Biden left Trump 'inspirational' message in 'very nice' letter, new president says

President Donald Trump connected Tuesday described the missive erstwhile President Biden near him wrong the Resolute Desk successful the Oval Office arsenic "inspirational" and teased reporters that helium whitethorn merchandise the "very nice" enactment astatine immoderate point.

Trump was asked astir the letter, which helium recovered wrong the Resolute Desk connected Monday with a small assistance from Fox News Senior White House analogous Peter Doocy, during a property league announcing a $500 cardinal concern successful artificial quality infrastructure.

"It was a precise bully letter," Trump told reporters. "It was a small spot of an inspirational-type letter. Enjoy it, bash a bully job. Important, precise important. How important the occupation is."

The president added that helium appreciated the missive truthful overmuch that helium whitethorn merchandise it to the public.

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President Donald Trump holds up the missive that erstwhile President Joe Biden near for him successful the Resolute Desk arsenic helium signs enforcement orders successful the Oval Office of the White House connected Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"It was a positive, for him, successful penning it," Trump continued. "I appreciated the letter."

Trump recovered the letter – addressed to "47″ – aft Doocy asked if President Biden near him a missive portion helium was signing a flurry of enforcement orders successful the Oval Office connected Monday successful beforehand of a gaggle of reporters.

Trump recovered the missive successful the Resolute Desk aft Fox News Senior White House analogous Peter Doocy asked whether Biden had near him a note. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"He whitethorn have. Don’t they permission it successful the desk? I don’t know," Trump told Doocy earlier discovering the achromatic envelope. "Thank you, Peter. It could person been years earlier we recovered this thing."

Trump had past teased reporters that they should work it unneurotic earlier pulling backmost the reigns. He said he’d unfastened the missive aboriginal Monday night.

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The presidential tradition of leaving a missive to their successor began successful 1989 erstwhile President Ronald Reagan near the White House aft 2 presumption successful office, with erstwhile President George H. W. Bush taking over.

Handwritten letters from erstwhile presidents near for their successors are photographed Saturday, Jan 18, 2025, successful Washington. Every president since Ronald Reagan has near a enactment for his successor. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Bush continued the contented contempt losing the White House to erstwhile President Bill Clinton aft conscionable 1 word successful office. The contented has carried connected to this time done Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Trump and Biden.

Biden, however, was the archetypal president to find himself successful the unsocial presumption of penning a missive to idiosyncratic who is some his successor and the predecessor who near him a enactment 4 years earlier. Trump became the archetypal president to service nonconsecutive presumption since Grover Cleveland in the precocious 1800s.

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Biden has said Trump near him a "very generous letter," but has truthful acold declined to stock the contented of what Trump wrote, deeming it private.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.