Donald Trump's staff has seen to the return of his favorite button - the one that summons his beloved Diet Coke(Image: Getty Images)

Donald Trump gets Diet Coke button back at Oval Office after Biden removed it

Donald Trump had used the valet button to order Diet Coke beverages between 2017 and 2021 - during his first presidency - but then Joe Biden had it removed when he came into power

by · The Mirror

Donald Trump has had a button which automatically requests a glass of Diet Coke reinstalled at the Oval Office.

The move was reportedly one of the first things Trump, 78, did upon his return to the White House in Washington DC. He used the iconic button, tucked away in a wooden box on the Resolute Desk, to call a butler for a chilled glass of his favourite drink during his first presidency.

But Joe Biden had it removed when he came into power in 2021, as visitors to the White House had mistaken the service feature as a nuclear button.

Trump, though, is known for his love of fast food, particularly KFC, Domino's and McDonald's. The politician last year stopped at a McDonald's in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, to take part in a shift behind the counter.

The button is in this wooden box on Trump's desk( Image: POOL via CNP/INSTARimages.com)

The Oval Office has had a makeover to suit the incoming president's preferences, it is said. Staff had about five hours to clean and arrange the White House to the new president's liking.

The reintroduction of the Diet Coke button was part of this redesign, reports the Mirror US. The publication recalls a quote Trump gave to reporters in 2017, at the start of his first presidency. He had jokingly said: "Everyone does get a little nervous when I press that button."

But Trump, a father of five, has kept some items displayed by his predecessor. These include a portrait of Benjamin Franklin and a bust of Martin Luther King Jr.

Family and friends of imprisoned participants of the January 6, 2021 riot celebrate Trump's move( Image: AFP via Getty Images)

The reelected leader, who was born in New York City, has already signed pardons for the January 6th insurrectionists, some of whom have been released from jail today.

Kevin Loftus, who was sentenced in December to six months behind bars for violating the terms of his probation after trying to fly overseas to join the Russian military and fight against Ukraine, said he was going to have the pardon from Trump framed. Loftus added: "I’m just a working man, dude. People like us don't get presidential pardons."

John Pierce, an attorney who has represented several January 6 defendants, said he was "pleasantly surprised" that Trump's pardons went as far as they did. He continued: "He did not have to do this. He had a lot of opposition within his own party. I do think it showed a lot of courage by President Trump to pardon everybody, so we are obviously grateful for that."