Now, we have the contents of a 2017 letter from Carter to a student journalist.

The letter was not only passed on to him, but he wrote back.

To which Carter replied: “He is unprepared.

Jimmy Carter smiling at an event

I pray for him and for our nation.”

Short and sweet, but with no doubt as to how little Carter thought of Trump.

Carter once vowed to the American people that he’d never lie to them.

Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter arriving at Donald Trump’s inauguration with

That was part of his advice in his letter to Brenton Blanchet.