The Coca-Cola Company presented Donald Trump with a commemorative bottle of Diet Coke to celebrate his inauguration. The tradition dates back to 2005, when George Bush received one. Eight years ago, when Donald Trump was first sworn in as president,

Company chair and CEO James Quincey has presented President-elect Trump with a special commemorative bottle of Diet Coke ahead of Trump's inauguration.

President-elect Trump was awarded the “first ever Presidential Commemorative Inaugural” Diet Coke by Coca-Cola’s CEO, according to his longtime aide Margo Martin. “Tonight, President Trump

The gift comes after Coca-Cola slammed the president-elect and his supporters following the Jan. 6 insurrection

On Tuesday night, Margo Martin, Trump’s deputy director of communications, announced on X that he had “received the first ever Presidential Commemorative Inaugural Diet Coke bottle,” along with a photo of Coca-Cola Company chairman and CEO James Quincey personally presenting it to Trump.

The commemorative bottle features a design of the White House with the text: “The Inauguration of the President of the United States.”

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey on Tuesday hand-delivered Trump a personalized Diet Coke bottle honoring his upcoming inauguration—a huge aboutface from a company that was condemning the “unlawful and violent events” of January 6 just four years ago.

Donald Trump has received an honor indicative of his particular love for soda with his inauguration less than a week away: his own inaugural Diet Coke bottle.

Coca-Cola is facing criticism after its CEO James Quincey presented President-elect Donald Trump with a commemorative bottle of Diet Coke ahead of his inauguration.

Critics on social media called out the “ass-licking” of Trump by corporations ahead of his return to the Oval Office. Multiple other bosses ― from Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos ― have been accused of bending the knee to Trump in recent weeks.

The company added that Quincy “met with President-elect Donald Trump to present a commemorative bottle of Diet Coke and to highlight Coca-Cola’s contributions to the U.S. economy.”

Although the CEO of Coca-Cola has neither publicly expressed his ... Quincey’s winking nod to Trump’s famous love of Diet Coke is not just a gesture to Trump that all’s forgiven, but a ...