Trump declares Joe Biden’s paper straw mandate is ‘DEAD!’

In a Truth Social post made early Saturday, President Donald Trump bid goodbye to a Biden-era mandate that Americans roundly despised.

Anyone who has had to use a paper straw to consume a drink can tell you how inferior they are to their plastic counterparts, including Trump. In his post, he announced that former President Joe Biden’s paper straw mandate is “dead.”

Look:

“Crooked Joe’s MANDATE, ‘NO PLASTIC STRAWS, ONLY PAPER,’ IS DEAD! Enjoy your next drink without a straw that disgustingly dissolves in your mouth!!!” Trump wrote.

During his administration, Biden attempted to phase out single-use products, like plastic straws and cutlery, from federal government use by 2035. Trump was able to capitalize on the disgust generated by the use of dissolvable paper straws by selling packs of ten reuseable plastic straws emblazoned with his name, marketing them as an alternative to “liberal paper straws.”

Several cities have also moved to ban the use of plastic single-use items as well, and businesses like Starbucks and McDonald’s have moved toward more planet-friendly alternatives.

In 2019, Trump addressed the issue of plastic items and the threat of microplastics being introduced into the body, including the possibility of brain and reproductive issues that have been discovered in animals.

“I do think we have bigger problems than plastic straws. 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?”

“Everybody focuses on the straws,” he said, when asked about the topic. “There’s a lot of other things to focus, but it’s an interesting question.”

X users reacted to the news:

Nothing says ‘saving the planet’ like drinking through a piece of wet cardboard.

— Manish Sharma (@ManishSharma_5) February 7, 2025

Why can’t we just get rid of the plastic covers so we can just DRINK FROM THE CUP like we’re all adults…

Then we can get rid of plastic straws AND plastic lids.

— Dark Knut (@Darkknut) February 7, 2025

*Virtue signaling toxic paper straws pic.twitter.com/f6vqS2sSRm

— Dana Sterling (@DSterling1948) February 7, 2025

Normalize bringing metal straws if you’re upset about paper.

Also normalize asking if you need cutlery at a @kfc drive through. I don’t need to waste that plastic if I’m eating at home.

— None of These Candidates (@noneofthesecand) February 7, 2025

And in addition to being terrible, the glue from several manufacturers likely is toxic.

— Farmer Dan (@FarmerGuyDan) February 7, 2025

They still wrapped the paper straws in plastic. Make it make sense

— PolitiCat (@realyodathecat) February 7, 2025

Correction: paper straws suck for about two minutes. Then they collapse and are worthless.

— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) February 7, 2025

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