Trump's letter in the desk to Biden

TheRealnz · 22nd January 2021, 01:34 AM

Does anyone believe Biden's description of the letter, where he said it was generous in it's tone? What does everyone think it was like?

Skeptic Ginger · 22nd January 2021, 01:37 AM

I suspect it was a decent letter. Not sure if Trump's staff didn't write it though. It was typed. Does Trumpy even know how to type except tweets?

I believe Trump was too angry to write it.

Jim_MDP · 22nd January 2021, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger

I suspect it was a decent letter. Not sure if Trump's staff didn't write it though. It was typed. Does Trumpy even know how to type except tweets?

I believe Trump was too angry to write it.

I read Melanie staffed out the goodbye letters to the entire WH household staff. Just signed them.
Yeah... you Be Best girl.

Craig4 · 22nd January 2021, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by Jim_MDP

I read Melanie staffed out the goodbye letters to the entire WH household staff. Just signed them.
Yeah... you Be Best girl.

I know this is totally wrong, but whenever Melania talks about "Be Best", I can't help but think about Zoolander's "Center for Kids who Can't Read Good or do Other Stuff Good."

Shadowdweller · 22nd January 2021, 03:44 AM

I'm sure everyone agrees that it was the best letter ever written by a defrauded, outgoing president. And that it was totally appropriate too.

Crossbow · 22nd January 2021, 05:13 AM

If Trump actually wrote the letter in question, then one can be sure that it had some typographical errors in it and that the letter reads like one of his stupid Tweets.

The Great Zaganza · 22nd January 2021, 05:23 AM

It's a bill for the Oval Office minibar.

Mike! · 22nd January 2021, 05:25 AM

Originally Posted by TheRealnz

Does anyone believe Biden's description of the letter, where he said it was generous in it's tone? What does everyone think it was like?

Maybe it was just a big check written out, pay to the order of, "Cash"?

Horatius · 22nd January 2021, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by Mike!

Maybe it was just a big check written out, pay to the order of, "Cash"?

From Trump? Not a chance.

Something written by the staff would be my bet.

Ethan Thane Athen · 22nd January 2021, 05:44 AM

If Melania didn't write her letter, there's no way Trump wrote his, so yeah, I can believe it was decent / generous. Do I believe it was from Trump / reflected his thoughts? Not a chance.

Safe-Keeper · 22nd January 2021, 05:53 AM

I was going to write a joke about the letter being written in crayon, but I can't be bothered, they haven't aged well. I think it was the attempted coup that did it. He's always been a horrible person, but after the January 6th coup attempt...

fishbob · 22nd January 2021, 06:01 AM

I heard Biden say that the letter was 'generous'. That could simply mean that it was written on a large piece of paper.

The Great Zaganza · 22nd January 2021, 06:18 AM

maybe it was a 20% off Coupon for the Trump Hotel DC ?

timhau · 22nd January 2021, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza

maybe it was a 20% off Coupon for the Trump Hotel DC ?

... with "22" written over the 20 with a sharpie. That's the generous part.

Mader Levap · 22nd January 2021, 06:42 AM

I am sure calling it "generous" was Biden just being nice.

Butter! · 22nd January 2021, 06:46 AM

"Joe,

You know I won.

- Donny

P.S. Your wife is ugly"

Gord_in_Toronto · 22nd January 2021, 07:54 AM

I saw Melania's departure speech in which see said how wonderful America was when an illegal nude "model" immigrant from a communist country could rise to the height of FLOTUS"

No. Sorry that was the other Universe. Never mind.

JoeMorgue · 22nd January 2021, 07:56 AM

My own weird take on it. I actually bet that the letter was Trump actually trying to be gracious, which means it was Trump trying to sound like what he thinks a gracious person sounds like, which makes me want to know what it says more than if I just suspected it was directly mean spirited.

Jim_MDP · 22nd January 2021, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by Mader Levap

I am sure calling it "generous" was Biden just being nice.

I really, really want to believe Donnie pulled it together for a moment and you're wrong.
I... lack confidence in that hope.

Jim_MDP · 22nd January 2021, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

My own weird take on it. I actually bet that the letter was Trump actually trying to be gracious, which means it was Trump trying to sound like what he thinks a gracious person sounds like, which makes me want to know what it says more than if I just suspected it was directly mean spirited.

Yeah, I'll go with that one as well.

Craig4 · 22nd January 2021, 08:01 AM

I think Biden knows that the less Trump's name is said the better. Saying the letter was anything but generous gives the story legs. Best just let it go.

shemp · 22nd January 2021, 08:21 AM

There's not a goddamn chance in hell that Donny wrote it. Somebody else wrote it, forged his signature and put it there after Trump left.

JoeMorgue · 22nd January 2021, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by shemp

There's not a goddamn chance in hell that Donny wrote it. Somebody else wrote it, forged his signature and put it there after Trump left.

"This is an inkjet printout of a poor resolution stock photo of the one Bush left for Clinton. It still has the Gettyimages watermark on it. It's not even on the White House letterhead it's printed on the back of Chinese takeout menu. You just crossed out all the names and wrote Trump and Biden's names in their places. And you misspelled Biden. AND TRUMP."

TragicMonkey · 22nd January 2021, 08:33 AM

"Deer Jo, u kan haf my last 3 Diet Cokes, luv PERSIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP".

Mike! · 22nd January 2021, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by fishbob

I heard Biden say that the letter was 'generous'. That could simply mean that it was written on a large piece of paper.

When your favorite pen is a Sharpie, that'd actually make sense.

Worm · 22nd January 2021, 09:42 AM

He probably just photcopied Obama's letter and wrote 'Donnie Trump' in sharpie at the bottom.

JoeMorgue · 22nd January 2021, 09:45 AM

The "letter" was a stack of 100 dollar bills with "Please don't let them impeach me. Dear God Joe do you know how bad I would do in prison!" on them.

Hercules Rockefeller · 22nd January 2021, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

"Deer Jo, u kan haf my last 3 Diet Cokes, luv PERSIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP".

P.S. the covfefe masheen is broken.

Vixen · 22nd January 2021, 12:03 PM

Dear Joe, I know where you live. DJT

smartcooky · 22nd January 2021, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

I was going to write a joke about the letter being written in ~~crayon~~ sharpie, but I can't be bothered, they haven't aged well. I think it was the attempted coup that did it. He's always been a horrible person, but after the January 6th coup attempt...

FTFY

Stacyhs · 22nd January 2021, 02:48 PM

Dear Joe,

My inauguration crowd was much more bigly than yours. I win.

President Donald J. Trump

Minoosh · 22nd January 2021, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

My own weird take on it. I actually bet that the letter was Trump actually trying to be gracious, which means it was Trump trying to sound like what he thinks a gracious person sounds like, which makes me want to know what it says more than if I just suspected it was directly mean spirited.

Trump has it in him not to be a complete ****. During the 2016 election he sort of broke character and said something nice about Hillary - like she was a smart woman and a hell of a fighter, but, paraphrase.

There's no point at all in alienating Biden so his self-interest would dictate that he not quite grovel but give Joe some credit where it may be due. I doubt if he's emotionally equipped to say, "You won fair and square," but he could say something about how Biden fought the race with some class. I think he knows what class is.

Minoosh · 22nd January 2021, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

The "letter" was a stack of 100 dollar bills with "Please don't let them impeach me. Dear God Joe do you know how bad I would do in prison!" on them.

Ladewig · 22nd January 2021, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by Jim_MDP

I read Melanie staffed out the goodbye letters to the entire WH household staff. Just signed them.
Yeah... you Be Best girl.

I am intrigued over how she staffed then out. Did 2 or 3 people write all of them or was it more of a Secret Santa thing where each staffer had to write a letter to a randomly-selected staffer?

Given the tone in the WH since Jan 6, I’ll offer even money that she staffed out the signatures, too.

Originally Posted by Shadowdweller

I'm sure everyone agrees that it was the best letter ever written by a defrauded, outgoing president. And that it was totally appropriate too.

Not defrauded, defrauding. (or even defrocked)

ETA
While checking the definition, I came across this notation

Defraud stresses depriving one of his or her rights and usually connotes deliberate perversion of the truth.
Swindle implies large-scale cheating by misrepresentation or abuse of confidence.

Donny gets a twofer.

shemp · 22nd January 2021, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

The "letter" was a stack of 100 dollar bills with "Please don't let them impeach me. Dear God Joe do you know how bad I would do in prison!" on them.

Trump part with money? The man is a living Scrooge McDuck.

Shadowdweller · 22nd January 2021, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by Ladewig

Not defrauded, defrauding. (or even defrocked)

Defrauded was the intentional and appropriate term. That was an ironic statement.

Venom · 22nd January 2021, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Butter!

"Joe,

You know I won.

- Donny

P.S. Your wife is ugly"

Oh First Lady is definitely Trump's type.

Skeptic Ginger · 22nd January 2021, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza

It's a bill for the Oval Office minibar.

SteveAitch · 23rd January 2021, 02:34 AM

Originally Posted by shemp

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

The "letter" was a stack of 100 dollar bills with "Please don't let them impeach me. Dear God Joe do you know how bad I would do in prison!" on them.

Trump part with money? The man is a living Scrooge McDuck.

Confederate currency donated by one of his older southern supporters?

MarkCorrigan · 23rd January 2021, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by Minoosh

Trump has it in him not to be a complete ****. During the 2016 election he sort of broke character and said something nice about Hillary - like she was a smart woman and a hell of a fighter, but, paraphrase.

There's no point at all in alienating Biden so his self-interest would dictate that he not quite grovel but give Joe some credit where it may be due. I doubt if he's emotionally equipped to say, "You won fair and square," but he could say something about how Biden fought the race with some class. I think he knows what class is.

Of course he does, that's why he knew that the attempted coup looked so low class.

22nd January 2021, 01:34 AM	#1
TheRealnz Critical Thinker Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 335	Trump's letter in the desk to Biden Does anyone believe Biden's description of the letter, where he said it was generous in it's tone? What does everyone think it was like?

22nd January 2021, 01:51 AM	#3
Jim_MDP Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: N.Cal/S.Or Posts: 8,024	Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger I suspect it was a decent letter. Not sure if Trump's staff didn't write it though. It was typed. Does Trumpy even know how to type except tweets? I believe Trump was too angry to write it. I read Melanie staffed out the goodbye letters to the entire WH household staff. Just signed them. Yeah... you Be Best girl.
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22nd January 2021, 02:23 AM	#4
Craig4 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: I live in a swamp Posts: 22,581	Originally Posted by Jim_MDP I read Melanie staffed out the goodbye letters to the entire WH household staff. Just signed them. Yeah... you Be Best girl. I know this is totally wrong, but whenever Melania talks about "Be Best", I can't help but think about Zoolander's "Center for Kids who Can't Read Good or do Other Stuff Good."
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22nd January 2021, 05:13 AM	#6
Crossbow Seeking Honesty and Sanity Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 13,312	If Trump actually wrote the letter in question, then one can be sure that it had some typographical errors in it and that the letter reads like one of his stupid Tweets.
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22nd January 2021, 05:23 AM	#7
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22nd January 2021, 01:37 AM	#2
Skeptic Ginger Nasty Woman Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 86,982	I suspect it was a decent letter. Not sure if Trump's staff didn't write it though. It was typed. Does Trumpy even know how to type except tweets? I believe Trump was too angry to write it.

22nd January 2021, 03:44 AM	#5
Shadowdweller Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,015	I'm sure everyone agrees that it was the best letter ever written by a defrauded, outgoing president. And that it was totally appropriate too.

22nd January 2021, 05:25 AM	#8
Mike! Official Ponylandistanian National Treasure. Respect it! Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ponylandistan! Where the bacon grows on trees! Can it get any better than that? I submit it can not! Posts: 40,256	Originally Posted by TheRealnz Does anyone believe Biden's description of the letter, where he said it was generous in it's tone? What does everyone think it was like? Maybe it was just a big check written out, pay to the order of, "Cash"?
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22nd January 2021, 05:43 AM	#9
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22nd January 2021, 05:44 AM	#10
Ethan Thane Athen Master Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,202	If Melania didn't write her letter, there's no way Trump wrote his, so yeah, I can believe it was decent / generous. Do I believe it was from Trump / reflected his thoughts? Not a chance.

22nd January 2021, 05:53 AM	#11
Safe-Keeper Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 10,395	I was going to write a joke about the letter being written in crayon, but I can't be bothered, they haven't aged well. I think it was the attempted coup that did it. He's always been a horrible person, but after the January 6th coup attempt...
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22nd January 2021, 06:01 AM	#12
fishbob Seasonally Disaffected Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chilly Undieville Posts: 7,274	I heard Biden say that the letter was 'generous'. That could simply mean that it was written on a large piece of paper.
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22nd January 2021, 06:18 AM	#13
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22nd January 2021, 06:23 AM	#14
timhau NWO Litter Technician Join Date: May 2004 Location: Looks like Finland. Smells like Finland. Quacks like Finland. Where the hell am I? Posts: 14,474	Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza maybe it was a 20% off Coupon for the Trump Hotel DC ? ... with "22" written over the 20 with a sharpie. That's the generous part.
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22nd January 2021, 06:42 AM	#15
Mader Levap Graduate Poster Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,576	I am sure calling it "generous" was Biden just being nice.
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22nd January 2021, 06:46 AM	#16
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22nd January 2021, 07:54 AM	#17
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22nd January 2021, 07:56 AM	#18
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 30,692	My own weird take on it. I actually bet that the letter was Trump actually trying to be gracious, which means it was Trump trying to sound like what he thinks a gracious person sounds like, which makes me want to know what it says more than if I just suspected it was directly mean spirited.
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22nd January 2021, 07:58 AM	#19
Jim_MDP Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: N.Cal/S.Or Posts: 8,024	Originally Posted by Mader Levap I am sure calling it "generous" was Biden just being nice. I really, really want to believe Donnie pulled it together for a moment and you're wrong. I... lack confidence in that hope.
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22nd January 2021, 08:00 AM	#20
Jim_MDP Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: N.Cal/S.Or Posts: 8,024	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue My own weird take on it. I actually bet that the letter was Trump actually trying to be gracious, which means it was Trump trying to sound like what he thinks a gracious person sounds like, which makes me want to know what it says more than if I just suspected it was directly mean spirited. Yeah, I'll go with that one as well.
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22nd January 2021, 08:01 AM	#21
Craig4 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: I live in a swamp Posts: 22,581	I think Biden knows that the less Trump's name is said the better. Saying the letter was anything but generous gives the story legs. Best just let it go.

22nd January 2021, 08:21 AM	#22
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22nd January 2021, 08:26 AM	#23
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 30,692	Originally Posted by shemp There's not a goddamn chance in hell that Donny wrote it. Somebody else wrote it, forged his signature and put it there after Trump left. "This is an inkjet printout of a poor resolution stock photo of the one Bush left for Clinton. It still has the Gettyimages watermark on it. It's not even on the White House letterhead it's printed on the back of Chinese takeout menu. You just crossed out all the names and wrote Trump and Biden's names in their places. And you misspelled Biden. AND TRUMP."
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22nd January 2021, 08:33 AM	#24
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22nd January 2021, 08:49 AM	#25
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22nd January 2021, 09:42 AM	#26
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22nd January 2021, 09:45 AM	#27
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22nd January 2021, 11:38 AM	#28
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22nd January 2021, 12:03 PM	#29
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22nd January 2021, 12:57 PM	#30
smartcooky Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Nelson, New Zealand Posts: 16,803	Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper I was going to write a joke about the letter being written in ~~crayon~~ sharpie, but I can't be bothered, they haven't aged well. I think it was the attempted coup that did it. He's always been a horrible person, but after the January 6th coup attempt... FTFY
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22nd January 2021, 02:48 PM	#31
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22nd January 2021, 03:36 PM	#32
Minoosh Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 12,239	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue My own weird take on it. I actually bet that the letter was Trump actually trying to be gracious, which means it was Trump trying to sound like what he thinks a gracious person sounds like, which makes me want to know what it says more than if I just suspected it was directly mean spirited. Trump has it in him not to be a complete ****. During the 2016 election he sort of broke character and said something nice about Hillary - like she was a smart woman and a hell of a fighter, but, paraphrase. There's no point at all in alienating Biden so his self-interest would dictate that he not quite grovel but give Joe some credit where it may be due. I doubt if he's emotionally equipped to say, "You won fair and square," but he could say something about how Biden fought the race with some class. I think he knows what class is.

22nd January 2021, 03:38 PM	#33
Minoosh Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 12,239	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue The "letter" was a stack of 100 dollar bills with "Please don't let them impeach me. Dear God Joe do you know how bad I would do in prison!" on them.

22nd January 2021, 05:42 PM	#34
Ladewig I lost an avatar bet. Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 28,039	Originally Posted by Jim_MDP I read Melanie staffed out the goodbye letters to the entire WH household staff. Just signed them. Yeah... you Be Best girl. I am intrigued over how she staffed then out. Did 2 or 3 people write all of them or was it more of a Secret Santa thing where each staffer had to write a letter to a randomly-selected staffer? Given the tone in the WH since Jan 6, I’ll offer even money that she staffed out the signatures, too. Originally Posted by Shadowdweller I'm sure everyone agrees that it was the best letter ever written by a defrauded, outgoing president. And that it was totally appropriate too. Not defrauded, defrauding. (or even defrocked) ETA While checking the definition, I came across this notation Defraud stresses depriving one of his or her rights and usually connotes deliberate perversion of the truth. Swindle implies large-scale cheating by misrepresentation or abuse of confidence. Donny gets a twofer.
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22nd January 2021, 05:47 PM	#35
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