White House spokesman Jen Psaki revealed Donald Trump’s letter to the heir Joe Biden it was “very long” and had “beautiful” handwriting.
Speaking with actor Rob Lowe’s podcast, Psaki gave a new idea of the personal letter left by outgoing President Trump of the Resolute Desk amid a chaotic transition of power.
President Biden did not share the letter publicly, but only described it as “generous,” but the spokesman was able to share details of the moment he read it for the first time since entering the Oval Office.
“On my first day, before my first briefing, I was in the Oval Office, talking to him about the briefing and everything he wanted me to convey, or what I expected or whatever,” Psaki said in a statement. literally! with Rob Lowe.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki has revealed that Donald Trump’s letter to successor Joe Biden was “very long” and had “wonderful” handwriting.
She literally said the podcast of actor Rob Lowe! that Biden looked around for the letter and read the letter while I was sitting there, which was just a remarkable moment. No, he didn’t read aloud. He read it. “
“And I said, ‘You know, I think they’re going to ask you about the letter the former president left you,’ and he said, ‘Oh, did you leave me a letter?’
“And I said to myself, am I telling him that he has been left with a letter?” I don’t know, okay?
“It simply came to my notice then. I think, I think that happened.
“He looked around for the letter and read the letter while I was sitting there, which was just a remarkable moment. No, he didn’t read aloud. He read it.
“And he is such a classy man, whether people agree with his policy or not, that he didn’t even give it to us at this point in what he wrote in the letter, he somehow read the letter, absorbed in himself.”
There have been questions about whether Trump will leave a note in the Oval Office (pictured leaving the White House for the last time) given the disputed election between him and Biden.
Psaki made the revelations of actor Rob Lowe, who played fictional White House Deputy Director of Communications Sam Seaborn on the West Wing TV show
Psaki added that although she could not read its contents, the letter was “very long in the script” and had “wonderful” handwriting.
In 2021, Biden, during a brief recommendation to reporters to sign executive orders, revealed that Trump had “written a very generous letter,” but added, “Since it was personal, I will not talk about it until I talk to him.” . But he was generous.
He said he would not release the contents of the letter without President Trump’s permission.
Two months later, Trump confirmed that he had left a letter “several pages long” and that it was “from the heart because I want to see it well.”
Speaking in an interview with Lisa Booth about her podcast, Trump added that he wrote the note to Biden because “I basically wished him luck” before continuing to hit his successor’s border control policies.
It has become a tradition for an outgoing president to leave a letter to his successor, but there have been questions about whether Trump will do so, given the disputed election between him and Biden.
It is not known if anything in the letter could convey legitimacy to Biden after Trump spent months claiming widespread election fraud.
Ronald Reagan’s note to George W. Bush reads: “Dear George, there will be times when you want to use this particular stationery. Well, go. George, I appreciate the memories we share and I wish you all the best. You will be in my prayers. God bless you, Barbara. I will miss our Thursday lunches. Ron
A note left by President George W. Bush for his successor, Bill Clinton, set the standard for graceful gestures to a former rival.
Bill Clinton’s note to George W. Bush
Note by George W. Bush to Barack Obama
The tradition dates back at least to 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a caricature of his successor, George W. Bush, with the message “Don’t let the turkeys take you down.”
Four years later, Republican Bush found himself in a different position to write to his successor, Bill Clinton, who defeated him in the election.
Although replaced by an opponent in one of his most recent presidency, Bush wrote a generous, elegant letter to the new President Clinton.
His remark is perhaps best remembered for the heartfelt beginnings of Dear Bill and for the line: “Your success now is the success of our country. I strongly support you.
Since then, every letter to Barack Obama’s slightly colder note about President Trump has been published.
And Trump’s letter will eventually also become public – all the notes that outgoing presidents leave for their successors are archived under the Presidential Documents Act and go to the National Archives and Records Administration.