Donald Trump and Barack Obama hold talks at the White House

Earnest said during the visit to Trump’s future home, the two moms discussed raising children in the White House.

The two sat side-by-side and President Obama emphasizes that they’re going to do everything they can to help the President-elect to succeed “cause if Trump succeeds, then the nation succeeds”.

“Mr President, it was a great honour being with you”, Trump said, calling Obama a “very good man”.

“The president-elect indicated a lot of interest and understanding the strategy of staffing and organizing the White House, and obviously that’s something that President Obama has thought about extensively during his eight years in office”, he said.

Naturally, people believed the somber, concerned look in their face was caused by the sight of Trump in the White House, something they weren’t looking forward to, it’s fair to say.

After savaging President Barack Obama before and during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump met him in person for the first time on Thursday and said he had “great respect” for him.

Trump is set to meet with Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan later on Thursday with Vice President-elect Mike Pence.

“And I’m sure that Mrs. Trump is feeling many of those same anxieties as she prepares to move herself and her family into the White House”, he added.

As president-elect, Trump is entitled to the same daily intelligence briefing as Obama – including information on USA covert operations, information gleaned about world leaders and other data gathered by America’s 17 intelligence agencies. So while Clinton is leading Trump in votes nationwide 47.7 percent to 47.5 percent, Trump’s total in the Electoral College stands at 279, with races in Michigan, New Hampshire and Arizona yet to be called.

Obama too said that he was “encouraged” by their “excellent” and “wide-ranging” conversation, lasting over an hour. These two women in the same room for the first time is significant – and a tantalizing fan fiction waiting to happen, since there’s no video or photos of it. “I don’t know why”, he said.

Ryan took Trump on a tour of the Speaker’s Balcony overlooking the National Mall, the scene of Trump’s upcoming inauguration. That may be a less important question than what Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell will let him do.

The two families skipped a photo op of Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, arriving at the White House.

A large portion of the meeting was spent in discussions on properly staffing up and organising White House operations, he said.

As the current president and next president huddled, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough was seen walking near the Rose Garden with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who like Trump is also a real estate developer, and other aides.

Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump react as they watch the election results during Trump’s election night rally, Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Obama lent her time to Hillary Clinton repeatedly in the final months of the campaign, appearing alongside her in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, and four more times on her own.