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Polybius

(17,982 posts) Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:52 PM Nov 13

'Welcome back': Biden offers Trump the smooth transition he never got as president-elect returns to the White House

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Source: CNN

The last time Donald Trump was in the Oval Office, he scrawled out a two-page letter to Joe Biden in his distinctive jagged penmanship, slipped it into the drawer of the Resolute Desk and -- notwithstanding the note's surprisingly gracious tone -- walked away from the building defeated and bitter.

He returned to the White House on Wednesday for a meeting with Biden in vastly altered circumstances, emboldened by a likely popular vote victory in last week's election and basking in his return to power.

As a fire crackled behind the two presidents in the Oval Office, Biden congratulated Trump for his victory, betraying no glimpse of the bitterness that must have been weighing on Biden's mind at that moment.

"Congratulations," Biden told his predecessor and successor - a man who Biden has long said represents a clear danger to democracy itself.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/trump-biden-white-house-meeting/index.html

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'Welcome back': Biden offers Trump the smooth transition he never got as president-elect returns to the White House (Original Post) Polybius Nov 13 OP

I appreciate Biden sarisataka Nov 13 #1

Biden will do what Trump was not man enough to do::: show up for his successor's inauguration. keithbvadu2 Nov 13 #2

The same guy Trump dissed when the shoe was on the other foot 4 years ago. patphil Nov 13 #3

Is that the constitution in the background there? n/t Harker Nov 13 #4

How can Joe keep smiling and be gracious at a time like this? FakeNoose Nov 13 #5

I wish he was smiling because he knows yorkster Nov 13 #7

He's an amazing man Polybius Nov 14 #15

The last presidential transition in America. ffr Nov 13 #6

does Biden have any idea of this or what??? LymphocyteLover Nov 13 #11

"It's a big club . . . AND YOU AIN'T IN IT!" John Shaft Nov 13 #8

Is that the shadow of Dark Brandon I see GenThePerservering Nov 13 #9

WHY????? WTF!!! LymphocyteLover Nov 13 #10

It's important for Americans to get a final look Blue_Tires Nov 13 #12

I don't imagine the MAGAts peregrinus Nov 13 #13

I'm shocked that no one mentioned Biden saying "Welcome back" Polybius Nov 13 #14

It is just so heart-warming Miguelito Loveless Nov 14 #16

How sweet UT_democrat Nov 14 #17

I wish Pres. Biden would have stabbed traitor like a pig Marthe48 Nov 14 #18

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1. I appreciate Biden