Hours after former President Donald Trump left the White House, a mysterious red button he had installed disappeared, not for emergencies, but to warn that his favorite drink, Diet Coke, had run out of the desk he now occupies in the new USA. president, Joe Biden, in the Oval Office.
The detail would have gone unnoticed had the political commentator and presenter Tom Newton Duun not had a post on Twitter calling attention to the device, which could very well resemble the dreaded button to activate nuclear missiles used in more than one movie appears in the presidential office.
President Biden removed the diet Coke button. When Tim Shipman and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we were struck by what the small button did. Finally Trump pressed it and a butler quickly produced a Coke. Coke light on a silver platter. Gone, “Dunn wrote.
The post contains a series of photos observing a wooden box with a small red button protruding and located next to the phones Trump used, but which was not observed on Biden’s first day at the White House.
The publication went viral on Thursday, and even local media echoed the comment.
Trump and Biden, Coca Cola lovers.
Trump’s fondness for eating burgers and the rumor that he is able to drink 12 cans of Coca Cola a day are part of the stories surrounding the former president, who dislikes exercise, although he does play golf.
The publication The Hill this Thursday cited the book “Team of Vipers” published in 2019 by former White House adviser Chris Sims, who indicated that the former president used the red button as a way to joke. to do with the visitors. by suggesting that he could activate the nuclear arsenal.
“Out of nowhere, he suddenly hit the button,” Sims wrote of the former president, The Hill recalled Thursday.
“Not knowing what to do,” the story added, “the guests looked at each other with raised eyebrows. Moments later, a butler entered the room with a glass of Diet Coke on a silver platter, and Trump laughed. “
The report pointed out that Biden, who took over as the 46th president of the United States as of Wednesday, shares the taste for soda with his predecessor.
According to the version, a caterer who worked with the new president told The Washington Post last year that Biden liked having Coca-Cola Zero in the pantry.