spoke with president-elect Trump to congratulate him on his victory and I assured him that I direct my entire Administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition Donald Trump and Joe Biden are set to meet again before Inauguration Day Biden has invited Trump to meet him in the White House on Wednesday to ensure a smooth transition this meeting might be awkward for the two because after Biden defeated Trump in 2020 Trump didn’t offer a White House invitation to him in fact Trump left Washington before the 2021 inauguration becoming the first president to do so since 1869 the official transition process doesn’t mandate that presidents invite their successors to face-to-face meetings but more recently presidents have been leaning into this tradition for example in 2008 George W bush invited Barack Obama to the White House this is meeting isn’t Uncharted Territory for Trump days after the 2016 election Obama and him had a longer than scheduled 90minut overal office discussion Kamala haris spoke with Trump on the phone but has no inperson meeting planned with him