The President spoke at 11:34 a.m. in the Ashville Regional Airport Fire and Rescue Facility. In his remarks, he referred to Sens. Ted Budd and Thomas R. Tillis; Jennifer M. Best, member of the Board of Commissioners, Haywood County, NC; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt; Elon R. Musk, chief executive officer, SpaceX; Allyson Phillips and Jason Riley, parents of Laken H. Riley, an Augusta University nursing student who was killed on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, GA, on February 22, 2024; and José Ibarra, a Venezuelan citizen who was convicted for the murder of Ms. Riley. He also referred to his daughter-in-law Lara J. Trump, in her former capacity as cochair of the Republican National Committee.