The president of the United States, Joe Biden, said that “of course” he will attend Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration next month, personally confirming his presence and rejecting what he called the Republican’s “childish game.”
“Of course yes,” Biden said in an interview broadcast this Thursday on the network Meidas Touchwhen asked if he planned to attend the January 20 transfer of power.
“The only president who has avoided an inauguration is the guy who is about to be inaugurated.”
The White House had said Biden would attend, but Biden had not previously addressed the matter personally.
Trump did not attend Democrat Biden’s inauguration as the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021, becoming the first president in 150 years to break with a political tradition seen as symbolizing the peaceful transfer of power in the United States. Joined.
Trump never acknowledged his loss to Biden in the November 3, 2020 presidential election and has continued to make baseless claims of voter fraud.
His refusal to recognize the Democrat’s victory led to a chaotic transition of government operations to the Biden administration, delaying funding and access to federal agencies.
For his handover, Biden invited Trump to the White House after his victory on November 5 and the two had a meeting described by the White House as “very cordial.” His administration has been instructed to follow traditional transition procedures.
“The fact that he doesn’t abide by the rules of democracy that we’ve established is none of my business,” Biden said in the interview, conducted Monday. “My job is to make a transition viable and available.”
“The bottom line is that we cannot continue like this. We cannot continue with this childish game of leaving when you do not agree and not cooperating,” he added.
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