The president claimed plastic straws won’t “affect a shark very much.” But he’d previously declared, “I hope all the sharks die.” ...

The biodegradable product has long irked the president; during his first term, he railed against them on the campaign trail and sold Trump-branded plastic straws that cashed in nearly half a ...

In 2020, the Trump campaign went all in on plastic straws, selling Trump-branded plastic straw merch. In office, the Biden administration refrained from launching a national war on plastic straws.

Last week, Trump - who sold branded plastic straws during his 2020 election campaign - said paper straws "don't work" and "disgustingly" dissolve in the mouths of consumers. In 2024, Biden ordered ...

“It’s a ridiculous situation.” Trump’s crusade against paper straws is nothing new. His 2020 presidential campaign branded them as “liberal” and sold nearly half a million dollars ...