Obama’s Letter to President Trump on Inauguration Day<br />In a letter left on Inauguration Day for President Trump<br />that was both congratulatory and cautionary, Barack Obama urged the incoming president to guard democratic institutions and traditions, and “sustain the international order.”<br />“This is a unique office, without a clear blueprint for success, so I don’t know<br />that any advice from me will be particularly helpful,” Mr. Obama wrote in the letter, which CNN published on Sunday.<br />But, you will have an Almighty God to comfort you, a family who loves you, and a country that is pulling for you, including me.”<br />Mr. Obama advised Mr. Trump to spend time with friends and family, and wrote, “Michelle and I wish you and Melania the very best as you embark on this great adventure, and know<br />that we stand ready to help in any ways which we can.”<br />He wished Mr. Trump “Good luck and Godspeed,” and signed it “BO.”<br />Even so, Mr. Trump has spoken warmly of the letter, telling ABC News in January that it was “beautiful” and “complex.”<br />“In fact, I called him and thanked him for the thought that was put into this letter,” Mr. Trump said.
