US President Joe Biden has welcomed Donald Trump for a gathering on the White Home geared toward making certain the graceful transition of energy from one chief to a different.
It’s the first time the president-elect has visited the White Home since he left the Oval Workplace after being defeated by Mr Biden within the 2020 election.
Mr Biden and Mr Trump had been seen exchanging pleasantries as they sat aspect by aspect in entrance of a roaring hearth within the Oval Workplace.
“Donald, congratulations,” Mr Biden stated, greeting Mr Trump with a handshake and including that he appeared “forward to a smooth transition.”
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The president and president-elect shaking fingers. Pic: Reuters
The president-elect thanked Mr Biden for the invitation and for a peaceable transition of energy saying it is going to be “as smooth as it can get”.
Mr Trump added: “Politics is tough. And it’s, in many cases, not a very nice world. But it is a nice world today and I appreciate it very much.”
First woman Jill Biden additionally made an look on the assembly, greeting the president-elect as he arrived on the White Home and giving him a “handwritten letter of congratulations” for his spouse, Melania Trump, a press release from her workplace stated.
The letter additionally “expressed her team’s readiness to assist with the transition”.
The incoming first woman was invited to fulfill Mrs Biden, however reportedly declined the invitation.
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Mr Trump thanked the outgoing president for a easy transition of energy. Pic: Reuters
The assembly follows the longstanding custom of outgoing presidents assembly their successors to debate a easy transition from one administration to the opposite.
Nonetheless, Republican Mr Trump failed to present the identical alternative to Mr Biden in 2020 as he refused to just accept his defeat in opposition to his Democratic rival.
Mr Trump, who beforehand gained the keys to the White Home when operating in opposition to Hillary Clinton in 2016, might be sworn in as president in January following his decisive election win in opposition to vp Kamala Harris final week.
The final time Mr Trump and Mr Biden met in particular person was for the presidential debate on 27 June, when the Democrat’s gaffes price him his candidacy. Mr Biden dropped out a number of weeks later in July, endorsing Ms Harris to run within the presidential race as an alternative.
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Mr Trump met with billionaire Elon Musk earlier right now earlier than he celebrated his victory with Republicans within the Home of Representatives who’ve probability of sustaining management of the chamber as election outcomes proceed to trickle in.
“Isn’t it nice to win? It’s nice to win. It’s always nice to win,” Mr Trump stated. “The House did very well.”
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‘It is at all times good to win’
Mr Trump obtained a standing ovation from Home Republicans, a lot of whom took movies of him as he ran via their get together’s victories up and down the poll, in what can be his remaining presidential election.
“I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say ‘he’s good, we’ve got to figure something out’,” Mr Trump stated to laughter.
