By Mathilde Serra with AFP
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VIDEO – Donald Trump, who made an extraordinary comeback by winning the presidential election on November 5, was received at the White House by Joe Biden this Wednesday.
Donald Trump left the White House furious and defeated in January 2021… He returned triumphant and already leaving the possibility of a third term floating. He was received this Wednesday by Joe Biden, his sworn political enemy, in the Oval Office, where he will take up residence after his swearing in on January 20. After a handshake with the outgoing head of state, the 45th and soon 47th American president declared that the transition between these two men who hate each other would be “the smoothest there is”.
The two men, seated near a fireplace, made very short statements before starting their meeting, attended by their respective chiefs of staff (Jeff Zients for Joe Biden, Susie Wiles for Donald Trump). “We will do everything possible to make sure you have everything you need”said Joe Biden, after presenting his “Congratulations”.
“Politics is hard”
The moment is humiliating for Joe Biden. Not only does he risk seeing a good part of his record dismantled by the new administration, he is also accused in his own party of having contributed to the electoral triumph of his great rival by clinging too long to his quest for a second term.
“Politics is hard, and often it’s not a very pleasant world. But it’s a nice world today and I’m grateful.”launched Donald Trump. He himself had broken with all practices of democratic courtesy by not inviting Joe Biden after being defeated in the 2020 presidential election – a defeat he never acknowledged – then by ignoring the Democrat’s inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2021.
Upon his arrival on Wednesday, Donald Trump briefly saw first lady Jill Biden, who gave him a letter of congratulations for his absent wife Melania Trump. Donald Trump first went to Republicans, with whom he raised the possibility of running for the White House at the end of his second term, which is prohibited by the American Constitution. “I think I won’t run again, unless you say ‘he’s good, we need to consider something else’”he declared to the laughter of the audience.
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