President Donald Trump says he has tried paper straws many times and “they don’t work.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 10 ending a Biden administration regulation that would have banned plastic straws in the federal government before the end of the decade.
He said he is disappointed with paper straws after trying them multiple times.
“We’re going back to plastic straws. These things don’t work,” Trump said at the Oval Office. “I’ve had them many times, and on occasion, they break, they explode.”
Plastic products, according to Haaland, include “plastic and polystyrene food and beverage containers, bottles, straws, cups, cutlery, and disposable plastic bags.”
Trump had a history of commenting on the issue. When asked in 2019 by a reporter if he was in favor of banning plastic straws, he said, “I do think we have bigger problems than plastic straws.” He also said, “You know, it’s interesting about plastic straws: So, you have a little straw, but what about the plates, the wrappers, and everything else that are much bigger and they’re made of the same material?”
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