Biden extends a shock olive branch after Trump's crushing election win

President Joe Biden has called Donald Trump to congratulate him for his ascendant triumph implicit Kamala Harris and invited him to the White House.

The 81-year-old commander-in-chief extended the olive subdivision to the president-elect a week aft calling his supporters 'garbage' and hours aft helium was confirmed arsenic his successor.

The White House confirmed Biden and Trump spoke connected the telephone connected Wednesday day and 'emphasized the value of moving to bring the state together' arsenic good arsenic a 'smooth transition'.

It was a akin tone Kamala Harris took erstwhile she called the 78-year-old  to yet concede the predetermination aft Trump swept the bulk of the swing states.

Trump and Biden often exchanged precise idiosyncratic jabs during the campaign, with the Republican targeting the president's diminution and the Democrat saying helium was the benignant of idiosyncratic helium would similar to 'smack successful the a**'.

Biden has said helium volition spell to Trump's inauguration, aft the president-elect skipped his successful 2020 and alternatively flew consecutive to Mar-a-Lago. 

Harris had a informing for the president-elect, lecturing him adjacent arsenic she congratulated him.

'She discussed the value of a peaceful transportation of powerfulness and being a president for each Americans,' a elder Harris adjutant said.

Harris, during her campaign, repeatedly vowed to a beryllium a president 'for each Americans.'

She volition concede to the federation astatine Howard University aboriginal contiguous - astir 12 hours aft the predetermination was called for her Republican rival. Trump is spending the time astatine his location astatine Mar-a-Lago.

The calls came hours aft Trump was declared the winner, leaving Democrats reeling and successful shock.

Harris's concession call, which was confirmed soon earlier 2 p.m. ET, came aft Michigan was called for the president-elect, giving him the 3rd authorities successful the 'blue wall' of states that would determine the election.

Trump's squad confirmed the Harris telephone and said the president-elect acknowledged Harris' 'professionalism' and 'tenacity.'

'President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by telephone earlier contiguous wherever she congratulated him connected his historical victory,' Trump communications manager Steven Cheung said successful a statement.

'President Trump acknowledged Vice President Harris connected her strength, professionalism, and tenacity passim the campaign, and some leaders agreed connected the value of unifying the country.'

Trump present has 292 electoral votes to Harris' 224. It takes 270 to triumph the presidency.

Harris is connected way to bash worse than Hillary Clinton's 2016 statesmanlike election. She could adjacent beryllium connected gait to person the worst Electoral College effect of immoderate Democrat since the 1988 race.

Democrats were counting connected the 'blue wall' to springiness Harris the White House. But Trump won the trio of states - Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.