{"id":2368441,"date":"2024-11-13T11:40:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-triumphant-return-to-white-house-for-first-time-since-2021-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T11:40:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:40:33","slug":"trump-makes-triumphant-return-to-white-house-for-first-time-since-2021-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-triumphant-return-to-white-house-for-first-time-since-2021-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump makes triumphant return to White House for first time since 2021 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-makes-triumphant-return-to-white-house-for-first-time-since-2021-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368441&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President\u2064 Donald Trump made his first return\u200c to the White House \u2062since leaving office, meeting with President Joe Biden for\u2063 a transition discussion following Trump\u2019s election victory\u200d in 2024. The meeting marked a significant moment, being the first presidential transition meeting since \u20632016 when Obama welcomed \u2064Trump after his\u2063 election win. Biden \u2064congratulated Trump and \u2064expressed his \u200chopes\u2064 for a smooth transition, while\u200d Trump acknowledged the challenges of politics but appreciated the supportive atmosphere of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this important meeting between the two leaders, First Lady Jill Biden \u2063and former First Lady \u2064Melania Trump did not meet; Melania \u200bdeclined Jill&#8217;s invitation for tea. Reports \u200csuggested that Melania \u200chad other commitments \u200dand was still upset\u2062 about a past FBI search of\u2064 their Mar-a-Lago resort. After\u2064 the\u2062 election, Trump began appointing key figures for\u200d his upcoming administration,\u2063 including naming\u2062 Susie \u200dWiles as Chief of Staff and \u2064Mike Waltz as\u2063 National Security Adviser. \u200bthe\u200b meeting symbolized a commitment to a peaceful\u2064 transfer\u2062 of power, despite the political tensions between the two\u2063 parties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump makes triumphant return to White House for first time since leaving office<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1880149\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> has returned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House <\/a>for the first time in almost four years for his transition meeting with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The men&rsquo;s Oval Office meeting is the first presidential transition sit-down since former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barack Obama<\/a> invited Trump to the White House in 2016 after his win against then-Democratic nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>. Trump did not invite Biden in 2020 amid his challenges to that election before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jan. 6, 2021,<\/a> attack on the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting started at 11:07 a.m., with Biden congratulating Trump on his 2024 election win and saying he looked &ldquo;forward to having a smooth transition.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Politics is tough and in many cases it&rsquo;s not a nice world but it is a nice world today,&rdquo; Trump said on Wednesday. &ldquo;It will be as smooth as it can get and I very much appreciate that, Joe.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biden replied, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re welcome.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The White House previewed the meeting this week by repeating that it is important to Biden to sit down with Trump because Biden believes in &ldquo;norms,&rdquo; &ldquo;institutions,&rdquo; and &ldquo;order,&rdquo; despite describing Trump as a threat to democracy and, as recently as last month, Biden aides agreeing with former Trump White House chief of staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Kelly<\/a>&lsquo;s contention that Trump fits the definition of a fascist.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people deserve this, they deserve a peaceful transfer of power,&rdquo; White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> told reporters Tuesday. &ldquo;[White House] chief of staff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeff-zients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeff&nbsp;Zients<\/a>&nbsp;has been pretty, pretty open and available to the Trump transition team and will continue to do so. We want this to go well. We want this to be a process that gets the job done. And so it&rsquo;s certainly, we&rsquo;re going to do anything that we can.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zients&nbsp;has been leading the White House Transition Coordinating Committee with Trump&rsquo;s transition team, which is headed by former Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/small-business-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Small Business Administration<\/a>&nbsp;Administrator Linda McMahon and Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, in addition to Vice President-elect&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eric Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although Biden and Trump have resumed the tradition of meeting, first lady&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jill-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jill Biden<\/a>&nbsp;and former first lady&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melania Trump<\/a>&nbsp;have not, with the latter declining the former&rsquo;s invitation for tea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Bidens extended congratulations and a joint invite to the Trumps to meet at the White House,&rdquo; a spokeswoman for the first lady told the<em>&nbsp;Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>The Jill Biden spokeswoman added, &ldquo;The first lady joined President Biden in greeting President-elect Trump upon his arrival to the White House this morning. She gave Mr. Trump a handwritten letter of congratulations for Mrs. Trump, which also expressed her team&rsquo;s readiness to assist with the transition.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Melania Trump&rsquo;s office confirmed earlier Wednesday that she would not be traveling to Washington with her husband but did not provide reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Reports circulated last weekend that Melania Trump had a conflicting book tour event and remained angry with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a> after agents executed a search warrant at the Trumps&rsquo; private <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mar-a-lago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mar-a-Lago<\/a> resort in Florida in 2022 as part of a federal investigation into whether the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-defense-secretary-breaks-with-ex-president-over-classified-documents\/\" title=\"Former Trump defense secretary disagrees with ex-president on classified documents.\">president mishandled classified documents<\/a>. Melania Trump is not expected to move back to Washington full-time. Instead, she is anticipated to split her time between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Florida<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York<\/a>, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barron-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barron Trump<\/a>, her only son with Donald Trump, will attend college.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mrs. Trump will not be attending today&rsquo;s meeting at the White House.&nbsp; Her husband&rsquo;s return to the Oval Office to commence the transition process is encouraging, and she wishes him great success.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>In this instance, several unnamed sources in the media continue to provide false,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Office of Melania Trump (@OfficeofMelania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficeofMelania\/status\/1856698458201026842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After winning last week&rsquo;s election against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, Trump quickly named his campaign co-manager,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susie-wiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Susie Wiles<\/a>,&nbsp;as his White House chief of staff. This week, Trump appointed Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-waltz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike Waltz<\/a>&nbsp;(R-FL) to be&nbsp;his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-security-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-to-pardon-gen-michael-flynn-per-report\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump to Pardon Gen. Michael Flynn, Per Report\">national security adviser<\/a><\/a>, Fox News host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pete&nbsp;Hegseth<\/a>&nbsp;to be his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defense<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secretary-of-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">  secretary<\/a>, Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kristi Noem<\/a> (R-SD) to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-biden-to-unveil-immigration-agenda-next-tuesday\/\" title=\"Psaki: Biden to unveil immigration agenda next Tuesday\">homeland security secretary<\/a>, and former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Director of National Intelligence<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-ratcliffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Ratcliffe<\/a>&nbsp;to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CIA<\/a>&nbsp;director. There are rumors that the president-elect will nominate Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marco Rubio<\/a>&nbsp;(R-FL) to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secretary of state<\/a>. He has not yet announced his nominee for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/treasury-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">treasury<\/a> secretary.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump, too, said entrepreneurs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> would spearhead a new department called the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Wednesday, Trump met on Capitol Hill with House Republicans and backed Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) to lead the House once again.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1880149\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1880149\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump returns to the White House for transition meeting with Biden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2368442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/trump-biden-white-house-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4133,5894,5309,3634,32127],"class_list":["post-2368441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-return","tag-trump","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/trump-biden-white-house-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368445,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368441\/revisions\/2368445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}