Biden expected to leave Trump letter, continuing tradition since Reagan

President Biden plans to permission a missive to President-elect Trump earlier helium departs the White House, according to a report, continuing the modern statesmanlike contented that archetypal began with President Ronald Reagan.

Biden is expected to permission a enactment for his successor connected the Resolute Desk successful the Oval Office, CNN archetypal reported.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the White House for confirmation but did not instantly perceive back.

Four years aft succeeding Trump, Biden finds himself successful the unsocial position, successful some past and politics, of penning a missive to his successor who near a enactment for him 4 years ago.

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President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump are greeted by President Joe Biden and archetypal woman Jill Biden, upon their accomplishment astatine the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Despite a past of bucking contented during his archetypal word arsenic president, similar attending Biden's inauguration, Trump curiously continued this rite of statesmanlike transition by penning a missive to Biden.

Biden said it was a "very generous letter," but has truthful acold declined to stock the contented of what Trump wrote, deeming it backstage and saying helium wouldn't sermon it until helium had a accidental to talk with Trump. 

President Joe Biden, halfway left, and archetypal woman Jill Biden, left, greet President-elect Donald Trump, halfway right, and Melania Trump, right, upon arriving astatine the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump has besides declined to stock details, saying helium thought it was up to Biden to stock the letter.

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"It was a bully note," Trump said during a September 2023 interrogation with NBC's "Meet the Press," adding, "I took a batch of clip successful reasoning astir it."

Trump had received what helium has described arsenic a "beautiful letter" from his predecessor, President Barack Obama. 

President Joe Biden and archetypal woman Jill Biden greet President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump arsenic they get astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 20, 2025, earlier departing for the U.S. Capitol wherever Trump volition beryllium sworn successful arsenic the 47th US President.   (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)

Obama told Trump they were some blessed with bully fortune, that American enactment "really is indispensable" successful the world, that they are the "guardians" of antiauthoritarian institutions and traditions, and that household and friends volition spot him done the "inevitable unsmooth patches."

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When Trump takes bureau connected Monday, he'll beryllium the archetypal president to service nonconsecutive presumption since Grover Cleveland in the precocious 1800s, erstwhile the letter-writing contented didn't exist.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.