Diet Coke button to return to Oval Office – Washington Examiner

The‍ article⁤ discusses the return ⁤of former President Donald Trump to⁤ the White House on Inauguration Day, January 20.​ As he ​takes office again,some elements from​ his previous administration will⁣ be reinstated,including the notorious Diet Coke button ⁢on the Resolute Desk,which was⁤ removed by current President Joe ‌Biden shortly after he took office. This ‍button​ allowed Trump to easily summon a butler for his favorite beverage. Alongside ⁢the Diet Coke button, other ⁣furniture arrangements and portraits ⁢from Trump’s first term will also ‍be⁢ restored. the article highlights ⁣this transition as part of the tradition of a peaceful transfer of power,‍ despite being less‍ celebratory than ⁤the inauguration ceremony itself.


Diet Coke button will return to Trump’s White House on Inauguration Day

President-elect Donald Trump will return to the White House on Jan. 20, as President Joe Biden moves out, with the White House set to revert to how it was four years ago in more ways than one.

Trump’s famous Diet Coke button will be one of the things returning, according to a report from the Daily Mail. The red button, which was on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, summoned a butler to bring Trump his favorite drink when pressed. Trump’s Diet Coke button was removed by Biden shortly after taking office in 2021.

Other previous arrangements of furniture and portraits will also return to how they were under Trump’s first administration, the outlet reported. The quick transition will mark a tradition of the peaceful transfer of power, which holds less fanfare than the inauguration ceremony on the west front of the Capitol Building.

Trump and incoming first lady Melania Trump made their mark on the White House in 2020 with various renovations, including to the Rose Garden. Once the turnover happens on Jan. 20, 2025, the White House will look similar to how it previously appeared and will be staffed with many of the same people as his first term. Non-political White House staff largely remains the same throughout the different presidents.

People wait for a moving van after boxes were moved out of the Eisenhower Executive Office building inside the White House complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

During the transition from Trump to Biden four years ago, the Trump White House team prepared to leave the executive mansion even as the then-president continued to contest his election loss.

In the weeks before Trump’s Jan. 20, 2021, exit, White House staff moved things out of the office buildings and residential parts of the mansion. By the time Biden arrived at the White House after being sworn in, much of his stuff was being moved into the executive mansion.

The move-out process for the outgoing president concludes when he is out of office, and the move-in process begins for the newly sworn-in president at 12:01 p.m. when his items are unpacked from moving vehicles and put in their place.

A 2021 report from the New York Times says the process of moving out one president, deep cleaning the residence, and moving in another president takes roughly five hours. The White House staff of roughly 90 people packed and unpacked the president’s belongings and stock and rearranged the White House to the incoming president’s liking.

Previous transitions between administrations at the White House have had oddities. When President Bill Clinton moved out of the White House in January 2001, newly inaugurated President George W. Bush and his staff were greeted with an executive mansion with roughly $15,000 in damage, according to a General Accounting Office report.

The incoming Bush administration accused the outgoing Clinton administration of vandalizing offices in the White House, among other damage to the executive mansion.

The transitions from Bush to President Barack Obama and from Obama to Trump were less controversial than the Clinton to Bush changeover.

Biden’s exit from the White House will also likely come with additional scrutiny after the outgoing president and the incoming president’s records with the handling of classified documents after leaving office came under scrutiny in recent years.



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