What is clear is that after four contentious years, Biden leaves Washington as a remarkably consequential one-term president.

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

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.

US President Donald Trump has revealed what his predecessor Joe Biden said to him in a letter left in the Oval Office.

The coalition collapse that doomed Biden follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader: Jimmy Carter.

Ronald Reagan began tradition of leaving letter to his successor in 1989 as he handed over power to George H.W. Bush

Donald Trump shared details about a 'nice' and inspirational letter former President Joe Biden left for him at the White House Resolute Desk. The letter continues an inauguration tradition initiated by Ronald Reagan.

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.

Democrats don't have a transformational leader to vanquish MAGA and risk being befuddled by President Trump's shock-and-awe campaign.

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.

After four years of a subdued term under President Joe Biden, 82, Trump has brought energy and unpredictability back to the Oval Office. The former reality TV star and businessman known for his branding, Trump, 78, jump-started his agenda with an eye for dramatics.