Outgoing President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump have met for the first time since the U.S. election in the White House. The leaders committed to a smooth transition of power and discussed national security and domestic issues.
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00:00U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump have promised an orderly transition
00:05of power, as they met for the first time since the U.S. election.
00:09Politics is tough, and it's in many cases not a very nice world, but it is a nice world
00:16today and I appreciate it very much, a transition that's so smooth, it'll be as smooth as it
00:22can get, and I very much appreciate that, Jim.
00:26The historic meeting in the Oval Office came after Trump's decisive election win against
00:31Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
00:33Trump and Biden discussed domestic and national security issues, as well as Biden's stance
00:38on the Ukraine-Russia war.
00:40The Republican Party has now won enough seats to control the House of Representatives as
00:44well as a majority in the Senate.
00:47It means Trump will have significant power to rule on key issues on his agenda, including
00:51the economy and immigration.