President-elect Donald Trump was welcomed at the White House on Wednesday after declining to do the same for President Joe Biden after the 2020 election.

Biden resumes the tradition four years after Trump refused to invite him for the rite that symbolizes the peaceful transfer of power.

A week after his Nov. 5 victory, President-elect Donald Trump was hosted at the White House by President Biden. The two spoke briefly before reporters in the Oval Office and were expected to discuss issues related to the transition between their administrations.

Trump did not invite Biden to the White House after he won the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, declined first lady Jill Biden’s invitation to the Whit

After losing the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump broke with two traditions that demonstrate American democracy's peaceful transfer of power. First, he declined to invite then-President-elect Joe Biden to the White House in the weeks after the race while contending he hadn't lost.