President Biden Meets President-Elect Donald Trump At White House Wednesday
Earlier this week, SaharaReporters had reported how Donald Trump pulled off an astounding political comeback and regained the White House after being declared the winner of the 2024 United States presidential election.
United States President, Joe Biden has arranged to host the President-elect, Donald Trump, at the White House on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, SaharaReporters had reported how Donald Trump pulled off an astounding political comeback and regained the White House after being declared the winner of the 2024 United States presidential election.
He becomes the first president in over 130 years – and only the second in history – to win a non-consecutive second term.
His defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris marked a remarkable return for a twice-impeached president, who left office in 2021 on the back of claims that he had incited an assault on the U.S. Capitol building, and who was convicted earlier this year on multiple counts of business fraud.
His meeting with the incumbent is connected to preparation for a smooth transition of power back to the Republican he beat in elections just four years ago.
Trump — who never conceded his 2020 loss — sealed a historic comeback to the presidency in the November 5 vote, cementing what is set to be more than a decade of US politics overshadowed by his hardline right-wing stance.
Biden will join the tiny club of US presidents to return power to their White House predecessor — with a previous instance coming when President Benjamin Harrison handed back to Grover Cleveland in the 19th century.
The Democrat will meet Trump at the Oval Office at 11:00 am (1600 GMT), the White House said Saturday, with the clock ticking down to the ex-president’s return to power in January.
The 78-year-old ex-reality TV star won wider margins than before, despite a criminal conviction, two impeachments while in office, and warnings from his former chief of staff that he is a “fascist.”
Exit polls showed that voters’ top concern remained the economy and inflation that spiked under Biden in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
