DCPD-202600046 - Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland - DCPD-202600046 | Content Details

DCPD-202600046 - Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Summary

Category: Budget and Presidential Materials

Collection: Compilation of Presidential Documents

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Event Date: January 21, 2026

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, remarks and question-and-answer session

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Arctic security, improvement efforts
Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
Attorney General
Automobile industry, strengthening efforts
Border security
California, Governor
Canada, Prime Minister
China, President
COVID–19 pandemic
COVID–19 vaccines
Credit card interest rates
Critical minerals, supply chain improvements
Crypto currency and digital finance
Deputy Attorney General
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
Economic improvement
Electricity capacity, expansion efforts
Europe, defense spending levels
European Union, trade with U.S.
Federal deficit and debt
Federal regulations, reduction efforts
Federal Reserve System
Federal workforce, reduction efforts
France, President
Fraud enforcement, strengthening efforts
Gasoline costs
Germany, Chancellor
Greenland, ownership and administration
Greenland, political status with respect to Denmark
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
Household income and wages
Housing, affordability and access
Illegal immigration
Inflation
Interest rates
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
Japan, trade with U.S.
Lebanon, Hizballah political-paramilitary organization
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Minnesota, Somali immigrants
Missile defense, modernization efforts
Mortgage interest rates
National Guard
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nuclear energy, expansion efforts
Oil and natural gas, domestic production
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
Solar and wind energy
South Korea, trade with U.S.
Suspected drug-trafficking vessels, U.S. airstrikes in Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific
Switzerland, Chief of the Federal Finance Department
Switzerland, President Trump's visit
Switzerland, trade with U.S.
Switzerland, World Economic Forum in Davos
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
U.S. diplomatic efforts, expansion
U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Missions
Ukraine, President
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Undocumented immigrants, deportation of criminals
Venezuela, oil supply and refining
Venezuela, U.S. military capture and exfiltration of President Maduro
White House Chief of Staff

Names: Bessent, Scott K.H.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Blanche, Todd; Bondi, Pamela J.; Brende, Børge; Burgum, Douglas J.; Carney, Mark; Fabrizio, Tony; Fink, Laurence D.; Harris, Kamala D.; Keller-Sutter, Karin; Kushner, Jared C.; Lutnick, Howard W.; Macron, Emmanuel; McLaughlin, John; Merz, Friedrich; Netanyahu, Benjamin; Newsom, Gavin C.; Omar, Ilhan A.; Powell, Jerome H.; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Rubio, Marco A.; Rutte, Mark; Wiles, Susan; Witkoff, Steven C.; Wright, Christopher A.; Xi Jinping; Zelenskyy, Volodymyr; Zuckerberg, Mark E.

Locations: Davos, Switzerland

Notes: The President spoke at 2:38 p.m. at the Davos Congress Centre. In his remarks, he referred to Laurence D. Fink, chairman and chief executive officer, BlackRock, who introduced the President; Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany; President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia; Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine; President Emmanuel Macron of France; Chief of the Federal Finance Department and former President Karin Keller-Sutter of the Swiss Confederation; Gov. Gavin C. Newsom of California; John McLaughlin, chief executive officer and partner, McLaughlin and Associates; Tony Fabrizio, partner, Fabrizio Lee public opinion research firm; Attorney General Pamela J. Bondi; Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche; Mark E. Zuckerberg, chief executive officer, Meta; White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles; Secretary of Energy Christopher A. Wright U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steven C. Witkoff; and former Vice President Kamala D. Harris, in her capacity as the 2024 Democratic Presidential nominee. He also referred to his son-in-law Jared C. Kushner; the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization; and Executive Order 14376. Mr. Brende referred to President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt.