*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2017 *

**Remarks on Signing Memorandums on the Federal Civilian Employee Hiring Freeze, the Mexico City Policy, and the Withdrawal of the United States From the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Agreement and an Exchange With Reporters **

*January 23, 2017 *

*White House Chief of Staff Reinhold R. "Reince" Priebus.* All right, we're going to sign three memorandums right now. The first one is withdrawal from the United States—of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

*The President.* Everyone knows what that means, right? We've been talking about this for a long time. Thank you.

[*At this point, the President signed the memorandum.*]

*The President. *Okay. Great thing for the American worker what we just did.

*Chief of Staff Priebus.* Next, a Federal Government employee hiring freeze.

*The President.* Except for the military.

*Chief of Staff Priebus. *Except for the military.

*The President.* Except for the military.

[*The President signed the memorandum.*]

*Chief of Staff Priebus.* Next is the policy on regard to Mexico City.

[*The President signed the memorandum.*]

*The President.* Okay.

*Chief of Staff Priebus.* That's it.

*The President.* Thank you very much.

*Lawsuit Challenging the President's Compliance With the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution*

*Q. *Mr. President, reaction to the lawsuit today?

*The President.* Without merit. Totally without merit.

NOTE: The President spoke at 11:44 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. The transcript, prepared for immediate release by the Office of the Press Secretary, was received by the Office of the Federal Register on July 27. A portion of these remarks could not be verified because the audio was incomplete.

*Categories:* Addresses and Remarks : Federal civilian employee hiring freeze, Mexico City Policy, and U.S. withdrawal from Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and agreement, signing the memorandums*.*

*Locations: *Washington, DC. *Names:* Priebus, Reinhold R. "Reince"*.*

*Subjects:* Foreign policy, U.S. : Mexico City Policy, reinstatement; Government organization and employees : Federal civilian employee hiring freeze; Presidency, U.S. : Emoluments clause of U.S. Constitution, lawsuit challenging President's compliance; Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); White House Office : Assistants to the President :: Chief of Staff.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201700509.