Trump didn't extend the same invitation to Biden when he was defeated in 2020 as he refused to concede the election results.

President Biden and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s brief public display of civility was followed by a two-hour meeting behind closed doors.

President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, longtime political rivals, met on Wednesday for the first time since Trump won back the White House last week and both men promised a smooth transfer of power in January.

President-elect Donald Trump met with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office Wednesday, as Trump made his first visit to the White House since 2021 and his first visit to Washington since winning last week’s election.

President Joe Biden and Donald Trump both advocated for a "smooth" transfer of power during their first meeting since Trump won the presidential election last week. Conversing in the White House's Oval Office,

President-elect Donald Trump will return to Washington on Wednesday — entering the White House for the first time since being voted out of office — to meet with President Joe Biden for a ceremony meant to signal the peaceful transfer of power.

President-elect Donald Trump made a return to the White House on Wednesday where he met with President Joe Biden. Biden welcomed him to the White House for an Oval Office visit, a traditional part of the peaceful transfer of power—a ritual Trump declined to participate in four years ago.

This Wednesday, President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump back to the White House, resuming a tradition that Trump himself broke in 2020. The two sat close and shook hands before kicking off the event.