Donald Trump: 'I look forward' to working with Obama

US President Barack Obama and his successor, Donald Trump, have met at the White House, a day after the billionaire businessman was declared the winner of the country's election.


Obama called Thursday's 90-minute meeting in the Oval Office "excellent", while Trump said he looked forward to receiving the outgoing president's "counsel".

"We now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed, the country succeeds," Obama told Trump.

The two men, who have been harshly critical of each other for years, were meeting for the first time, Trump said.

"I have great respect [for him]," he said. "The meeting could have, as far as I'm concerned, gone a lot longer.

"We discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful, and some difficulties,"  he said.

Trump said he looked forward "to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel" and meeting with Obama "many, many more times".

Throughout the election campaign, Obama had blasted Trump as unfit to serve as commander-in-chief.

Trump, on the other hand, spent years challenging the legitimacy of Obama's presidency, falsely suggesting that he may have been born outside the US.
 [aljazeera.com]
10/11/16