JD Vance recently shared a hilarious yet tense moment from the Oval Office that left him fearing the worst. During a call with a foreign leader, Donald Trump suddenly hit a red button on his desk. “My eyes get really big and I’m like, ‘Mr. President, what just happened?’” Vance recalled. Trump’s response? “Nuclear.”
Turns out, the dramatic red button didn’t launch missiles—it summoned a Diet Coke. “Two minutes later, a guy walks in with a Diet Coke and Trump looks at me and says, ‘It wasn’t nuclear, it was a Diet Coke button,’” Vance laughed.
The red button has a quirky history in the White House. Trump famously used it to request his favorite drink during his first term and reinstated it in 2024. Previous presidents used it for tea or even ice cream, depending on their tastes.
Social media loved the prank. “Trump’s sense of humor is unmatched,” one commenter wrote. Another joked, “If you’re not using the red button like this, why even be president?” The legendary button lives on—with mystery and laughs.
