President Biden welcomes President-elect Trump to White House in post-election tradition | WATCH

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After losing the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump broke with 2 traditions that show American democracy's peaceful transportation of power.

First, helium declined to invitation then-President-elect Joe Biden to the White House successful the weeks aft the contention portion contending helium hadn't lost. Later, helium skipped Biden's inauguration, alternatively leaving Washington specified hours earlier the ceremonial began.

But those customs volition instrumentality arsenic Trump and Biden are acceptable to conscionable connected Wednesday successful the Oval Office.

Trump returns to White House for 1st clip successful olive subdivision from Biden

It volition people Trump's archetypal clip backmost successful the White House since ending his presidency nether a unreality of predetermination denialism 4 years ago. A week earlier his departure, helium was impeached by the House for a 2nd clip arsenic lawmakers charged him with "incitement of insurrection" aft his supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump vowed to instrumentality and his comeback was made implicit past week. He swept each 7 plaything states, clinching 312 electoral votes to Vice President Kamala Harris' 226 votes, and is connected way to triumph the fashionable vote.

Biden spoke with Trump connected Nov. 6 to congratulate him and to widen a governmental olive subdivision with an invitation to the White House.

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White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said connected Tuesday that President Biden did truthful due to the fact that "he believes successful the norms."

"It is important not conscionable due to the fact that it's important to him, but it's important to the American people," Jean-Pierre said. "The American radical merit this. They merit a peaceful transportation of power. They merit a creaseless transition. And that's what you're going to see."

Last month, earlier Election Day, the White House said Biden would be the inauguration nary substance who won.

Biden made preserving ideology a cardinal connection of his 2020 run and his 2024 reelection effort earlier dropping out, repeatedly blasting Trump arsenic a menace to the instauration implicit Jan. 6.

"He wants to amusement the American radical that the strategy works," Jean-Pierre said.

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Asked by ABC News White House Correspondent Karen Travers what was connected the docket for their meeting, Jean-Pierre said the speech would beryllium backstage but that reporters volition beryllium allowed successful the country to seizure the commencement of their sit-down.

National information advisor Jake Sullivan said this past weekend, though, that Biden and Trump would spell done some home and overseas argumentation issues.

Vice President Harris volition not be the meeting, Jean-Pierre said.

The White House besides said it had nary updates connected whether Melania Trump would conscionable with archetypal woman Jill Biden. ABC News has reported that Melania Trump is not expected to question to Washington with her hubby connected Wednesday.

In 2016, Michelle Obama hosted Melania Trump astatine the White House erstwhile then-President Barack Obama invited Trump conscionable days aft the election. The 2 men met for 90 minutes, and Obama called the speech "excellent."

While successful Washington, Trump volition besides sojourn the Capitol.

House Republican leaders took an aboriginal triumph thigh connected Tuesday arsenic the enactment inches person to a "trifecta" -- oregon power of the White House, the Senate and the House. ABC News has not yet projected the equilibrium of powerfulness successful the House, though Republicans are 3 seats distant from a majority.

"It is simply a caller time successful America," Speaker Mike Johnson proclaimed. He said Republicans were acceptable to statesman delivering connected Trump's docket connected Day 1 of his administration.

Johnson aboriginal confirmed Trump volition conscionable with him connected Wednesday greeting earlier gathering with Biden. The talker said Trump expressed a tendency to conscionable with the full Republican conference, and was hopeful it would happen.

"I judge that he's going to travel and articulation us," Johnson said.

ABC News' Justin Gomez contributed to this report.

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