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New first lady Melania Trump has also been invited to the White House for a meeting with first lady Jill Biden, an East Wing official told CNN, though it was unclear when that might happen.
Biden spoke with Trump on Wednesday, the day after the election, to congratulate him on his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris and invite him to the White House, an administration official said.
“President Biden expressed his commitment to ensuring a smooth transition and emphasized the importance of working to bring the country together,” the official said Wednesday.
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Trump said Thursday that he and Biden agreed to have lunch together “very quickly” when they spoke on the phone, according to NBC News.
Trump told NBC that his conversations with Biden and Harris after the race was announced were “very nice conversations, very respectful both ways.”
It is tradition for the outgoing president to host the new commander-in-chief after the election as part of a peaceful transfer of power.
However, Trump did not host Biden in 2020 because he contested the election results based on untruths about voter fraud.
Trump also did not attend Biden’s 2021 inauguration.
In addition to 2020, it is also a tradition for the current First Lady to host the new First Lady at the White House.
In 2016, then First Lady Michelle Obama hosted Melania Trump for tea in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House and took her on a tour of the private residence.
Biden drew implicit comparisons to a no-transition four years ago during a speech Thursday acknowledging his vice-presidential loss to Trump.
He listed steps he was taking that were never offered to him when he defeated Trump and took the moment to again dismiss questions of election integrity after years of false accusations from his predecessor — and now his successor.
“Campaigns are contests of opposing visions. The country chooses one or the other. We accept the choice the country made,” he said, expressly emphasizing that he accepts the election results.
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