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While the fate of the button remains unknown, it’s not the only change Biden has made to Oval Office’s decor. The company said Biden has been a frequent visitor to their stores since 2012 – so much so that founder Jen Britton Bauer knows his go-to order by heart: a double scoop of chocolate chip ice cream on a waffle cone. In August, during a video released as part of the Democratic National Convention, Biden’s grandchildren revealed that he is ‘always eating ice cream, usually vanilla’.Īs further proof, on Thursday, the day after his inauguration, an ice cream brand that Biden has a particular affinity for, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, launched a new flavor in his honor. While Biden may not share his predecessor’s passion for soft drinks, he does have his own sugary vice: ice cream. Tweeter William Ader wrote: ‘Overheard at Mar-a-Lago this morning: Get your own damn Diet Coke.’

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‘Would like to go on record as pro diet coke button,’ Charlie Warzel added. Will Menaker said: ‘Biden getting rid of the Diet Coke button in the oval office shows that he has zero interest in 'reaching out' or 'healing division'.’ ‘If you elect me president in 2024, there will be a Diet Coke button in every home, and butler's will show up every hour on the hour to force Diet Cokes into your hand whether you want one or not. ‘This is not the change we voted for,’ Robert Evans tweeted in jest. News of the button’s existence and subsequent removal spread across social media across Thursday, inspiring the typical flurry of memes and amusing commentary.

Trump would then reportedly ‘burst out laughing’ when the butler would walk in the room. ‘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. It’s unclear what has happened to the call button.Įx-White House aide Chris Sims revealed in his 2019 book Team of Vipers that Trump would often use the red button as a way of pranking visitors to the White House by suggesting it had nuclear capabilities. Instead, photos of Biden’s desk during his first day in office show two phones, a coffee cup, and a set of pens. Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter.

‘When … I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what that little red button did. ‘President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button,’ Dunn wrote. The button’s absence was first pointed out in a Thursday tweet by Times Radio chief political correspondent Tom Newton Dunn, who shared images comparing the desks of Trump and Biden. “Everyone does get a little nervous when I press that button,” Trump told a Financial Times reporter.Now you don't: The button wasn’t visible in photos captured as Biden worked Thursday inside the White House and appears to have been removed Trump also boasted his staffers always noticed when he pressed the button. Photo by Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images President Donald Trump’s Diet Coke button in the Oval Office. “With the push of a red button placed on the Resolute Desk that presidents have used for decades, a White House butler soon arrived with a Coke for the president,” the AP reported at the time. Trump showed off the button to reporters with the Associated Press and the Financial Times in 2017. “Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. “President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button,” Dunn wrote. Political commentator Tom Newton Dunn on Thursday tweeted a photo of Biden behind the desk with stacks of executive orders - but the famous little red button Trump pushed to get his favorite soft drink appeared to be missing. President Biden appears to have gotten rid of the Diet Coke button his predecessor, President Donald Trump, used on the resolute desk in the Oval Office. With deep recession coming, Biden prepares by … blaming Republicans The Left’s Black-vote freak-out, the Democrats’ climate problem and more commentary This ‘ideas’ election will decide the country’s direction for a long time Biden and Democrats spin Pelosi attack to smear Trump, MAGA backers

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