installed a red button on his desk that summons someone to bring a Coke?

A press of the button summons a staff member to bring Trump a Coke. During an interview, he pointed it out, and described its appearance as “ominous.”

In another interview, Trump was quoted as saying, “No no, everyone thinks it is,” when asked if the button was a nuclear launch button.

He reportedly drank about a dozen Diet Cokes per day.

Trump also warned North Korea about his “bigger and more powerful” nuclear button.

The New York Times – Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation
Time – President Trump Presses a Button in the Oval Office to Get a Coke
Business Insider – Trump’s presidential desk has a tiny red button that he presses to order Coke
Yahoo News – Donald Trump has a button on his desk to summon a butler to bring him a Coke

endorsed a child molester for Senate?

Roy Moore ran for a the Senate seat for Alabama in the 2018 midterms after it was revealed that that he pursued sexual interactions with teenagers, including a 14 year old, while in his 30s.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Majority Leader Paul Ryan both said they considered the claims credible. Moore lost the race for the Alabama Senate seat.

Politico – Trump supports Roy Moore
NPR – RNC Restores Financial Support For Roy Moore As Trump Gives Full Endorsement
Time – ‘We Need Roy Moore.’ President Trump Endorses Moore Despite Sexual Misconduct Allegations

changed the Presidential Challenge Coin to feature himself?

Introduced in the 90s, Presidential challenge coins are handed out by the President as personal mementos, often to service members.

Trump implemented the biggest changes to the Presidential coin since its inception.

The Trump Presidential coin replaced the national motto “E Pluribus Unum” with his campaign motto, “Make America Great Again.” The coin was changed to gold instead of previously used copper or silver. It featured Trump’s name three times, including a novel emblazoning across the front.

Clockwise from left, the coins for Vice President Mike Pence, Vice President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama and President Trump.
Obama administration coins (top and right) compared to Trump administration coins (left and bottom). Bill O’Leary / The Washington Post, via Getty Images

Trevor Potter, former Republican former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, said of that the change, “For the commander in chief to give a political token with a campaign slogan on it to military officers would violate the important principle of separating the military from politics, as well as diminishing the tradition of the coin.”

The New York Times – Trump Gives Presidential Challenge Coin a Makeover, and It Shows
The Washington Post – ‘It’s very gold’: The Presidential coin undergoes a Trumpian makeover
The Hill – Trump presidential challenge coin says ‘Make America Great Again’ instead of national motto
Stars and Stripes – Presidential ‘challenge coin’ undergoes a Trumpian makeover

asked Germany’s Angela Merkel a basic question about trade 11 times?

After a meeting between Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a senior German official said that Trump had to have basic trade tenets of the EU explained to him 11 times. Trump continued to ask why the US couldn’t have a unilateral trade deal with an EU member. White House officials described the exchange as “humiliating.”

The European Union enters into trade agreements as a single entity. As a result, none of its individual members can enter into unilateral trade agreements.

Donald Trump Angela Merkel
Merkel and Trump at the White House, March 17, 2017. Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

Business Insider – Angela Merkel reportedly had to explain the ‘fundamentals’ of EU trade to Trump 11 times
Business Insider – White House officials reportedly said that time Angela Merkel had to explain the ‘fundamentals’ of EU trade to Trump 11 times was ‘humiliating’
Newsweek – Trump Exposed Ignorance During Trade Talk With Merkel, Leaving White House Aides Humiliated: Report
Independent – Angela Merkel ‘had to explain fundamentals of EU trade to Donald Trump 11 times’

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