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President Barack Obama acknowledged in a New Yorker profile published online Thursday that his first meeting with Donald Trump may not have actually lived up to its sunny official description.

President Obama has described Donald Trump as ignorant, dangerous and unfit to lead the nation, but he’ll ask the Republican president-elect Thursday not to wipe out his cherished, legacy-making executive actions on everything from the Iranian nuclear deal to Obamacare. In a meeting at the White House to prepare Mr. Trump for taking office, Mr. Obama will try to persuade the president-elect to honor what his aides call a “tradition” of preserving executive actions implemented by the departing chief executive. “There is a tradition, particularly with regard to executive agreements of successive presidents preserving some element of continuity,” said White...

...Wood, author of Snap: Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language, and Charisma, added: 'Obama was extremely fatigued, resigned and not hopeful but very presidential. 'Trump was serious and showed indications he heard information that made him fearful.' Trump and the first lady in waiting, Melania arrived at the White House on Thursday morning through a back entrance that opens up to the White House's South Lawn. The private drive is inaccessible to media, and reporters were disallowed from covering the historic greeting between the incoming and outgoing first families....

full title.....'Melania liked Mrs. O a lot': First Lady's tea with her successor is kept behind closed doors (despite warm public welcome Bushes gave the Obamas) and photo is only released after media pressure.......................... Michelle Obama met her successor this afternoon, greeting Melania Trump at the White House when she arrived and hosting her for tea Press were barred from covering the visit that coincided with their husbands' 90-minute meeting in the Oval Office The Trumps arrived at the White House via a private entrance on the south side of the building. They left the same way they came A...

President Barack Obama invited President-elect Donald Trump to the White House for a Thursday meeting aimed at planning and "ensuring a smooth transition of power," White House press secretary Josh Earnest announced Wednesday morning. Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, confirmed on MSNBC that Trump looks forward to meeting with the president. Earnest said that Obama will make a statement on Wednesday at the White House to discuss the results of the election and "what steps we can take as a country to come together after this hard-fought election season."