Trump signed an executive order Monday to reverse a Biden-era federal move away from plastic straws, saying that paper straws "don't work" and do not last long enough to be useful.
"It's a ridiculous situation," the president said. "We're going back to plastic straws."
Trump's order will launch a review of federal purchasing policies that restrict plastic straws and targets a policy from the Biden administration that sought to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastics from food service packaging, operations and events by 2027, and ultimately from all federal operations by 2035.