

Trump also boasted his staffers always noticed when he pressed the button. With the push of a red button placed on the Resolute Desk that presidents have used for decades, a White House butler soon arrived with a Coke for the president, the AP wrote. Photo by Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images In the early days of the Donald Trump administration, reports surfaced that the 45 th president used a red button atop a small wooden box to summon his caffeine fix. President Donald Trump’s Diet Coke button in the Oval Office.

“With the push of a red button placed on the Resolute Desk that presidents have used for decades, a White House butler soon arrived with a Coke for the president,” the AP reported at the time. Trump would regularly consume 12 cans of Diet Coke a day, therefore, he got the button installed for his convenience. Trump showed off the button to reporters with the Associated Press and the Financial Times in 2017. “Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. He claimed Trump responded: No, no, everyone. “President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button,” Dunn wrote. The journalist wrote that he noticed a little red button on a box on the president’s desk, and asked him if it was the nuclear button.

Political commentator Tom Newton Dunn on Thursday tweeted a photo of Biden behind the desk with stacks of executive orders - but the famous little red button Trump pushed to get his favorite soft drink appeared to be missing. President Biden appears to have gotten rid of the Diet Coke button his predecessor, President Donald Trump, used on the resolute desk in the Oval Office. Iran prison fire kills four, injures 61 as protests persist The wooden box with the red button on the desk in the centre of the picture, is there. Trump's retort may have led some Americans to wonder whether he actually has a 'Nuclear Button' on his desk in the Oval Office, similar to the box with the red button that he uses to order one of the numerous Diet Cokes that he consumes each day. Moments later, a steward would enter the room carrying a glass filled with Diet Coke on a silver platter, and Trump would burst out laughing.Average American is losing $34K and everything else on Biden’s watchīiden wants high gas prices - he just doesn’t want voters to noticeĭeSantis plans to resume migrant flights to Democratic areas, rep says President Trump is pictured in the Oval Office with the owner and members of the Washington Capitals in 2019. He added, "Not sure what to do, guests would look at one another with raised eyebrows. "Out of nowhere, he'd suddenly press the button," Sims wrote of the former president. Ex-White House aide Chris Sims wrote in his 2019 book "Team of Vipers" that Trump would also use the red button as a way of pranking visitors by suggesting it could trigger nuclear capabilities, cited by The Hill. Trump would regularly consume 12 cans of Diet Coke a day, as per media reports. Some presidents of the United States have had a red call button in the Oval Office of the White House that could call aides. When pressed, a staffer would be summoned to provide the drink to the thirsty commander in chief. The Hill reported that Trump, a soda devotee, reportedly had the button put in place on the Resolute Desk in order to "keep the carbonated beverages flowing". TIMEs Brian Bennett writes, 'Along the way, he orders a Diet Coke with ice with the push of a small red button set into a wooden box on the desk, and directs an aide to fetch a copy of a hand. It's gone now," tweeted journalist Tom Newton Dunn. Eventually, Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. When (Tim Shipman) and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did. Trump Has a Red Button On His Desk for Diet Coke 1 Jennifer Lopez Talks Latest Coach Campaign 2 27 Black-Owned Jewelry Brands to Know 3 Karine Jean-Pierre on the Power of Being Shy 4 Platonic Love. "President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button.
