Jimmy Kimmel is casting suspicion on the latest revelation about President Donald Trump.
Late-night TV's leading Trump critic took to "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Wednesday, Nov. 11, sharing his thoughts on a previously undisclosed letter Trump sent to Biden, the contents of which Biden reveals in his upcoming book, "Promise Me, America" (out Nov. 17).
"In 2021, after his failed insurrection, when Trump was probably worried he might need a pardon from old Joe, he left a letter for him," Kimmel said.
In the letter, which is customary for the outgoing president to leave for the incoming one, Trump told Biden, "... Coming to work every day in the Oval Office is a blessing beyond imagination," and, "Not only are you joined by the past, but you carry the hopes
and dreams of the entire nation on your shoulders. The gravity of that fact never leaves you, it is the anchor that grounds every decision you make."
After reading the letter in its entirety, Kimmel said "there's no way" Trump wrote it.
"I mean, not only is there no way he wrote it, I bet he didn't even read it," Kimmel said. "But what I want to know is, where is the person who did write it? Why is that person not in charge of his tweets or speeches or anything, for that matter?"
USA TODAY has reached out to the White House for comment.
Kimmel said the handwritten note was "gracious" and "poetic."
"There are no spelling errors. There are no words in all caps. No blobs of ranch dressing on the signature," Kimmel added. "Find the person who wrote that letter from the president and make that person chief of staff instead of Stephen Miller."
A source familiar with Biden's memoir confirmed the details of the note to USA TODAY, written in a black Sharpie, after The New York Times first reported on the letter ahead of the book's publication. Biden had previously told reporters when he first took office that Trump left him a "very generous letter," but declined to reveal the contents of the letter at the time.
The letter, which is addressed "Dear Joe" and signed "Sincerely, Donald," is written in a remarkably warm tone given Trump's years of hostility toward Biden publicly.
Biden found the letter in the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office only weeks after Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters. Trump went on to relentlessly criticize Biden during the Democrat's one term in office and has continued to do so during his second White House term, often calling him the worst president in U.S. history.
Contributing: Joey Garrison, USA TODAY
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kimmel says 'there's no way' Donald Trump wrote 'poetic' letter to Biden
