The White House explains why Biden will receive Trump

A week after Donald Trump’s electoral victory, the White House explained that this Wednesday’s meeting with President Joe Biden It is a regular procedure, following the designs of the millions of voters who expressed themselves at the polls.

“This is the norm, this is what is supposed to happen and it is also what the American people deserve,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday when asked by reporters.

Biden requested the meeting with his predecessor and now successor, the Republican Trump, explained the presidential spokesperson.

Biden is scheduled to receive Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in the morning hours of this Wednesday, November 13, in order to continue the transition process that must culminate on January 20, 2025 with the inauguration of the elected leader.

The official said that Biden will receive Trump “because he believes in the rules, he believes in our institution, he believes in the peaceful transfer of power.” At another time, she referred to the course of events to come until the Republican leader’s inauguration. “We want this to go well,” he stressed.

Biden was the main contender to now President-elect Trump in the race for the White House in 2024 until last July, when the veteran politician withdrew from the race and gave way to his vice president, Kamala Harris, who became the presidential candidate. Democrat after the confirmation of the blue party electors.

Harris lost the presidential elections on November 5 facing the Republican standard-bearer, who next January will become the second president in US history to serve two non-consecutive terms as head of state.

Trump, for his part, has made progress in recent hours in the appointments of half a dozen members of his cabinet, among whom the senator of Cuban-American origin stands out. Marco Rubio for the position of Secretary of State; Tom Homan, in charge of border issues, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the UN and his main campaign player, Susie Wiles, as chief of staff.

Trump did not attend Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2020, and insisted on numerous occasions that the election had been stolen from him.

Weeks before, on January 6 of that year, a mob composed of his supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington as a protest against the election result.

When asked by reporters about the details of the meeting between Biden and Trump, Jean-Pierre emphasized: “I don’t have an agenda to share.”

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