WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan probably didn't realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawer after two terms as president. He did that for George H.W. Bush, his successor and ...

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

A look at the history of presidential letters and whether President Biden will continue the tradition by writing a note for his predecessor-turned-successor, Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump was already in the midst of a moment like when Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers as a deadly aviation disaster struck. Except Trump was trying to remind federal employees who is the boss much more broadly than Reagan was as he stared down an illegal strike.

Americans turn to their leaders for solace in times of mourning. Donald Trump has used national tragedies to make political points or demean critics.

President Donald Trump has the lowest initial approval ratings of any president since 1953 — except for himself in 2017.

Ever since the second and third presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day — July 4th, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — the American presidency has thrown up a goodly number of calendrical coincidences.

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He must pursue a variety of spending cuts that will clearly serve the interests of the American public as a whole, and not just his supporters.

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He must pursue a variety of spending cuts that will clearly serve the interests of the American public as a whole, and not just his supporters.

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