The former president Joe Biden left a respective letter to the new president of the United States. The tradition, for the past 36 years, involves leaving a letter to the incoming president in the Oval Office.
The letter from President Trump, which was inside a white envelope, had the number 47 written and underlined twice.
Letter from Biden to President-elect Donald Trump
A journalist asked the president at the Resolute Desk, and although he did not share what former President Biden wrote, the 47th president of the United States joked: "Maybe we should all read it together. Perhaps I'll read it first and then make that decision."
Former President Ronald Reagan was the one who started the tradition of presidents leaving private letters to their successors in 1989, leaving a message for incoming President George HW Bush: "George, I treasure the memories we share and wish you all the best. You will be in my prayers," Reagan wrote.
Barack Obama and his written message to Trump
When former President Barack Obama handed over power, he wrote to Trump as the new president of the country and told him: "We are but temporary occupants of this office. That makes us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions - such as the rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection, and civil liberties - for which our ancestors fought and bled."
Donald Trump's letter to Joe Biden in 2020 has not been published.
First decisions of Donald Trump as the new president of the United States
The president pardoned approximately 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged for the violent assault on the federal Capitol on January 6, 2021, using his broad clemency powers on his first day back in office to dismantle the largest investigation in the history of the Department of Justice.