(AP)- President Biden called President-Elect Trump after his victory last week to offer congratulations and to invite him to the White House for a Transition Meeting, According to the White House, Biden and Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
The meeting may make for an awkward encounter, especially given that, after Biden defeated Trump in 2020, the then-president offered no such White House invitation. He even left Washington before the inauguration, becoming the first president to do so since 1869. Biden has vowed to ensure a smooth transition.
It’ll be the first time since 1992 that an outgoing president sits down with an incoming one whom he competed against in a campaign.
