Melania Trump's office intervened this week after media reports that she had rejected Jill Biden's invitation to meet at the White House. President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump's husband, met President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss a "peaceful and orderly transition" of power.

First Lady Jill Biden is still extending her hand to former first lady Melania Trump, despite Melania skipping out on Wednesday’s meeting with the current First Lady and President.

First lady Jill Biden called her predecessor-turned-soon-to-be successor Melania Trump after the attempt on President-elect Donald Trump’s life this summer. In an interview with Paris Match magazine,