Common sense wins again! The war on plastic straws was never about the environment—it was about control. Paper straws were a useless, soggy, virtue-signaling disaster, and everyone knew it.
“It’s a ridiculous situation. We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump told reporters at the White House as he signed the order. “These things don’t work,” he said, referring to paper straws. “I’ve had them many times, and on occasion, they break, they explode.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-plastic-straws-executive-order