{"id":2384068,"date":"2024-12-27T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-reinstate-famed-diet-coke-button-in-the-oval-office\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T15:12:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T20:12:56","slug":"trump-to-reinstate-famed-diet-coke-button-in-the-oval-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-reinstate-famed-diet-coke-button-in-the-oval-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to Reinstate Famed &#8216;Diet Coke Button&#8217; in the Oval Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-to-reinstate-famed-diet-coke-button-in-the-oval-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2384068&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President-elect Donald Trump is set to reinstate his distinctive red Diet coke button in the Oval Office\u200d when he returns to the White House next month.\u2063 According to\u200b a report from the U.K. Daily Mail, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/healthcare-executives-import-1000-nurses-a-month-for-american-jobs\/\" title=\"Healthcare Executives Import 1,000 Nurses a Month for American Jobs\">permanent staff<\/a> who manage the executive\u200c mansion are preparing for the Trumps&#8217; arrival and\u200b will make necessary adjustments, including the button&#8217;s placement on\u200b Trump&#8217;s desk. This button, which Trump pressed to summon a\u200d glass of Diet Coke on \u2064a silver tray, was a hallmark \u200dof his first term and surprised many \u2064guests when used.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Tom Newton Dunn recounts his own astonishment during an interview with Trump\u2063 when the button was pressed, resulting\u200b in\u200c a butler bringing \u2063the beverage. He noted that Trump&#8217;s casual \u200boffer of a drink to guests\u200d highlighted the button&#8217;s unusual yet entertaining purpose. The return of the button coincides with various other adjustments in the White House, and staff familiarity with the Trumps\u2063 is expected to make the transition smoother.kate\u200c Andersen Brower, author of &#8220;The Residence,&#8221; points out that the staff is well-acquainted with \u2064the Trumps\u2019 preferences, which \u2062was beneficial in preparing for thier return. additionally, some staff\u2063 members reportedly had a reason to favor a Trump victory, as he was\u200b known \u2064to \u2064tip them generously.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump plans to reinstate his infamous red Diet Coke button in the Oval Office upon his return to the White House next month.<\/p>\n<p>The permanent, nonpolitical staff of butlers, maids, housekeepers, and chefs who run the executive mansion are planning to welcome the Trumps back to the White House and rearrange the furniture to their liking, even down to details like the Diet Coke button which Trump kept on his desk, according to a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14207005\/trump-biden-inauguration-day-diet-coke-button.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the U.K. Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Trump would press the button on the Resolute Desk when he wanted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/researchers-find-drinking-diet-soda-actually-lead-significant-weight-gain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diet Coke<\/a>, which is his preferred drink.<\/p>\n<p>A staff member would then bring Trump a glass of the soda on a silver tray. In his first term, that task was managed by his personal valet, Walt Nauta.<\/p>\n<p>Some guests in the Oval Office have watched in shock as Trump pressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shameless-sen-mike-lee-blasts-anti-gun-group-for-fundraising-off-texas-school-shooting\/\" title=\"\u2018Shameless\u2019: Sen. Mike Lee Blasts Anti-Gun Group For Fundraising Off Texas School Shooting\">red button<\/a>, only to realize in relief that the button merely called for a beverage.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Tom Newton Dunn, a journalist for The Times, a British daily newspaper, recalled in one November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/world\/us-world\/article\/trump-diet-coke-button-back-oval-office-q8vlnkc96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> that he was once one of those shocked guests when he had a chance to interview Trump alongside a colleague in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our opening softball questions to try to lull Trump expended, we moved on to harder ones and he began to look at the red button, mounted on a nine by three-inch wooden box,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Suddenly he jabbed it, and we froze in shocked silence. The president smiled.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Seconds later, a butler emerged from an Oval Office side door with an iced Diet Coke on a silver platter, and placed it in front of him,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump indeed noticed that they were surprised by the button.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You guys want one?&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-begin-removing-all-senate-confirmed-u-s-attorneys-appointed-under-trump\/\" title=\"Biden Administration To Begin Removing All Senate Confirmed U.S. Attorneys Appointed Under Trump\">reportedly asked<\/a>. &ldquo;Yes please Mr. President,&rdquo; they answered.<\/p>\n<p>The return of the red button is one of several changes coming to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/speculation-erupts-biden-harris-abruptly-cancel-plans-rush-back-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Andersen Brower, who wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">bestselling book called &#038;ldquo<\/a>;The Residence&rdquo; which details the inner workings of the executive mansion, said in an interview with the Daily Mail that the transition back to the Trumps will be easier on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/notre-dame-suspends-swimming-program-after-corrosive-culture-and-gambling-ring-come-to-light\/\" title=\"Notre Dame Suspends Swimming Program After &#039;Corrosive Culture&#039; and Gambling Ring Come to Light\">staff &#038;ldquo<\/a>;because they&rsquo;ve lived there before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There aren&rsquo;t any mysteries about what [the Trumps] would they like to have for breakfast, how they operate, what kind of shampoo they use,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I mean, they know everything already.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The staff knew when President Joe Biden stepped away from the presidential race in July that the White House would soon have new occupants, and they likely prepared for both scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They would have had done their research on Kamala Harris and her family and their kind of lifestyle,&rdquo; Brower continued. &ldquo;&lsquo;They would have already known kind of what to expect, especially since she was VP, there would be some understanding there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But the staff apparently had at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-floats-plan-eliminate-income-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one reason<\/a> to root for a Trump victory this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He would, like, tip them cash,&rdquo; Bowser said. &ldquo;I was told he would hand out $50 bills.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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