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Obamas Canceled Photo-Op With Trumps Ahead Of White House Visit

By Allegra Kirkland November 10, 2016, 12:58 PM EDT

Cable networks eager for footage of the Obamas greeting President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the White House were left empty-handed Thursday. Instead, their cameras remained trained on the doors outside the West Wing.

The first couple broke with tradition by canceling a photo-op with the Trumps ahead of their first-ever meeting, according to a Wall Street Journal report. [ http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-obama-set-to-begin-transition-1478787730?mod=e2tw ]

The president instead met alone with Trump in the Oval Office for a 90-minute private conversation while Michelle Obama gave Melania a tour of the White House residence, where the Trump family will live.

When the Obamas first visited 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW after the 2008 election, they posed for news cameras alongside President George W. Bush and his wife Laura.

This year’s minor divergence from precedent reflects the acrimonious nature of the 2016 campaign, and the personal, biting terms with which the Trumps and Obamas spoke of each other.

The President-elect helped push the theory that Obama was not born in the United States, and Obama repeatedly criticized Trump as unfit and unqualified to hold the office of president.

In the wake of Tuesday's election, the president has said he will do everything in his power to ensure a “successful” transition to a Trump administration.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obamas-cancel-photo-op-trumps-ahead-white-house-visit

yes, of course they are crying about it right now, the perpetual babies! ..