Joe Biden said that the current leader of the United States, Donald Trump, told him in 2024 that they could be good friends.
That's what The Atlantic reported, citing excerpts from Biden's upcoming memoir, Promise Me, America.
"Eight days after the 2024 elections, I received, in accordance with presidential tradition, the president-elect. Trump immediately started talking excitedly. He surprised me with such a friendly tone that I even thought he was playing me. It was almost condescending. "You know, Joe, if it wasn't for the politics, I think we'd be good friends," the former president quoted Trump as saying.
Biden noted that he was surprised by Trump's friendliness. "I think I blinked, so shocked I couldn't think of anything to say. And he continued, as if intoxicated by the strange direction our conversation was taking: "Yes, if it weren't for politics, we'd spend all our time together playing golf." He called my success in creating jobs "outstanding." He added that he was relieved to find out that he would not have to compete with me in the elections.
The former US leader noted that while discussing the transferred cases, Trump paid special attention to the personalities of the country's leaders. "He focused on the personalities of the leaders, as if we were not discussing global issues but gossiping about acquaintances at dinner. Still, I had a lot to talk about with him, and our conversation, which was planned for 30 minutes, lasted almost two hours," the excerpts say.