we honor the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, let me begin by saying to our Muslim friends, if we had many tonight, and I think we have many all over the world, based on the results in Michigan, other places, but I just want to say hello to all of The people that supported us so strongly. Ramadan, mulbara, you up.
We're grateful to be joined by Director of National Intelligence, Kelsey Gabbard, Chelsea. Thank you very much. Deputy Secretary of State, Chris Landau, Deputy ms
Fauci, Special Envoy Morgan Ortegas, very
good friend of mine who I just endorsed, actually, Senator Lindsey Graham, Congressman
Abe Hamid and day,
Counsel to the President Alina
pastor Paula white, my friend for a long time, and somebody that's done an incredible job with faith and all of the things that somebody in this room stand for, Paula white, thank you, Paula. And a person that Paula would have a hard time not being with, I would say Jenny would be about impossible for you, right? Jenny corn is here, and she's been incredible, the faith office director and right out of the White House.
Right COVID. I also
want to extend a very special thanks to the hundreds of 1000s of Muslim Americans who supported us in record numbers in the 2024 presidential election. It was incredible. We started a little slow with you, but we came along, and by the time that election was finished, we figured we went up like a rocket ship. So I just want to thank everybody very much. I want to thank two great gentlemen, the mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, great job as mayor, and he's done a great job with the support of us. And Mr. Emery gathered, and thank you very much. He was such a tremendous endorsement right at the right time. Your timing was excellent. Thank you very much. And
you'll be the next ambassador
to Kuwait, and you're going to have a great time with Kuwait, wonderful people, and it's a great pleasure. So
congratulations as well as the mayor of Dearborn heights, Mr. Bill
Tunisia, and that's big stuff. Those guys, very upwardly mobile. Three countries. And enjoy it every day. We're keeping our promises to the Muslim community. My administration is engaged in relentless diplomacy to forging lasting peace in the Middle East, building on the historic Abraham Accords, which everybody said would be impossible, and now we're going to start filling them out. Because, as you know, Biden did nothing to fill them out. He did absolutely. We had the four great countries, and nothing happened, despite the importance of the Abraham accords. But I have a feeling it's going to fill out very quickly. Sorry, people are talking already about it. We should have had them long, long ago. It should have been done. We're rapidly defeating inflation by reducing energy costs and even slashing the price of eggs by 50% doesn't sound like much. I was in one week, and I was being hit by the fake news media. They were saying quadruple they said I just got here. I didn't even know what got here. What's the problem with eggs? But the problem was, eggs was Joe Biden, that was the problem. And as you probably saw last, last month, they went down 35% and the quantity is so much that I don't know, I think they're going to go down a lot further. We have a total of over 50% in a few weeks. Lindsay, I'd say that's pretty good. And nobody wants to talk about it. Now they don't want to talk about it. They talked about it when it went up under somebody else, but when it went down under me, they don't want to talk so we have to talk ourselves. If they won't say it, we have to say it. Right? I learned that a long time ago. We're fighting for parents rights and school choice, and we're stopping schools from indoctrinating children with transgender ideology, something which the people in this room are not happy about. I know that for a fact, and it's a shame what's happening, but we're turning it around and turning it around at levels that nobody can even believe. I signed an order also, and I think very importantly, also, in particular, for people in this room, we're keeping men out of women's sports. Is that okay? The major community was there for us in November, and while I'm president, I will be there for you. I'm going to be there for you. And I think you know that, and our two great mayors understand that. I said that I would see you after, and I saw you after, and I think you're doing better than we are. You're doing better than anybody. So it's so great. I'm so glad you're here, but as we approach the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan, we're also deeply honored to be joined by many of the international friends and partners, including the ambassador from Saudi Arabia to the United States. A very, very special woman, Princess Rima.
Great to see you. Thanks as well to the ambassadors and chiefs of mission from the United Arab Emirates, from Jordan, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Pakistan, Malaysia, Brunei, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Morocco, Indonesia, Algeria, Djibouti, Cameroon, Lebanon, Nigeria, Genie Tanzania, Kenya, the Maldives, Libya, Senegal, Bangladesh, and we have a few others. I'm sorry I began, but I am going to be in big trouble if I did. But that's a pretty good group of people represented tonight. What do you say, Senator?
By your presence this evening, I just really want to thank you all. It's a special group. I look forward to it. You know, we have long days, not
like other people that
had this position.
And I said tonight, after making pre calls for people running for office, they call them tele town halls, and they're not easy to do. And I said, Well, now I go home and can relax. He said, No, you can't share. You're seeing your friends from lots of different places, and that's okay, as soon as they found out who they were. I said, right, that's okay, but Ramadan is a season of spiritual reflection and self restraint every day during the sacred ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, deepening their focus on prayer and devotion to God. So nice. Send Muslims all over the world join family and friends each night and sundown to give thanks to the Almighty and break their fast with an Iftar dinner, just like this one. This is what we have tonight, grateful. I hope you like it. You don't like it, don't complain. Okay, you're still in the White House. We're
all in the White House together. So how bad can that be?
So tonight we gather with the goodwill and the gratitude for God's many blessings. And that's what it's all about. This tradition exemplifies the beautiful spirit of all three Abrahamic faiths, the spirit that inspires us to seek happiness and prosperity and all and peace for the entire world, we're all looking for peace for the entire world. When I was in Michigan, I met with so many leaders of faith, and I said, What about your attitude here, your attitude there, all of the attitudes and all of the things I heard, they said, Sir, all we want is peace, right? Remember, Mr. Baron, I said, but I understand you don't mind death. They said, No, sir, we want to live. We want to live. And we want to be happy. We want to love everybody. And I actually was a very inspirational period of time for me, and I want to thank you also for introducing me to so many of your friends. It was absolutely incredible. Thank you very much to our Muslim friends. I look forward to working with each of you to achieve a brighter and more hopeful future, and I think together, we're going to do great you're going to make strides like you've never made somebody in the White House that loves you. Thank you all very much. Welcome back.
