Following the election, one of the White House traditions is for the current president to invite the incoming president-elect and First Lady into the Oval Office for a brief sit down, followed by a photo op with both couples.

After Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016, President Obama and First Lady Michelle invited the Trumps over for a meeting, per tradition — but a photo of the two couples never materialized.

According to the Wall Street Journal, “The Obamas canceled a photo-op of the current and future first couples outside the south entrance of the White House.”

Why? Well, that’s a little unclear, especially considering that the Obamas adhered to the tradition back in 2008, when George W. Bush was the outgoing President of the United States. As the WSJ reports:

In his first visit to the White House after the 2008 election, Mr. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama posed for the cameras alongside President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush. 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.

It’s no secret that there’s little love between the Obamas and the Trumps.

Just recently, Trump has accused Obama of committing the worst political crime in American history.

It appears Trump tried, albeit briefly, to be cordial back in 2016.

Following the meeting of Obama and Trump, President Obama said he had an “excellent conversation” with Trump about both foreign and domestic policy issues, while Trump referred to Obama as a “very fine man.”

I mean, you can just see the hate:

But here’s some good news.

The Trump administration has begun the formal process of planning for a potential transition of power if presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins in November, and by God, he better.

The administration sent a report outlining its transition activities to two congressional committees on Wednesday night, announcing it has created a transition planning group — the White House Transition Coordinating Council, which will advise executive departments and agencies on preparation for a potential transition — and detailing other aspects of a handoff between administrations.

A second panel, the Agency Transition Directors Council, primarily coordinates the transition within agencies. The Office of Management and Budget recently ordered all agency heads to pick career officials to participate in the latter group, which is due to meet on May 27.

The law requires both groups to be established six months ahead of a presidential election, according to the Presidential Transitions Improvements Act of 2015. One of the original co-authors of that act, former Delaware Sen. Ted Kaufman, happens to be a Biden confidant. Congress made a few minor tweaks to the law in 2019.

Chief of staff Mark Meadows will chair the White House council, which also includes deputy chief of staff for policy coordination Chris Liddell, acting OMB Director Russell Vought, deputy chief of staff for operations Tony Ornato, counsel Pat Cipollone and director of the presidential personnel office John McEntee, among others. It’s not yet clear who the Biden campaign will tap to serve as its representative to the council, if and when he officially becomes the Democratic nominee.