Biden’s letter to Trump revealed: ‘May God bless you and guide you’

President Donald Trump revealed the contents of the letter President Joe Biden left him as he left the Oval Office earlier this week exclusively to Fox News on Wednesday.

The letter, which Trump found inside the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office with a little help from Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy, is addressed to “Dear President Trump” and reads as follows:

“As I leave this sacred office, I wish you and your family all the best for the next four years. The American people – and people around the world – look to this House for stability in the inevitable storms of history and my prayer is , that the coming years will be a time of prosperity, peace and grace for our nation.

“May God bless you and guide you as He has blessed and guided our beloved country since our founding.”

BIDEN LEFT TRUMP ‘INSPIRATIONAL’ MESSAGE IN ‘VERY NICE’ LETTER, NEW PRESIDENT SAYS

President Donald Trump holds the letter left for him by former President Joe Biden at the Resolute Desk as he signs orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The letter was signed “Joe Biden” and dated January 20, 2025.

On Monday, Trump found the letter — a white envelope addressed to “47” — after Doocy asked if Biden left him a letter while signing a flurry of executive orders in the Oval Office in front of a crowd of reporters.

“He might have. Are they not leaving it on the desk? I don’t know,” Trump told Doocy before discovering the letter. “Thanks, Peter. It could have been years before we found this thing.”

Trump found the letter in the Resolute Desk after Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked if Biden had left him a note. Trump revealed the contents of Biden’s letter exclusively to Fox News on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

On Tuesday, Trump responded to additional questions from Doocy about the contents of the letter.

“It was a very nice letter,” Trump told reporters. “It was quite an inspirational letter. Enjoy it, do a good job. Important, very important. How important the job is.”

“It was positive for him to write that,” Trump continued. “I appreciated the letter.”

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The presidential tradition leaving a letter to their successor began in 1989 when President Ronald Reagan left the White House after two terms in office, with former President George HW Bush taking over. The tradition has carried on to this day through Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Trump and Biden.

Handwritten letters from former presidents left to their successors are photographed in Washington, DC, Saturday. Every president since Ronald Reagan has left a note for his successor. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

However, Biden was the first president to find himself in the unique position of writing a letter to someone who is both his successor and the predecessor who left him a note four years earlier. Trump became the first president to serve non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century.

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Biden has said Trump left him a “very generous letter” but has so far declined to share the contents of what Trump wrote, considering it private.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.