Diet Coke button

The Diet Coke button was a wood-encased, brick-sized button used by President Donald Trump to summon a White House staffer bearing a can of Diet Coke.Biden removes Trump’s Diet Coke button as part of Oval Office overhaul - Josh K. Elliott - 22 January 2021 - Global News - Retrieved 23 January 2021 The button was first revealed to the world at large in a 2019 Time Magazine interview.‘My Whole Life Is a Bet.’ Inside President Trump’s Gamble on an Untested Re-Election Strategy - Brian Bennett - 20 June 2019 - Time - Retrieved 23 January 2021 Trump would reportedly play practical jokes on staffers and visitors by making them think the button controlled nuclear missiles, and would occasionally imply that he had fired them before laughing when a staffer came in with a can of Coke.Trump Reportedly Kept Red Button on His Desk and Made Others Nervous When He Pressed It: What It Really Did - Sam Gillette - 30 January 2019 - People - Retrieved 23 January 2021 Images surfaced on Twitter showing the button was in use during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, though it is unknown what purpose it had served then.Joe Biden Removes Donald Trump's Diet Coke Button From Oval Office and Social Media Has Jokes - Daniel S. Levine - 21 January 2021 - PopCulture - Retrieved 23 January 2021 The button appeared to have been removed by the first day of the Joe Biden administration,Trump's Diet Coke button appears to have left Oval Office when he did - Judy Kurtz - 21 January 2021 - The Hill - Retrieved 23 January 2021 though Biden's affinity for Coke Zero has been noted in the past.Diner-in-Chief: How the Bidens might eat and entertain in and out of the White House - Emily Heil & Tom Sietsema - 20 October 2020 - The Washington Post - Retrieved 23 January 2021 
==Popular Culture==
===Appearances===
====Variants====
The following list is of explicit appearances of the Diet Coke button.
Year	Name 	Appearance	Notes
2019	Diet Coke button	
*Family Guy, episode "Trump Guy"	
*During a brawl between Peter Griffin and Donald Trump, Trump repeatedly slammed Griffin's head into the Diet Coke button, summoning multiple butlers with Cokes on platters. Trump also slammed Griffin's head into adjacent button that fired missiles from the White House lawn.Trump Guy - IMDB - Retrieved 23 January 2021
==References==
Category:Real buttons
Category:Real Presidential ephemera