Photos of Biden signing the day-one executive orders hours after being sworn in show that the button was already gone. “Everyone does get a little nervous when I press that button,” he told The Financial Times’ Demetri Sevastopulo. Trump seemed to relish in the discomfort this possibility created. The button was first noticed by the news media in April 2017, when reporters asked about it and whether it would drop a nuclear bomb if pressed. Having a magic button always within reach to summon a butler with a silver platter is also very on-brand for him. One of the things Trump was well-known for, aside from instigating an attempted coup on his behalf, was his affinity for Diet Coke, often drinking 12 cans per day. Instead, he can use to summon a butler on demand. Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. President Donald Trump has a tiny red button on his desk in the Oval Office. “When and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did. “President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button,” tweeted Dunn.
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. should refrain from making threats and do more to find effective ways to resume dialogue and negotiation.President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button. As Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the U.S. Such threats are not conducive to building trust and resolving the thorny issue. My “nuclear button” is bigger (and better) than yours. military is “locked and loaded.” We will “totally destroy” you. We will unleash “fire and fury” against you. “We encourage the two sides, as major parties concerned, to resume dialogue and build mutual trust and make concrete effort to bring the issue back to the right track of settlement through dialogue and consultation at the end.” Just yesterday, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs encouraged dialogue. “Spoken like a petulant ten year old,” said Eliot Cohen, a professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).Īs one of the most powerful countries in the world, the United States has an important role to play in promoting peace and prosperity.Ĭhina has stressed that the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue should be resolved peacefully through dialogue and consultation. “Is it right next to the Diet Coke button? Please be careful!” wrote actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani.īut on a more serious side, the “mine is bigger than yours” hostility from the U.S. You have to use the phone for the nukes,” said The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro. “Also there’s a red button for Diet Cokes,” said The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman. president for bragging about the size of his nuclear button. Social media users were quick to troll the U.S. “With the push of a red button placed on the Resolute Desk that presidents have used for decades, a White House butler soon arrived with a Coke for the president,” the AP reported. In an interview with The Associated Press, Trump revealed its purpose: to order a Coke. In fact, Trump does have a red button on his desk, but its purpose is much more benign. “The whole of its mainland is within the range of our nuclear strike and the nuclear button is on my office desk all the time.” “In no way would the United States dare to ignite a war against me and our country,” Kim said.
Trump’s outburst on social media comes after Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the DPRK, declared in a New Year’s Day speech that his nation is a nuclear power, which “no force and nothing can reverse.” “Please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his,” the U.S. “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times,’” Trump tweeted. President Donald Trump threatened the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on social media, saying that he too has a “nuclear button” on his desk and his button is “much bigger” and “more powerful.”
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