Trump, Biden discuss Ukraine and Middle East 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden held a cordial meeting on Wednesday to discuss Ukraine and the Middle East, aiming to show a smooth transition of power despite significant policy disagreements.

They sat side by side before a crackling fire in the Oval Office.

“They discussed important national security and domestic policy issues facing the nation and the world,” White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. “It was indeed very cordial, very gracious, and substantive.”

The meeting lasted roughly two hours, she said.

Biden argued support for Ukraine was good for U.S. national security because a strong and stable Europe would keep America from being dragged into war, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told journalists.

Trump has pledged to end the Russia-Ukraine war quickly without saying how.

Trump told the New York Post he and Biden “talked very much about the Middle East” during their conversation. “I wanted to know his views on where we are,” the Post quoted Trump as saying. “And he gave them to me, he was very gracious.”

Source: Reuters