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DCPD-202600452 - The President's News Conference in Ankara, Turkey

Summary

Category: Budget and Presidential Materials

Collection: Compilation of Presidential Documents

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

Event Date: July 8, 2026

President: Donald J. Trump

Document Categories: Interviews With the News Media : News conferences, July 8

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Anduril Industries, Inc.
Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
Automobile industry, strengthening efforts
Automobiles and automobile parts, tariffs on imports into U.S.
Boeing Co.
Border security
China, President
China, trade with U.S.
Defense contractors, delivery improvement efforts
Defense industrial base, supply chain improvements
Electricity capacity, expansion efforts
Eli Lilly and Co.
Europe, defense spending levels
Foreign nations, investment and business ventures in U.S.
Household income and wages
Illegal immigration
Iran, nuclear weapons development
Iran, U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities
Iran, U.S. military operations
Israel, Prime Minister
Job creation and growth
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Merck & Co., Inc.
News media, Presidential interviews
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Northrup Grumman Corp.
Oil markets and prices
Poland, defense relationship with U.S.
Poland, President
Raytheon
Rheinmetall AG
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Steel and aluminum, domestic production
Syria, President
Tariffs
Tax Code reform
TikTok
Toyota Motor Corp.
Turkey, President
Turkey, President Trump's visit
Turkey, relations with U.S.
U.S. Armed Forces, funding and equipment, improvement efforts
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. Special Envoy for Peace
U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Missions
Ukraine, President
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), improvement efforts
Venezuela, U.S. military capture and exfiltration of President Maduro
Vice President

Names: Bessent, Scott K.H.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Brunson, Andrew C.; Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip; Harris, Kamala D.; Kushner, Jared C.; Nawrocki, Karol; Netanyahu, Benjamin; Obama, Barack; Rubio, Marco A.; Rutte, Mark; Shara', Ahmad Husayn al-; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Witkoff, Steven C.; Xi Jinping; Zelenskyy, Volodymyr.

Locations: Ankara, Turkey

Notes: The President spoke at 7:05 p.m. at the Beştepe Presidential Compound. In his remarks, he referred to President Karol Nawrocki of Poland; U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steven C. Witkoff; Secretary of State Marco A. Rubio; Secretary of the Treasury Scott K.H. Bessent; 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; former Vice President Kamala D. Harris; Andrew C. Brunson, pastor, Dirilis (Resurrection) Church in Izmir, Turkey, who was detained by Turkish authorities on October 7, 2016, and returned to the U.S. custody on October 12, 2018; and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. He also referred to his son-in-law, U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Jared C. Kushner.