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Biden to attend Trump inauguration, White House says

President Joe Biden speaks at a "Friendsgiving" event with service members and their families in the Staten Island borough of New York, Nov. 25 2024.[VOA]

U.S. President Joe Biden will attend Donald Trump's inauguration in January, the White House said Monday, calling it a "commitment to our democratic values" despite Trump's skipping Biden's own swearing-in.

Then-President Trump refused to attend Biden's inauguration in 2021, after falsely claiming Biden's election win was fraudulent and whipping up a mob of supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol.

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