Biden, Trump pledge smooth transition

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

86% : And I very much appreciate that, Joe."The First Lady also joined Biden in greeting Trump upon his arrival at the White House.
80% : "Welcome, welcome back," Biden said to Trump at the start of their meeting.
72% : Blinken due in Brussels to reassure EU alliesUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken set out for a multi-country trip of which the first stop will be Brussels, where he is expected to provide reassurance to European allies on US support for Ukraine ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second term.
62% : "Politics is tough," Trump responded.
60% : The trip comes in the waning days of Blinken being the Secretary of State, and as Trump had reportedly chosen Florida Senator Marco Rubio as the country's top diplomat, Xinhua news agency reported.
57% : She gave Trump a handwritten congratulatory letter, which also conveyed her team's readiness to assist with the transition.
51% : Trump has started filling the top positions and has announced a string of nominees for the cabinet in the last few days -- Pete Hegseth for secretary of defence, Kristi Noem for secretary of homeland security -- and other positions in the White House like Susie Wiles as chief of staff and Mike Waltz as the national security adviser.
45% : Biden also told Trump in remarks before the meeting that his administration would "do everything we can to make sure (of) accommodating what you need".
35% : Trump has vowed to end the war within 24 hours after assuming office, but how he is going to achieve that remains to be seen.
28% : In 2020, Trump denied Biden this meeting, refusing to accept his loss...reports Asian Lite NewsPresident Joe Biden received President-elect Donald Trump to the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday in a customary gesture marking the peaceful transfer of power that had not been shown to him four years ago by the latter.
25% : The FBI raided the Trumps' home in August 2022 looking for top secret documents that Trump allegedly took with him in contraversion of the Official Secrets Act.
15% : Trump had refused to accord Biden the same meeting in 2020, as he had refused to accept the verdict that he had lost.

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