President Donald Trump's so-called Diet Coke button has returned to the Oval Office. Back in 2017, Trump confirmed he used it to summon sodas. The red button is hidden inside a wooden box and made to look like a part of the wooden table itself.
President Donald Trump has reinstalled a button on the Oval Office desk that alerts White House staff when he wants a fresh can of Diet Coke. The Oval Office, perhaps the most famous room in the White House,
The Wall Street Journal reported the valet button, which the president used to order Diet Cokes during his first term, already had been reinstalled Monday even before he was sworn into office. Another story said he was reported to drink around a dozen Diet Cokes a day in 2018, though it is unknown if he maintains that habit.
Back in his first term, President Trump had an infamous red button installed that would alert staff when he was craving a Diet Coke. The WSJ has officially reported that the red velvet button has been reinstalled.
The Coca-Cola Co. cozied up to the world’s most famous Diet Coke drinker — President-elect Donald Trump — late Tuesday by presenting him with an inaugural edition of his favorite beverage.
In 1942, the Nazi apparatchik Otto Dietrich sniffed, “America never contributed anything to world civilization but chewing gum and Coca-Cola.” He rather understated our significance, but even if he’d been right,
The Oval Office was renovated to be occupied by Trump, who signed executive orders in said room, where the Diet Coke button could be seen
Donald Trump has reinstalled a button in the Oval Office which allows him to get Diet Coke on demand. During his first term, President Trump had arranged for the wood-encased, brick-sized button to be built into the Resolute desk in the White House.
Joe Biden’s blue rug was swapped for Trump’s neutral-coloured one as part of a switch from the outgoing president’s belongings to the incoming one’s, and Trump’s infamous red Diet Coke button reportedly was back in place by as early as mid-afternoon on inauguration day.
With the return of President Donald Trump to the White House, the Oval Office — perhaps the most-recognizable office in the world — has received a makeover.
Donald Trump had used the valet button to order Diet Coke beverages between 2017 and 2021 - during his first presidency - but then Joe Biden had it removed when he came into power