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(NewsNation) — President-elect Donald Trump heads to the White House connected Wednesday to conscionable with President Joe Biden for a high-profile modulation of powerfulness meeting.
Biden volition invited Trump to the Oval Office astatine 11 a.m., a accepted portion of the peaceful handoff of powerfulness and a ritual that Trump himself declined to enactment successful 4 years ago.
Trump skipped Biden's inauguration successful January of 2021 and Biden precocious called Trump's supporters "garbage," which could acceptable the signifier for an awkward interaction.
The president-elect besides planned to conscionable with Republicans from Congress arsenic they absorption connected his Day 1 priorities and hole for a unified government. His accomplishment amid GOP legislature enactment elections could enactment his imprint connected the outcome.
Ahead of the visit, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that Republicans are “ready to deliver” connected Trump’s “America First” agenda.
Planning for a peaceful transportation of power
Biden has insisted that he’ll bash everything helium tin to marque the modulation to the adjacent Trump medication spell smoothly. That’s contempt having spent much than a twelvemonth campaigning for reelection and decrying Trump arsenic a menace to ideology and the nation’s halfway values. Biden past bowed retired of the contention successful July and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to win him.
Wednesday’s sojourn is much than conscionable a courtesy call.
“They volition spell done the apical issues — some home and overseas argumentation issues — including what is happening successful Europe and Asia and the Middle East,” Biden’s nationalist information advisor Jake Sullivan told CBS of Wednesday’s meeting. “And the president volition person the accidental to explicate to President Trump however helium sees things … and speech to President Trump astir however President Trump is reasoning astir taking connected these issues erstwhile helium takes office.”
Biden called to congratulate Trump connected his triumph past week and expressed his committedness to ensuring a creaseless transition, emphasizing the value of moving to bring the state together, according to the White House.
Trump's caller administration
Trump has been engaged implicit the past week, announcing his picks for his adjacent administration 1 aft the other. He has turned to loyalists and authorities outsiders to signifier his cabinet.
Most recently, Trump tapped tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to pb his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), an inaugural meant to “slash excess regulations, chopped wasteful expenditures” and restructure national agencies. He said they'll counsel the White House and enactment with different offices to thrust large-scale reforms.
Trump besides nominated Fox News play anchor Pete Hegseth to service arsenic the nation's caput of defense. Hegseth, 44, an service seasoned and author, would beryllium the second-youngest caput of the Department of Defense if he's confirmed by the Senate.
Others who person been nominated for Trump's administration see Susie Wiles for White House main of staff, Stephen Miller for lawman main of policy, Tom Homan arsenic the caller "border czar," New York Rep. Elise Stefanik for U.N. ambassador, Lee Zeldin for EPA administrator, Florida Rep. Mike Walz for nationalist information adviser, Florida Rep. Marco Rubio for caput of authorities and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for Homeland Security secretary.
The Associated Press and the Hill contributed to this report.
