Melania Trump is expected to decline an invitation to meet Jill Biden at the White House, but reports differ as to why.
The New York Post, citing an anonymous source familiar with the decision, reported that the new first lady will not attend due to lingering acrimony over the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. “Jill Biden's husband gave the FBI permission to rummage through her underwear drawer,” the source claimed. “The Bidens are disgusting.”
The FBI convened at the Trumps' Florida residence in 2022 to retrieve classified documents allegedly illegally stashed there by the former president, but a Trump-appointed judge dismissed the case last summer.
The first lady and her successor traditionally meet to help reflect a peaceful transition, but that did not happen in 2020, when then-President Donald Trump disputed Joe Biden's victory under false pretenses.
President-elect Trump and Biden will meet at the White House on Wednesday.
However, it appears the former first lady isn't heading to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for tea.
CNN reported that Melania Trump likely declined Jill Biden's invitation, but a source told the network that this was due to a scheduling conflict with her book promotion tour. The source also said the decision was not final.
After Trump's first victory in 2016, then-first lady Michelle Obama invited Melania Trump for tea and gave her a tour.
