Trump and Biden spoke about Ukraine at White House meeting: details
Kyiv • UNN
US President-elect Trump met with incumbent President Biden in the Oval Office. They discussed the transfer of power, the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Donald Trump during a meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House discussed two issues - the war in Ukraine and the ongoing war in the Middle East, reports UNN citing the New York Post.
US President-elect Donald Trump has revealed that he and President Joe Biden “were both really happy to see each other” as they sat down for a historic post-election meeting in the Oval Office.
“You know, it's been a long, long time,” Trump said during a phone interview as he left Washington. “It was a lot of work on both sides, and he did a very good job in terms of campaigning and everything else. We really had a very good meeting.
The two United States presidents discussed the transition of power on January 20, with Trump telling Biden in front of the worldwide press that it would be “as smooth as it can be” after the Republican attempt to challenge the four-year-old's results, which culminated in riots at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
“It's going very smoothly,” Trump told The Post about the process of selecting officials for his second term, adding that the Republican transition team and the Biden White House have a ”very, very good relationship.
Trump also said he and Biden discussed the Middle East.
The president-elect added that he and Biden discussed two issues on which they have diverged in the past: the war in Ukraine, which Trump promised to end almost immediately after taking office; and the ongoing war in the Middle East.
“I wanted - I asked for his opinion, and he gave it to me,” Trump said.
Trump also said he and Biden expect to see each other again just before his inauguration, which the Democratic incumbent has already said he will attend.
“The Oval Office is so beautiful and I'm looking forward to (coming back),” he said.
