Joe Biden to meet President-elect Donald Trump at White House on Nov 13

US Presidentelect Donald Trump is expected to meet President Joe Biden on Wednesday November 13 at the White House a senior official said on SaturdayThe meeting will be held at 11 am White House Press Secretary Karine JeanPierre saidAt President Bidenrsquos invitation President Biden and Presidentelect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday at 1100 am Additional details to follow JeanPierre wrote on XSuch a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the incoming president and is meant partly to mark the start of a peaceful transfer of power under Americas democracy CBS News reportedHowever Trump did not host Biden for a sitdown after the 2020 election when the Republican leader lost his reelection bidDonald Trump will assume office of the President on January 20On Tuesday Trump won the presidential election with at least 301 electoral college votes surpassing the threshold of 270 over Vice President Kamala Harris Trump who also served as the 45th president will become the second president to serve two nonconsecutive terms The other was Grover Cleveland who was both the 22nd and 24th presidentIn his first public address after the poll debacle on Thursday President Joe Biden told fellow Democrats that everyone gets knocked down but the true test of character is lsquohow quickly we get back uprsquoThe President also had a word for Republicans without naming them specificallyldquoYou cant love your country only when you win You cant love your neighbour only when you agree something I hope we can do no matter who you voted for see each other not as adversaries but as fellow Americans bring down the temperaturerdquo he saidBiden said the American electoral system is sound can be trusted and transparent contrary to what Presidentelect Donald Trump and his allies have sought to drill into American voters since his 2020 electionldquoI also hope we can later restate the question about the integrity of the American electoral system It is honest it is fair and it is transparent and it can be trusted win or loserdquoPresident Biden spoke briefly from the White House just over six minutes with a clear message to bring down the temperature of a politically divided countryldquoCampaigns are contests of competing visions A country chooses one or the otherrdquo he saidThe President said he had called Presidentelect Trump to congratulate him and on January 20 the transfer of power will take place peacefully as it is meant to He did not mention but hurt and angry by his defeat in 2020 Trump had skipped Bidenrsquos inauguration and left straight for his Florida homeBiden also had a word of praise for HarrisldquoShes been a partner and a public servant She ran an inspiring campaign and everyone got to see something that I learned early on to respect her character so much She has a backbone like a ram She has great character true character She gave her whole heart and effort and she and her entire team should be proud of the campaign they ranrdquo the President saidHarris was thrust into the presidential race in July after Biden was forced to quit following a disastrous presidential debate with Trump She inherited the Biden campaign and funds but she had built her own campaign largely in a little over three monthsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever