U.S. President Joe Biden held a historic meeting at the White House with President-elect Donald Trump, who is quickly naming appointments to the team that will help carry out his plans for the next four years. Jackson Proskow looks at what the pair discussed; why Trump may not have as much free rein as expected, and the concerns about two of his appointees, Tulsi Gabbard as national intelligence director and Matt Gaetz as attorney general.
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