U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Bloomberg: Obama Calls Trump After Twitter Complaint About ‘Roadblocks’
* Detente strained between the outgoing and incoming presidents
* Republican angered by UN resolution on Israel, election remark
U.S. President Barack Obama phoned his successor, Donald Trump, after the Republican accused Obama of hobbling the transition to his administration in a tweet that alleged unspecified “inflammatory” statements and “roadblocks.”
The tweet on Wednesday morning brought tensions between the two men into the open less than a month before Inauguration Day, though the president’s phone call later may have smoothed over relations.
“We had a very nice conversation,” Trump told reporters gathered at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. “We had a general conversation.”
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Update #1: Trump says he had a 'very good talk' with Obama on Wednesday (Reuters)
Update #2: Obama call appears to smooth tensions with Trump (Boston Globe)
WNU Editor: As transitions go .... this has clearly not been a smooth one. And with rumours now circulating that the White House is about to retaliate against Russia for interfering in the U.S. election .... a retaliation that may involve cyber attacks and/or sanctions that will all but guarantee a Russian response .... even the start of a cyber war. President-elect Trump has every reason to be concerned on where this "transition period" is heading.
I guess this is more rancorous than when the Clinton team took all the Ws off the White House keyboards when Bush was first elected.
ReplyDeleteHaha obama probably told him he would snipe him at inauguration if he didn't shut his mouth
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