Obama meets Trump: From trash talk to smiles and handshakes
The meeting between the president and president-elect struck a very different tone to what we saw on the campaign trail.
Friday 11 November 2016 09:14, UK
Barack Obama and Donald Trump have been trash talking each other for weeks on the campaign trail.
When the Republican visited Washington to meet the man he will replace as leader of the free world, it was a very different tone - all smiles and handshakes.
It had been a great honour, said the president-elect.
It was apparently their first-ever meeting. They Mr Trump says he hopes to meet Mr Obama many more times.
Then off to Capitol Hill to meet Republicans, who have kept control of both houses of Congress.
First stop with a man who accused Mr Trump of "textbook racism" during the election. None of that now.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan promised to work with the new president to make America great again.
Republicans in Congress have had huge differences with Mr Trump during this election, but they are now falling over themselves to pledge support.
David Frum, senior editor at The Atlantic, told Sky News they'll now be horsetrading on an agenda they can agree on.
"There are going to be a series of deals. One of the things we are going to see are simply gigantic American budget deficits.
"Congress will pass a big tax cut which is what Paul Ryan and the more conservative Republicans want and Donald Trump will want big defence spending and a big infrastructure bill."
The immediate impact may help the US economy he says, but long term it will plunge America even further into debt.
"That may do the economy some good and Donald Trump's popularity may benefit from the sugar high you could Get from a short term boost of deficit spending."
Mr Trump must now put together his White House team.
He has made no announcements but . If true he is likely to resurrect several political careers given up for dead a while ago.
Rudy Giuliani, mayor of New York during 9/11 and staunchly loyal to Mr Trump, could be America's next Attorney General.
Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House and failed Republican presidential hopeful, is tipped to be Secretary of State.
Chris Christie, the Governor of New Jersey who failed in his presidential bid, could become commerce secretary.
And then there is Sarah Palin. The vice presidential candidate in 2008, she is being talked about as a possible secretary of the interior.
On the campaign Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp in Washington, to take on the lobbyists and special interests.
President-elect Donald Trump seems to be putting together a team stuffed full of Washington insiders.
His campaign received huge donations from special interest groups including the National Rifle Association, the fossil fuels industry and supporters of Israeli settler organisations.
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