Summary
"I look forward…to having a smooth transition," President Biden said. Trump emphasized that "politics is tough and in many cases it’s not a very nice world, but it is a nice world today"
Biden's offer to Trump to visit the White House was an invitation he himself was never accorded. The meeting will be the first between Biden and Trump since they faced off on June 27 in Atlanta, Georgia, in their one and only debate.
JD Vance and Donald Trump stood next to each other on Sept. 11 in New York City's Lower Manhattan, at ceremonies for the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.