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In recent weeks, we\u2019ve seen plenty of tech CEOs and business leaders grovel at the feet of incoming President Donald Trump. Armed with\u00a0many-zeroed checks<\/a>, the removal of site-wide\u00a0fact-checking<\/a>, and the promise of \u201cfree expression<\/a>,\u201d i.e., whatever racist language folks feel like letting loose, it\u2019s been a few banner weeks of ring-kissing and back-scratching to curry favor with the\u00a0new-old boss<\/a>.<\/p>\n Not to be outdone, even Coca-Cola decided to get in on the ass-kissing, with chairman and CEO James Quincey personally hand-delivering a commemorative bottle of Diet Coke, apparently the first ever given to an incoming president.<\/p>\n Now, lest you believe you can lump Coca-Cola in with the Apples, Amazons, and Metas of the world, this tradition goes back to\u00a0George W Bush\u2019s second term in 2005<\/a>. Still, it\u2019s not as if Trump and the beverage maker have been on the best of terms in recent years, with the brand releasing a\u00a0statement in 2021 condemning the January 6th insurrection<\/a>\u00a0and Donald Trump calling for a Coca-Cola\u00a0boycott<\/a>\u00a0(which he more than likely never supported because how can you cut off the hand of the beast who serves you when you hit your\u00a0Diet Coke button<\/a>). Coca-Cola likely won\u2019t be pressed about who won the election in 2020, but a special visit to their biggest fan\u00a0should likely keep them out of his hair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n