President-elect Donald Trump and President Biden are meeting at the White House Wednesday as part of the transition process, a formality that Trump skipped in 2020.
Melania Trump will not meet with first lady Jill Biden, although first ladies traditionally meet. Melania Trump met Michelle Obama in 2016.
The last time Trump and Mr Biden met the face-to-face was at the June debateduring which Mr Biden called Trump a “convicted criminal” and said he had the “morals of an alley cat”. Trump, for his part, said the United States had become a “third world country” under Mr. Biden, and called him the “Manchurian candidate.” Mr. Biden had a hard time during the debate, and his campaign later said he had a cold, but his performance alarmed Democrats and he abandoned the race weeks later — leaving Trump to face Vice President Kamala Harris in the general election.
Even if Wednesday’s meeting promises to be courteous, the two men are bitter rivals.
Also on Wednesday Elon Muskstrong support for Trump’s 2024 candidacy, named Tuesday evening as the head of a new government efficiency officewas with Trump on his plane as they headed to Washington, a source said. He will attend the House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill with Trump, a source close to House Republicans told CBS News.
Even though Trump made a a series of Cabinet appointments Since the election, he has not made any public appearances since addressing supporters at his campaign headquarters in West Palm Beach when it became clear he had won the election.
