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    Melania Trump declines Jill Biden’s invitation

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    WASHINGTON – Here’s the tea: It’s a no from the former and future first lady Melania Trump.

    The Bidens invited Trump to the White House a day later President-elect Donald Trump won the decisive victory last week Vice President Kamala Harris.

    Trump accepted President Joe Biden’s offer, and the rivals were to meet at the White House at 11 a.m. Wednesday. But Melania Trump he didn’t make his intentions public until hours before the two presidents were scheduled to sit down for a civil confab after a brutal campaign.

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    For Melania, it’s a pass.

    “Her husband’s return to the Oval Office to begin the transition process is encouraging and she wishes him well.” of Melania Trump office said in a statement about X.

    “Former First Lady Mrs. Trump will not be attending today’s meeting at the White House,” the statement read.

    The statement went on to criticize the media for using “unnamed sources” to provide “false, misleading and inaccurate information”.

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    “Be discerning with your news source,” he continued.

    On Wednesday, the first lady joined the president to greet Trump upon his arrival at the White House.

    “He gave Mr. Trump a handwritten letter of congratulations for Mrs. Trump, which also expressed his team’s willingness to help with the transition,” the White House said in a statement.

    It was a century-old custom for the first lady to host the tea with her successor. In 2016, Michelle Obama hosted ‘a tea and tour’ with Melania Trump in the Yellow Oval Room, located in the White House residence.

    Thrones did not host Biden at the White House after Joe Biden won the presidency in 2020, nor did they attend Biden’s inauguration following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen.

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    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is the White House correspondent for USA TODAY. You can follow X @SwapnaVenugopal

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