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President Barack and Michelle Obama welcome Donald Trump and Melania to their future home


UPDATED MARCH 1, 2019 5:32 AM EST

From Fifth Avenue to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. President-elect Donald Trump  and his wife Melania Trump  paid a visit to their future home, the White House, two days after defeating Hillary Clinton  in the historic 2016 presidential election.

The newly elected commander-in-chief received a water cannon salute as his plane departed New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Thursday to meet with President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C.

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Melania and Donald paid a visit to their new home in Washington, D.C.
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Donald sat down for a 90-minute meeting with the president inside the Oval Office, before posing for photos together. Barack told the country’s new leader, “Most of all, I want to emphasize to you, Mr. President-elect, that we now are going to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed then the country succeeds.”

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Following President Obama’s well-wishes, Ivanka Trump’s father called the politician a “very good man, very good man.” While the nation’s most powerful men discussed the transition of power in addition to foreign policy and domestic policy, their respective wives met as well.

The president-elect met with President Obama at the White House.
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Barack told reporters, “[First Lady] Michelle had a chance to meet the incoming first lady [Melania Trump] and they had an excellent conversation as well.” He added, “We want to make sure they feel welcome as they prepare to make this transition.”

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Come January 20, 2017, Melania will become America’s second foreign-born first lady. Louisa Adams, wife of President John Quincy Adams, became the first, first lady in 1825 to have been born outside of the United States.