

In fact, on Thursday, the day after the inauguration, an ice cream brand that Biden has a fondness for launched a new flavor in his honor. In August, his grandchildren revealed that their grandfather is "always eating ice cream, usually vanilla," in a video released for the Democratic National Convention.

While Biden might not share the same passion for soft drinks, he does have his own edible vice, ice cream. ‘Treasured Lands': Biden Designates National Monument In Colorado The image, accompanied by other family photos including one of first lady Jill Biden, stands just behind the Resolute Desk. "Watching cable, he shares thoughts with anyone in the room, even the household staff he summons via a button for lunch or for one of the dozen Diet Cokes he consumes each day," the article stated.Īnother change Biden has made to his Oval Office: The décor now includes a picture of his late son, Beau Biden, who died in 2015 at age 46 of brain cancer. The purpose Trump found for it was also covered by The New York Times in December 2017. It's gone now."ĪP reported that presidents have used the button for decades. "Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. "When … I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did," Newton Dunn wrote, in part, on Twitter. rFzhPaHYjk- Tom Newton Dunn January 21, 2021 Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. When and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the labor leader and civil-rights activist Cesar Chavez.He also chose to display portraits of Benjamin Franklin, President Thomas Jefferson, and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton.President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button. Roosevelt and opted to feature a number of progressives and activists through the room, including Robert F. It's unclear where the call button went.Presidents almost always redesign the Oval Office upon taking office, and the call button wasn't the only thing Biden changed.Biden replaced a portrait of President Andrew Jackson with a portrait of President Franklin D. rFzhPaHYjk- Tom Newton Dunn January 21, 2021īut Biden appears to have moved the call button off his desk.Instead, photos of his desk on Biden's first day in office show two phones, a coffee cup, and a set of pens.

President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button. He showed reporters that with a push of a red button, a White House butler would bring him a glass of soda in the Oval Office.In the years after, Trump was pictured regularly with the rectangular wooden box on the desk, right next to his phones.The call button is not new and isn't used only for soda - President Barack Obama was once pictured with it on a table during a lunch with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Trump first showed off the wooden call box in 2017 interviews with The Associated Press and the Financial Times.
