President-elect Donald Trump traveled to the White House Thursday to meet face-to-face with President Barack Obama for the first time in what was later described as an "excellent" 90-minute transition meeting.
The two men, who have had quite a bit of bad blood between them in the past, praised each other after the sit-down.
"This was a meeting that was going to last for maybe 10 or 15 minutes, and we were just going to get to know each other," Trump told reporters. "We had never met each other. I have great respect. The meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half, and as far as I'm concerned, it could have gone on for a lot longer."
Here are nine images of President-elect Trump and wife Melania's visit to Washington:

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump to update him on transition planning in the Oval Office at the White House on November 10, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks while meeting with President-elect Donald Trump (L) following a meeting in the Oval Office November 10, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on November 10, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on November 10, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks with President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump, to his office before a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on November 10, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump walk from a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the U.S. Capitol November 10, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (L) shows Melania Trump and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump the Mall from the Speaker's Balcony on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2016. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

President-elect Donald Trump poses for photographers with House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin after a meeting in the Speaker's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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