The former president’s chief of staff, Jean Becker, spoke with his granddaughter, TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager, about how he dealt with defeat.
“No. 1: Get out of Dodge — fast,” Becker read a portion of that list from her new release. “You're history on that cold January day, so be pleasant about it. Smile a lot.”
In the full passage, he went on to add, “Try not to wave to the huge inaugural crowd too much. They’re there to see the new guy." Former US Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton smile as they leave the Oval Office during a visit to the White House in September 2005.The list went on to include a wide range of advice that he offered to himself and other future former presidents, everything from remembering to grab some napkins and notepads with the presidential seal on them during the final flight on Air Force One to vowing not to pen “op-ed pieces all the time” or to criticize his successor.
The entries stressed feeling gratitude and behaving humbly. One gem included a note stating, “When you’re out walking your dog, try not to argue when you see the guy down the street who always insists on giving his views on every issue.”Becker shared her personal favorite from the list, the final entry that read, “Hug your grandkids.”
Jenna said that one “makes me want to cry.” Then she asked the woman who worked with her grandfather until his death in 2018 what it was that she most admired about him.
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