--- title: President Obama Meets Donald Trump at the White House: Watch description: Donald Trump joined President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday for their first meeting ever canonical: https://time.com/4566594/president-obama-donald-trump-meeting-white-house/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-10T18:23:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:24:21.898Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch President Obama Meet President-Elect Donald Trump for the First Time og:description: The president said they had "excellent conversation" og:url: https://time.com/4566594/president-obama-donald-trump-meeting-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c396c1c141baf19/6988ae062dce01098d9eb63d/trump-oval-office1.jpg?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 640 og:image:height: 360 og:image:alt: Obama Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch President Obama Meet President-Elect Donald Trump for the First Time twitter:description: The president said they had "excellent conversation" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c396c1c141baf19/6988ae062dce01098d9eb63d/trump-oval-office1.jpg?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch President Barack Obama Meet President-Elect Donald Trump for the First Time > Sponsored content. 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Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Nov 10, 2016 6:23 PM UTC Donald Trump joined President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday for their [first meeting](http://time.com/4566234/barack-obama-donald-trump/) ever. The meeting signals the beginning of the transition period during which Obama will help Trump, now the president-elect, prepare to take control of the country next year. Despite [years of tension](http://time.com/4564787/president-obama-congratulates-donald-trump-calls-for-peaceful-transition-of-power/) between Obama and Trump, the president told reporters he was “encouraged” by the meeting and that the two had an “excellent conversation.” “I believe that it’s important for all of us regardless of party and regardless of political preferences to now come together, work together and deal with the many challenges that we face,” he said. 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