Washington/Rehoboth Beach: US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will meet on Wednesday at the White House at Biden’s invitation, a White House spokesman said on Saturday.
Trump will take office on January 20 after defeating current Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential elections that took place on November 5.
“At President Biden’s invitation, President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Biden, a Democrat, initially sought re-election but dropped out of the race in July after a disastrous debate against Republican Trump.
“I will meet with him on Wednesday,” Biden told reporters on Saturday when asked if Trump represented a threat to democracy.
Biden spoke after leaving Mass at a church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he traveled for the weekend. The president did not respond to questions about what he would tell Trump.