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JonLP24

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Wed Nov 16, 2016, 12:05 AM Nov 2016

The apprentice President

Obama's tutorial for Trump

"As I said to the President-elect when we had our discussions ... campaigning is different from governing."
Washington (CNN)A new reality show debuted on Monday -- "Presidential Apprentice."

If there's one way to get Donald Trump's attention, it's via television, and President Barack Obama used a White House news conference to openly coach the man who will succeed him in January.

Obama dispensed advice on how to do the top job and tips on how to behave as commander in chief, in a rolling presidential tutorial.

He also sought to reassure anxious Americans about the prospect of a volatile character like Trump in the Oval Office. Before embarking on his last foreign trip as president, Obama told a nervous world that the next president was committed to America's overseas security alliances.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/obama-donald-trump-news-conference-analysis/

As far as I'm concerned, it could have lasted a lot longer,” Trump said. “We discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. I very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel.”

“So Mr. President, it was a great honor being with you, and I look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future,” he added, calling Obama “a very good man.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/10/obama-to-welcome-trump-to-white-house-for-first-meeting-since-election/

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