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

Bush, who lost the 1992 election to Bill Clinton ... Rob Carr/Getty Images Trump described Obama's letter as "long," "beautiful" and "so well-written, so thoughtful." "I called him and thanked ...

he and his wife Michelle Obama were seen smiling alongside George W. Bush and Laura Bush just after officially taking the oath of office. Following the inauguration, President Bush's letter to his ...

The younger Bush left behind written words for Barack Obama, who later put pen to paper for Donald Trump. Trump curiously continued this rite of presidential passage by writing a letter to Joe ...

“My prayers are with you and your family. Godspeed.” W. Bush kept the tradition going with a letter to Barack Obama, writing “You have just begun a fantastic chapter in your life.” ...

The younger Bush left behind written words for Barack Obama, who later put pen to paper for Donald Trump. Trump curiously continued this rite of presidential passage by writing a letter to Joe ...

Not so Pope Francis this week. It was not a spokesman, but the Pope himself, and his letter was drafted in the form customary ...

No matter what comes, you will be inspired by the character and compassion of the people you now lead," Bush wrote. 2017: Barack Obama to Donald Trump Obama's letter to Trump was the longest ...

Barack Obama made a cutting comment to George W. Bush as they arrived for Donald ... Trump also found a letter from Biden in the Oval Office's Resolute desk, but only after a journalist reminded ...

The letter that former President Joe Biden wrote to President Donald Trump upon leaving office on Monday has been exclusively obtained by Fox News.

Bush and Barack Obama unlikely candidates to form a friendship ... you will face,” he wrote in part of his transition letter. “There will be trying moments. The critics will rage.