拜登上任后，白宫桌上特朗普时期的“神秘按钮”，不见了……

来源：21英语网作者：21ST 日期: 2021-01-25

20日，美国新任总统拜登上任首日，有记者发现，白宫坚毅桌（Resolute desk）上的木盒子不见了……

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这个长方形的木盒子，上面有一个红色按钮，在特朗普任职期间时常入镜，就在办公桌的电话旁。

那么，这个神秘按钮盒有何用处呢？

图源：推特@Frontlinestory

2017年特朗普刚胜选入主白宫时，曾接受美联社和《金融时报》采访，向记者介绍白宫陈设。当时，他向记者展示了这个盒子，说道：“这上面有一个按钮，按下就会有人送来可乐。”

A button President Donald Trump used to order Diet Cokes while sitting at the Resolute Desk in the White House has apparently been moved since President Joe Biden took office.

Trump first showed off the wooden call box in 2017 interviews with The Associated Press and the Financial Times. He showed reporters that with a push of a red button, a White House butler would bring him a glass of soda in the Oval Office.

In the years after, Trump was pictured regularly with the rectangular wooden box on the desk, right next to his phones.

当地时间21日，英国时代电台（Times Radio）首席政治评论员、《太阳报》时政新闻编辑汤姆·牛顿·邓恩（Tom Newton Dunn）发布推特称，“拜登总统把可乐按钮盒撤走了”。

图源：推特@tnewtondunn

“2019年我和《星期日泰晤士报》政治编辑蒂姆·希普曼在白宫椭圆形办公室采访特朗普时，我们开始非常好奇办公桌上这个小红按钮的作用。最终，特朗普按下了按钮，一名管家迅速端来了一杯用银盘盛着的健怡可乐。如今，它（按钮盒）不见了。”

据《国会山报》报道，特朗普经常一天喝12听可乐。

According to news reports, Trump would regularly consume 12 cans of Diet Coke a day.

前任白宫助理克里斯·西姆斯曾在他2019年出版的书《毒蛇队》（Team of Vipers）中爆料，特朗普也会用这个红色按钮恶作剧，跟白宫到访者说这个按钮会触发核武器。

Ex-White House aide Chris Sims wrote in his 2019 book "Team of Vipers" that Trump would also use the red button as a way of pranking visitors by suggesting it could trigger nuclear capabilities.

“他（特朗普）会在大家毫无准备的情况下，突然按下按钮。客人们忐忑不安，面面相觑，难以置信。过了一会儿，白宫管家端着银色托盘进来，上面是玻璃杯盛着的健怡可乐，特朗普就忍不住放声大笑。”

“Out of nowhere, he’d suddenly press the button,” Sims wrote of the former president. “Not sure what to do, guests would look at one another with raised eyebrows. Moments later, a steward would enter the room carrying a glass filled with Diet Coke on a silver platter, and Trump would burst out laughing.”

不过，其实这个按钮并非特朗普“原创”，也不光是用来叫碳酸饮料的。

《商业内幕》指出，早在2009年，时任总统奥巴马和众议院议长南希·佩洛西共进晚餐时，这个木质按钮盒就被放在了餐桌上。

图源：《商业内幕》网截图

The call button is not new and isn't used only for soda — President Barack Obama was once pictured with it on a table during a lunch with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

推特上，也有网友表示，前总统奥巴马和布什桌上都有过这个按钮盒，并不是特朗普专属的。