The President spoke at 5:55 p.m. in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Vice President Kamala D. Harris; President-elect Donald J. Trump; President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia; Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S. Christophe Pierre of the Holy See (Vatican City); President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine; President- elect Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia of Venezuela; and Austin B. Tice, a U.S. freelance reporter who was abducted outside Damascus, Syria, on August 14, 2012. A reporter referred to former President George W. Bush. The transcript was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on January 13.