The President spoke at 2:39 p.m. in the Cabinet Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Andrew B. Weissman, retired partner, WilmerHale; President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey; Stacey Y. Abrams, Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics, Howard University; and Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief, Atlantic magazine. Staff Secretary Scharf referred to R. Hunter Biden, son of former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; and former Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III. National Security Adviser Waltz referred to U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steven C. Witkoff.