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Ronald Reagan left a letter for his successor - now it’s a presidential tradition
Ronald Reagan started a tradition as he prepared to leave office after two terms as president: Write a note congratulating your successor and leave it in the Oval Office desk drawer.
Inauguration 2025: The tradition of presidents leaving letters for their successors
As President Joe Biden prepared to pass the baton to President-elect Donald Trump, he followed the tradition of leaving his successor a note. While Biden confirmed he wrote Trump a letter, he did not disclose what his message said.
Biden to leave Trump a letter in Oval Office, continuing modern presidential tradition started by Ronald Reagan
Trump left Biden a letter when his first term ended in 2020, despite skipping the inauguration. Biden never revealed the contents of the letter, but just said it was “very generous.”
A history of presidential letters to successors, as Trump gets his second
Ronald Reagan scribbled a note in 1989 to his successor above an elephant cartoon. The tradition, started perhaps inadvertently, was continued by Joe Biden.
The history and tradition of presidents leaving personal notes for their successors
Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush on stationery with a whimsical bit of advice.
Reagan’s 1985 inauguration, among the coldest, was also held indoors
The Polar Express that blasted into Washington for President Ronald Reagan’s second inaugural in 1985 forced the whole ...
1985 was the last time an inauguration was indoors. Ronald and Nancy Reagan felt they had no choice
Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed, but felt they had no choice. That's what White House Press Secretary Larry Speakes ...
President Trump's second inauguration was 4th coldest on record
Bitter cold gripping much of the country led to a record cold Presidential Inauguration, which was held indoors.
Trump to be inaugurated inside: Last ceremony held indoors was Reagan's in 1985
President-elect Trump's inauguration will now take place inside the U.S. Capitol due to cold weather forecast for Monday, the ...
Trump’s Oval Office remake: Reagan rug in and FDR portrait out
President Donald Trump‘s second Oval Office got its big debut Monday, including the return of an Andrew Jackson portrait and ...
Opinion - Ronald Reagan paved the way for Trump 2.0
In the 40 years leading up to Trump’s first election victory, real hourly wages for Americans without college degrees — 64 ...
Coldest inauguration forecast since Reagan’s in 1985 forces Trump’s indoors
The Inauguration Day forecast calls for bitter cold and high winds. It is expected to be D.C.’s coldest inauguration in 40 ...
Trump Second President Since Ronald Reagan In 1985 To Be Sworn-In Indoors
Washington: President-elect Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony on January 20 will be moved indoors to the Capitol rotunda, ...
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China Expert Says Trump’s Reagan-Inspired Strategy With China Could Secure Major Concessions
China expert and Hudson Institute analyst Michael Pillsbury said Friday on Fox News that President-elect Donald Trump’s ...