Trump Leaves Note For Biden And People Try To Guess What It Says
Donald Trump broke a lot of presidential traditions in the aftermath of his election loss to Joe Biden.
He never conceded the election, failed to invite Biden for a post-election meeting and fled Washington without attending his successor’s inauguration.
But Trump did follow one tradition on the way out of the White House on Wednesday: He left a note for Biden on the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office.
Nothing about the message is known. Judd Deere, deputy press secretary for the outgoing administration, declined to reveal to The Associated Press what Trump wrote or characterize the tone, claiming the communication between presidents is private.
Notes left by presidents eventually reach the National Archives and are made public. Previous presidents have tended to offer encouragement to their successors. In 2017, Trump vowed to cherish what he called a “beautiful letter” from Barack Obama.
However, considering Trump’s repeated insults of Biden and his refusal to even mention the new president’s name during his two farewell addresses, many people on Twitter speculated what the defeated president might have written.
"Dear Joe, the nuclear codes don't work (that's what they told me). And we used up all the bleach. Sorry." https://t.co/ModJtH4U9q
— Patrick Cox (@patricox) January 20, 2021
‘Dear Joe,
I wrote you, but you still ain't callin⁰I left my cell, my pager and my home phone at the bottom⁰I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not've got em⁰There probably was a problem at the post office or somethin' https://t.co/veIozzwD08— Aubrey O'Day (@AubreyODay) January 20, 2021
"Sorry about all the KFC wrappers" https://t.co/83iGQv4Xo2
— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) January 20, 2021
https://t.co/xOefV8gFWlpic.twitter.com/IXmzoBrzpK
— Brian Heater (@bheater) January 20, 2021
"To all the suckers and losers, have a good life!" (probably) https://t.co/a7LoCGkXXU
— Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) January 20, 2021