Republican, who boycotted the current president’s inauguration ceremony in January 2021, said on Thursday he was ‘looking forward to this meeting,’ according to his team
The president of the , , will receive the president-elect on Wednesday, said the presidential spokeswoman, Karine Jean-Pierre, this Saturday (9). Biden and Trump will meet in the Oval Office at 11 a.m. (1 p.m. Brasília), the White House said, after the Republican billionaire won a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 5 election. Biden pledged on Thursday to ensure a “peaceful and orderly” transfer of power with the Republican. The two men must prepare for a new administration in which figures such as businessman Elon Musk or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could play important roles.
Trump, who never conceded defeat in 2020 and boycotted Biden’s inauguration ceremony in January 2021, said on Thursday that he was “looking forward to this meeting” at the White House, according to his team. The real estate tycoon, target of two assassination attempts during the campaign, indicted and convicted in criminal and civil proceedings, has 74 days to assemble his government team. The Republican made his first major appointment on Thursday, naming Susie Wiles, an architect of his campaign, as his chief of staff, a strategic role never before held by a woman.
Published by Luisa Cardoso
*With information from AFP
