“Anyway – all of them, except, have picked up the phone and contacted me, too,” he said, speaking clearly to Trump, without naming him.
Trump was the first president in modern history to refuse to participate in the traditional meeting with his successor, and the trumps did not host the White House claims for the usual or advance dedication day meeting.
Biden has, in the past, suggested that he has seen leaders through the lens of America’s top presidents in history, citing Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and George Washington, whom he described as “super human.”
However, he said, he feels more comfortable seeing himself in the league of the seven vice-presidents he has personally won.
“I had to remind myself that they were very good men I knew well, the last seven presidents. And, at least they’re people I knew well enough to know I’m playing in the same team. So it took away the feeling, this is – my God, you know – I am not Abraham Lincoln, I am not Franklin Roosevelt, how do I deal with these problems? “he said.