"BACK TO PLASTIC!": Trump says he'll reverse Biden initiative to phase out plastic straws

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Politico

“BACK TO PLASTIC!”: Trump says he’ll reverse Biden initiative to phase out plastic straws
The executive order expected to come next week is an extension of a yearslong cultural war over paper and plastic straws.



President Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order reversing former President Joe Biden's initiative to phase out plastic straws. | Aaron Schwartz/Sipa

By Danny Nguyen

02/07/2025 11:59 AM EST

President Donald Trump said Friday he would sign an executive order next week to undo a Biden-era plan to phase out plastic straws by 2027.

“BACK TO PLASTIC!” Trump wrote on his social media site Truth Social. Paper straws, he continued, “don’t work.”

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/07/donald-trump-plastic-straws-014141

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Yeah, they are pretty tricky to master.

Really, the picture of him is the main reason I'm posting. He's not looking any too well.

[EarthFirst]

1. Get after those really important kitchen table issues...

Moron.

[BlueKota]

2. Such an important reversal

of such a significant burden! 🙄

I bet he will make another demand that he be awarded a Nobel prize for this.

[mpcamb]

18. How many ways can he demonstrate "Petty little ____"?

[LudwigPastorius]

3. Now if he can just find who stole the gallon of frozen strawberries from the ward room icebox.

[Aristus]

6. Someone had a duplicate key made. And we'll tear this ship apart until we find it.

n/t

[jmowreader]

27. It was only a quart

The funny part of that scene is Queeg ate more of the strawberries at dinner than anyone else in the wardroom and he put the ship into turmoil because he couldn’t be even more of a pig than he already was. And what the fuck was up with him sitting there slurping down an entire stick of butter while he was ordering his officers to strip-search the crew for this key?

“Why did you overthrow your commanding officer, Lieutenant Maryk?”
“Because he was crazier than a shithouse rat, he tried to get us all killed in a typhoon because he wouldn’t turn the goddamned ship into the wind and the stupid fuck ate all the food on board as between-meal snacks. Why couldn’t you have stuck this ignorant asshole in a job where he couldn’t hurt anyone?”
“Oh…never mind.”

[Aristus]

4. Yeah. Plastic straws. That was the issue we were all on the edge of our seats about.

[LeftinOH]

5. Many of us grew up using paper straws: For school milk; fast food places, everywhere

..and they worked just fine. Yes, eventually they fell apart - but they're not meant to last.

[FakeNoose]

9. Yep! I don't know if they're even made any more

I'd love to find those wax-paper straws, and I would certainly stock up if I could find them. Also carry-out foods used to be packaged in those wax-coated cartons. Use once for about 1/2 hour and throw away, makes perfect sense.

[JoseBalow]

19. In-N-Out Burger uses only paper straws at all locations

They are thick and heavy-duty straws, like cardboard, and they stand up great to the thickest (and most delicious 100% real milk) shakes.

There is NO reason to use one-time-use plastic straws.

[FakeNoose]

21. Somebody must still be making paper straws

... they're just damn hard to find in the grocery stores.

Maybe I'll find them on Amazon? I don't know.

[JoseBalow]

22. Yes, they are available from many sources

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=paper+straws&iar=shopping

[Retrograde]

33. I've seen them here in the People's Republic of California

I learned how to drink from a cup many decades ago, so I rarely use straws.

We also still used paper containers for takeout. I he ptgot some yesterday- one item came in a heavy paper box, the other two in some cute divided plastic trays that I'm sure I'll find a use for. My town and several neighboring ones contract with a recycling company to pick up the paper containers along with other compostable materials (bones and other kitchen scraps, lawn and garden debris, parts of trees that fall off during windstorms) and convert them to compost in giant digestors. The process isn't cheap, but because the company serves a lot of the Bay Area they come out OK in the end. Besides, we've long since run out of space locally for landfills.

[sakabatou]

16. I don't remember having paper straws

As for school milk, most drank from the carton (those small ones which contain 8oz or so).

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I wonder how many pounds of plastic are in his head?

[Autumn]

8. Just fucking die already. Just give us a moment of fucking peace you bastard

[Joinfortmill]

10. Godawful makeup.

[JoseBalow]

23. Worst drag queen ever

[C_U_L8R]

11. Doesn't mean people will buy them.

Not in our house.

[tanyev]

12. But what if they get STOLLEN??????

[jmowreader]

28. Then a delightful Christmas will be had by all

[Deminpenn]

13. Americans have already adjusted their

consumer habits. More and more shoppers use reusable bags, cups, straws and more. I'd bet I'm not the only person who has decided to use as little plastic as possible.

Businesses are reacting to changes in consumption too. There are more packaging options to plastic.

Trump can order away, but he can't roll back the rides of change.

[Marthe48]

14. he's such an asshole

trying to impose his stupidity on everyone.

[riversedge]

15. Trumpy's eyes have that glazed look in lots of recent photos!!

The eyes are reflecting his so-called 'brain'

[riversedge]

29. and another Trump glazed, glassy eyes...

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Trump holds back billions in funding despite court ruling, states tell judge

https://usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/06/trump-stops-billions-despite-court-order/78291496007/ via @usatoday

[Lulu KC]

17. He leaves no stupid stone unturned n/t

[patphil]

20. The modern paper straw was invented in 1880, and was used for about 100 years, so they do work.

The problem is they get wet and collapse. All you have to do is use wax impregnated paper in their construction and they would work just fine, except for hot drinks.
I've tried a metal straw, and realized they can cause serious injury to mouth tissues.
Plastic straws have their place, but a well made paper straw is a better choice for the environment.
Trump, as usual, sticks his nose into everything and spreads his shit around everywhere he can. Plastics come from oil, so his drill baby drill mantra has a home here. The fact that they'll be around for a thousand years in a landfill is irrelevant to him.
Unfortunately, he's not going to stop doing this crap until he's dead.

[melm00se]

24. Paper straws

worked really well when I was a kid.

Also we made twirly helicopters out of them and snap noisemakers.

[milestogo]

25. Committed to making sure his grandchildren live on a dead planet.

[Ocelot II]

26. Maybe his next move is to outlaw recycling, and require everyone

to burn their garbage, dead leaves and old tires in their back yards.

[niyad]

30. My favourite local restaurant and wine bar uses straws made from

used coffee grounds. I take them to our compost bin (although mostly I drink wine, so no straws then) . I also have a cool little permanent personal straw that screws together in three sections, comes in a handy little tin that fits in a pocket in my purse.

[global1]

31. Somewhere In This EO There's A Joke About Sucking.........nt

[truthisfreedom]

32. Yawn.

Who gives a fuck. He’s pretending like it’s an actual issue. That’s sure gonna bring down the price of groceries!

[Raftergirl]

34. Drinking through a straw causes upper lip wrinkles!