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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

White House defends Biden-Trump sitdown invitation: ‘The American people deserve this’

President Biden will meet with his predecessor-turned-successor in the Oval Office on Wednesday - (AFP via Getty Images)

The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s decision to invite President-elect Donald Trump for an Oval Office discussion on the presidential transition process, four years after Trump denied Biden the same courtesy after losing the 2020 election.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at her daily briefing on Tuesday that Biden extended the invitation to Trump because of his reverence for the peaceful transfer of power that has been a hallmark of the American system of government for nearly 250 years.

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