President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden had a “wonderful, warm” conversation about the nation’s coronavirus response on Monday afternoon, the president said during a press briefing.
“We had a really wonderful, warm conversation,” Trump said at Monday's coronavirus task force briefing. “It was a very nice conversation.”
Following several days of Twitter taunts about the planned call, Trump and his likely Democratic rival in 2020 presidential race finally spoke for about 15 minutes, and the president said that he “appreciated” Biden’s call.
“He gave me his point of view, and I fully understood that,” Trump said. “And we just had a very friendly conversation.”
"Vice President Biden and President Trump had a good call,” campaign spokesperson Kate Bedingfield wrote. “VP Biden shared several suggestions for actions the Administration can take now to address the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and expressed his appreciation for the spirit of the American people in meeting the challenges facing the nation.”
When pressed for details, Trump declined to provide specifics about their discussion, saying that he and Biden agreed not to discuss the contents of the call.
“He had suggestions,” Trump said. “It doesn't mean that I agree with those suggestions but certainly he had suggestions, and I also told him some of the things we're doing. But the conversation was a friendly, very friendly conversation.”
The call comes on the heels of the former vice president’s campaign reaching out... (Read more)
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