The secret contents of former President Joe Biden's letter to Donald Trump were revealed by Peter Doocy, a Fox News correspondent, on X on Wednesday. "Dear President Trump," he wrote. "As I take leave of this sacred office I wish you and your family all the best in the next four years.

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

Ronald Reagan started a tradition as he prepared to leave office after two terms as president: Write a note congratulating your successor and leave it in the Oval Office desk drawer.

Former President Joe Biden wished President Donald Trump and his family “all the best in the next four years,” Fox News reported.

Donald Trump has revealed what Joe Biden wrote to him in his "inspirational" farewell letter. Trump found the letter in his desk on Monday, as he signed executive orders in the Oval Office. It is part of a tradition, started by President Ronald Reagan, which sees one president leave a welcome note to his successor.

A look at the history of presidential letters and whether President Biden will continue the tradition by writing a note for his predecessor-turned-successor, Donald Trump.

The rug, which was in place during Ronald Reagan’s administration and during Trump’s first term, was reinstalled during Trump’s inauguration ceremony, according to CBS News. The Resolute Desk had to be partially disassembled in order to facilitate its return.

Ronald Reagan became the oldest President to take office at the age of 73. In 2021, outgoing President Joe Biden broke the record at the age of 78 years, And now Trump, who turned 78 in June 2024, will become the oldest person to start a presidential term.

Biden leaves Trump letter as he hands over power to 47th president - but is mum on what it says - Ronald Reagan began tradition of leaving letter to his successor in 1989 as he handed over power to George H.

A year ago, a survey of presidential scholars put him in the top third of chief executives while Trump ranked last. But that was before the 2024 election and campaign.

The coalition collapse that doomed Biden follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader: Jimmy Carter.