Washington, United States
Hours after former President Donald Trump left the White House, a mysterious red button he had ordered installed, not for emergencies, but to warn that he had run out of his favorite drink, light soda, disappeared from the desk now held by new U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.
The detail would have gone unnoticed had it not been for a post on Twitter of the political commentator and presenter Tom Newton Duun, In which he drew attention to the device, which might well look like the dreaded button to activate the nuclear missiles that in more than one movie appears in the presidential office.
“President Biden has taken out the soft drink button … When Tim Shipman and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we were struck by what the little button was doing. Finally, Trump he pressed it and a butler quickly carried a soda to a silver tray. It is no longer there, “Dunn wrote.
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The message includes a sequence of photos showing a wooden box with a small red button protruding and located on the side of the phones that Trump used, but that on the first day of Biden in the White house it is no longer observed.
The post went viral this Thursday and even local media echoed the comment.
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Trump’s fans eating burgers and the rumor that he is capable of drinking 12 cans of soda a day are part of the stories surrounding the ex-ruler, who is not very fond of exercise, although he does play golf.
The Hill publication cited the book on Thursday “Viper Team” (‘Viper Team’) published in 2019 by former White House adviser Chris Sims, who indicated that the former governor used the red button as a way to joke with visitors by suggesting he could activate the nuclear arsenal.
“Out of nowhere, I suddenly pressed the button,” Sims wrote about the former president, The Hill recalled on Thursday.
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“Not knowing what to do,” he added, “the guests looked at each other with arched eyebrows. Moments later, a butler came into the room with a glass full of light soda on a silver tray, and Trump put on to laugh. “
The report pointed out that Biden, Who since this Wednesday assumed as president 46 the of United States, Shares with his predecessor a taste for soft drinks.
According to the version, a catering provider who worked with the newly released ruler told The Washington Post last year that Biden liked to have light drinks in the fridge.