After incoming first lady Melania Trump declined her customary offer to tea at the White House in November, Lady Jill Biden showed her some consideration.
Instead, Jill Biden handed President-elect Donald Trump a note for his wife. “I offered assistance and congratulated her,”
Biden stated in a Washington Post interview. “What use would nastiness serve?”
It’s possible that Melania Trump’s absence marks the first time an incoming first lady has skipped the ceremony. In a statement, her office said, “
The media still spreads erroneous, deceptive, and false information.

over her decision to skip the event. At last Thursday’s state burial for former President Jimmy Carter, Melania Trump finally thanked Jill Biden for the note.
After Melania Trump declined her customary offer to tea at the White House in November, first lady Jill Biden showed her some consideration.
Instead, Jill Biden handed President-elect Donald Trump a note for his wife. “I offered assistance and congratulated her,”