President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed the message that outgoing President Joe Biden left for him in the Oval Office. Biden left a note for Trump, in a white envelope addressed to “47,” in the Resolute Desk in the White House. Trump on Monday was sworn in as the nation’s 47th president.
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden on Monday wrapped up a more than 50-year political career, but promised that “we're not leaving the fight,” as he bid farewell to the presidency and flew to California to unwind with his family and ease back into private life.
At the tail end of President Joe Biden’s time as president, his administration is celebrating the successful ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, which will hopefully bring a measure of peace to the region.
Social media reactions poured in Wednesday night as President Biden delivered his final address to the nation after over 50 years on the national political stage.
The American people - and people around the world - look to this house for steadiness in the inevitable storms of history,’ Biden tells Trump
Former President Joe Biden wished President Donald Trump "all the best for the next four years" in the letter he left in the Resolute desk in the Oval Office, Fox News reported Wednesday.
"Maybe we should all read it together," Trump told reporters upon finding Biden's letter. "Maybe I'll read it first and then make that determination."
WASHINGTON — President Trump revealed Tuesday night that former President Joe Biden left him an “inspirational” message before leaving the Oval Office for the last time. “It said ‘To number 47’ and it was a very nice one,” Trump told reporters during a question-and-answer session in the White House’s Roosevelt Room.
The tradition of leaving letters is believed to date back to Ronald Raegan, when he penned a note to his Vice President-turned Commander-in-Chief, George Bush Sr in 1989. Trump signalled a transformative vision of America in his inaugural speech on Monday, aimed at dismantling Biden's achievements in office.
Trump left Biden a letter when his first term ended in 2020, despite skipping the inauguration. Biden never revealed the contents of the letter, but just said it was “very generous.”
President Donald Trump found a letter from his predecessor, Joe Biden, in the Oval Office’s Resolute desk Monday evening, but only after a journalist reminded him to look for it.