Reagan Letter to Bush

Biden's farewell letter to Trump

A history of presidential letters to successors, as Trump gets his second

Ronald Reagan scribbled a note in 1989 to his successor above an elephant cartoon. The tradition, started perhaps inadvertently, was continued by Joe Biden.

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Read Biden’s farewell letter to Trump in full

Read Biden’s farewell letter to Trump in full - Presidential tradition to leave letters for successors began with Ronald Reagan in 1989

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Trump discovers letter from Biden in Oval Office

President Trump found a handwritten letter from outgoing President Biden in the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk, continuing a longstanding tradition of presidential transitions.

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Inauguration 2025: The tradition of presidents leaving letters for their successors

As President Joe Biden prepared to pass the baton to President-elect Donald Trump, he followed the tradition of leaving his ...

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Secret Contents of Biden's Personal Letter to Trump Revealed on X by Fox News Reporter

The secret contents of former President Joe Biden's letter to Donald Trump were revealed by Peter Doocy, a Fox News ...

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Biden to leave Trump a letter in Oval Office, continuing modern presidential tradition started by Ronald Reagan

Trump left Biden a letter when his first term ended in 2020, despite skipping the inauguration. Biden never revealed the ...

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A look at the tradition of presidents leaving letters for their successors

Every president since has taken part in the tradition. But since Reagan's letter to Bush, each handover has been from a Democrat to a Republican or vice versa. Bush, who lost the 1992 election ...

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