Biden Reveals 2021 Trump Letter in Upcoming Memoir
Former U.S. President Joe Biden revealed the contents of a private letter left to him by Donald Trump in January 2021, CNN Arabic reported.
The disclosure appears in Biden’s upcoming memoir, Promise Me, America, scheduled for release on November 17, 2026. The book spans 480 pages and is published by Little, Brown and Company, according to NBC News.
What Trump Wrote in January 2021
Dated January 20, 2021, the letter carried a tone starkly different from Trump’s public denials of the 2020 election results, CNN Arabic reported.
Many presidents have come and gone, ruling simply as Republicans or Democrats and mostly not changing the current of history, but swept along by it,
Trump wrote to Biden, according to text obtained by the New York Times and reported by CNN Arabic. That will not happen to you because I know how much you love the American people.
Trump added that Biden carried the hopes and dreams of the entire nation.
Disputes Over the 2020 Election and January 6
While the private letter offered warm wishes, the public record surrounding the transfer of power remains a central point of conflict between the two leaders.
Trump skipped Biden’s inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2021, and repeatedly challenged the 2020 election outcome following the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, CNN Arabic reported. Al Jazeera reported that Biden wrote that Trump led an insurrection
to stay in power after the American people voted him out.
Trump Focused on Gossip During Oval Office Meeting
Following the November 2024 election, Biden hosted Trump in the Oval Office for a two-hour meeting, during which Trump adopted an unexpectedly friendly tone.
Al Jazeera reported that Biden found Trump’s conversation unusually chatty and almost fawning. However, Biden observed that Trump focused primarily on personalities and gossip rather than substantive global issues.
CNN Arabic quoted the remark: Biden represents a disgrace, and America is in a better place now that he has left office.
Cancer Diagnosis Limits Memoir Promotional Appearances
The release of the book coincides with health challenges for the former president. In May 2025, Biden announced he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which later spread to bones, as reported by NBC News.
Emirates Voice reported that Biden shared an update on the social platform X, explaining that ongoing cancer treatments and fatigue will limit his ability to conduct widespread media interviews and promotional appearances for the memoir. Despite these physical limitations and fluctuating daily health, his doctors remain optimistic about his response to treatment, allowing him to complete his book ahead of his 84th birthday on November 20, 2026.