Haberman's book is slated for release on Oct. However, Trump continues to claim the election was "rigged" and "stolen" from him. President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button. Trump departed the White House in January 2021 following a tense riot at the Capitol that disrupted lawmakers as they gathered to certify the 2020 election results. But now, the notorious Coke-summoning fixture is no more and a Thursday tweet by Times Radio chief political correspondent Tom Newton Dunn made this clear, juxtaposing the Oval Office desks of both Trump and Biden. It is not immediately clear what the valet advised the former president to do.ĬLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER 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.”īiden has since removed the button from the Resolute Desk. “Not sure what to do, guests would look at one another with raised eyebrows. “Out of nowhere, he’d suddenly press the button,” a former aide wrote in a memoir describing the button, according to the Hill. He would reportedly use the button to prank guests into thinking he was on the cusp of unleashing nuclear firepower, when in reality it was used to summon his Diet Coke valet. Trump's red button on his Resolute Desk in the Oval Office was reportedly a frequent point of amusement for the former president. "How can you leave when you won an election?"Īs he grappled with what to do, Trump peppered nearly everyone around him with questions, including his Diet Coke "butler," according to the book. "I'm just not going to leave," he confided in one aide, according to a preview by CNN."We're never leaving," Trump insisted to another aide. TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR FIRED BY TRUMP 'RESISTED WORST OF THE ATTEMPTED INTERFERENCE': BOOKĪt one point behind the scenes, Trump was adamant that he was not going to leave. In public, Trump stated he would depart the White House if the Electoral College cemented President Joe Biden's victory, but behind the scenes, he was mulling the prospects of staying put, according to New York Times writer Maggie Haberman’s upcoming book, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America. Against the backdrop of 2020 election drama fizzing across the country, former President Donald Trump opted to pop the question about whether he should remain in office to his Diet Coke "butler."
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