Ever since 1989, it’s been tradition for an outgoing president to leave a note for the incoming president. “You have just begun a fantastic chapter in your life. Very few have had the honor of knowing the responsibility you now feel. Very few know the excitement of the moment and the challenges you will face,” George W. Bush wrote to Barack Obama, while in his letter to Bush, Bill Clinton wrote, “Today you embark on the greatest venture, with the greatest honor, that can come to an American citizen… The burdens you now shoulder are great but often exaggerated. The sheer joy of doing what you believe is right is inexpressible. My prayers are with you and your family. Godspeed.”
There has been nothing “traditional” about the last fours, so it was intentionally unclear whether Donald Trump would leave a note for Joe Biden, considering… y’know. But “Trump wrote @JoeBiden a note, sources tell me,” Bloomberg News White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs tweeted. “Trump never came to the Oval Office this morning, but the letter was left for the incoming president in the Oval via an aide. And: @VP Mike Pence left a note for @KamalaHarris on his desk in West Wing.”
It’s currently unclear what Trump’s note says, but people have ideas.
you won’t believe it but I got a copy of his note https://t.co/YmUG8Et8CM pic.twitter.com/ZdzcnwBknF
— francisco lindor stan account (@sschreiber13) January 20, 2021
https://t.co/cFzIU5qOQF pic.twitter.com/RtnuvFvvT6
— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) January 20, 2021
https://t.co/n6JbViy9sy pic.twitter.com/JkiBXDndtu
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) January 20, 2021
The note in question: https://t.co/jqZltexKSc pic.twitter.com/BvxvyXUxK2
— Shakvillain (@ShakExcellence) January 20, 2021
“PLEASE let me know if you find my retainer” https://t.co/Kh0kF3LbYb
— broti gupta (@BrotiGupta) January 20, 2021
“There’s a stash of Big Macs in the top drawer.
PS There’s ketchup for your steaks in the hidden compartment of the Resolute desk.” https://t.co/rW8UcDLZ4z
— Jameson Fleming (@JamesonFleming) January 20, 2021
https://t.co/ESq45wXnSB pic.twitter.com/YzHn2EEoAz
— Joe (@goulcher) January 20, 2021
https://t.co/K5rHNQ6Opi pic.twitter.com/3OR7e8b09e
— HockeyStatMiner (@HockeyStatMiner) January 20, 2021
Trump’s letter to Biden, probably: pic.twitter.com/TwdN1UMXKb
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) January 20, 2021
Trump left a note for Biden pic.twitter.com/U0SGokeLlT
— Chris Stein (@chrissteinplays) January 20, 2021
the letter in question: https://t.co/Zo0MHCRYkE pic.twitter.com/CTTmgvlVsu
— folkmore
(@graciousswift13) January 20, 2021
The note in question https://t.co/kQV3K6BZzW pic.twitter.com/wyjuMadA6I
— New year, same Danny (@Danny0215) January 20, 2021
it’s just handwritten drafts of tweets he couldn’t post the last 2 weeks https://t.co/rHs74BuRoW
— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) January 20, 2021
As for what a note from Trump looks like:
A Trump note: https://t.co/t7Nbeqtp5M pic.twitter.com/tvkH1uBNSm
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 20, 2021