistan
Inflation
Interest rates
Iran, political demonstrations
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Japan, trade with U.S.
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Minnesota, death of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
Minnesota, immigration enforcement actions
Minnesota, Somali immigrants
National Guard
Nobel Prize for Peace
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nutrition assistance programs
Oil and natural gas, domestic production
Opioid epidemic, efforts to combat
Pakistan, Prime Minister
Pakistan, relations with India
Paris Agreement on climate change
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Religious freedom
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Homeland Security
Social Security program
Somalia, piracy
South Korea, trade with U.S.
Sports, efforts to restrict transgender participation
Suspected drug-trafficking vessels, U.S. airstrikes in Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific
Syria, Kurdish population
Syria, President
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
Tennessee, law enforcement improvement efforts in Memphis
Transgender athletes, efforts to restrict participation
Transgender servicemembers, status of service in U.S. military
Transnational criminal organizations
Trump Accounts, children's savings program
Turkey, President
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. diplomatic efforts, expansion
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. military readiness, improvement efforts
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Undocumented immigrants, deportation of criminals
Unemployment rate
United Kingdom, Prime Minister
Venezuela, human rights issues
Venezuela, Interim President
Venezuela, investment by foreign oil companies
Venezuela, oil supply and refining
Venezuela, relations with U.S.
Venezuela, Tren de Aragua criminal organization
Venezuela, U.S. military capture and exfiltration of President Maduro
White House Border Czar
White House Press Secretary
World Health Organization
- Names
- Aliyev, Ilham; Bass, Karen R.; Bezos, Jeffrey P.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Bragg, Alvin C., Jr.; Buffett, Warren E.; Dell, Michael S.; Dell, Susan; Easterwood, David; Erdogan, Recep Tayyip; Ford, William C., Jr.; Ganger, Donna; Ganger, Tim; Harris, Kamala D.; Homan, Thomas D.; James, Letitia; Kennedy, Robert F., Jr.; Koch, Charles G.; Leavitt, Karoline; Lehotsky, Stephen P.; Lemon, Don; Leo, Leonard A.; Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio; Machado, María Corina; Macron, Emmanuel; Maduro Moros, Nicolas; McMahon, Linda E.; Musk, Elon R.; Newsom, Gavin C.; Noem, Kristi L.; Omar, Ilhan A.; Oz, Mehmet; Pashinyan, Nikol; Perez, Paul A.; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Rodriguez Gomez, Delcy; Rutte, Mark; Shara', Ahmad Husayn al-; Sharif, Shehbaz; Smith, John L.; Starmer, Keir; White, Dana F.; Willis, Fani T.; Zeldin, Lee M.; Zuckerberg, Mark E.
- Locations
- Washington, DC
- Notes
- The President spoke at 1:49 p.m. in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Rep. Ilhan A. Omar; Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado; Interim President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez of Venezuela; independent broadcaster and former CNN program host Don Lemon; David Easterwood, pastor, Cities Church in Saint Paul, MN, where protesters interrupted service on January 18 due to Easterwood's reportedly serving in a local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement capacity; Renee Nicole Good, who was killed when shots were fired into her vehicle during a confrontation between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and protesters in Minneapolis, MN, on January 7, and her parents Donna and Tim Ganger; Paul A. Perez, president, National Border Patrol Council; Warren E. Buffett, chairman and former chief executive officer, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.; Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem; White House Border Czar Thomas D. Homan; Gov. Gavin C. Newsom of California; former Vice President Kamala D. Harris, in her capacity as the 2024 Democratic Presidential nominee; Dana F. White, chief executive officer, Ultimate Fighting Championship; Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan; President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia; President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan; Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia; Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Elon R. Musk, cofounder and chief executive officer, Tesla; Leonard A. Leo, cochairman, the Federalist Society; Charles G. Koch, chief executive officer and chairman, Koch Industries, Inc.; William C. Ford, Jr., executive chair of Ford Motor Co.; Steven P. Lehotsky, attorney, Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP; former Department of Justice Special Counsel John L. Smith; New York State Attorney General Letitia James; Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr.; District Attorney Fani T. Willis of Fulton County, GA; Michael S. Dell, chairman and chief executive officer, Dell Technologies, and his wife Susan; Mayor Karen R. Bass of Los Angeles, CA; Mark E. Zuckerberg, chief executive officer, Meta; Jeffrey P. Bezos, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board, Amazon.com; Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz; President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil; President Ahmad Husayn al-Shara' of Syria; and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. He also referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. Reporters referred to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway; National Economic Council Director Kevin A. Hassett; and former President Nicolas Maduro Moros of Venezuela, who was captured, along with his wife Cilia Flores, in a U.S. military operation in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 3 and exfiltrated to the U.S. for criminal processing in New York City. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on January 21.