The Diet Coke button, a distinctive feature from US President Trump's first term, has returned to the White House Oval Office.The Wall Street Journal reports that the small red button, concealed in a wooden box,
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.)
In a sweeping order, President Trump halted federal approvals for new wind farms, in a move that could affect projects on land and in the ocean.
The federal workforce must show up at the office five days a week. Members of the senior executive service who refuse to execute the agenda that the American people just approved will be fired. There’s no way for the president to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” — as the Constitution directs — unless the commander in chief has the authority to remove insubordinate officers.
His administration would have more power to impose economic penalties and travel restrictions, and potentially even take military action inside foreign countries.
Marco Rubio told State Department employees that changes under President Trump “are not meant to be destructive, they’re not meant to be punitive.”
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.