Thread by @rklau

1/ While I'm under no illusions that Trump's transition to Joe Biden will be graceful, I'm inspired by each of the prior transitions that preceded 45's hand-off to 46.

2/ Here's the text of the letter that @BarackObama left for Donald Trump (source: cnn.com/2017/09/03/pol…)

3/ Here's the letter that George W. Bush left for @BarackObama (text can be found here: abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-g…)

4/ Here's the letter that @BillClinton left for George W. Bush (source: fox59.com/news/read-the-…)

5/ George H.W. Bush's letter to @BillClinton is widely seen as cementing this American tradition (nytimes.com/2018/12/01/us/…):

6/ Reagan's letter to his Vice President was succinct (presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/rona…)