Trump Brings Back Diet Coke Button to Oval Office
President Trump decorated the Oval Office with a collage of family photos and other personal effects that were on full display during his first day back in the White House.
President Trump was eager on Monday to point out contrasts with his Democratic predecessor, including a free-wheeling Oval Office press conference.
The rug, which was in place during Ronald Reagan’s administration and during Trump’s first term, was reinstalled during Trump’s inauguration ceremony, according to CBS News. The Resolute Desk had to be partially disassembled in order to facilitate its return.
President Biden wrote President-elect Donald Trump a letter as he departed the White House, keeping to tradition. As Biden awaited Trump’s arrival at the White House, he was asked if he wrote a letter to Trump.
Another return to the Oval Office in Trump 2.0 is a sculpture called “The Bronco Buster” by artist Frederic Remington, which sits under the portrait of Jackson.
Donald Trump moved quickly after returning to the White House to reinstate a bust of Britain’s Second World War Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in the Oval Office, a move he also made in 2017.
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.
President Trump's famous "Diet Coke Button" was spotted on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office at the White House again on Monday after the inauguration.
"Maybe we should all read it together," Trump told reporters upon finding Biden's letter. "Maybe I'll read it first and then make that determination."
The button President Donald Trump used to order Diet Coke during his first term has returned to the Oval Office.
Another controversial executive order Trump signed was one aiming to cut off birthright citizenship. Critics immediately pounced on Trump, arguing people born in the United States are granted citizenship under the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment even if their birth parents migrated here illegally.