If you ranked every decision he’s ever made as President, this might actually be the best thing he has ever done.
*worst.
It’s bad for the environment.
Apologies if you’re being sarcastic.
They didn’t say good. They said best. Everything else has been astronomically worse.
Getting rid of plastic straws, but not plastic cups is honestly just greenwash theater.
Totally misinterpreted it, thank you. The lids too. The paper cups aren’t recyclable either…I mean the Starbucks paper cup type.
Even with the liners, they are biodegradable or burnable and can be sourced from renewable timber. You could also use recyclable aluminum cups like the ones Ball sells.
Half sarcastic. This ranks as one of the least harmful things he’s ever done, by far. Mostly because everything else he does is so fucking harmful.
But also, since we’re on the subject: plastic straws don’t have a significant impact on the environment. I’m not saying plastic isn’t bad for the environment, but straws are a rounding error. A single pair of sneakers introduces more plastic into the environment than a lifetime of straws.
The crusade against plastic straws has always been pure virtue signaling. It pisses some people off, makes some people feel good about themselves, and has no measurable impact on the environment.
What Trump is doing is the opposite of virtue signaling. Vice signaling, I guess. But compared to the Gitmo concentration camps, it almost feels like I’m reading good news.
IMO we need to ban plastic from anything that can be easily replaced without plastic. Even though it may be a rounding error, it’s something that should be simple to say no to and to correct.
When they come up with a good replacement for plastic straws, definitely. Again, I’m not in any way trying to say plastic isn’t bad for the environment.
Both paper and plastic straws contain PFAS, which is unbelievably harmful to your health and the environment. The good alternative is to get a metal straw.
I carry a metal spork and metal straw in my edc to avoid using plastic ones. Not for everyone, but I like to think it does a little bit of good.
Yeah, someone else pointed out what you meant, too. But yeah I agree with you.
executive order! very important issue
As a non American, maybe someone can help clarify something.
My understanding is that executive orders only apply to federal agencies. So does this just mean that cafeterias in federal office buildings will need to use plastic straws? And restaurants / stores are completely unaffected by this?
Yeah basically.
Praise Trump! He’s saved America by bringing plastic straws back to the White House cafeteria!
:D
someone fucking shoot me now
I’m half expecting his next executive order to be that all ocean cleanup efforts must immediately cease and that in fact dumping in the ocean is now mandatory and anyone caught trying to dispose of trash sustainably will be jailed.
Seriously, it’s gone long past the point where anyone has the slightest excuse of supporting this orange painted clown in his blonde wig and comically oversized tie without just looking like evil pieces of shit.
It’s like he’s actively making his way through a list of anything actually good that society has managed to achieve in the last few decades and dismantling it. I mean, we all hate cardboard straws but this clearly isn’t about straws.
The guy seems to literally want to see smog fill the air and plastic fill the oceans. While simultaneously making sure that everyone is as fucking miserable as possible in terms of both human rights and economy. So what the fuck is anyone’s excuse for supporting this? I don’t believe that there is anything a Trump supporter could tell me now that would convince me that they’re not just evil, cruel, profoundly stupid, walking talking pieces of shit.
he’s old and does not give a shit. it’s never going to affect him or anyone he cares about.
The. Dumbest. Timeline.
Jesus fuck. This cunt just cut NIH’s indirect cost payout to 15%, but at least we have plastic straws. This is going to cripple hospitals, universities, and all biomedical research in the USA.
Newsflash: his mission is to destroy the United States.
Yes, we’re aware of why he’s there.
Yup. I imagine this is exactly what Putin, China, and the rich bilionaires want. I think they’re playing at something the the fall of the USSR but with more of a ‘controlled demolition’ vibe. Oh, we’ll all still get fucked while they power grab.
They didn’t go anywhere. You can get them. The Woke Police aren’t going to glitter your door down and trans you. Buy all the plastic straws you want.
People who complain about straws are like comedians who vomplain that they can’t say anything anymore without being cancelled
The Woke Police aren’t going to glitter your door down and trans you.
Not with that attitude.
It’s like he’s going through every stupid fox and friends ‘controversy’ and just tries to ‘fix’ it. I think the closest anyone got to banning plastic straws is specific city ordinances in certain cities, and only for establishments that serve drinks.
They didn’t go anywhere. You can get them.
And seventy some million voters suddenly forgot this was true as soon as they read about this great achievement from their God-king.
The Woke Police aren’t going to glitter your door down and trans you.
Speak for yourself.
I am all The Woke Police on this blessed day :)
The Woke Police aren’t going to glitter your door down and trans you
Okay, but what will they do this for? Asking for a friend…
Deadnaming, obviously
Thank you! I thought I was crazy
So this is what will make eggs cheaper?
Eggs being expensive is a good thing
Yes. As soon as he figures out how to turn all those paper straws people can’t use anymore into eggs. He has top people working on it. Top people.
And this helps me pay for groceries, how?
Paying for groceries is woke.
Maybe you’re one of those families that buys mostly straws. The ones you see with little children huddled and sobbing around their parent who is desperately trying to hold back tears while explaining, “we can only afford 13 bags of straws this week instead of 36 because woke took away our plastic straws. And while duck calls will work just fine with biodegradable straws, they don’t have the same mouth-feel as the ones that choke sea turtles.”
This made me cry :(
When a turtle chokes on a plastic straw, it will float to the surface, beach itself, and you can strap it to the roof of your car and drive it to your cottage where your family can feast on it for days.
And with the planet warming, the beach will come right to you!
that’s the neat part
The hero we need! Finally someone to stand up for little oil against big our children’s future!!!1
wow, a president is trying to bring back plastic straws that are already still here. get this guy on rushmore today…! why haven’t other presidents done things that are as great?
He makes international deals with Canada and Mexico by throwing out the deal he himself made while scorning the idiot that made it, and then threatening tariffs until he gets concessions in the form of things they were already doing. Our righteous savior, America. God help us all.
I’ve got a plastic straw in my drink right now?
Thanks, Trump.
lemme guess. he slobbers all over his straws and the one time he was served a paper-based straw it got a little ‘mushy’.
Paper straws do get mushy all the time, even if you don’t slobber all over them.
On the other hand, they have a much less severe microplastics problem and I think my brain and balls are running out of room for microplastics.
like windmills ruined his golf course view so they must be the worst way to generate energy
I hate doing coke with the paper ones.
If you’re really old school, McDonalds used to give out coffee stirrer spoons.
Bruh what is paper money for
The UK’s “paper” currency is made from a plastic polymer. A much more sterile way to do cocaine.
Buying the coke.
Why don’t coke dealers take Venmo?
Money is duel use when it comes to cocaine.
Thems fightin words!
Peanuts!
Well, I for one have now completely reversed my opinion on this whole kerfuffle we are all enjoying so much.
It was the final straw?
Not anymore. Thank you, supreme leader!
