The Obamas may have been
cordial hosts to the Trumps at the White House on Thursday, but they skipped one long-standing tradition for current and future first couples.
There is a customary photo op of the couples outside the south entrance of the White House, which the president and his wife appeared to have canceled,
according to the Wall Street Journal.
President Obama and the first lady,
Michelle Obama, issued scathing denunciations of
Donald J. Trump on Wednesday SEPT. 28, 2016, conveying the same message that a vote for a third-party candidate rather than
Hillary Clinton would help elect a president who is unfit for office
The decision not to participate in this tradition illustrates how bitter the campaign was, particularly for Mrs. Obama, who delivered some of the most emotional arguments against electing Mr. Trump