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<\/source><\/p>\nPresident Biden now sits in the Oval Office, the centre of the American government, and will do for the next four years. His move ushered in a more progressive government, and he signed a series of large-scale executive orders to reflect that on his first day in office. On the smaller scale, however, he also made a series of changes to the office’s decor.<\/p>\n
Ex-President Trump was famous for his love of fast food, but, until recently, many people weren’t sure how deep that love went.<\/p>\n
Several media outlets revealed Mr Biden had opted to remove a Diet Coke button from the Oval Office on his first day.<\/p>\n
The button, which was first reported in 2018, is allegedly now absent from the Resolute Desk, where Presidents sign legislation and make presidential addresses.<\/p>\n
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Tom Newton Dunn, chief political commentator for Times Radio, was amongst the first people to notice.<\/p>\n
He wrote on Twitter about the function of the unusual button the day after Mr Biden’s inauguration.<\/p>\n
Mr Dunn said: “President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button. When @ShippersUnbound and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did.<\/p>\n
“Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. It’s gone now.”<\/p>\n
The Associated Press first reported the button, which was housed in a wooden platform on the President’s desk, in 2018.<\/p>\n
As well as providing the President with his favourite drink the button was also allegedly a source of entertainment.<\/p>\n
Chris Sims, a former White House aide, wrote about Mr Trump’s playful attitude to the button in 2019.<\/p>\n
In his book Team of Vipers, he said the former President used it to pull pranks on his guests.<\/p>\n
DON’T MISS<\/strong> He wrote: “Out of nowhere, he’d suddenly press the button.<\/p>\n “Not sure what to do, guests would look at one another with raised eyebrows.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n The button Mr Trump hoped to emulate was the fabled “red button” long assumed responsible for launching America’s nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Diet Coke was just one aspect of Mr Trump’s indulgent lifestyle.<\/p>\n He prefers to avoid breakfast, but when he does eat, it is a McDonald’s McMuffin without tea or coffee.<\/p>\n In the evening, he would feast on more McDonald’s, KFC or Burger King.<\/p>\n His ideal McDonald’s order, according to former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, is “a full McDonald’s dinner of two Big Macs, two Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, and a small chocolate shake – a total of 2,430 calories.”<\/p>\n
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