While there is much to be discussed regarding Trump's baldly cynical plan to say things to make his base angry and then target them with a bunch of Facebook ads asking for money (this is really the plan!), I've gathered you here to talk about something far more important: a little red button on his desk that summons him a Diet Coke. Excommunicate me!' oureric writes:įrom the 'three little ids in a trenchcoat' school of governance.Ī lengthy interview in which the president revealed his reelection strategy ('cry havoc and unleash the dogs of war').Google faced questions about a controversial project to offer censored search in China at its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.Share on Twitter Hillary Rodham Clinton could not stop him, and Robert Mueller so far has landed something less than a fatal blow. A caterer who worked with the former vice president told The Washington Post last year that Biden liked to keep the pantry stocked with Coke Zero.'Your president is over here pushing little buttons during meetings and feeding a raging soda fix like he's cosplaying The Young Pope, except not at all young and, my God, did I really just compare Trump to Jude Law. 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.”Īlthough Biden may have gotten rid of the soft drink summoner, he reportedly has similar taste in beverages.
“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.
When pressed, a staffer would be summoned to provide the drink to the thirsty commander in chief.Īccording to news reports, Trump would regularly consume 12 cans of Diet Coke a day.Įx-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. Trump, a soda devotee, reportedly had the button put in place on the Resolute Desk in order to keep the carbonated beverages flowing. Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. When and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did. President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button. The infamous device installed at the Resolute Desk wasn’t visible in photos of President Biden captured Thursday at the White House. A button in the Oval Office that provided instant Diet Coke to former President Trump appears to be no more.
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