It has been confirmed that Donald Trump left a letter for President-elect Joe Biden before departing the White House for the last time as US President despite breaking one of the traditions of transfer of power between presidents by skipping Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday.
White
spokesperson Judd Deere confirmed on Wednesday that Trump had written a letter
to President-elect Joe Biden and left it for him in the Oval Office's Resolute
Desk.
The Trump
White House did not divulge the contents of what Trump left for Biden to read
as Presidents usually leave a note of congratulations and support behind in the
Oval Office.
The White
House did not release contents of Trump's note: "It’s a letter between 45
and 46," Deere said.
In 2017,
Trump received a letter from President Barack Obama wishing him and his
administration good fortune and urging him to ensure that the “instruments of
our democracy at least as strong as we found them.”
“We are just
temporary occupants of this office,” President Barack Obama wrote. “That makes
us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions – like rule of
law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties – that our
forebears fought and bled for. Regardless of the push and pull of daily
politics, it’s up to us to leave those instruments of our democracy at least as
strong as we found them.”
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