At 78, Donald Trump is a teetotaler. However, he is reported to drink 12 cans of Diet Coke every day. However, this low-sugar, low-calorie form of drink is known to trigger heart diseases, decrease bone density etc.
The revamped White House Oval Office will once again feature the Diet Coke button that President Trump used to summon sodas during his first term. The famous little red button, hidden inside a wooden box, was spotted on Trump’s resolute desk after his inauguration ceremony on Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Many of the redecorations resembled the way Trump's office looked during his first term, including the a portrait of George Washington over the fireplace, a bust of Winston Churchill nearby and the famous Diet Coke button on the desk.
In the 2019 book, Team of Vipers, written by former White House aide Chris Sims, the use of the button was explained in more detail. Chris described how Donald Trump would suddenly press the Diet Coke button, leaving his guests in a slight state of panic before a butler would enter with the drink on a silver platter.
President Trump reinstalls the famous Diet Coke button on the Oval Office desk, along with other personalized changes marking his return to the White House.
Donald Trump's beloved soda button is back and ready for four more years of thirst quenching with just a push.
The Government hopes that recycling levels for containers covered by the scheme could reach 90 per cent by 2030, up from current rates of between 70 to 75 per cent. Spelling out the initiative’s benefits, environment minister Mary Creagh told the Daily Mail that it would “put the pride back in Britain”.
After Joe Biden took office in 2021, reports emerged that he had removed the Diet Coke button from the presidential desk. However, with Trump back in the Oval Office, the button has returned to its rightful place, a symbol of his long-standing devotion to the soda.
Company chair and CEO James Quincey has presented President-elect Trump with a special commemorative bottle of Diet Coke ahead of Trump's inauguration.
President-elect Donald Trump has received a personalized, inaugural Diet Coke bottle from Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey. The recent gift comes after the Coca-Cola Company slammed Trump and his supporters following the January 6 Capitol riot in 2021.
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