Social media users circulated photos of Biden in the Oval Office, which was no longer equipped with the red button.

Press reports indicated that after Trump took office in 2017, he approved of a small wooden box to be placed in his office, which was intended to order the caffeinated beverage. 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.'Įven though Biden may have gotten rid of the soft drink buzzer, he, according to reports, also has 'a similar taste in beverages'.According to CBS, the former president was a fan of Diet Coke. 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. Trump would regularly consume 12 cans of Diet Coke a day, as per media reports.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. 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'. 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. 'President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button.

The device installed at the Resolute Desk wasn't visible in photos of Biden captured Thursday at the White House.īiden's Oval Office features framed photos of the family behind the Resolute Desk, beside a bust of Cesar Chavez, a Latin American workers rights activist, according to NZ Herald.

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