President Biden has received a letter from former President Trump, marking a unique situation in presidential history. Biden is now considering whether to write a letter back to Trump, continuing a tradition of outgoing presidents leaving notes for their successors.
President Joe Biden holds a pen as he speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives his farewell address Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington. He did that for George H.W. Bush, his successor and vice president of eight years. Bush did the same for Bill Clinton, who left a note for Bush’s son, George W. The younger Bush left behind written words for Barack Obama, who later put pen to paper for Donald Trump .
He chose a sheet of whimsical stationery illustrated by the cartoonist Sandra Boynton with an elephant — also the Republican Party mascot — surrounded by turkeys and the phrase, “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.” Bush used his note to wish Clinton “great happiness here” in the White House. He warned of tough times that will be made more difficult by criticism Clinton will think unfair, and he advised the man who defeated him to “just don’t let the critics discourage you or push you off course.”“It’s just a very bipartisan, genuine reflection of, I think, really, George H.W.
Obama, who had campaigned vigorously against Trump in 2016, congratulated him on a “remarkable run” and offered some reflections from his eight years on the job.
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