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A note to ‘46’: Donald Trump’s private message to Joe Biden emerges in new White House memoir

The handwritten note praised Biden’s devotion to Americans and was kept private for nearly six years before appearing in his memoir excerpt.

  • In his new book 'Promise Me, America,' President Joe Biden discloses that President Donald Trump left him a 'very generous letter' on January 20, 2021, as Trump departed the White House.
  • Written on White House stationery with his signature black Sharpie, the letter urges Biden to 'be true to yourself and the American people,' striking a tone starkly discordant with Trump's public rhetoric.
  • Biden writes it felt 'as if there were two Donald Trumps,' noting that while Trump 'deeply destabilized democracy,' the letter offered warm wishes, according to the Times.
  • White House communications director Steven Cheung stated Biden should have heeded Trump's 'wise words' instead of attempting to 'weaponize the justice system against his political enemies.'
  • The revelations emerge as Trump continues to deny the 2020 election results, having pardoned over 1,000 people involved in the January 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol.
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In the memoir to be published, former American President Joe Biden revealed the contents of the letter Donald Trump left in 2021, before leaving the White House at the close of...

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Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer broke the news on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
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