Donald Trump's diet coke button left Oval Office; check what other changes US President Joe Biden make: In Pics
Joe Biden plan starts with a national vaccination campaign in order to meet the President's goal of administering 100 million shots, which is enough to cover 50 million Americans with vaccines that require two doses, in his first 100 days in office.
US President Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden has given the Oval Office a slight makeover. Biden revealed the new decor as he invited reporters into his new office to watch him sign a series of executive orders hours after he took office. A bust of Cesar Chavez, the labour leader and civil rights activist, is nestled among an array of framed family photos displayed on a desk behind the new president. Also represented in sculptures are civil rights icons Martin Luther King Jr. And Rosa Parks. Benjamin Franklin peers down at Biden from a portrait on a nearby wall.
Joe Biden at Oval Office
Resolute Desk
Donald Trump and Diet Coke
Diet Coke button
"President Joe Biden has removed the Diet Coke button. When Tim Shipman and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did. Eventually, Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. It`s gone now," tweeted journalist Tom Newton Dunn.
Resolute Desk
White House
Donald Trump would regularly consume 12 cans of Diet Coke a day, as per media reports. Ex-White House aide Chris Sims wrote in his 2019 book "Team of Vipers" that Trump would also use the red button as a way of pranking visitors by suggesting it could trigger nuclear capabilities, cited by The Hill.
White House
"Out of nowhere, he`d suddenly press the button," Sims wrote of the former president. He added, "Not sure what to do, guests would look at one another with raised eyebrows. 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."
Joe Biden
COVID-19 pandemic
US President Joe Biden has unveiled his "wartime" national strategy to boost the fight against the raging COVID-19 pandemic, including making the coronavirus test followed by quarantine mandatory for all travellers coming from overseas. Announcing the measures, Biden said it would take months to defeat the pandemic but America would "get through this" if people stood together.