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.

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.

After years of receiving backlash for progressive messaging, heads of companies from Facebook to Boeing may be ready to go in the opposite direction.

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

The head of Coca-Cola gave Donald Trump a personalized Coke bottle, despite the company previously condemning the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

Donald Trump's love for Diet Coke is no secret, and now he will have his own version of the world's most famous drink: Coca-Cola is the latest big corporate player in the U.S. to align with the president-elect,