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A history of presidential letters to successors

Biden to leave Trump a letter in Oval Office, continuing modern presidential tradition started by Ronald Reagan

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.”

Associated Press · 5d

Ronald Reagan left a letter for his successor - now it’s a presidential tradition

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.

The Washington Post on MSN · 2d

A history of presidential letters to successors, as Trump gets his second

Ronald Reagan scribbled a note in 1989 to his successor above an elephant cartoon. The tradition, started perhaps inadvertently, was continued by Joe Biden.

ABC News on MSN · 2d

A look at the tradition of presidents leaving letters for their successors

As President Joe Biden prepared to pass the baton to President-elect Donald Trump, he followed the tradition of leaving his successor a note.

PBS · 2d

The history and tradition of presidents leaving personal notes for their successors

Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush on stationery with a whimsical bit of advice.

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1985 was the last time an inauguration was indoors. Ronald and Nancy Reagan felt they had no choice

Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed, but felt they had no choice. That's what White House Press Secretary Larry Speakes ...

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Reagan’s 1985 inauguration, among the coldest, was also held indoors

The Polar Express that blasted into Washington for President Ronald Reagan’s second inaugural in 1985 forced the whole ...

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S.E. Cupp: Where is the Democratic Party’s Ronald Reagan?

With all the attention deservedly on President Trump and what he intends to do with his defiant return to the White House, ...

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Reagan’s worldview and failures are still going strong under Trump [column]

Former President Jimmy Carter’s recent death and funeral reminded Americans of his legacy and the values that motivated his ...

Tampa Free Press on MSN2d

China Expert Says Trump’s Reagan-Inspired Strategy With China Could Secure Major Concessions

China expert and Hudson Institute analyst Michael Pillsbury said Friday on Fox News that President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

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Opinion - Ronald Reagan paved the way for Trump 2.0

In the 40 years leading up to Trump’s first election victory, real hourly wages for Americans without college degrees — 64 ...

Reagan Once Said, 'We Should Measure Welfare's Success by How Many People Leave Welfare'?

For years, internet users have shared a quote about how to measure the success of welfare programs, attributing the words to Ronald Reagan, the former U.S. president and California governor. The full ...

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Trump’s Oval Office remake: Reagan rug in and FDR portrait out

The rug, which was in place during Ronald Reagan’s administration and during Trump’s first term, was reinstalled during Trump ...

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Susie Wiles Is Trump’s Best Hope

Understated but imposing and not easily intimidated, Ms. Wiles may well be Mr. Trump’s best hope of having an effective ...

From Reagan to Trump: The cold-weather ceremonies that made inauguration history

The 1985 ceremony was originally planned for the Capitol’s west front, as is customary, but the extreme weather prompted a ...

How Trump has reshaped the political map

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength ...

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