President Donald Trump redecorated the Oval Office with many of the same artifacts from his first White House term.
Ronald Reagan scribbled a note in 1989 to his successor above an elephant cartoon. The tradition, started perhaps inadvertently, was continued by Joe Biden.
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.”
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.
WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan probably didn't realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawer after two terms as ...
President Trump found a handwritten letter from outgoing President Biden in the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk, continuing a longstanding tradition of presidential transitions.
One of the nation’s first campaign consultants for hire, he advised leading Republicans, including President Gerald Ford, but Reagan was his prized candidate.
The National Weather Service is projecting sunny weather at the National Mall on Monday with a high around 23 degrees.
Joe Biden, before departing the White House for the final time today, will leave Donald Trump a letter on the the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, sources have confirmed.
"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."
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House came with upending Inauguration Day traditions, signing orders before a roaring crowd, and freewheeling banter with the press. And that was just Day One.