Both men are planning low-key Thanksgivings at their respective homes as coronavirus cases surge across the United States.
Trump, after canceling plans to travel to Mar-a-Lago, his residence in Palm Beach, Fla., where he typically spends Thanksgiving with his family including his adult children from his previous marriages,is spending the holiday at the White House .
He arrived at his Trump National Golf Course near Washington D.C. on Thursday morning to get in a game before having dinner with his immediate family.
'The First Family will be celebrating the day with immediate family for dinner at the White House. The President and First Lady wish everyone across the country a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving,' said Stephanie Grisham, the chief of staff to first lady Melania Trump, in a statement.
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She did not detail who was included in the immediate family, which could consist of the president's adult children from his first marriages and the first lady's parents, who live near the White House.
In his proclamation, President Trump encouraged Americans to gather and give thanks.
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'I encourage all Americans to gather, in homes and places of worship, to offer a prayer of thanks to God for our many blessings,' he said in a statement.
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Biden is spending the holiday at his vacation home in Rehoboth, Delaware. He and his wife Jill are hosting their daughter Ashley Biden and her husband Dr. Howard Krein for Thanksgiving dinner for a scaled-back holiday.
This year differs from the Biden’s four decade tradition of spending the long weekend on Nantucket - where they dine on lobster and turkey - with their extended family.
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The family cancelled the trip in 2015, the year their son Beau died of brain cancer, the president-elect noted in a Thanksgiving speech on Wednesday.
'This year, we're asking Americans to forego many of the traditions that have long made this holiday such a special one,' Biden said in his remarks. 'For our family, we've had a 40 plus year tradition of traveling over Thanksgiving, a tradition we've kept every year save one - the year after our son Beau died.'
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'But this year, we'll be staying home,' Biden said.
Biden's plea for Americans to hold small gatherings came as daily deaths from COVID-19 in the United States have surpassed 2,100 for the first since May as millions of Americans continue to ignore CDC travel guidance and dire warnings from health experts that Thanksgiving would be the 'mother of all superspreader events'.
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