Remarks By President Biden And President-Elect Trump In Meeting

The White House

Oval Office

11:07 A.M. EST

PRESIDENT BIDEN: Well, Mr. President-Elect and former president —

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much, Joe.

PRESIDENT BIDEN: — and — Donald, congratulations.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much.

PRESIDENT BIDEN: And looking forward to having a, like we said, smooth transition — do everything we can to make sure you're accommodated, what you need. And we're going to get a chance to talk about some of that today. So —

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Good.

PRESIDENT BIDEN: — welcome. Welcome back.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. And thank you very much.

And politics is tough. And it's, many cases, not a very nice world, but it is a nice world today. And I appreciate it very much — a transition that's so smooth it'll be as smooth as it can get.

And I very much appreciate that, Joe.

PRESIDENT BIDEN: You're welcome.

Thank you all.

11:08 A.M. EST

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