
In Joe Biden's new book, the letter he left at the 2021 handover ceremony and details of the 2024 post-election meeting were shared.
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Donald Trump left a letter to Joe Biden written with a black Sharpie pen on the official letterhead of the White House at the handover ceremony on January 20, 2021. The letter is titled 'To the 46th President' and does not contain objections to the election results. The content is reflected in Joe Biden's book 'Promise Me, America', which will be published on November 17. The book also describes the face-to-face meeting of the two leaders after the 2024 election victory.
A secret that Donald Trump left behind on the day he left the White House revealed a detail that has not been known for years in US politics. The lines, which remained hidden for four years, revealed a fact that would surprise everyone about one of Trump's fiercest political rivals.
'TO THE 46TH PRESIDENT'
According to AP, Trump wrote the letter he left to Joe Biden at the handover ceremony on January 20, 2021, with a black Sharpie pen on the official letterhead of the White House, and titled his note "To the 46th President."
In the letter, which did not contain any objections or political attacks to the election results, Trump drew attention to the historical importance of the Oval Office and the great responsibility carried by the office of the presidency.
In the lines he wrote to Biden, Trump said, "You now have the opportunity to choose your place in history, and I know you will remain loyal to yourself and the American people."
'IT WAS AS IF THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT TRUMP's
The entire content of the letter came to light with Joe Biden's new book "Promise Me, America", which will be published on November 17. Biden drew attention to the contrast between the sincere tone in the letter left private by Trump and his harsh political rhetoric in public.
Biden evaluated this difference with the words, "It was as if there were two different Donald Trumps."
'WE WOULD BECOME VERY GOOD FRIENDS'
Biden's book included not only the letter left four years ago, but also details of the face-to-face meeting the two had after Trump's 2024 election victory.
According to Biden, Trump displayed a friendly attitude during the meeting and said to him, "You know, Joe, if it weren't for politics, I think you and I would be very good friends."
The details of the two contacts, which took place four years apart, revealed a remarkable picture of the personal relationship behind the scenes of one of the fiercest rivalries in US politics.
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