DCPD-202600145 - Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters - DCPD-202600145 | Content Details

DCPD-202600145 - Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters

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

Document Categories: Interviews With the News Media : Exchanges with reporters, White House

Subjects: Chagos Archipelago, territorial status
China, relations with U.S.
Diego Garcia, U.S.-United Kingdom joint military facility
Europe, defense spending levels
Germany, Chancellor
Germany, relations with U.S.
Iran, Israeli airstrikes
Iran, nuclear weapons development
Iran, political unrest and violence
Iran, Supreme Leader
Iran, terrorism sponsorship
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Iran, U.S. military operations
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization
Israel, airstrikes on Iran
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Oil markets and prices
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate minority leader
Spain, defense relations with U.S.
Supreme Court Associate Justice
Tariffs
U.S. military readiness, improvement efforts
U.S. Trade Representative
Ukraine, President
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
United Kingdom, Prime Minister
Venezuela, U.S. military capture and exfiltration of President Maduro
Venezuela, Acting President
Venezuela, oil supply and refining

Names: Bessent, Scott K.H.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Greer, Jamieson L.; Kavanaugh, Brett M.; Khamanei, Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-; Khan, Sadiq; Merkel, Angela; Merz, Friedrich; Obama, Barack; Pahlavi, Reza; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Rodriguez Gomez, Delcy; Rubio, Marco A.; Rutte, Mark; Schumer, Charles E.; Starmer, Keir; Zelenskyy, Volodymyr.

Notes: The President spoke at 11:49 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei of Iran, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran, Iran, on February 28, 2026; Acting President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez of Venezuela; Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom; former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany; Secretary of State Marco A. Rubio; former Presidents Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Barack Obama; Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer; Mayor Sadiq Khan of London, United Kingdom; President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia; and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. He also referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. A reporter referred to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.