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Barack Obama
US President Barack Obama called Donald Trump, his newly-
elected successor, Wednesday to congratulate him on his
victory and invited him to the White House for talks on
Thursday.
Obama also called Hillary Clinton, his onetime secretary of
state and fellow Democrat, to express his “admiration for the
strong campaign she waged throughout the country,” White
House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement.
The president was set to make a statement later Wednesday
about the election results, which sent a shockwave across
America and through world markets.
At the White House, Obama — whose own 2008 campaign to
make history as the country’s first black president hinged on
unifying a divided country — plans to discuss “what steps we
can take as a country to come together after this hard-fought
election season,” Earnest said.
During their talks on Thursday, Obama and Trump — who
once spearheaded the so-called birther movement
questioning the president’s place of birth and legitimacy to be president — are set to discuss the presidential transition.
“Ensuring a smooth transition of power is one of the top
priorities the president identified at the beginning of the year and a meeting with the president-elect is the next step,”
added Earnest.
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