United States: 6 uncomfortable photos of the meeting between Donald Trump and Barack Obama in the White House
The transition begins in the United States.
The current US president, Barack Obama, received President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
Both met for 90 minutes to discuss details of the transfer of power that Trump will assume on January 20.
Obama pledged that his administration "will do everything possible" to help Trump "succeed." "Because if you are successful, then the country is successful," he told her.
Trump, for his part, said that "it was a great honor" to meet with Obama and that as far as he is concerned the meeting "could have lasted much longer."
He also assured that he hoped to receive Obama's advice in the future.
Discomfort
But the cordiality shown in words during the meeting this Thursday was not always like that.
Trump called the president the worst in history, while Obama said the Republican was unfit for office.
The New York real estate mogul, now president-elect, persistently questioned the legitimacy of the nationality of the Hawaiian-born Obama, and in response Obama has publicly mocked it.
And some photos of the meeting at the White House show some discomfort.
But not everything was unbearable at the meeting ...
And then Obama relaxed ...
The meeting of the ladies
The first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, also met this Thursday at the White House with Melania Trump, who will succeed her there as of January 20.
