Donald Trump struggled to cope with the loss of his beloved Diet Coke button after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden. As President he would press the red button installed on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office to summon up to 12 cans a day. The former president “bitterly retreated to Palm Beach,” as he attempted to come to terms with being a loser.
The riveting details of a downcast Trump, “unmoored and unsettled” post presidency, are detailed in a new book out next month by Politico correspondent Meridith McGraw. In an early copy leaked to the Daily Mail, McGraw writes about Trump’s transition that left him looking like a “deflated Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.” Trump in Exile is slated for release on Aug. 6.
During his final Air Force One flight from DC to Mar-a-Largo, Trump aide Jason Miller attempted to comfort the “bewildered and crestfallen” former president by saying “You’re not going anywhere. You’re still the big dog.”
