With a gesture to the reporters who covered his historic presidency,
Barack Obama gave a final wave to the nation as he walked out of the Oval
Office to greet his successor, President-elect Donald Trump.
Obama walked outside the Oval Office he occupied for eight years, just
hours before he was to turn over power to Trump, who has committed himself to
repealing much of Obama's political legacy.
He attended to one last bit of business before leaving the historic
office: penning a note for his successor, then leaving it in the desk which
Trump will sit behind for the first time within hours.
The outgoing president could be seen putting a white envelope into the
right-hand drawer of the Resolute desk, which is made from wood salvaged from a
British Navy vessel and handed to then-President Rutherford Hayes in 1880.
The note was visible in images taken from outside the Oval Office.
In doing so, Obama was following a tradition of providing encouragement
for what has been called the toughest job in the world.
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