Biden tells Trump "welcome back" during Oval Office meeting

[Polybius]

President Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump back to the White House Wednesday for a nearly two-hour meeting as part of the transition process, a formality that Trump didn't extend to Mr. Biden in 2020.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the meeting "substantive," and said the two men discussed national security and domestic policy issues, and Mr. Biden raised important items on Congress' to-do list. At the top of the meeting, with reporters present for only a moment, the two men shook hands.

"Well Mr. President-elect and former president, Donald, congratulations, and looking forward to having, like we said, a smooth transition," Mr. Biden said, speaking first. Mr. Biden told Trump that his administration will accommodate the president-elect's needs. "Welcome, welcome back."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-biden-meeting-white-house-2024-election/

Not the best choice of words, imo at least.

[Polybius]

3. Welp, it turns out that I was right for challenging overtly optimistic posts leading up to the election

Just when I thought I was vindicated. Doh!

[dpibel]

5. Sequitur

You should try it sometime.

Nons don't work so good.

[Polybius]

6. No thanks

[dpibel]

7. Well, that's good

I congratulate you on admitting your affection for nonlinearity.

[Polybius]

8. Don't jump to conclusions

[ecstatic]

2. yikes. hiding for my mental health! nt

[jalan48]

4. No worries, it's all normal, it all makes sense.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. Welcome?!

[BigmanPigman]

10. He should have played the song from Welcome Back, Kotter

The fucking moron is another Sweathog, just old and orange.

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[orleans]

11. trump was probably wearing a wire so his boss could hear the entire exchange nt

[SunImp]

12. I hope President Biden talked Trump into being less like an animal in his second term

[FirstLight]

13. You're joking, right?

Where's the Joe Biden that said he wanted to smack these guys? I wish he would.

[keithbvadu2]

14. Biden will do what Trump was not man enough to do::: show up for his successor's inauguration.

[hawkeye21]

16. If he does, that would be an even bigger mistake.

"Man enough." LOL

Show up to watch America's Hitler lie his ass off and take the oath of office that he's already broken and will trample into oblivion this time? Sure. That makes sense. That's the way to show decent people everywhere that we are as foolish as we are naive.

To be on the same site where Trump led an insurrection? Please. That would be crazy.

[Passages]

17. If you believe Trump is a fascist, perhaps say something along the

lines of, it is my job to relay information for the transition and leave it at that.