
Obama will return to the White House for the first time as Democrats look ahead to midterm elections
CNN
When former President Barack Obama walks into the White House on Tuesday, it will be his first time in the building since he welcomed then-President-elect Donald Trump for coffee on the morning of Trump's inauguration.
That friendly greeting at the North Portico -- including the awkward handoff of a blue Tiffany's box the Trumps had brought as a gift -- couldn't foretell the acrimony that would lie ahead, as Trump shattered the relative amity that had once existed between former and current presidents.
Obama's return to the White House won't include any of that ugliness. Instead, he'll be celebrating one of his signature achievements, the Affordable Care Act, alongside the man who served with him in the building for eight years. President Joe Biden and Obama will announce steps the White House says will make health care more affordable, including closing a loophole that prevents millions of Americans from qualifying for subsidies.