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president donald trump revealed the contents of the letter President Joe Biden left him as he left the Oval Office earlier this week exclusively on Fox News on Wednesday.
The letter, that Trump located within the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office with a little help from Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Peter Doocy addresses “Dear President Trump” and says the following:
“As I bid farewell to this sacred office, I wish you and your family all the best in the next four years. The American people, and people around the world, look to this house for steadfastness before the inevitable storms of history, and my prayer is that the coming years will be a time of prosperity, peace and grace for our nation.
“May God bless and guide you as He has blessed and guided our beloved country since our founding.”
NEW PRESIDENT SAYS BIDEN LEAVES TRUMP ‘INSPIRATIONAL’ MESSAGE IN ‘VERY NICE’ LETTER
President Donald Trump holds the letter former President Joe Biden left for him at the Resolute Desk as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The letter was signed “Joe Biden” and dated January 20, 2025.
On Monday, Trump found the letter, a white envelope addressed to “47,” after Doocy asked him if Biden left him a letter while he was signing a series of executive orders in the Oval Office in front of a group of reporters .
“Maybe he did. They don’t leave it on the desk? I don’t know,” Trump told Doocy before discovering the letter. “Thanks, Peter. It could have been years before we found this thing.”
Trump found the letter at the Resolute Desk after Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked if Biden had left him a note. Trump revealed the contents of Biden’s letter exclusively to Fox News on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
On Tuesday, Trump answered more questions from Doocy about the contents of the letter.
“It was a very nice letter,” Trump told reporters. “It was a somewhat inspirational letter. Enjoy it, do good work. Important, very important. How important work is.”
“It was positive, for him, to write it,” Trump continued. “I appreciated the letter.”
TRUMP EXCUSES BISHOP AS ‘RADICAL LEFT HARDLINER’ AFTER POLITICALLY CHARGED PRAYER SERVICE
The presidential tradition of leaving a letter to his successor began in 1989 when President Ronald Reagan left the White House after two terms in office, with former President George HW Bush taking over. The tradition has continued to this day through Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Trump and Biden.
Handwritten letters of former presidents left by their successors are pictured Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Washington. Every president since Ronald Reagan has left a note for his successor. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Biden, however, was the first president to find himself in the unique position of writing a letter to someone who is both his successor and the predecessor who left him a note four years earlier. Trump became the first president to serve non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in the late 1800s.
Biden has said Trump left him a “very generous letter,” but has so far refused to share the content of what Trump wrote, considering it private.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
