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Biden to meet Trump at White House on Wednesday
The United States President, Joe Biden, will meet his predecessor, Donald Trump, at the White House on Wednesday.
The White House spokesperson, Karine Jean-Pierre, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Washington.
The meeting will take place at 11:00 a.m. (1600 GMT) on Wednesday in the Oval Office.
Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election to stage a remarkable return to the White House four years after his defeat by Biden in the 2020 poll.
Biden, 81, called Trump shortly after the election to congratulate him on his victory and invite him to the White House.
The gesture is part of the usual protocol surrounding a power transition in the U.S., although Trump broke away from such conventions in 2020.
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Trump has never conceded losing the 2020 election to Biden and did not attend his inauguration.
The meeting on Wednesday is one of the rare direct encounters between the duo.
They last faced each other on stage in a televised debate at the end of June, in which Biden performed so poorly that he shortly thereafter withdrew from the presidential race under pressure from his party.
Biden then supported Harris as the Democratic nominee.
Trump will be sworn in for his second term as president on January 20, 2025.
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