Trump makes a victor’s return to Washington to meet with Biden and GOP lawmakers

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump is making a victor’s return to Washington.President Joe Biden will welcome him to the White House on Wednesday for an Oval Office visit that is a traditional part of the peaceful handoff of power — a ritual that Trump himself declined to participate in four years ago.Trump also planned to meet with Republicans from Congress as they focus on his Day 1 priorities and prepare for a potentially unified government with a GOP sweep of power in the nation’s capital. His arrival amid Republican congressional leadership elections could put his imprint on the outcome.Accompanying Trump on the trip is billionaire Elon Musk, a Trump aide said. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who was named by Trump on Tuesday to a government efficiency advisory role, is not currently expected to attend the White House sit-down, but will join Trump’s meeting with House Republicans before that.It’s a stunning return to the U.S. seat of government for the former president, who departed nearly four years ago a diminished, politically defeated leader after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol but is preparing to come back to power with what he and his GOP allies see as a...