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Former President Joe Biden revealed in his upcoming memoir, “Promise Me, America,” that President Donald Trump left him an unexpected friendly letter in January 2021 before Biden took office after defeating Trump in the 2020 election, according to a report released Tuesday.
According to an excerpt obtained by The New York Times, Biden reprinted the letter in its entirety in his upcoming book, scheduled for release next week. In it, Biden wrote that it seemed “like there were two Donald Trumps.”
He compared the public Trump who “profoundly destabilized our democracy” and “failed to offer the traditional meeting between presidents” with the one who, in the letter, “offered his best wishes in warm language that seemed to come from an old friend.”
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President Biden said it almost seems like there have been two versions of President Donald Trump. (Kenny Holston/New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“You now have the opportunity to choose your place in history, and I know you will be true to yourself and to the American people,” Trump wrote in the letter, according to Biden.
“Many presidents have come and gone and simply governed as Republicans or Democrats. For the most part, they didn’t change history, they were just swept away by its relentless tide. That won’t happen to you because I know how much you love the American people.
“Your strength, your deepest reservoir of energy, comes from knowing that millions and millions of people depend on you. Their ambitions and aspirations are why you are here, and so many people are counting on your success,” he added. “God bless you and Jill, and God bless America!”
The Atlantic also highlighted a passage from the book recounting Biden’s usual 2024 White House meeting with Trump. Biden noted that the new president once again showed a warm side, writing: “Trump was immediately talkative and surprised me by adopting such a friendly tone that I thought he might be putting me forward. It bordered on flattery.”
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President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on November 13, 2024. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“You know, Joe, if it weren’t for politics, I think we’d be good friends,” Trump told him, according to The Atlantic’s report. “Yes, without politics we would spend all our time playing golf together.”
Biden’s friendly reception to Trump at the meeting also attracted attention. Biden repeatedly claimed while still a candidate that Trump was “a threat to democracy.”
Radio host Charlamagne Tha God questioned Biden’s reception of Trump on his radio show at the time.
“I just don’t understand the White House visit. Sure, you know, I’m glad it’s a peaceful transition of power, but what happened to the ‘threat to democracy’ talk? What happened to the ‘fascist’ talk?” » asked Charlamagne.
“By the way, I know I’ve said these things about Trump as well, but I’m not talking about me, I’m talking about his political opponents, like President Biden. When they say it, it carries way more weight than me.
“I’m just trying to figure out, how do I go from ‘He’s an existential threat to democracy’ to ‘Welcome back?'”
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Radio host Charlamagne Tha God said he was baffled that Biden spoke of Trump as a threat to democracy and then warmly greeted him at the White House. (Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network)
White House communications director Steven Cheung responded to Biden’s comments in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“Joe Biden should have heeded the president’s wise words, but instead he tried to destroy this country and weaponize the justice system against his political enemies. Biden is a disgrace, and America is better off with him no longer president,” Cheung said.
Theo Wold, a former White House deputy aide for domestic policy during Trump’s first term, also spoke to Fox News Digital about the report.
“This is another example of those who say when they go low, we go high, they are doing the exact opposite. President Trump left a magnanimous letter for Biden, impressing upon him the weight of the job and the responsibility that every president bears to the American people. And Biden is only using it to tear down Trump, suggesting a lack of sincerity,” Wold said.
“No. Democrats – including the team of left-wing niggers who wrote this book for Biden – want to hate Trump, and they will, regardless of any evidence that their hatred is unfounded.”
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President Donald Trump, like Biden, has also witnessed a referendum against his administration’s policies. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Fox News Digital reached out to Biden’s office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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