President Biden. Well, Mr. President-elect and former President——
President-elect Trump. Thank you very much, Joe.
President Biden. ——and—Donald, congratulations.
President-elect Trump. Thank you very much.
President Biden. And looking forward to having a, like we said, smooth transition—do everything we can to make sure you're accommodated, what you need. And we're going to get a chance to talk about some of that today. So——
President-elect Trump. Good.
President Biden. ——welcome. Welcome back.
President-elect Trump. Thank you very much. And thank you very much.
And politics is tough. And it's, many cases, not a very nice world, but it is a nice world today. And I appreciate it very much—and a transition that's so smooth, it will be as smooth as it can get.
And I very much appreciate that, Joe.
President Biden. You're welcome.
Thank you all.
NOTE: The President spoke at 11:07 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. Also participating in the meeting were White House Chief of Staff Jeffrey D. Zients; and incoming Chief of Staff Susan Summerall Wiles.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President-Elect Donald J. Trump Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/375175
