Politics aside, paper straws are lame.
The movement to ban the plastic version many of us have used our entire lives, while surely well-intentioned, took aim at a problem without offering a proper solution. Anybody who’s tried to suck a milk shake through one of those disintegrating wood-pulp-based tubes knows this all too well.
So Team Trump sensed an opportunity to “own the libs” and announced last week the sale of “Trump Straws,” an alternative to those “liberal paper straws.”
These straws have been a hit so far, according to Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, who celebrated the marketing coup with this tweet:
The sale comes after several cities in recent months have tried to curb the use of plastic straws in an attempt to minimize plastic pollution. In San Francisco, for example, a city ordinance took effect this month that bans the sale and distribution of plastic straws along with other plastic dining items.
Donald Trump weighed in on the controversy Friday:
Interestingly, the Trump straws are promoted as BPA-free and recyclable:
Stephen Colbert captured the expected response from Trump critics:
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