President Donald Trump is driving climate change activists up the wall by announcing a brand new executive order that will bring the current push for paper straws to an end.
In November of 2024, former President Joe Biden put forward a new national strategy to combat pollution allegedly caused by plastic. He was very gung-ho about policies and efforts that were designed to help reduce the use of plastic, which included plastic straws and shifting to different kinds of material that wouldn’t be harmful to the environment.
“I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don’t work,” President Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “BACK TO PLASTIC!”
During the first Trump administration, plastic straws were available for purchase, as they were during the 2020 election cycle. In fact, Trump himself made red plastic straws with his name on them, offering them to the general public as an alternative to the “liberal” paper straws.
“Liberal paper straws don’t work,” Trump’s site informed visitors in 2019. “Stand with President Trump and buy your recyclable straws today.”
Biden pushed forward his plastic agenda through the Environmental Protection Agency. President Trump,