President Biden And Donald Trump To Meet In The Oval Room To Discuss Transition, White House: That's Norma

President Joe Biden and White House spokesman Karine Jean-Pierre. (Wikimedia Commons/The White House)

JAKARTA - President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, a meeting designed to demonstrate a peaceful transition between governments, although the Trump team has not signed documents to begin the handover process.

President Biden, who initially ran against Trump in the 2024 election before resigning and supporting Vice President Kamala Harris as a candidate from the Democratic Party, will welcome the former and presidential candidate to the Oval Room, traditional courtesy by the president who will step down which Trump, a Republican, gave Biden in 2020 when he won.

"He believes in the norms, he believes in our institution, he believes in peaceful transfer of power," White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday about President Biden's decision to invite Trump. November 13.

"That's what becomes the norm. That's what should happen," he said.

Earlier, Presidents Biden and Trump sharply criticized each other for years, and their respective teams had very different positions in policies ranging from climate change to Russia to trade.

Biden (81) described Trump as a threat to democracy. Meanwhile, Trump (78) described Biden as an incompetent person.

Trump made false claims about widespread fraud in the 2020 general election.

Although President Biden intends to use the meeting to show continuity, the transition itself has partially stalled.

Tim Trump, yang telah mengumumkan beberapa anggota kabinat presiden yang akan datang, belum menandatangani perjanjian yang akan mengarahkan pada ruang kantor dan peralatan pemerintah serta akses ke pejabat pemerintah, fasilitas dan informasi, menurut Gedung Putih.

"Trump-Vance transitional lawyers continue to engage constructively with lawyers for the Biden-Harris Administration regarding all agreements echoed by the Presidential Transitional Act," said Brian Vance, Trump's transition spokesman, referring to the law governing the transfer of power.

Valerie SmithUR, director of the Presidential Transitional Center at Partnership for Public Service, said the agreement underscores the United States has only one president at a time and includes promises to sign an ethics pact so as not to profit from the information provided in the transition.

"It needs to be signed so that interactions can start with federal agencies," he said. "Everything depends on that," he said.

In addition to meetings with federal agencies, Biden and Trump are likely to discuss various topics, including foreign policy.

Jean-Pierre himself declined to elaborate on the subject matter of discussions between the two men ahead of their meeting.