President Biden received a letter from former President Trump, continuing a presidential tradition. Experts say this is a unique situation as Biden may now write a letter back to Trump, his successor. Biden has remained tight-lipped about Trump's note, calling it 'generous' but private. While Biden respects tradition, it remains unknown if he will pen a response.
Biden got an Oval Office letter from Trump and may leave one in the desk himself. It’d be a firstPresident 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.
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.” The tradition was elevated, Updegrove said, when the elder Bush turned over the presidency after one term, denied a second by Bill Clinton in the 1992 election.
Eight years later, Bush congratulated Obama on opening a “fantastic chapter in your life” but warned of the trying moments ahead with critics who “rage” and “friends” who will disappoint. He told Trump they were both blessed with good fortune, that American leadership “really is indispensable” in the world, that they are the “guardians” of democratic institutions and traditions, and that family and friends will see him through the “inevitable rough patches.”
Asked about the note later that day, Biden said it was a “very generous letter," but he deemed it private and said he wouldn't discuss it until he had a chance to speak with Trump.“It was a nice note," he said during a September 2023 interview with NBC's “Meet the Press,” adding,"I took a lot of time in thinking about it.”He's expected to, as someone who respects political traditions and institutions.
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