president Donald TrumpWhile signing a series of executive orders from the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House as the 47th President of the United States, he discovered a letter from his predecessor inside a desk drawer with the help of a Fox News reporter. .
Trump was in the process of signing one of several executive orders on Monday after returning to the White House when Fox News' Peter Doocy asked if President Biden had left him a message.
“Maybe he did it. Don't they leave it in the office? I don't know,” Trump told Doocy before spotting a white envelope with the number “47” written on it. “Thank you, Peter. It may be years before we find this thing.”
Trump then provoked everyone in the room by suggesting they read the letter together, before pulling the reins.
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US President Donald Trump holds a message from outgoing President Joe Biden as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. (Jim Watson/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The president said again: “Well, maybe I will read it first and then make that decision.” Thank the White House Reporter.
“I am thrilled to help pass the torch,” Ducey said.
Trump was then asked if he left one for Biden, and he said he left one on the desk, just like Biden.
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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th President of the United States. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
And in leaving the message to Trump, Biden kept With the tradition now in place for 36 years, the departing commander-in-chief writes a memorandum to the incoming president.
When he left the White House in 1989 after two terms in office, President Ronald Reagan began the tradition – leaving a message for his successor, George H.W. Bush, who also happened to be his vice president.
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Four years later, although he lost to the then government. Bill Clinton of Arkansas Outgoing President Bush left Clinton a note in the Oval Office. The tradition has continued to this day.
