At a campaign event in Georgia in July 2024, Jill Biden referred to Trump as "evil" as she spoke about comments the president-elect is said to have made about the military in private. "Does Donald Trump know anything about military? N o, he disparages those who sacrifice for our country," Biden said.

Trump took up President Joe Biden's offer and the rivals were set to meet in the White House at 11 a.m. Wednesday. But Melania Trump did not make her intentions known publicly until hours before the two presidents were scheduled to sit down for a civil confab after a brutal campaign.

The last time Donald Trump was in the Oval Office, he scrawled out a two-page letter to Joe Biden in his distinctive jagged penmanship, slipped it into the drawer of the Resolute Desk and — notwithstanding the note’s surprisingly gracious tone — walked away from the building defeated and bitter.