Remarks by President Trump at Executive Order Signing Ceremony
| 01/21/25 THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary |
| For Immediate Release January 20, 2025 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AT EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNING CEREMONY U.S. Capitol Washington, D.C. 2:15 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: It was a great event. We went to the helicopter. It was freezing. (Laughter.) The sun is a little deceptive. SPEAKER JOHNSON: Yes, it is. THE PRESIDENT: So, what would you like us to do? SPEAKER JOHNSON: Sign your orders here — SENATOR KLOBUCHAR: You can sign — SPEAKER JOHNSON: — would be great. SENATOR KLOBUCHAR: — official documents. THE PRESIDENT: Okay. I assume they’re going to be happy with these documents? SENATOR KLOBUCHAR: Yeah, they’re just — (laughter) — (Cross-talk.) SENATOR KLOBUCHAR: It’s a tradition. MR. SCHARF: Sir, the first is 22 Cabinet and Cabinet-level appointments for your signature. THE PRESIDENT: Okay. (The executive order is signed.) THE PRESIDENT: Okay. MR. SCHARF: The next one will be — excuse me. The next one will be 47 sub-Cabinet-level appointments, sir. LEADER SCHUMER: But you don’t have to sign 47 times. THE PRESIDENT: I hope not. (Laughter.) (The executive order is signed.) THE PRESIDENT: Okay. MR. SCHARF: Thank you, sir. Now 31 acting designations and appointments to effectively take control of the government. LEADER SCALISE: Let’s do that. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Yeah, that’s important. (Laughs.) THE PRESIDENT: That is important, isn’t it? (The executive order is signed.) SPEAKER JOHNSON: Thank you. MR. SCHARF: Then we have 15 commission chairman and acting chairman appointments. THE PRESIDENT: Sign here? MR. SCHARF: Commission chairman and acting chairman. (The executive order is signed.) THE PRESIDENT: He was number one at Harvard also. (Laughter.) Did you know that? He’s — SPEAKER JOHNSON: Good counsel. THE PRESIDENT: They have something in common. (Laughter.) MR. SCHARF: Thank you, sir. Lastly, we have a proclamation ordering that on all future Inauguration Days, including this Inauguration Day, that flags shall be flown at full mast. SPEAKER JOHNSON: Very important. (The proclamation is signed.) THE PRESIDENT: That was a beautiful place to have an inauguration today. The sound was so good. The temperature was 72 degrees. (Laughter.) But the sound was so good. Maybe something to think about. I don’t know. Okay. MR. SCHARF: Thank you, sir. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good acoustics. LEADER SCALISE: Yes. SENATOR KLOBUCHAR: All right. Now we — THE PRESIDENT: Is that it? THE VICE PRESIDENT: That’s it? SENATOR FISCHER: Thank you. SENATOR KLOBUCHAR: We go to lunch. THE PRESIDENT: (Inaudible.) It’s nice to meet you. Thank you very much. You’ll — take that. (The president gives Leader Jeffries a signing pen.) LEADER JEFFRIES: Thank you. THE PRESIDENT: Steve. (The president distributes signing pens.) LEADER SCALISE: Thank you, Mr. President. SPEAKER JOHNSON: Thank you, sir. Q Mr. President, do you have a good meeting with former President Biden? THE PRESIDENT: Very nice. Really nice. It’s a beautiful custom. Q Mr. President, any reaction — THE PRESIDENT: It goes back as long as helicopters. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. THE PRESIDENT: Before that, it was a stagecoach. (Laughter.) It was a — I thought it was beautiful. Thank you. Great job. SENATOR FISCHER: Thank you. THE PRESIDENT: Great job. SENATOR KLOBUCHAR: Yeah. Thank you. THE PRESIDENT: Chuck. Q Mr. President, do you have any reaction to the pardons President Biden did at the last minute? THE PRESIDENT: Well, I’m not going to discuss it now. I thought — I think it was unfortunate that he did that. We won’t discuss it now. There’s plenty of time to discuss it. (Cross-talk.) THE PRESIDENT: Okay? Thank you. END 2:18 P.M. EST |