Donald Trump will visit the White House Thursday to meet with President Obama, who phoned his successor Wednesday morning to offer congratulations.

“From the White House residence, the president phoned Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory early this morning,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.

“The president invited the president-elect to meet with him at the White House on Thursday, November 10th, to update him on the transition planning his team has been working on for nearly a year,” Earnest added.

It is standard practice for the outgoing president to meet the president-elect shortly after the election is decided in order to smooth the transition process.

“Ensuring a smooth transition of power is one of the top priorities the president identified at the beginning of the year and a meeting with the president-elect is the next step,” Earnest added.

Obama reportedly was planning to meet the president-elect before the results came in, though he likely had in mind it would be Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Obama also phoned Clinton “and expressed admiration for the strong campaign she waged throughout the country,” the White House said.

The president will make a public statement on the election Wednesday.