Trump, Obama meet

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, shows President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania the view of the inaugural stand that is being built and Pennsylvania Avenue from the Speaker’s Balcony on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Barack Obama welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House Thursday, as both men put past antagonisms aside in a time honored ritual epitomizing the peaceful transfer of political power. Three days after mocking Trump as not fit to control the codes needed to launch nuclear weapons, Obama told his successor that he wanted him to succeed and would do everything he could to ensure a smooth transition/ CNN. More here.