Donald Trump meets with Obama at the White House and visits the Capitol

President-elect Donald Trump swooped into Washington, D.C., on Thursday for his first visit to the White House since his historic election, huddling with President Obama in the Oval Office for more than an hour and a half. The brash entrepreneur then headed off for meetings with leaders of the Republican majorities in Congress.

Obama and Trump struck a conciliatory tone in brief remarks after the meeting, their first face-to-face conversation after years of engaging in long-distance political battles. They presented a united, bipartisan front and refused to answer questions from reporters.

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