Trump wished Biden well in warm 2021 letter left inside White House desk

Trump wished Biden well in warm 2021 letter left inside White House desk.

Key points

• Biden additionally left Trump a letter in the Resolute Desk before leaving office in 2025.
• President Trump remarked he spoke with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who's under business investigation, and doesn't expect to raise it with China's Xi Jinping.
• The letter, which is addressed "Dear Joe" and signed "Sincerely, Donald, " is written in a remarkably warm tone given Trump's years of hostility toward Biden publicly.
• Despite the personal note, Trump attacked Biden relentlessly during the Democrat's one term in office and has continued to do so during his second White House term.

Trump wished Biden well in warm 2021 letter left inside White House desk. Joey Garrison USA TODAY. Trump weighs in on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang investigation.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump informed his successor, President Joe Biden, "I know you will be true to yourself and the American people" in a handwritten note that Trump left in the Resolute Desk before the end of his first White House term in 2021.

Meanwhile, the previously undisclosed letter is included in Biden's upcoming book, "Promise Me, America, " which is set for release on Nov. 17. After taking office in 2021, Biden remarked to journalists that Trump left him a "very generous letter, " but he declined to reveal the contents of the letter.

After The New York Times first documented on the letter ahead of the book's publication, a source familiar with Biden's memoir confirmed the details of the note, written in a black Sharpie. More: Joe Biden's memoir release date spares Dems a midterm distraction.

Notably, the letter, which is addressed "Dear Joe" and signed "Sincerely, Donald, " is written in a remarkably warm tone given Trump's years of hostility toward Biden publicly. Biden discovered the letter in the Oval Office's Resolute Desk only weeks after Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters.

"You now have the opportunity to choose your place in history, and I know you will be true to yourself and the American people, " Trump notes in the letter. "Plenty of presidents have come and gone who simply governed as Republicans or Democrats. Largely, they did not change history, they were just swept along in its relentless tide. This will not happen to you since I know how much you love the American residents."

Trump adds in the letter (see the full note below) that "you carry the hopes and dreams of the entire nation on your shoulders." More: Trump questions midterm election results after previously accepting outcome.

Despite the personal note, Trump attacked Biden relentlessly during the Democrat's one term in office and has continued to do so during his second White House term. Trump often calls Biden the worst president in U.S. History. And he mocked Biden by using a photo of an autopen instead of a portrait of Biden in a presidential walk of fame Trump installed at the White House.

"Joe Biden should have heeded the President's wise words, but instead he tried to destroy this country and weaponize the justice system against his political enemies, " Steven Cheung, White House communications director, remarked in an official note on the release of the letter. "Biden is a disgrace, and America is better off with him no longer as president."

Biden additionally left Trump a letter in the Resolute Desk before leaving office in 2025. Trump has not disclosed what it remarked. Below is the full letter Trump left for Biden in 2021.

Coming to work every day in the Oval Office is a blessing beyond imagination. History resounds from every wall, every statue, every beautiful painting, and every corner of this magical place. Each staircase, hallway, and door leads to yet another door and memory, another inflection point in the glorious story of America.

I hope you take a moment every single day to take stock of where you are and the individuals who came before you, the titans who shaped the course of human events. You now have the opportunity to choose your place in history, and I know you will be true to yourself and the American individuals.

Plenty of presidents have come and gone who simply governed as Republicans or Democrats. Largely, they did not change history, they were just swept along in its relentless tide. This will not happen to you since I know how much you love the American residents.

Not only are you joined by the past, but you carry the hopes and dreams of the entire nation on your shoulders. The gravity of that fact never leaves you, it is the anchor that grounds every decision you create.

Your strength, your deepest reservoir of energy, comes from the knowledge that millions upon millions of individuals are depending on you. Their ambitions and aspirations are the reason you are here, with so plenty of counting on your success. May God bless you and Jill, and may God bless America! Share your feedback to support improve our site!

Taken together, the developments around trump wished Biden well in warm 2021 letter left inside White House point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.