US President Joe Biden and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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Washington: President Joe Biden spoke to former President Donald Trump on Saturday, according to a White House Official. Biden also spoke with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy, the official said.
The White House did not elaborate on the calls.
A Biden campaign official, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the team was "working to pull down our television ads as quickly as possible," in response to the seriousness of the moment. The official did not offer more details.
Biden's political future has been in doubt since his shaky June 27 debate against Trump sparked calls by his own party to step aside and let a younger candidate run in November.
In recent weeks, the Biden campaign began its most aggressive effort to brand Trump a felon, with the introduction of a new television advertisement that focused on Trump's criminal conviction.
The advertisement was part of a $50 million investment in battleground states, and marked a change in strategy after an initial reluctance to weigh in on the issue, to avoid engaging with Trump's legal woes.