Photo suggests Trump continues to drink Coke, despite calls for boycott

Photo suggests Trump continues to drink Coke, despite calls for boycott

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  • Trump adviser Stephen Miller tweeted a photo of himself and Trump Monday in Trump’s new office.
  • Eagle-eyed observers have noticed what looks like a glass of Diet Coke bottle hidden on Trump’s desk.
  • Days earlier, Trump had told his supporters to boycott Coca-Cola because they opposed Georgia’s new voting laws.
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Donald Trump is back on Twitter. Well, kind of.

The former president made a guest appearance on Trump’s senior adviser Stephen Miller’s Twitter Monday on a photo of the two taken in Trump’s new Mar-a-Lago office.

The longtime Trump adviser has been giving Twitter users a glimpse into Trump’s new working conditions since taking office at the South Florida club in January.

But archaeologist inspectors quickly noticed a bad hidden taboo on Trump’s desk.

Just behind a phone on the desk, a glass bottle of the former president’s well-known favorite soft drink, Diet Coke, can be partially seen open and apparently drunk.

The soda bottle, which is not completely out of sight, is particularly striking in light of Trump’s recent calls to boycott Coca-Cola products that appeared a few days before the photo was taken.

On Saturday, Trump a statement released calls on Republicans and Conservatives to ‘fight back’ against ‘WOKE CANCEL CULTURE’, by boycotting companies such as Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, JPMorgan, Chase, UPS, and more, all against Georgia’s restrictive new voting law protested.

Early in his presidency, a New York Times profile revealed that Trump drank about 12 Diet Cokes every day and even called home staff to bring him a can of his favorite soft drink via a button on his desk.

A close examination of Miller’s photo also revealed that reading glasses rest on Trump’s new desk – a departure from the man who very rarely saw him wearing glasses. In 2019, The New York Times reported that Trump does not like tweeting in front of other people because he needs reading glasses to see his iPhone screen. Instead, Trump chose to dictate his tweets to the then director of social media, Dan Scavino.

No word on how or when Trump will wear the glasses, as he has been permanently removed from Twitter.

Miller’s photo also highlights a telling artwork in Trump’s office. In the corner of the room, with a view of the former president’s desk, hangs a framed picture of Mount Rushmore.

According to The New York Times, an assistant from the White House in 2019 asked the office of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem how to add more presidents to Mount Rushmore. Noem said during her first meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, she invited him to come to South Dakota at some point, with Mount Rushmore. He apparently replied, “Do you know that it is my dream to have my face on Mount Rushmore?”

In the corner of the photo, which sits on top of a side table and is partially blocked by Miller, stands a thumbnail of what Trump himself appears to be; a tangible ode to a true, self-involved president.

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