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.
As the Oval Office underwent a makeover on Donald Trump’s inauguration day, an iconic red button made a comeback, according to The Wall Street Journal. And no, it’s not for nuclear weapons. The Resolute Desk got retrofitted with Trump’s beloved Diet Coke button,
Trump supporters celebrated the cover as a symbolic reclaiming of authority. However, critics interpreted the image as a representation of Trump’s penchant for disorder.
With Donald Trump's return to as the US President for a second non-consecutive term has returned the Diet Coke button to the White House. On January 20, following Trump's inauguration, the red button was spotted inside a wooden box on his Resolute Desk at the Oval Office, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
Trump will call for a study of tariff policies, rather than immediately impose them on China, Canada and Mexico. Follow updates here.
Trump issued pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, one of his first acts after being sworn in as the country’s 47th president on Monday. The pardons fulfill Trump’s promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago.
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.
President Donald Trump said Monday that he expects to put 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting on Feb. 1, while declining to flesh out his plans for taxing Chinese imports. Trump made the announcement in response to reporters' questions while signing executive actions in the Oval Office on his first day back in the White House.
As he assumes the presidency for a second time, Donald Trump brings with him a broad expanse of business relationships and financial entanglements — and the possibility that those associations could influence his decision-making in the White House.
In a flurry of unilateral executive actions, Mr. Trump revived disputed claims of broad presidential authority from his first term — and made some new ones. Court battles seem likely.