I only can imagine how many others out there are thinking the same thing I am.

If only I could be a fly on the wall Thursday in the White House Oval Office when the president-elect walks in to meet with the fellow who’s president until Jan. 20.

Donald Trump and Barack Obama are going to meet, I presume to start preliminary discussions about the transition from one administration to the other.

Why the intense interest? I guess it has to do with the things Trump said about the president while he was campaigning for the office.

Worst president in history; corrupt; disaster; commander in chief of a “decimated” military machine? Oh, and let’s not forget how Trump fomented the “birther” myth that Obama wasn’t a legitimate citizen of the United States.

Trump said all of that — and much, much more — while waging a victorious campaign for the presidency.

And didn’t Barack Obama declare that Trump is “unfit” to be president? Didn’t he ridicule his temperament? Didn’t he suggest Trump curries favor with our adversaries, such as Vladimir Putin?

How does the president deal with the things Trump said? How does he set all that aside?

For that matter, how does the president-elect act as if he never made those amazing statements about the president?

How does the president turn the page from the criticism he leveled at Trump, particularly in the closing weeks of a bruising campaign?

Let the healing begin in the Oval Office … if it’s possible after the campaign we’ve all just endured.