WASHINGTON, D.C.: It is an elegant tradition: the outgoing US President leaves a letter for his successor in the aged oaken desk in the Oval Office, to be read upon his arrival.
The letter left by Barack Obama for Donald Trump, revealed some seven months after the handover of power, revolves around one central bit of advice: beyond the bitterness and brutality of political combat and power struggles, never lose sight of the importance of democratic institutions.
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