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  • 2020-11-16 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Obama Write 'We're Just Temporary Occupants' to Trump in Transition Letter? (en)
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  • On Nov. 15, 2020, former U.S. President Barack Obama sat down for an interview on 60 Minutes with CBS reporter Scott Pelley. The interview took place about a week after Obama's former vice president, Joe Biden, was named the winner of the 2020 election and while incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump was still refusing to concede defeat to his political opponent. At one point, Pelley asked Obama if he had any advice for the outgoing president. Obama's advice to Trump in 2020 was similar to the advice he gave to Trump when he first took office in 2017. CBS reporter Geoff Bennet noted the similarities on Twitter: This is a paraphrased quote from Obama's letter to Trump in 2017. Outgoing presidents often leave messages of advice or encouragement to their successors. In 2017, when Obama left office following Trump's election victory, he continued this tradition by leaving a note for the incoming president. CNN obtained a copy of this letter in Sept. 2017, the text of which is reproduced below. He emphasized the relevant portion in this text: Obama, of course, was not the first president to write his successor a note welcoming to the White House. Here is the letter that U.S. President George W. Bush wrote to Obama in 2009. You can view an image of this letter here. Here is the letter President Bill Clinton wrote to Bush in 2001. You can view a copy of this letter here. And here's a letter President George H.W. Bush wrote to Clinton in 1993. You can view a copy of this letter here. (en)
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