Biden claims Trump complemented his time in office during 2024 meeting

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9 Nov 2026 • 10:19 PM MYT
The Independent
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Biden claims Trump complemented his time in office during 2024 meeting

  • In his upcoming memoir Promise Me, America, former president Joe Biden revealed that Donald Trump was unexpectedly friendly during a November 2024 White House meeting, telling him they could have been good friends without politics.
  • Biden stated that Trump praised his job creation record as extraordinary and expressed relief at not facing him in the presidential election after Biden withdrew.
  • The post-election meeting between the two figures lasted nearly two hours, despite originally being scheduled for only 30 minutes.
  • Biden, 83, shared that he has scaled back in-person promotional events for his memoir after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer last year.
  • Scrutiny regarding Biden's health and mental fitness previously prompted him to end his 2024 re-election campaign following a debate performance against Trump.

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