President Joe Biden met with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House — a long-running tradition between incoming and outgoing heads of state that Trump briefly paused in 2020. Melania did not attend,

It's a no from former and future first lady Melania Trump. The Bidens invited the Trumps to the White House a day after President-elect Donald Trump won his decisive victory last week over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Although Joe Biden promised a peaceful transfer of power and invited President-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday, an invitation he accepted, Melania Trump, for her part, chose not to respond to First Lady Jill Biden's invitation to visit the White House.

First Lady Jill Biden is still extending her hand to former first lady Melania Trump, despite Melania skipping out on Wednesday’s meeting with the current First Lady and President. President-elect Donald Trump and Biden met at the White House for the first time since Trump won the election – a traditional part of the presidential transition process.