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President Donald Trump and former president Joe Biden spent some of their limousine ride from the White House to the Capitol being normal and discussing sports, it has been revealed.
Four years after Trump snubbed Biden on inauguration day and refused to cede the 2020 election, the two put any animosity aside to perform the traditional inaugural celebrations as a sign of the peaceful transfer of power.
That includes sharing the less-than-two-mile limo ride to Trump’s swearing-in ceremony,
“I’m not going to reveal every detail except to say maybe we did discuss football just a little bit and some of the games yesterday,” Senator Amy Klobuchar told ABC News in reference to the NFL playoff games that happened over the weekend.
Klobuchar, who serves as chair of the Inaugural Ceremony Committee, oversaw the planning and execution of inauguration. She shared the limo ride with Trump and Biden.
The Minnesota Senator said the two discussed the NFL playoff games as well as Trump’s upcoming trip to California.
“I talked to him privately about that with the Olympics coming and how important that is and of course mentioned the firefighters in my speech,” Klobuchar told ABC News.
The relationship between Trump and Biden is assumed to be contentious given the two have a long history of butting heads as political rivals. Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 election which the president refused to admit. Trump has spent years claiming the election was “stolen” from him and that Biden won unfairly.
Ultimately, Trump’s false claims of election fraud ignited his supporters’ anger which, in part, inspired them to interrupt Congress’s certification of election results four years ago. The mob of angry Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol, sowing chaos and injuring hundreds. At least five deaths resulted in connection to January 6.
During Biden’s presidency, Trump often resorted to name-calling and long-winded rants.
The two went head-to-head, again, during the 2024 presidential election. That was short-lived after Biden performed so poorly against Trump at the first presidential debate that he lost Democrat’s confidence.
Trump’s insults toward Biden never ceased, even after Biden dropped out of the election. He often called Biden’s presidency a failure and used his age to poke fun at his cognitive function.
Biden repeatedly called Trump a threat to democracy. He has also referred to Trump as a liar and a loser.
But the two seemingly set their historical feud aside for a few hours on Monday to have tea, share a car ride and discuss sports.