A button used by Donald Trump to order Diet Cokes on command while working in the Oval Office was removed by President Joe Biden as one of several major changes in DC over the past 24 hours. gone.
The illustrious device, which was installed at the Secret Desk, was not visible in captured photos of Biden working inside the White House on Thursday.
Trump, a well-known soda fan, believed he drank up to 12 cans of Diet Coke daily during his tenure as chief.
He first revealed the button in an interview with the Associated Press in 2017, showing reporters that the White House butler with a glass of soda would immediately take a silver tray.
However, it appears that the prestigious Coke-calling device has now been taken out of the White House, along with Trump himself, amid a new defeat on Capitol Hill.
Now you see it: The infamous Diet Coke-call device is visible next to Trump’s phone and surrounded by a wooden box
Now no: The button was not visible in photos taken as Biden was working Thursday inside the White House and appears to have been removed.
The absence of the button was first revealed in a tweet Thursday by Times Radio’s top political journalist Tom Newton Dunn, who shared images comparing Trump and Biden desks.
‘President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button,’ Dunn wrote. ‘When I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we were amazed at what that little red button did. Speaking, Trump stressed, and a butler quickly introduced Diet Coke on a silver platter. He is gone now. ‘
Instead, pictures of Biden’s desk in his first day in the office show two phones, a cup of coffee, and a set of pens. It is unclear what happened to the call button.
White House supporter Chris Sims pointed out in his 2019 book Team of Vipers that Trump would often use the red button as a way to bring visitors to the White House by suggesting that its nuclear.
‘Out of this place, he would suddenly push the button,’ Sims wrote. ‘I’m not sure what to do, guests would look at each other with high eyes.’
Trump would then burst out laughing as the butler walked into the room.
Trump, a well-known soda fan, expected up to 12 cans of Diet Coke per day during his tenure as president
News of being buttoned and subsequently removed spread across social media over Thursday, prompting the usual movement of memes and humorous commentary.
“This is not the change we voted for,” Robert Evans tweeted loudly. ‘If you elect me as president in 2024, every home will have a Diet Coke button, and a butler will appear every hour to make Diet Cokes go in your hand whether you want one or not eil. I drown this country in aspartame. ‘
Will Menaker said: ‘Biden getting rid of the Diet Coke button in the oval office shows that he has no interest in “reaching out” or “healing department”.
‘I’d like to be listed as a pro diet coke button,’ said Charlie Warzel.
Tweeter William Ader wrote: ‘Overheard at Mar-a-Lago this morning: Get your own damn Diet Coke. ‘
While Biden may not share his predecessor’s passion for soft drinks, he has his own sugar interest: ice cream.
In August, during a video released as part of the Democratic National Convention, Biden’s grandchildren revealed that he ‘always eats ice cream, usually vanilla’.
While Biden may not share his ancestor’s passion for soft drinks, he has his own sugar treat: ice cream
As further confirmation, on Thursday, the day after its inception, an ice cream brand with which Biden has a special relationship, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, added a new flavor in his honor.
The company said Biden has been a frequent visitor to their stores since 2012 – so much so that founder Jen Britton Bauer knows how to go to order by heart: a double scoop of chocolate ice cream on waffle cone.
Although it is not yet known what happened to the button, this is not the only change Biden made to the Oval Office decoration.
The 46th President of the United States has posted a picture of his late son, Beau Biden, on board behind the Red Desk. Beau died of brain cancer in 2015 at the age of 46.
Biden replaced a portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with a portrait of President Andrew Jackson, and chose to feature several promoters and activists throughout the chamber, including Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Cesar Chavez’s director of labor and civil rights activist.
He also chose to exhibit photographs of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton.