Photo suggests Trump is still drinking Coke despite boycott calls

Photo suggests Trump is still drinking Coke despite boycott calls

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  • Trump adviser Stephen Miller tweeted a photo of himself and Trump in Trump’s new office Monday.
  • Eagle-eyed observers noticed what appeared to be a bottle of Diet Coke hidden on Trump’s table.
  • Days earlier, Trump told his supporters to boycott Coca-Cola for opposing Georgia’s new voting laws.
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Donald Trump is back on Twitter. Well, more or less.

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

The longtime Trump adviser has given Twitter users a glimpse of Trump’s new working conditions since he took up residence in the South Florida club after leaving office in January.

But eagle-eyed inspectors were quick to spot a barely disguised taboo on Trump’s table.

Behind a phone on the table, a glass bottle of what appears to be the former president’s favorite soda, Diet Coke, can be seen partially open and apparently drunk.

The almost invisible soda bottle is particularly notable in light of Trump’s recent calls to boycott Coca-Cola products, made just a few days before the photo appeared to have been taken.

On Saturday, Trump released a statement urging Republicans and conservatives to “fight back” against “WOKE CANCEL CULTURE”, boycotting companies like Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, JPMorgan, Chase, UPS and more, who protested Georgia’s new restrictive electoral law .

Early in his presidency, a New York Times profile revealed that Trump drank about 12 Diet Cokes a day and even summoned the cleaning staff to bring a can of his favorite soda through a button on his desk.

Closer inspection of Miller’s photo also revealed a pair of reading glasses resting on Trump’s new table – a departure from the man who very rarely allowed himself to be seen wearing glasses. In 2019, The New York Times reported that Trump did not like to tweet in front of other people because he needs reading glasses to see the iPhone screen. Instead, Trump chose to dictate his tweets to then-White House social media director Dan Scavino.

No word on how or when Trump puts on his glasses, as he has been permanently removed from Twitter.

Miller’s photo also highlights a revealing piece of art in Trump’s office. In the corner of the room, overlooking the ex-president’s desk, hangs a framed photo of Mount Rushmore.

According to The New York Times, in 2019, a White House aide asked the office of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem how to add more presidents to Mount Rushmore. Noem said that during her first meeting with Trump at the oval office, she invited him to South Dakota someday, bragging about Mount Rushmore. He would have replied, “Do you know that it is my dream to have my face on Mount Rushmore?”

In the corner of the photo, sitting on a side table partially blocked by Miller, is a miniature statue of what appears to be Trump himself; a tangible ode to an admittedly self-centered president.

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