Trump Holds Lengthy White House Briefing Marking One Year

LEAD: President Donald Trump held a nearly 90-minute White House press briefing in the White House briefing room on June 27, 2025 to mark the one-year anniversary of his return to office, during which he displayed stacks of mugshots, lifted a 31-page packet, nearly injured his finger on a binder clip and tossed the mugshots and clip to the floor, reporters in the briefing room said.

CONTEXT: The briefing followed the White House's distribution of a list titled "365 wins" and came as opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis has increased following the killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Good earlier this year, developments the president sought to highlight by showing alleged suspects, reporting shows.

RESPONSE: The president defended ICE while conceding "they're going to make mistakes" and saying "sometimes ICE is going to be too rough," while senior administration officials including Vice President JD Vance and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied to reporters that ICE officers engaged in wrongdoing despite reporting of dozens of documented incidents of misuse of force and improper arrests.

SCALE: The White House circulated a 365-item accomplishments list to reporters, Trump repeatedly referenced "tens of thousands" of criminal illegal aliens arrested by ICE, and he said he pressured NATO members to raise defense spending from 2% to 5% of GDP, statements that touch domestic law enforcement and international defense commitments, according to his remarks.

FORWARD: The president warned that the Supreme Court could strike down his "Liberation Day" tariffs, which he said would begin Feb. 1, and said he would pursue other measures if the court rejects them while signaling continued intensified public messaging ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.