First Lady Jill Biden has reportedly claimed that Melania Trump refused to take her up on an offer of a customary transition meeting over tea. Traditionally, the White House hosts the outgoing and incoming first ladies in a meeting over tea to signal the transition from one administration to the next;

First lady Jill Biden had a lot to say in what is likely her last interview before she and her husband, President Joe Biden, leave the White House on January 20 and some of it was about her predecessor and successor Melania Trump.

First lady Jill Biden said incoming first lady Melania Trump declined her invitation for tea, according to a report in The Washington Post. Biden reportedly extended the invitation to have tea at the White House,

It’s customary for the current first couple to invite the soon-to-be leaders into the White House for a chat. President-elect Donald Trump took the Bidens up on it, while Melania did not.

Jill Biden said she passed a note to Donald Trump for his wife when the two met at the reopening of the Notre Dame

First lady Jill Biden extended a gesture of kindness to incoming first lady Melania Trump after she did not accept her traditional invitation for tea at the White House in November. As a substitute, Jill Biden passed a note to President-elect Donald Trump for his wife.