Inside Barack Obama and Donald Trump’s “very friendly” 90-minutes meeting
None of them (Barack Obama and Donald Trump) – well, except for the Republican candidate, probably – would have thought they would later meet to share “visions” as White House leaders during the lead up to the keenly-contested United States presidential election.
That was the fate of the two former warring adversaries as they met today and held a 90-minute transition meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday.
Obama told Trump in their ‘first’ meeting that saw them put past antagonisms aside to discuss their respective policies: “If you succeed, the country succeeds,” CNN reports.
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“Mr President, it was a great honor being with you and I look forward to being with you many, many more times,” Trump said, before revealing to reporters that the pair “discussed a lot of different situations — some wonderful and some difficulties.”
He, contrary to his pre-election barbs, also referred to Obama as a “very good man.”
With the smooth transition from Obama to Trump having now taken full effect, many citizens will be hoping the ‘best’ candidate to lead world’s most powerful nation was chosen.
