White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said at a briefing on the same day that the current US President Biden met with US President-elect Trump at the White House for about two hours on the same day, and the current White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zientz and the next White House Chief of Staff Susan Wells also attended the meeting. Karin Jean-Pierre said that Biden and Trump discussed important national security and domestic policy issues facing the United States and the world, and Biden raised important issues for Congress, including funding the government and providing disaster replenishment funds requested by the president. Finally, Biden reiterated that the United States will achieve an orderly and peaceful transition of power.