Biden, Trump will meet in Oval Office Wednesday, White House says

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday after Biden pledged an orderly transfer of power following the Republican's decisive election victory.

Biden and Trump will meet at the Oval Office at 11:00 a.m., the White House said Saturday, with the clock ticking down to the ex-president's return to power in January.

Trump sealed a historic comeback to the White House in the November 5 election, cementing what is set to be more than a decade of U.S. politics overshadowed by his often divisive politics.

The 78-year-old won wider margins than before, despite a criminal conviction and two impeachments while in office.

Exit polls showed that voters' top concern remained the economy and inflation that spiked under Biden in the wake of the COVID pandemic.

Biden, who dropped out of the race in July over concerns about his ability to continue at the age of 81, called Trump to congratulate him after his election win.