Playbook: “So what’s on the agenda? As far as Biden is concerned, the meeting itself is the agenda — upholding a key governing norm and showing magnanimity, even if Trump skipped the whole ritual entirely last time around amid his denial of the 2020 election results.”
Said one Biden administration official: “At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter that they said that Trump was dangerous and all these things. It’s about continuity of the government, moving America forward. And if this is who they chose, then this is who he needs to sit next to, period.”
The person added: “On the other hand. I’m a human being and I’m like, what the fuck?”
New York Times: “What the rivals will say to each other behind closed doors is unclear, and so is what they might say publicly. They are scheduled to have a brief photo op in front of reporters after the meeting ends.”
ABC News: Biden, Trump to meet in Oval Office in post-election tradition Trump skipped in 2020.
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