U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to speak to Donald Trump by phone on Wednesday and offer the Republican leader his congratulations over his projected presidential election victory, an ABC News reporter said in a post on X.
Tuesday marked the latest bittersweet moment for the sitting president, who has played a leading role in so much of the drama that unfolded in one of the most unusual presidential election cycles in recent political history.
As the election results trickle in, President Biden is making calls from the White House to Democrats who have won their races. The White House said Biden placed calls to Senator-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware;
According to Google Trends, search results for “did Joe Biden drop out” have peaked this week, and are spiking on Election Day, even though the president had dropped out of the 2024 race this summer and endorsed the current Democratic Party nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.
"Time for Joe Biden to become the least-lame lame duck in history. Whatever can go to Ukraine needs to go now," Jessica Berlin, senior fellow at the Center for European Political Analysis (CEPA), wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
JD Vance branded Kamala Harris “trash” in his final pitch to American voters – appearing to forget the Republican fury over President Joe Biden’s comments where he appeared to call Donald Trump’s MAGA loyalists “garbage.”