Melania Trump is not going to be attending the standard White Home assembly on Wednesday with first woman Jill Biden, sources stated.
Historically, when the outgoing President hosts the incoming President-elect within the Oval Workplace, the primary woman hosts her successor for tea within the residence.
Michelle Obama hosted Melania Trump for tea within the Yellow Room after the 2016 election. Nonetheless, Melania Trump didn’t meet with Jill Biden after the contentious 2020 race as Donald Trump repeatedly claimed he was the true winner.
Jill Biden prolonged Melania Trump the customary invitation final week as her husband additionally invited the President-elect to the Oval Workplace, a symbolic gesture to point out the nation and the world that there will probably be a peaceable transition of energy — and an implicit rebuke of Donald Trump, who refused Joe Biden the identical assembly in 2020 as he contested that election’s outcomes. The 2 are set to fulfill on Wednesday at 11 a.m., in response to the White Home.
Melania and Jill have but to talk within the aftermath of Kamala Harris’ humiliating defeat, regardless that their husbands had a cordial telephone name, sources confirmed.
“Mrs. Trump just isn’t going, they usually haven’t spoken,” a supply with information stated of the primary girls informed DailyMail.com of Wednesday’s presidential sitdown.
There was dialogue about encouraging Melania Trump to return to Washington for the assembly, as some members of the President-elect’s group felt it was essential. However the incoming first woman, who spent her first 4 years in workplace redefining the function and what was anticipated, is laying an early marker indicating she could have much more autonomy the second time round.
Other than 2020, it has been custom for the present first woman to host the incoming first woman on the White Home.
The final time Jill Biden and Melania Trump would have seen one another would have been at Rosalynn Carter’s funeral in November of final 12 months. All residing former first girls attended.
4 years in the past, Donald Trump snubbed Joe Biden after Biden defeated him, refusing to ask him for the standard Oval Workplace assembly and delaying the transition course of. Melania Trump adopted her husband’s lead and did not attain out to Jill Biden.
The Bidens, nevertheless, have promised a peaceable and orderly transition to the upcoming Trump Administration.
“The Bidens prolonged congratulations and a joint invite to the Trumps to fulfill on the White Home,” Jill Biden’s workplace stated.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden will meet on Wednesday within the Oval Workplace.
The Bidens will attend Trump’s inauguration in January 2025, in response to the White Home.
Historically, the outgoing president welcomes the incoming one to the White Home on the morning of the inauguration earlier than using collectively in the identical automobile to the Capitol constructing for the swearing-in.
Trump rode with then-President Barack Obama to his personal inauguration. Biden attended that inauguration in his function as outgoing Vice President.
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