By Gabriel Araujo
WASHINGTON/REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will meet at the White House on Wednesday at Biden’s invitation, a White House spokesman said on Saturday.
Trump will take office on January 20 after defeating incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 5 presidential election.
“At President Biden’s invitation, President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Biden, a Democrat, had initially sought reelection but dropped out of the race in July after a disastrous debate against Republican Trump.
“I’ll see him on Wednesday,” Biden told reporters Saturday, when asked if Trump was a threat to democracy.
Biden spoke after leaving a church service in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he traveled over the weekend. The president did not respond to questions about what he would say to Trump.