"Paper straws are destroying America," Trump said in a tweet, vowing to "bring back plastic, for good." The tweet swiftly sparked comments on social media, with memes pouring into comment sections ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide ...

During his presidential campaign, Trump’s team sold plastic straws with the slogan “ liberal paper straws don’t work. ” Meanwhile, reacting to Trump’s paper straw ban, Elon Musk tweeted, “ Greatest ...