White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters after the meeting that the two men did not try to resolve all of their differences, but he said it was “a little less awkward” than reporters might have anticipated. Obama and Trump met privately without any staff in the room.
A large part of the meeting was devoted to a discussion about how to staff and organize the White House.
“That’s complicated business,” Earnest said, noting that presidents have to deal with multiple challenges and crises at the same time. It is “something President Obama has thought about extensively over the past eight years.”
The two men made an overt effort to put their differences behind them.
“Mr. President, it was a great honor being with you, and I look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future,” Trump said, adding that he thought Obama was “a very good man.”
Obama, for his part, said he was encouraged by Trump’s interest in working with him and his administration “around many of the issues that this great country faces.”
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:newswabe.org)
