AP Photo/White House, Eric Draper
This photo provided by the White House, shows the Resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
President Donald Trump has a button on his desk in the Oval Office he can use to summon a butler on demand.According to the Associated Press, Trump tends to employ its powers to order up a Coke on occasion.
Here's Trump with a soft drink on his desk:
When hosting the Associated Press at the oval office, Trump showed the reporters the red button, which sits in a rectangular wooden box. After pressing it a butler promptly arrived with a Coke for the president, the news wire service reported.
The call button is meant to be used to summon an aide whenever a president needs something, and it can be moved. President Barack Obama was seen sitting with the call button next to him at meetings in the past.
Here's Obama dining with then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, with the call box on the table in front of him:
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have lunch in the Oval Office Dining Room of the White House, Oct. 22, 2009, with the call button visible on the table.
something you never saw during previous administration, soda on the Resolute desk pic.twitter.com/U7hZPbmWKE
- Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) January 28, 2017