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Biden memoir publishes Trump's warm 2021 Oval Office letter
Joe Biden's upcoming memoir "Promise Me, America" publishes in full the letter Donald Trump left him in the Oval Office in January 2021, according to an excerpt obtained by The New York Times.[4, 5, 7] The handwritten letter tells Biden, "I know how much you love the American people," and The Times examined a photocopy of the original.[4, 7, 14] Trump left the letter after losing the 2020 election and did not attend Biden's swearing-in, flying instead to Palm Beach, The Daily Beast reported.[5, 10]
Biden wrote that the letter's tone made him think there must be "two Donald Trumps," Mediaite reported.[9] In a separate memoir excerpt, Biden wrote that Trump told him eight days after the 2024 election they would be "good friends," leaving him too stunned to respond.[2]
Why it matters The full text of the letter, which Biden described in 2021 but had not been released, is now public in his upcoming memoir.[4, 14]
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- Left: Atlanta Black Star (−2.03), Crooks and Liars (−1.26).
- Leans left: Raw Story (−0.94), MS NOW (−0.76), The New York Times (−0.70), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: Newsweek (−0.30), ABC News (−0.19), Mediaite (+0.04), The Hill (+0.10).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64).
- Right: Fox News (+1.52), The Daily Wire (+2.07).
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