President Donald Trump redecorated the Oval Office with many of the same artifacts from his first White House term.

Ronald Reagan scribbled a note in 1989 to his successor above an elephant cartoon. The tradition, started perhaps inadvertently, was continued by Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden will leave a letter for President-elect Donald Trump before leaving the Oval Office for the final time on Monday as part of tradition among outgoing presidents, according to a report.

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.

WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan probably didn't realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawer after two terms as ...

President Joe Biden will leave a letter for President-elect Donald Trump before leaving the Oval ... Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush at the Resolute Desk before leaving office ...

Read Biden’s farewell letter to Trump in full - Presidential tradition to leave letters for successors began with Ronald Reagan in 1989

Donald Trump has revealed what Joe Biden wrote to him in his "inspirational" farewell letter. Trump found the letter in his desk on Monday, as he signed executive orders in the Oval Office. It is part of a tradition, started by President Ronald Reagan, which sees one president leave a welcome note to his successor.

The new president found the handwritten letter in the drawer of the Oval Office desk on Monday (Jan 20) while he was signing his first executive orders after the inauguration the same day.

In his first hours as president, Trump signed numerous executive orders to implement his administration's promises.

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