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According to sources from CNN and a reporter for the New York Times, who cited official information from the White House, President Trump left a note for his successor, Joe Biden.
What exactly is on the note is not yet known.
In the United States, one of the modern day inauguration traditions is for presidents who step down to leave a letter to their successors, usually on the desk in the Oval Office.
Wishes and advice are written down in it.
Trump has announced that Biden will not be sworn in.
He is the first President since Andrew Johnson in 1869 not to attend the inauguration ceremony for his successor at the Capitol.
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On the last day of Donald Trump's term in office, CSU leader Markus Söder harshly criticized the outgoing US president's policy.
"Somehow it is a big sigh of relief that there is a new president in the USA and the old president has now stopped being president," said Söder after a meeting of his cabinet in Munich.
"The transatlantic bridge is being rebuilt, the rubble caused by Trump, we have to push aside."
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