

More details from our archives:" (Tweet). "Many have asked about LBJ having a Fresca button in the White House. ^ Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum ()."Donald Trump Made This Big Change to the Oval Office". President': A call button for President Bush on his desk in the Oval Office". Team of Vipers My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House. In the first few days of Joe Biden's presidency, it was reported that he had the button removed, however it appeared to return a few weeks later when a White House official told Politico that the button was back on the desk with an unspecified purpose. Donald Trump stated to one reporter that "everyone thinks it is " and that "veryone does get a little nervous when I press that button.". Donald Trump presidency ĭuring Donald Trump's presidency, when pressed, a signal would summon a butler who would bring a Diet Coke on a silver platter Trump reportedly also used the button to request lunch, and to pull pranks on new visitors to the White House. Barack Obama presidency Īccording to Richard Branson, President Obama repurposed it to order tea for his White House guests.

Bush reportedly brought back the button in a new form to summon White House staff. The four keys were for coffee, tea, Coke, and Fresca, and when pressed a butler would fulfill the president's drink request. In the Oval Office the keys were on the table behind the president's desk. Johnson had a series of buttons, or keys, to summon different drinks to the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and " Little Lounge" (a room just next to the Oval Office).

The earliest known usage of a “call button” was from the Lyndon Johnson presidency.
