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The Bidens will host the Trumps for tea after the Trumps snubbed them in 2021

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    65% ReliableFair

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  • Politician Portrayal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

90% : Donald and Melania Trump enjoyed such hospitality from Barack and Michelle Obama in January 2017, when they prepared to move into the White House for Trump's first administration.
58% : Ahead of Trump's swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, he and Melania Trump are expected to be greeted at the White House by Joe and Jill Biden, who will then bring them inside for some tea or coffee and perhaps some polite conversation.
52% : On Inauguration Day, Joe and Jill Biden are expected to uphold the tradition of hosting the incoming president and his wife to tea, even if the couple are Donald and Melania Trump, who refused to show such courtesy to the Bidens four years ago after Trump lost the 2020 election, according to the Associated Press.
43% : While Trump happily accepted Biden's offer and sat smiling with his Democratic opponent in the Oval Office, Melania Trump declined to join Jill Biden for tea that day, a rebuke by the incoming first lady another transfer-of-power ritual.
34% : Instead, Donald and Melania Trump and other family members rushed to get on Air Force One and fly to Florida.
32% : Two weeks later, Trump also refused to attend Biden's inauguration, which meant he and Melania Trump perpetrated another "snub," as Bennett said.
29% : Two years later, Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the Capitol riot.
21% : The hosts made their "good losers" comment after Harris presided over the joint session of Congress certifying her election defeat to Trump.
19% : "You could have easily said, 'Donald Trump incited an insurrection and he tried to lie about it,'" Favreau said.
16% : But in 2021, after Trump lost the election to Biden, he didn't play graciously accept defeat.
16% : But after Trump won the election against Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss the election-obstruction case, citing the Constitution's prohibition on prosecuting a sitting president.
12% : "While acknowledging that Trump won the election with 49.9% of the vote, either Harris or Biden could stop pretending that "everything's OK," Favreau said.
1% : On their show, the Pod Save America hosts, former speechwriters for Obama, ripped Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for patting themselves on the back for being "good losers" to Trump, the Daily Beast said.

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