Biden was silent all day on Friday while on vacation at a home
overlooking Lake Tahoe, but at almost the exact time Trump's
plane landed in Atlanta, the White House announced the phone
call with Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
"May today be a reminder that the forces of darkness and
dominion will never extinguish the flame of liberty that lives
in the heart of free people everywhere," Biden wrote from his
official presidential account on the social media platform X,
former known as Twitter, after announcing the call.
Biden made no mention of Trump's legal woes, sticking with a
policy of avoiding commenting on the troubles facing the
front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
Biden, however, sent out an appeal on X for donations to his
re-election campaign at about the same time as Trump was on his
way to be arrested at the Fulton County Jail.
"Apropos of nothing, I think today's a great day to give to my
campaign," Biden wrote.
When Trump was indicted in a separate case in Washington on Aug.
1, Biden was at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware,
dining out and watching a popular movie.
In the call with Zelenskiy, the pair discussed the start of
training for Ukraine pilots to fly U.S.-produced F-16 fighter
jets, as well as expedited approval for other nations to
transfer their F-16 jets to Ukraine, the White House said.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
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