Donald Trump has been welcomed into the White House alongside his wife Melania by the Bidens.
Today (January 20) marks Trump‘s inauguration ceremony, but before he’s sworn into office for a second time, he and Melania were invited to the White House by President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill.
It’s an age-old tradition that the president and first lady invite their successors for tea before the new president-elect’s inauguration.
Following their meet-up, the foursome will travel to Trump’s inauguration ceremony in the same car. It’s thought they usually travel in two separate vehicles.
With Biden being a Democrat, and Trump a Republican, it’s safe to say that the pair haven’t always seen eye-to-eye when it comes to politics, but they seemingly put any bad blood aside at today’s meet.
When the Trumps arrived at the White House, Biden said, as per PEOPLE: “Welcome home!”
While Biden has hosted a tea ceremony for Trump and his wife, the Republican didn’t do the same for him when Biden won the 2020 election.
In fact, Trump didn’t attend his then-successor’s inauguration altogether.
Trump and his family quickly jetted back to his home in Florida instead.
Ahead of today’s swearing-in ceremony, Trump has made a series of promises about what will happen when he returns to office.
One of the most notable plans of his is to delay the TikTok ban, which briefly came into force over the weekend before the app reemerged on people’s devices.
When the video sharing platform went dark for a brief period, users were met with the following message: “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.
“We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!”
And it wasn’t long until the app was working again, sparking people to suggest that the whole thing was simply a PR stunt.
One person said on social media: “This was such an obvious PR stunt to try to garner favor with Trump. They never had to take TikTok offline, and if they were legally required to, then nothing Trump said to them could have allowed them to restore service.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre echoed similar sentiments in the run up to TikTok’s deadline yesterday (January 19).
