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White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - President Trump Announces Presidential Delegation to Verona, Italy to attend the Opening Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
03/03/26
President Donald J. Trump today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Verona, Italy to attend the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Winter Games on March 6, 2026.
T.H. Douglas Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, will lead the delegation.
Members of the Presidential Delegation:
T.H. Tilman J. Fertitta, Ambassador of the United States of America to the Italian Republic and the Republic of San Marino
Mrs. Lauren Fertitta, Spouse of the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Italian Republic and the Republic of San Marino
T.H. Scott Turner, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Mrs. Robin Turner, Spouse to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
T.H. Meghan Patenaude Bauer, Assistant to the President and White House Cabinet Secretary
T.H. Morgan DeWitt Snow, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel
T.H. Riley M. Barnes, Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State
T.H. Richard Walters, Executive Director for the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics
Mrs. Andrea Hall, Senior Executive, U.S. Government
Mr. Brayden Hall, Student Athlete
Mr. Andrew Yohe, 3-time Paralympian, 2014 and 2010 Winter Paralympic Gold Medalist, 2006 Winter Olympic Bronze Medalist, Men’s Sled Hockey
Mr. Chris Young, Chair of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Para Sports Committee, 5-time Paralympian, 2006 Winter Paralympic Silver Medalist in Downhill, 2002 and 1994 Winter Paralympic Gold Medalist in Slalom and SuperG, 2002 Winter Paralympic Silver Medalist in Downhill; United States Coast Guard (Ret.)
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Distributed on March 3rd, 2026. https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2028961555832799736

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Foreign Press Report #7
Asked why he did not publicly stand by Spain (and the UK) Chancellor Merz answered in German, (this is translated)
“I said very clearly in the personal conversation: First, Spain is a member of the European Union, and as such we conduct negotiations on a tariff agreement with the United States only together — or not at all.”
“There is no way to treat Spain particularly badly here. If we reach a result, then we all reach a joint result — and that includes Spain.”
“He based his criticism primarily on the NATO contribution. But that has nothing to do with our European efforts to reach a trade agreement.”
“I did this behind closed doors because I did not want to conduct or escalate the conflict publicly.”
Ines Pohl
Deutsche Welle (DW)
Tue. Mar. 3, 4:22 PM https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2028945362925330887
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