US President Joe Biden will make a painful address to the nation today, vowing a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump after his political nemesis scored a crushing election win over Kamala Harris, AFP reports.

In what promises to be an agonising moment for Biden, he will speak in the Rose Garden of the White House at 11am (9pm Pakistan time) to “discuss the election results and the transition” to Trump’s second term.

Biden is however apparently determined to draw a stark contrast with Trump, whose refusal to accept his own 2020 election defeat by Biden culminated in the violent January 6, 2021 assault by Trump supporters on the US Capitol.

Biden is striking a presidential tone by calling Trump and inviting him to meet at the White House, despite their long history of bitter animosity. It would be the first time they had met since Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Trump in June that forced him out of the race.