Washington-President Joe Biden welcomed President Elek Donald Trump on Wednesday, a tradition between incoming and outgoing American leaders, although kindness was not expanded to Biden after winning the election in 2020.
The couple met behind closed doors in the oval office for most of the meeting, which lasted just below two hours. The Chief of Staff Biden Jeff Zynts and the incomplete counterpart of Trump, Susie Wiles, joined the president and President Elekt.
Biden was looking for re -election with Trump until the end of July, when Biden abandoned the offer. Vice President Kamala Harris lost the race with Trump after just over 100 days of the campaign as a democratic nominee.
Harris did not participate in the meeting, according to the White House.
In compact remarks in front of the cameras, Biden congratulated his predecessor, who would again take the oath in January as the 47th president of the country.
“Well, Mr. President-elect, former President Donald, congratulations,” said Biden, when Trump interjected in “Thank you very much, Joe.”
“And I can’t wait to have, as I said, a smooth transition, do everything in our power to make sure you are accommodated, what you need,” Biden continued. “We will have the opportunity to talk about it today.”
Trump again thanked Biden and answered, “and politics is hard. And these are many cases, not a very nice world, but today is a nice world. And I appreciate it very much, the transition that is so glossy that it will be as glossy as possible. I appreciate it very much, Joe – said Trump.
“Substantive” conversation
The first lady Jill Biden joined the president in the greeting of Trump and presented a handwritten letter with congratulations and a transition assistance offer addressed to the upcoming first lady Melania Trump, according to the White House.
The meeting began just after 11 am, and the press was derived after compact welcome comments and photographic capabilities. Biden and Trump ended their private discussion at around 13:00 eastern.
Later, he did not turn to a gigantic meeting of reporters and photographers outside.
The press secretary of the White House Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden and Trump had “very good and back there.”
“(Biden) wants you to all know that the president-elect was kind, with a detailed set of questions, it was substantive again,” said Jean-Pierre during the Daily Press Briefing.
Jean-Pierre refused to provide the details of the meeting, but said: “The length of the meeting says that they had a thorough conversation about a number of problems.”
Trump did NO Invite Biden to the White House after winning the presidential election in 2020, and did not participate in the inauguration of his successor, which took place only 14 days after the crowd of his supporters tried to stop the certificate of the Biden Congress Congress.
The President’s Transitional Team did not immediately answer Newsroom states about why Trump did not invite Biden to the White House in 2020.
Musk, we are for a fresh initiative
The president-elect still announces many office and staff positions, arrangement His administration with die -hard loyalists.
At the end of Tuesday, Trump announced that he mentioned the billionaire Elon Musk and the former presidential hope Vivek Ramaswama for what he describes as a fresh “Department of Government Efficiency” or shortened to “dog”, as well as the name of the popular meme for internet dogs and cryptocurrencies in the last decade.
Trump said that the fresh entity would operate outside the government.
“To boost such drastic changes, the government department will provide advice and guidelines from outside the government, and will cooperate with the White House and the Management and Budget Office to boost the structural reform and create an entrepreneurial approach to entrepreneurship to entrepreneurship to entrepreneurship, the government has never seen before – said Trump in a statement .
Musk was also present, sitting first during Trump’s visit with House Republicans on Wednesday.
Also on Tuesday evening, Trump announced the host of Fox News Pete HegeSeth as his choice of defense secretary, which requires managing hundreds of billions of expenses on the Pentagon.
Trump supports Johnson
Trump joined House Republicans on Wednesday morning before meeting with Biden in the White House. According to congress reports, a hotel pool near the US Capitol Trump received a standing ovation from GOP legislators.
According to congress reports, the marshal of the house Mike Johnson, a Republican of Louisiana, presented him with a “peculiar figure in the history of America.”
House Republicans are also planning leadership elections at the end of Wednesday, but it is expected that Johnson will be chosen to continue the role, although in January an official voting for the speaker’s hammer will take place.
At the meeting, Trump rejected his support for Johnson to continue the role of a home speaker, According to NBC News.
During the meeting, Trump advertised wins GOP to control the lower chamber. Although the Republicans are on the right track to maintain their tiny majority, The Associated Press, an information organization on which it is based on Newsroom decades of experienceHe did not call a house for republicans, although this could happen soon.
From Wednesday In the afternoon, Republicans have 216 places, only two compact of 218 places needed for control. Democrats have 207 seats, and 12 races can still be called.
Trump also joked about the desire to apply for another term in the office – something that the US constitution prohibitsBecause presidents are constrained to serving two terms.
“I suspect that I will not run again unless you do something,” Trump told members who laughed in accordance with field reports.
Democrats are ready to push away
Chairman of the Democratic Chamber Club Pete Aguilar said on Wednesday that the Democrats are ready to work with the upcoming administration in a two -sided manner, but are also ready to take a break from efforts to further limit reproductive rights, such as the ban on national abortion and all changes to the Act at affordable price .
“We are obvious eyes ahead of us,” said Aguilar, Democrat of California.
He decided that Democrats had not regained control over the chamber.
“I think it is right for the current club to think about what happened, listen to our voters, listen to American people, listen to our members, collect data, and then set a path forward,” he said.
Aguilar added that Democrats are planning to look at the voters to understand issues vital for their voting block.
“I do not want to have a wide generalization of any group, geographical or otherwise, without these data before me,” he said. “I think it is very clear to us that for people with two works, the economy is gas and food and rent. We have to talk to these problems if we are a party that appeals to members of our community and working people, everyday Americans, we must talk to these problems and … it is to communicate. “
Last updated 15:26, November 13, 2024
