DCPD-202600265 - Remarks at a Turning Point, U.S.A., Event in Phoenix, Arizona - DCPD-202600265 | Content Details

DCPD-202600265 - Remarks at a Turning Point, U.S.A., Event in Phoenix, Arizona

Category: Budget and Presidential Materials

Collection: Compilation of Presidential Documents

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

Event Date: April 17, 2026

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Turning Point, U.S.A., event in Phoenix, AZ

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), release of Government files
Arizona, President's visit
Armed Forces, U.S., recruitment efforts
Border security
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Climate change
Criminal justice system, reform efforts
Cuba, political and economic stability
Department of Education, proposed closure
Department of Homeland Security, appropriations legislation
Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, restriction efforts
Election security and integrity, strengthening efforts
Federal workforce, reduction efforts
Fraud enforcement, strengthening efforts
Health care costs and affordability
Homeownership, access and affordability
Illegal immigration
Immigration reform
India, relations with Pakistan
Iran, commercial transit through Strait of Hormuz
Iran, regional involvement
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Israel, military operations in Lebanon
Lebanon, Hizballah political-paramilitary organization
Lebanon, Israeli military operations
Medal of Honor
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Oil and natural gas, domestic production
Pakistan, Chief of Defense Forces
Pakistan, Prime Minister
Pakistan, relations with India
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Refugees and migrants, U.S. admission policy
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act
Saudi Arabia, King
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of War
Sports, efforts to restrict transgender participation
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
Transgender athletes, efforts to restrict participation
Turning Point, U.S.A.
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. diplomatic efforts, expansion
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Space Force
Venezuela, U.S. military capture and exfiltration of President Maduro
Vice President

Names: Andres, Anne; Arellano, Sergio; Arpaio, Joseph M.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Biggs, Andy; Brown, Decarlos, Jr.; Chambers, Tom; Ciscomani, Juan; Crane, Eli; Del Cueto, Art; Feely, T. James "Jay"; Gambadoro, John; Gosar, Paul; Grace, Mark; Hamadeh, Abe; Hegseth, Peter B.; Joachim, Rolbert; Kennedy, Robert F., Jr.; Kirk, Erika; Kolodin, Alex; Lamb, Mark; Limbaugh, Kathryn; Maduro Moros, Nicolas; McMahon, Linda E.; Munir Ahmed Shah, Syed Asim; Oz, Mehmet; Patrick, Danica; Petersen, Warren; Posada-Hernandez, Bairon; Robinson, Tyler J.; Roenick, Jeremy; Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, King; Schilling, Curt; Sharif, Shehbaz; Slover, Eric; Thompson, Ryan; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Williams, Royce; Yee, Kimberly; Zarutska, Anna.

Locations: Phoenix, AZ

Notes: The President spoke at 2:55 p.m. at the Dream City Church. In his remarks, he referred to Tyler J. Robinson, who was charged in the murder of Turning Point U.S.A. Founder and Executive Director Charles J. Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, UT, on September 10, 2025; Erika Kirk, wife of Mr. Kirk and chief executive officer of Turning Point U.S.A.; Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defense Forces Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah of Pakistan; Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover, USA, who was wounded in the January 3 U.S. military operation in Caracas, Venezuela; Anna Zarutska, mother of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, who was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte Area Transit System light-rail train in Charlotte, NC, on August 22, 2025, and Decarlos Brown, Jr., suspect in the Charlotte stabbing; Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Royce Williams, USN; King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia; former President Nicolás 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; Rolbert Joachin, suspect in the killing of Nilufa Easmin at a gas station in Fort Myers, FL, on April 2; Richard Williams, an 83-year old veteran who was pushed onto subway tracks in New York City on March 8, and died from his injuries on March 17; Bairon Posada-Hernandez, suspect in the subway attack; former National Football League kicker and Arizona Republican congressional candidate T. James "Jay" Feely; former Pinal County Sheriff and Arizona Republican congressional candidate Mark Lamb; former Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio of Maricopa County, AZ; Kathryn Limbaugh, wife of the late radio personality Rush Limbaugh; Ryan Thompson, pitcher, Mark Grace, former first baseman, and Curt Schilling, former pitcher, Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks; John "Gambo" Gambadoro, Sports talk radio personality and cohost of KMVP's "Burns and Gambo" radio program; Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz; and professional powerlifter Anne Andres. He also referred to S. 1383. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on April 20.