Content Details
DCPD-202600112 - Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
- Category
- Budget and Presidential Materials
- Collection
- Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Publisher
- Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
- Event Date
- February 16, 2026
- President
- Donald J. Trump
- Document Categories
- Interviews With the News Media : Exchanges with reporters, Air Force One
- Subjects
- Board of Peace
Border security
California, Governor
China, President
Colorado, Governor
Crime rates
Cuba, political and economic stability
Department of Justice files concerning deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
Election security and integrity, strengthening efforts
Federal Government appropriations, partial lapse
Florida, Governor
Gasoline costs
Gaza, humanitarian situation
Georgia, special congressional election
Golf
Inflation
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Iran, U.S. diplomatic efforts
Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement implementation
Japan, Prime Minister
Law enforcement officers, service and dedication
Maryland, Governor
National Governors Association
News media, Presidential interviews
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia, relations with United Arab Emirates
Secretary of State
State of the Union Address
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Undocumented immigrants, deportation of criminals
United Arab Emirates, relations with Saudi Arabia
Venezuela, Acting President
Vice President
- Names
- Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Bush, George W.; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Clinton, William J.; Cornyn, John, III; DeSantis, Ronald D.; Greene, Marjorie Taylor; Hunt, Wesley; Meyer, Urban; Moore, Westley W.O. "Wes"; Newsom, Gavin C.; Obama, Barack; Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria; Paxton, W. Kenneth, Jr.; Peters, Tina; Polis, Jared S.; Rodriguez Gomez, Delcy; Rubio, Marco A.; Saban, Nick; Takaichi, Sanae; Trump, Melania; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Xi Jinping.
- Locations
- Air Force One
- Notes
- The President spoke at 6:59 p.m. in the press cabin. In his remarks, he referred to former President William J. Clinton; former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; journalist and author Michael Wolff; Vice President James D. "J.D." Vance; former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene; Texas Republican senatorial candidates Sen. John Cornyn III, Texas State Attorney General W. Kenneth Paxton, Jr., and Rep. Wesley Hunt; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Gov. Gavin C. Newsom of California; former Presidents George W. Bush and President Barack Obama; Gov. Jared S. Polis of Colorado; and former Mesa County, CO, Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, who was convicted of criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., in August 2024. Reporters referred to Corey R. Lewandowski, Senior Adviser to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem; 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; U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steven C. Witkoff; and the President's son-in-law Jared C. Kushner. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on February 17.