Trump makes a victor's return to Washington and pledges a 'smooth' transition of power from Biden

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

95% : Biden called Trump "Mr. President-elect and former president" before settling on "Donald.""Congratulations," the Democrat told the Republican.
95% : After his election win in 2016, Trump met with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office and called it "a great honor."
86% : As Trump met with Biden, Trump sent out a fundraising email to supporters saying that he "is inside the White House right now conducting a very important meeting.
81% : Congressional Republicans hosted Trump over the summer, as Trump was again solidifying his dominance over the party.
77% : "Donald, congratulations," Biden said, greeting Trump with a handshake in the Oval Office and adding that he looked "forward to a smooth transition."By WILL WEISSERT, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump made a victor's return to Washington on Wednesday, visiting the White House for a nearly two-hour meeting with President Joe Biden and committing to a straightforward transition of power as the president-elect moves quickly to build out his new administration.
77% : Back in Washington for the first time since his election victory, Trump told the GOP lawmakers, "It's nice to win.
72% : "Trump replied, "Thank you very much," saying that "politics is tough.
71% : First lady Jill Biden greeted Trump upon his arrival at the White House and gave him a handwritten letter of congratulations for his wife, Melania Trump, who did not make the trip to Washington.
63% : Some close to Trump and his team now see Musk as the second most influential figure in Trump's immediate orbit, after Susie Wiles, the campaign manager who is Trump's incoming chief of staff.
58% : Musk joining Trump on the return to Washington comes after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has been spending much of his time at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Florida estate, and participating in discussions as the incoming Trump administration prepares to transition from Biden's.
55% : "Trump had flown from Florida in the morning, joining up with billionaire Elon Musk for a morning session with House Republicans.
51% : "He received a standing ovation from House GOP members, many of whom took cellphone videos of Trump as ran through their party's victories up and down the ballot, in what would be, under the constitutional limits, his final presidential election.
51% : Trump has named Musk to a government efficiency advisory role in his incoming administration.
44% : Trump left the White House after his session with Biden without addressing the large contingent of reporters on the White House driveway waiting outside the West Wing in case he did make an appearance.
41% : That discussion came as Trump prepares for a potentially unified Republican government and sweep of power.
41% : Wednesday's trip was not the first time Trump has returned to the Capitol area since the end of his first term, though.
39% : While refraining Wednesday from the bombast seen as a candidate, Trump looked at ease in the Oval Office, unlike in 2016, when he appeared nervous and subdued when meeting with Obama eight years ago.
39% : In addition to not inviting then-president-elect Biden to the White House, Trump left Washington without attending the inauguration.
38% : "I suspect I won't be running again unless you say he's good we got to figure something else," Trump said to laughter from the lawmakers.
38% : But his win in last week's election completes a political comeback that has seen Trump once again become the unchallenged head of the GOP.
38% : Trump left Washington without visiting his party's senators.
37% : Each was joined by his chief of staff for the private meeting that is a traditional part of the peaceful handoff of power, but a ritual that Trump declined to participate in four years ago after losing to Biden.
30% : "When Trump left Washington in 2021, even some top Republicans had begun to decry his role in helping incite the mob that stormed the Capitol mere weeks earlier.
30% : Johnson has pulled ever-closer to Trump as he worked to keep his majority -- and his own job with the gavel.
28% : That's despite having spent more than a year campaigning for reelection and decrying Trump as a threat to democracy and the nation's core values.
26% : At one point, Biden looked at Trump, who moved his head to the side and gave a small shrug but did not respond.
25% : The scene put in stark relief the remarkable political rebound for Trump, who departed Washington in January 2021 as a diminished, politically defeated leader after helping incite a mob of his supporters to attack the Capitol.
22% : Trump has continued to lie about widespread voter fraud that did not occur.
9% : Trump, who has long disputed his 2020 election loss to Biden, did not invite Biden to the White House during the transition four years ago.

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