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How does Donald Trump take his Diet Coke? When the former US president ventured out of the White House to BLT Prime for a meal, waiters had to follow a 7-step handbook to serve him a soda

Donald Trump sucks on a Diet Coke at the Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York in 2016. Photo: AFP via Getty
Donald Trump sucks on a Diet Coke at the Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York in 2016. Photo: AFP via Getty
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  • Even before Covid-19, Donald Trump insisted on being offered hand sanitiser before imbibing one of his beloved Diet Cokes at the Trump International Hotel
  • In the Oval Office, Trump reportedly consumed 12 Diet Cokes per day, requesting the sodas by pressing a button on the Resolute desk

When former US president Donald Trump ventured outside the White House to visit the BLT Prime restaurant inside the Trump International Hotel, his penchant for Diet Cokes came with him.

In a Washingtonian magazine report, employees revealed how the restaurant had an intricate, seven-step process for serving the soda to Trump.

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Employees were instructed to follow a “standard operating procedure” handbook, which Washingtonian obtained, whenever Trump was dining at BLT Prime.

Hillary Clinton speaks briefly with Donald Trump in 2016 while attending the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
Hillary Clinton speaks briefly with Donald Trump in 2016 while attending the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the first step involved a waiter “discreetly” offering a small bottle of Purell hand sanitiser for the former president, a self-described germaphobe.
Donald Trump drinks a Diet Coke at the Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York in 2016. Photo: AFP via Getty Images
Donald Trump drinks a Diet Coke at the Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York in 2016. Photo: AFP via Getty Images

The waiter should then greet Trump and ask if he preferred his Diet Coke with or without ice. 

The third step involved the waiter presenting a polished tray with chilled bottles and glasses to be used for either of Trump’s preferences.

The waiter would then open the bottle of Diet Coke within sight of Trump.