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President-elect Donald Trump\u2002<\/a>said Thursday that he and former President Barack Obama “probably do” like each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was speaking to a reporter when he was asked about a viral video<\/a> of the two presidents chatting during President Jimmy Carter’s funeral Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I didn’t realize how friendly it looked,” said Trump from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I said, ‘Boy, they look like two people that like each other.’ And we probably do,” Trump said. “We have a little different philosophies, right? But we probably do. I don’t know. We just got along. But I got along with just about everybody.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An adviser to Obama did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The staunch political rivals have frequently criticized each other in recent years, and Trump spread the so-called birther conspiracy theory about Obama, falsely asserting that he was not born in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has repeatedly attacked the Obamas, saying Obama<\/a> was an \u201cineffective\u201d and \u201cterrible\u201d president and calling former first lady Michelle Obama \u201cnasty\u201d<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Obamas slammed Trump on the campaign trail<\/a> last year. The former president has referred to Trump as a “78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago.” The former first lady<\/a> said during the campaign that “the consequences of him ever being president again are brutally serious.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But not every exchange has been contentious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Trump issued unusual praise for his predecessor. He told CNN\u2002<\/a>that he likes Obama, calling him “a nice gentleman” and saying he respects the Obamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Trump’s first victory in 2016, Obama welcomed Trump to the White House<\/a>. Obama told reporters at the time that the two had an \u201cexcellent\u201d and \u201cwide-ranging\u201d conversation, and Trump told his predecessor, “It was a great honor being with you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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