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WATCH: President Biden and first lady greet Trumps at the White House | Trump 2025 Inauguration
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January 20, 2025
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1:55Now PlayingPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden greeted incoming President-elect Donald Trump and future first lady Melania Trump outside the White House Monday morning in a return to presidential transition tradition.
In 2021, when Biden took office on the heels of Trump’s first term, the Trumps did not greet the Bidens nor invite them in, an enduring presidential transition ceremonially marking the peaceful transfer of power. Over the years, Trump has repeated the falsehood that he won the 2020 election.
On Monday, both couples shook hands before taking photos and entering the White House together.
The inauguration ceremony, including the swearings-in, is taking place indoors this year, a last-minute change to the pomp and circumstance due to extreme cold forecasted for the nation’s capital.
When Trump returns to the White House on Monday, he’s expected to act quickly on his campaign promises and roll back his predecessor’s policies. As his second term begins, his party controls both chambers of Congress and conservative justices have a majority on the Supreme Court. Trump is only the second president to return to office in non-consecutive terms, the only president convicted of a felony and the oldest person to win election to the White House.
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