The Diet Coke button is back.
In his 2019 book Team of Vipers, former White House aide Chris Sims revealed that during his first term, Trump would use the red button to prank visitors, claiming it might activate nuclear capabilities.
Donald Trump, who has expressed his love for American fast food like McDonald's and KFC, also toasted Vice-President JD Vance with Diet Coke at his inauguration ceremony.
Mr. Trump’s co-stars may have changed, but the show has not. He remains a reality-TV star with a reality-TV performer’s instincts. (Fittingly, his swearing-in featured a performance by the country star and “American Idol” winner Carrie Underwood — like him, a reality celebrity who went on to bigger things.)
The 'cola button,' which had disappeared during the Biden administration, has reappeared after four years. President Trump installed the cola button in the Oval Office shortly after starting his first term in 2017. Pressing the round red button would provide the diet cola that Trump favored.
Stocks advanced, Treasury yields fell and crypto was volatile on Tuesday as market participants reacted to the slew of executive orders issued on the first day of Donald Trump’s second term as president.
Driving down the costs of energy reduces the costs of all goods and services. Mandates promoting intermittent sources of energy like windmills and solar panels drive up energy costs, so those are going away. Mr. Trump also watered down restrictions on the kinds of dishwashers and light bulbs Americans can buy.
President Donald Trump redecorated the Oval Office with many of the same artifacts from his first White House term.
President Trump said Monday that he expects to put 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Feb. 1, while declining to flesh out his plans for taxing Chinese imports.
Trump is now the president again. He has promised a historically busy Inauguration Day.
Trump issued 26 executive orders, 12 memoranda, and 4 proclamations on his first day back in the Oval Office. Here’s what to know.