The tradition of US presidents passing on their titles to their successors has been maintained for the past 36 years.
Fox News reported on January 20 that while signing a series of executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Mr. Trump discovered a letter left by his predecessor, placed in a drawer of the Resolute desk, after a reporter asked him if he had received a letter from former President Joe Biden.
President Trump found Mr. Biden's letter thanks to a reporter's question
"Maybe he left it. Don't they usually leave it in this desk? I don't know," Trump told reporters before searching and discovering the letter with the number 47 written on the outside. "Thank you. [If you hadn't reminded me] It would have taken us years to find it," Trump added. He joked that he invited reporters in the room to read the letter, but then said he would read it first and then decide.
President Donald Trump releases letter left by predecessor Joe Biden
Mr. Biden has continued the tradition of handing letters to his successor, which was started by the late President Ronald Reagan in 1989, when he left a note for George H.W. Bush that humorously said, “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.” Since then, the letters have often included well-wishes, encouragement, or messages of unity.
Because he was in office for two non-consecutive terms, Mr. Trump was the first person to receive letters from two previous presidents, including Mr. Barack Obama and Mr. Joe Biden. In 2021, although he did not attend Mr. Biden's inauguration, Mr. Trump left a letter in the Oval Office, with the content described by Mr. Biden as "very generous" and causing him to spend a lot of time reflecting on it, according to ABC News.
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