President Obama had his first meeting with President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday because that's how it's supposed to work. Even when the successor is a racist who whipped up the opposition by questioning the sitting president's legitimacy to serve.
“I want to emphasize to you, Mr. President-elect, that we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed, then the country succeeds,” Mr. Obama told Mr. Trump as the two sat side-by-side after the roughly 90-minute meeting. The president called the session “excellent” and wide-ranging.
Mr. Trump, who said he had never met Mr. Obama before and expected the meeting to last only 10 or 15 minutes, said it had been a “great honor” to sit with the president.
“We discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. I very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel,” Mr. Trump said.
That feeling is likely not mutual. The only unusual thing about the meeting was that Trump shut out the press so they could not report on his arrival to the White House. Get used to it, gang.