(KRON) — President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Friday to slam paper straws and promise to go “BACK TO PLASTIC,” in his preferred all-caps method of communicating on social media. The president said he would be signing an executive order next week “ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don’t work.”
The social post drew immediate praise from Trump’s unelected “first buddy,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
“Greatest President ever!” tweeted Musk on X, the social media platform he owns that was formerly known as Twitter.
This is not the first time paper straws have drawn President Trump’s ire. In 2019, he sold Trump-branded red straws on his official campaign website, branding them as an alternative to “liberal” paper straws.
The straws, which were marketed as recyclable, were branded with the message that “Liberal paper straws don’t work. STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP and buy your pack of recyclable red straws today.”
This raised eyebrows with environmental groups at the time, with some noting that most plastic straws can’t easily be recycled.
(KRON) — President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Friday to slam paper straws and promise to go “BACK TO PLASTIC,” in his preferred all-caps method of communicating on social media. The president said he would be signing an executive order next week “ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don’t work.” The […]