Joe, we can be good friends”: Biden reveals Trump's surprisingly warm attitude toward him - NYT
In a new memoir, Joe Biden publishes for the first time the letter Donald Trump left him in the White House on Hanukkah, January 20, 2021. In a message written on official White House letterhead, Trump wished his successor success and expressed confidence that he would be loyal to himself and the American people.
"I know how much you love the American people," Trump wrote, referring to Biden by name. He also called working in the Oval Office a blessing and recalled that every president gets the opportunity to determine his place in history.
In the first week after taking office, Biden told reporters that his predecessor left him a "very generous letter," but for a long time refused to reveal its contents. The message has now been published in the book "Promise Me, America", which will be released on November 17.
In his memoirs, Biden also describes a meeting with Trump in the Oval Office after the Republican won the 2024 election. According to the former president, Trump then surprisingly commented amiably: "You know, Joe, if it wasn't for politics, I think we could be good friends."