Former president left letter for Trump in which he urged his successor to uphold the rule of law and separation of powersBarack Obama warned Donald Trump to uphold the rule of law and not undermine the “international order” in a newly revealed letter from the 44th US president to his successor. The former president gave Trump three key pieces of advice in a letter he left in the Oval Office when he departed the White House. Barack Obama urges world to stand against 'aggressive nationalism' Read more“We’ve both been blessed, in different ways, with great good fortune,” Obama told his successor. The letter from Obama is not the only clue we have about advice he has given his successor. “I am rooting hard for you.”Ronald Reagan simply told his former vice-president Bush: “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.”Obama’s letter to Trump in full

Source: The Guardian September 03, 2017 16:30 UTC