US President Joe Biden will welcome President-elect Donald Trump to the White House for an Oval Office visit that is a traditional part of the peaceful handover of power — and one that Mr Trump himself declined to participate in four years ago.
Mr Trump’s plane landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday morning and he arrived near the Capitol for a meeting with House Republicans as they prepare for a potentially unified Republican government and sweep of power.
Back in Washington for the first time since his election victory, Mr Trump told officials: “It’s nice to win.”
No reason was given for why she did not accept the invitation.
Joe and Jill Biden had extended congratulations and a joint invite to the Trumps to meet at the White House. The spouses typically meet upstairs in the residence while the President and President-elect confer in the Oval Office.
Another person not expected to be at the meeting is Kamala Harris.
The US Vice President, who Mr Trump defeated in the election, is spending the morning in meetings at her official residence, according to a source.
If she does show up later – either at the White House or the adjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building, where most of her staff work – it is unlikely to be until after Mr Trump leaves.
It is the first meeting between the US leader and the man who will replace him since their debate in June.
Mr Biden’s poor performance at that event led Democrats to pressure him to drop out of the race for the White House and let another candidate take on Mr Trump.
The President pulled the plug on his campaign weeks later and endorsed Vice President Ms Harris.
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