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

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The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s determination to ask President-elect Donald Trump for an Oval Office dialogue on the presidential transition course of, 4 years after Trump denied Biden the identical courtesy after dropping the 2020 election.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre instructed reporters at her each day briefing on Tuesday that Biden prolonged the invitation to Trump due to his reverence for the peaceable switch of energy that has been a trademark of the American system of presidency for almost 250 years.

Asked why he’s granting Trump the precise type of privilege that Biden himself was denied 4 years in the past, Jean-Pierre replied that it was “easy” to reply the query.

“Because he believes in the norms, he believes in our institutions, he believes in the peaceful transfer of power,” she mentioned.

Jean-Pierre continued by noting that the switch of energy was as essential to the American folks as it’s to Biden himself, citing Biden’s assertion final week during which he mentioned that the American individuals are entitled to it.

“He said: ‘The American people deserve this. They deserve a peaceful transfer of power. They deserve a smooth transition, and that’s what you’re going to see’,” she mentioned, including that Biden had requested for the assembly, which is able to happen within the Oval Office on Wednesday morning.

The White House press secretary additionally instructed reporters that Vice President Kamala Harris received’t be current for the assembly as a result of her involvement is “not the norm” of such post-election conferences between presidents and presidents-elect.

At the identical time, she confused that Biden is “committed … to making sure this transition is effective” in addition to “efficient.”

“.We want this to to be a process that gets the job done, if you will. And so … we’re going to do everything that we can,” she mentioned. “The president trusts his team to get that done and do it the best way possible, and that is our commitment.”

She later added that Biden “wants to show the American people that the system works right.”