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| Donald Trump at the White House: Obama reports 'excellent conversation' – live | Donald Trump at the White House: Obama reports 'excellent conversation' – live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 6.49pm GMT | |
| 18:49 | |
| “The president’s plan to take a long vacation after he leaves office have not changed.” – Josh Earnest | |
| Obama appreciated how George W Bush gave him space after Obama took office, giving him “some running room,” Earnest says. “President Obama admired that.” | |
| 6.48pm GMT | |
| 18:48 | |
| Sanders warns Trump not to stoke bigotry | |
| He doesn’t sound like he’s kidding: | |
| If Donald Trump takes people's anger and turns it against Muslims, Hispanics, African Americans and women, we will be his worst nightmare. | |
| 6.46pm GMT | |
| 18:46 | |
| After dismissing the question multiple times, Earnest allows that yes, Obama may continue to think that Trump is unqualified to be president: | |
| !! @pressSec on Obama calling trump unqualified: "The president's views haven't changed. He stands by what he said on the campaign trail" | |
| 6.44pm GMT | |
| 18:44 | |
| Further to our earlier post about hate incidents since the election, the Guardians’ Luis Echegaray flags a disturbing incident at Elon University in North Carolina: | |
| Here's another one.LOOK, AMERICA. LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING. What are you doing about this @elonuniversity? I demand you ACT NOW. https://t.co/kSQBRxTY4E | |
| A hateful note saying "Bye Bye Latinos Hasta La Vista" was found in Kivette Hall Room 100 this morning at @elonuniversity. pic.twitter.com/xL2SCMdBhR | |
| Here’s a further collection of such incidents: | |
| ⚡️ “Day 1 In Trump's America” by @Incilinhttps://t.co/9zA39qSg58 | |
| 6.43pm GMT | |
| 18:43 | |
| Earnest is asked about the anti-Trump protests across the country on Wednesday evening. | |
| Reply: | |
| We’ve got a carefully, constitutionally protected right to free speech... it is a right that should be exercised without violence. There are people disappointed in the outcome... but it’s important for us to remember that we’re Democrats and Republicans but we’re Americans and patriots first. | |
| Read further: | |
| 6.34pm GMT | |
| 18:34 | |
| This didn't age all that well -- https://t.co/Ss864Ye1ir | |
| Obama's response to @realDonaldTrump's mean tweet on @JimmyKimmelLive was perfect. More coming soon... pic.twitter.com/z4LHkdgYvY | |
| 6.31pm GMT | |
| 18:31 | |
| Earnest is asked whether Obama still considers Trump unfit to be president. | |
| Reply: | |
| The two men did not re-litigate their differences in the Oval Office. We’re on to the next phase now. | |
| 6.29pm GMT | |
| 18:29 | |
| Trump and Ryan do lunch | |
| Via the house speaker’s spokesperson: | |
| The President-elect, Mrs. Trump, Vice President-elect, and the Speaker are having lunch and discussing the transition. The Speaker has also invited President-elect Trump to the Capitol after their meeting to show him where he’ll be sworn in on Inauguration Day. | |
| 6.27pm GMT | |
| 18:27 | |
| Press secretary Josh Earnest is talking about the big meeting. | |
| He says he met Jared Kushner and Hope Hicks. “I had the opportunity to meet with her briefly – to meet her, I should say.” | |
| On the Obama-Trump meeting, Earnest has this to say: | |
| The meeting might have been a little less awkward than some might have expected. | |
| Trump referred in the Oval to some “high-flying assets” the president had told him about, a reporter notes. What the heck was that about? | |
| Earnest refers the question to team Trump. | |
| 6.13pm GMT | 6.13pm GMT |
| 18:13 | 18:13 |
| Here’s some added color from inside the Oval office, via the Trump media pool, which Trump ditched again upon leaving the White House for his meeting with Paul Ryan: | Here’s some added color from inside the Oval office, via the Trump media pool, which Trump ditched again upon leaving the White House for his meeting with Paul Ryan: |
| The president kept saying, “tell me when you’re ready” to reporters, as he waited to make a statement. The president-elect looked around the room, and at the floor, his hands tented below him. The only senior aide in the room spotted in the room from the White House was press secretary Josh Earnest. Trump aides Hope Hicks and Jared Kushner, who had been waiting in the Cabinet room until the meeting concluded, were in place as well. Kushner took iPhone photos as they spoke. | The president kept saying, “tell me when you’re ready” to reporters, as he waited to make a statement. The president-elect looked around the room, and at the floor, his hands tented below him. The only senior aide in the room spotted in the room from the White House was press secretary Josh Earnest. Trump aides Hope Hicks and Jared Kushner, who had been waiting in the Cabinet room until the meeting concluded, were in place as well. Kushner took iPhone photos as they spoke. |
| Obama looked straight at Trump for the full statement, his hands clasped. He nodded at the end. | Obama looked straight at Trump for the full statement, his hands clasped. He nodded at the end. |
| Both men ignored shouted questions, including “Mr. President, do you still think he is a threat to the republic?” | Both men ignored shouted questions, including “Mr. President, do you still think he is a threat to the republic?” |
| Obama explained to Trump with a joke that the reporters always ask questions and they need to be shooed out, as he motioned with his hand. He singled out one aide who was wrangling the press, saying, “she’s small, but she’s tough.” Trump said “she’s doing a very good job.” | Obama explained to Trump with a joke that the reporters always ask questions and they need to be shooed out, as he motioned with his hand. He singled out one aide who was wrangling the press, saying, “she’s small, but she’s tough.” Trump said “she’s doing a very good job.” |
| Updated | |
| at 6.29pm GMT | |
| 6.12pm GMT | 6.12pm GMT |
| 18:12 | 18:12 |
| Obama and Trump White House meeting - full transcript of their remarks to press | Obama and Trump White House meeting - full transcript of their remarks to press |
| Barack Obama: I just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with President-elect Trump. It was wide-ranging. We talked about some of the organizational issues in setting up the White House. We talked about foreign policy, we talked about domestic policy. And as I said last night, my number one priority in the coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that ensures our president elect is successful. And I have been very encouraged by the I think interest in president elect Trump’s wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces and I believe that it is important for all of us regardless of party and regardless of political preferences to now come together, work together, to deal with the many challenges that we face. And in the meantime Michelle has had a chance to greet the incoming first lady and we had an excellent conversation with her as well. And we want to make sure they feel welcome as they prepare to make this transition. And most of all I want to emphasize to you, Mr President Elect, that we now are gonna want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed then the country succeeds. Please [indicates Trump should speak]. | Barack Obama: I just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with President-elect Trump. It was wide-ranging. We talked about some of the organizational issues in setting up the White House. We talked about foreign policy, we talked about domestic policy. And as I said last night, my number one priority in the coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that ensures our president elect is successful. And I have been very encouraged by the I think interest in president elect Trump’s wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces and I believe that it is important for all of us regardless of party and regardless of political preferences to now come together, work together, to deal with the many challenges that we face. And in the meantime Michelle has had a chance to greet the incoming first lady and we had an excellent conversation with her as well. And we want to make sure they feel welcome as they prepare to make this transition. And most of all I want to emphasize to you, Mr President Elect, that we now are gonna want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed then the country succeeds. Please [indicates Trump should speak]. |
| Donald Trump: Well, thank you very much President Obama. This was a meeting that was going to last for maybe 10 or 15 minutes and we were just going to get to know each other. We had never met each other. I have great respect- the meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half, and it could have, as far as I’m concerned, it could have gone on for a lot longer. We really, we discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. I very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel. He’s explained some of the difficulties, some of the high flying assets and some of the really great things that have been achieved. So Mr President, it was a great honor being with you and I look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. | Donald Trump: Well, thank you very much President Obama. This was a meeting that was going to last for maybe 10 or 15 minutes and we were just going to get to know each other. We had never met each other. I have great respect- the meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half, and it could have, as far as I’m concerned, it could have gone on for a lot longer. We really, we discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. I very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel. He’s explained some of the difficulties, some of the high flying assets and some of the really great things that have been achieved. So Mr President, it was a great honor being with you and I look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. |
| Obama: Thank you everybody – we are not going to be taking any questions. [To Trump:] Always a good rule: don’t answer any questions when they just start yelling. | Obama: Thank you everybody – we are not going to be taking any questions. [To Trump:] Always a good rule: don’t answer any questions when they just start yelling. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.24pm GMT | |
| 6.10pm GMT | 6.10pm GMT |
| 18:10 | 18:10 |
| Full remarks video: Obama and Trump | Full remarks video: Obama and Trump |
| Here’s a video of Obama and Trump’s full remarks following their Oval Office meeting: | Here’s a video of Obama and Trump’s full remarks following their Oval Office meeting: |
| Updated | |
| at 6.28pm GMT | |
| 6.09pm GMT | 6.09pm GMT |
| 18:09 | 18:09 |
| Remember Aaron Schock, the former Illinois congressman whose sketchy use of his congressional allowance and campaign funds was exposed after a reporter spoke with the interior decorator of his office who said she’d been inspired by Downton Abbey? | Remember Aaron Schock, the former Illinois congressman whose sketchy use of his congressional allowance and campaign funds was exposed after a reporter spoke with the interior decorator of his office who said she’d been inspired by Downton Abbey? |
| He’s been indicted. | He’s been indicted. |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense team says it's been told that former US Rep Aaron Schock of Illinois is being indicted by federal grand jury. | WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense team says it's been told that former US Rep Aaron Schock of Illinois is being indicted by federal grand jury. |
| 6.02pm GMT | 6.02pm GMT |
| 18:02 | 18:02 |
| Trump en route to meetings with GOP leadership | Trump en route to meetings with GOP leadership |
| Now to hatch plans with his Republican colleagues for next steps. | Now to hatch plans with his Republican colleagues for next steps. |
| Trump is in a motorcade en route to meet with House speaker Paul Ryan at the Capitol Hill Club and majority leader Mitch McConnell at Capitol Hill. | Trump is in a motorcade en route to meet with House speaker Paul Ryan at the Capitol Hill Club and majority leader Mitch McConnell at Capitol Hill. |
| 5.59pm GMT | 5.59pm GMT |
| 17:59 | 17:59 |
| Here’s a media pool transcription of president Obama’s remarks: | Here’s a media pool transcription of president Obama’s remarks: |
| We talked about some of organizational issues in setting up the White House. We talked about foreign policy. We talked about domestic policy. As I sat last night, my number one in the next coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that ensures our President-elect is successful and I have been very encouraged by the interest by the President-elect Trump’s wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces. I believe that it is important for all regardless of party and regardless of political preferences to now come together, work together to deal with the many challenges we face. | We talked about some of organizational issues in setting up the White House. We talked about foreign policy. We talked about domestic policy. As I sat last night, my number one in the next coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that ensures our President-elect is successful and I have been very encouraged by the interest by the President-elect Trump’s wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces. I believe that it is important for all regardless of party and regardless of political preferences to now come together, work together to deal with the many challenges we face. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.05pm GMT | at 6.05pm GMT |