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President-elect Donald Trump due to meet President Obama at the White House

PRESIDENT Obama was making the gags but it turns out Donald Trump will be the one with the last laugh.

Five years after President Obama roasted the new President-elect for his lack of experience and glitzy taste, he will give him a tour of the White House that will become his new home.

It comes after President Obama made a public appeal for a smooth transition of power and said he hopes the country unifies behind Donald Trump.

It was a speech at odds with his roasting of the reality-star and real estate tycoon in 2011 when he mocked him for the “birther” movement that claimed Obama was not born in America and the tough decisions he was forced to make on Celebrity Apprentice.

At the time, the first-term President said he would release his “official birth video” before showing a clip from the Lion King. He said it would be a great chance to put “the Donald’s” mind at rest”

“That’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter like: Did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell and where are Biggie and Tupac?”

This could be awkward

With Donald Trump in the room and plenty of laughs rolling in he lanched into an attack on his “credentials and breadth of experience” which allow him to make decisions like who to fire on Celebrity Apprentice.

“These are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night,” he joked.

The final gag was one about the “changes” Mr Trump could bring to the White House before showing a mock up of the famous address looking like a casino.

Let’s just hope Donald Trump isn’t in a vengeful mood when they meet in Washington on Thursday.

Obama’s version of the Trump White House.
Obama’s version of the Trump White House.Source:Supplied

 

‘ALL ON ONE TEAM’

On Wednesday, President Obama invited Trump to meet with him and reminded Americans they are “actually all on one team” after the divisive election. He said the peaceful transition of power was a hallmark of American democracy and they needed to demonstrate this to the world.

“We have to remember that we’re actually all on one team…We’re not Democrats first, we’re not Republicans first, we are Americans first. We’re patriots first. We all want what’s best for this country,” he said.

The conciliatory speech came just days after President Obama blasted Trump as being “unfit” to handle the nuclear codes given he had been stripped of Twitter access by his campaign team.

Mr Trump has called Obama the “founder of ISIS” and started a birther movement popular among conspiracy theorists calling on the President to prove he was born in the United States.

President Obama said it was “no secret” the pair had some “pretty significant differences”.

“But remember, eight years ago, President Bush and I had some pretty significant differences. But President Bush’s team could not have been more professional or more gracious in making sure we had a smooth transition so that we could hit the ground running.”

“And one thing you realize quickly in this job is that the presidency, and the vice presidency, is bigger than any of us,” he said.

President-elect Donald Trump has accused of Obama of not being born in the US. Picture: AP Photo/ Evan Vucci.
President-elect Donald Trump has accused of Obama of not being born in the US. Picture: AP Photo/ Evan Vucci.Source:AP

He also praised Mr Trump’s first speech as a good step towards unifying the country after a bitter election that has drawn thousands to the streets in protest.

That message was echoed by Hillary Clinton in her gracious and emotional concession speech, as well as Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said President Obam was sincere about the smooth transition but: “I’m not saying it’s going to be an easy meeting.”

Following his victory Donald Trump said he would work to support the “forgotten” men and women of America.

“I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans and this is so important to me,” he said.

“For those who have chosen not to support me...I’m reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country.”

Source: News Corp Australia Network:

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